Oswald Chambers: My Utmost for His Highest: Diffusiveness of life

Rivers of living water. John 7:38

A river touches places of which its source knows nothing, and Jesus says if we have received of His fulness, however small the visible measure of our lives, out of us will flow the rivers that will bless to the uttermost parts of the earth. We have nothing to do with the outflow--"This is the work of God that ye believe. ..." God rarely allows a soul to see how great a blessing he is. A river is victoriously persistent, it overcomes all barriers. For a while it goes steadily on its course, then it comes to an obstacle and for a while it is baulked, but it soon makes a pathway round the obstacle. Or a river will drop out of sight for miles, and presently emerge again broader and grander than ever. You can see God using some lives, but into your life an obstacle has come and you do not seem to be of any use. Keep paying attention to the Source, and God will either take you round the obstacle or on the difficulty. The obstacle is a matter of indifference to the river which will flow steadily through you if you remember to keep right at the Source. Never allow anything to come between yourself and Jesus Christ, no emotion, or experience; nothing must keep you from the one great sovereign Source. Think of the healing and far-flung nursing themselves in our souls! God has been opening up marvellous truth to our minds, and every point He has opened up is an indication of the wider powder of the river He will flow through us. If you believe in Jesus, you will find that God has nourished in you mighty torrents of blessing for others.

[Taken from: http://donald777prayergroup.multiply.com/journal/item/3251/Oswald_Chambers_My_Utmost_for_His_Highest_Diffusiveness_of_life_]

God tests before He entrusts..

For reading & meditation - 1 Peter 4:12-19
"... those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good." (v. 19)

God seldom uses anyone unless He puts that person through the test of suffering and adversity. Jesus, you remember, began His ministry in the wilderness of temptation, but it culminated in a garden in Jerusalem on Easter morning. Our lesser ministries, too, need the test of suffering. An ancient proverb says: "He who is born in the fire will not fade in the sun." If God lets us suffer in the fire of adversity, depend on it - He is only making sure that we will not fade in the sun of smaller difficulties. Has life broken you by suffering and affliction? Are you feeling weakened and drained by the things that have happened to you? Take hold of the principles we have been examining this week, and I promise you that never again will life break you at the point of suffering. This does not mean that you will never again experience suffering, but it does mean that you will respond to the suffering with a new and positive faith. Let me draw your attention once more to the text we looked at the other day: "Although they may in the usual way slander you as evildoers, yet when disasters come they may glorify God when they see how well you conduct yourselves" (1 Pet. 2:12, Phillips). Make no mistake about it - the world is watching how we Christians react to suffering. What do they see? People who struggle on in continual weakness, or people who have been made "strong at the broken places"?

Prayer:

O Father, I am one of Your followers, but so often I am afraid to follow You all the way. Yet I see that Your way is right - nothing else is right. I know You will stand by me; help me to stand by You. For Jesus' sake. Amen.

For Further Study

Rom. 5:1-11; 2 Thess. 1; Matt. 5:10-12
1. What are some of the results of suffering and affliction?
2. Are these being evidenced in your life?


Taken from http://shintarov.multiply.com/journal/item/386/God_Tests_before_He_Entrusts_

Oswald Chambers- My Utmost for His Highest: That My Joy might remain in you...

That My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. John 15:11

What was the joy that Jesus had? It is an insult to use the word happiness in connection with Jesus Christ. The joy of Jesus was the absolute self-surrender and self-sacrifice of Himself to His Father, the joy of doing that which the Father sent Him to do. "I delight to do thy will." Jesus prayed that our joy might go on fulfilling itself until it was the same joy as His. Have I allowed Jesus Christ to introduce His joy to me? The full flood of my life is not in bodily health, not in external happenings, not seeing God's work succeed, but in the perfect understanding of God, and in the communion with Him that Jesus Himself had. The first thing that will hinder this joy is the captious irritation of thinking our circumstances. The cares of this world, said Jesus, will choke God's word. Before we know where we are, we are caught up in the shows of things. All that God has done for us is the mere threshold; He wants to get us to the place where we will be His witnesses and proclaim Who Jesus is. Be rightly related to God, find your joy there, and out of you will flow rivers of living water. Be a centre for Jesus Christ to pour living water through. Stop being self-conscious, stop being sanctified prig, and live the life hid with Christ. The life that is rightly related to God is as natural breathing wherever it goes. The lives that have been of most blessing to you are those who were unconscious of it.

taken from :http://donald777prayergroup.multiply.com/journal/item/3218/Oswald_Chambers_My_Utmost_for_His_Highest_My_joy_..._your_joy

Reflection for the day... Time

Time isn't gold....it's more valuable than time.

Right now, let's enjoy the time God gave us and not take time for granted.
it is valuable, much more than Gold, cause you can always get gold back, but you can never get time back...all you can do is think about that time. You cannot have the old times back but God gives you new opportunities so you can enjoy and succeed in all aspects of your life. So if there are opportunities you've missed, now is the time to get 'em and enjoy the time God gave you by doing what He intended you to be in life. Let's enjoy the time, observe it and not take it for granted, live your lifetime the way God Intended for you to live.

Let's reflect on this thought for today.

God bless all of you and to God be the glory always.

Wapanese Haters: Life Coaches for getting girls or simply pro-(insert country)

^ = The work place - the white emac :D

Well this is NOT a hate post, definately i'll tell ya dat.

This video from Yuuki Sato (Arata Kagami/ Gattack Rider of Kamen Rider Kabuto fame...kidding) will show you the light aside from letting you show the reality that we're (insert race) not japanese.



Well...the other video i was supposed to submit is missing so i had to replace it with this one...



Now we know that there are Wapanese Citizens, they are the kind of people (i've recovering from being one) who obsessively are in anime and do not want anything else.
And we also know that there are Legit Anime fans who aren't Wapanese.

There are wapansese haters... either of the following..:
1. Japanese people annoyed by the wapanese minority..
2. People who want everything to be normal...
3. Koreanophiles (This rarely occurs ..1 in 50 Trillion possibilities....don't ask why..no offense intended, srsly)
4. Legitimate Anime Fans who get caught in the anti-wapanese crossfire...
5. Wapanese (This rarely occurs...again)

I know this will sting a little but you will know some of the symptoms of one being Wapaniece..err Krappaniece (as told to me once) .
1. The only anime you/me/someone you know watch Mainstream Anime and only that... (I have nothing against such, but be open minded to other animes which are cool and underrated)
2. Adding japanese words to a conversation with a non-Japanese guy/girl, or someone who doesn't know Japanese culture that much...(-san, -chan, -kun, insert speech that is made up of japanese)
3. Pocky, Ramen, Sushi are the only meals they know from the Japanese viand.
4. the dreaded "kawaii" smile...(Only do this in Japan...or in private..)

anyways, the thing i'm gonna share right now is that...(this will shock you)....ANTI-WAPANESE PEOPLE CARE FOR YOUR SOCIAL LIFE AND YOUR FUTURE!!!!!

They may tell you to stop the pocky and the naruto intake (subcousciously, cut down on it to prevent the wapanese withdrawal syndrome.) But they actually care for your life, i mean they see you watch 5000+ episodes of narutoe in your DVD room or even watch Bleach on Betamax and not go outside trying to get a girl....that must mean something's up and they want to give you the chance of having a girl...by helping you..with reverse psychology..

They are INDEED telling you to "Get a life..and a girl", take another hobby you like, try making money on the side (I thank God that there's work for me now as an graphic artist at an inhouse studio)

Getting a life simply means:
- Having a job
- A nice productive hobby
- A fine woman by your side...
- Making wads of cash and not bugging your ma and pa...
- A self made man!
- Most Importantly, enjoying your God-given life to it's full potential.. :D
Sounds great? it sure is... :D

Let's take a sidetrack for a while with these words...

--+Commercial Sidetrack+--
Arata Kagami's video above will unblindfold you to see the light.

One annotation i'm gonna mention...
"What is done in Japan, stays in Japan!"
use Japanese talk to fellow anime fans
and use normal talk to people who don't know much about Japanese.
We all try to practice how to talk normally, so we must talk normally to others and keep your specialty to those who love your specialty.

And being wapanese constitutes inside you that all Japan has is pocky, anime and j-pop.
But think about it, if it was all about that, what about the government, how would it run?
Would it run on magic narutimate energy called "Chakra"(i don't think so...the Japanese government is in the form of a Diet)? Do you think all the policemen in Japan are some samurai wielding cops wearing traditional Japanese clothes (see shinsengumi)? Do you think the over-commercialized J-rocker Gackt is the 1st Japanese emperor in the history of time (This is obvious....*bursts into laughing*)? Most of the answers are no, nada and zilch-y!

I used to think that Japan was powered by beam rifle energy and their Fighter Jets transform to bipedal armament hybrids...


"hold on by the Jonas brothaz"
Note: I do not own any of the youtube content posted.. srsly

--+Back to topic+--

ok, back to the topic....

Anyways, what these guys (if ever they were to go soft on us and tell us the reason, they..) are saying is that...
"Don't let your life be taken for granted in only anime or...(insert interest), have an outgoing life, dude, make money and get a girl, we just don't want you to get laughed at that's why we went tough on you..sorry if that was the case..but it's for your social life's benefit too.."

Watching anime and think about getting a Japanese girl is not bad, but if you stay in your home and do nothing but anime and do it 365 days a year....it will not get your social life back to life.

So there is still a line between an Animation Fan and a Wapanese Minoritan...

Correction leads to a better life... this verse in the Book of Proverbs proves well...

"He who ignores discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored." - Proverbs 13:18 NIV

"For these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life," - Proverbs 6:23

Life is just more than one interest and all.. it means having to enjoy your God-given lifetime to it's extent without being sad or living it for granted.

Anyways, let's be open minded to our Anti-wapanese "Life Coaches" so we can get life, and be Legitimate Anime fans enjoying life, watching anime, having a girlfriend (who knows, you may have a Japanese girlfriend in the long run..), being self-made by having a good job and all..

It's okay to watch anime and listen to J-Rock, to appreciate Japanese women, but don't do something japanese in a non-japanese community. Just don't overdo the Japanesity you have in your system...this will make things easier for you and everyone around you...

I hope this can shed light on being a Legitimate Anime fan and not being wapanese and all...

God bless and have a nice day.

Very Inspiring

It's Irene by Tobymac...it's a wonderful and inspiring song.

God bless and have a nice day.

Goodbye the Asphyxiating Dog...

I just happened to notice this street art for days.
(Last Song Syndrome: Filth in the Beauty by the Gazette)


*trumpets play* Well finally...what you people have been waiting for..well days...here it is..
The Street Art that is... Goodbye the Aspyxiating Dog.


Not that this bothered me but that it also shows a moral message in a distorted economic state in one's country like what we have.
The drawing seemed that it could've been an unused character design from Chinpokomon, Pokemon, Monster Rancher or even Digimon (Season 1 & 2 that is...).

NOT TO INSULT the unsung hero who did this on the dog's design but, one thing's for certain... that it does teach us a moral lesson. Tagging may be bad but the message in the tag wasn't. Call it Macabre or anything like that....

But Seriously, It's a well-balanced representation of how bad the economy in our country is affecting us. That a slab of meat costs a lot of money, not to mention the gas prices we have that are so fierce and unforgiving.

We only have ourselves to blame for this economic riff-raff. It's neither poverty or corruption's demise will solve this economic downslide. It's only ourselves and only ourselves to blame and to heal for this. If we are to cooperate with the authorities and work hard for our previous "Tiger Nation" title back (In the mid-90's we were called a Tiger Nation, believe me...), then we can get a better way of living and much more. More Jobs, more people, a higher caliber of taste in shows and scripts (I INTENDED NO OFFENSE TO PEOPLE WHO LOVE TELEDRAMAS YOU SEE ON OUR PRIMETIME SLOTS RIGHT NOW, JUST TO MAKE THINGS CLEAR!), The more we improve ourselves rather than blaming ourselves, then we can succeed in kicking economic downfall to the curb.

This will only happen if we agree to Trust God to make the situations in our country to turn for the better and to learn to accept change in our moral standards so we can experience better days without complaining or questioning, not only in ourselves but in our community too.


I hope this tag will at least give us the drive to work harder for the benefit of our economy and our future.
God bless and have a nice night.

Verse of the Night: "give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." - 1 Thessalonians 5:18 NIV