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A funny thing about loving people that I recently started thinking about is that not everyone will respond in kind. Not too long ago, I was trying to be intentional about loving and being caring towards some people in my life. Maybe I was being awkward about it, but their responses were pretty dismissive in an off putting way, and I was slightly taken aback. I guess I was expecting to feel the love back at me. Do unto others…

“So he answered and said to me: “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts. 7 ‘Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone with shouts of “Grace, grace to it!” ’ ” 8 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple;  His hands shall also finish it. Then you will know That the Lord of hosts has…

Last week, Sam Tse spoke at Wildfire (and she invited us over for dinner too. Best speaker ever!). The thing that stood out from her teaching was this line: “Am I [God] not bigger than this?”   This hit me because I am a great worrier. I love to plan things out and then worry about a million ways in which things can go wrong (under the guise of being prepared). And it’s not difficult to see all the problems,…

I don’t know about you, but when I hear and see the bigger picture of the ministries and world we live in, it does make me feel that what I do is a little insignificant in the grand scheme of things. For example, when I heard Adrian & Sherene’s update about their ministry and environment in which they’re operating, I sat there thinking, “There are so many people out there who are hurting. What should I do about it? Is…

I was recently reading Jonah the other day. If you aren’t familiar with the story of Jonah, Jonah was a prophet. God told him to preach to the city of Ninevah, warning them they would be destroyed if they didn’t repent of their evil and wickedness and turn back to Him. Jonah refused, wanting Ninevah to be punished, and fled (or sailed) in the opposite direction. God intervened with a storm that resulted in Jonah being thrown overboard swallowed by…

Do you know the story of the woman at the well? Jesus approached a Samaritan woman drawing water from a a well at midday and struck up a conversation with her. What about the good Samaritan? An Israelite man, who is beaten up and ignored by priests and pharisees, is cared for and given medical aid by a Samaritan. Both thse stories have a common theme of being fairly well know and, you guessed it, Samaritans. These encounters emphasize the…

I don’t know about you, but I love people who take initiative. I love when people see a need/problem, whether it be laundry on the floor, groceries to put away, gaps in communication, etc and do something to directly help with/fix the problem. I like to think I am a person with initiative because when I see things/tasks that need to be done, I almost immediately work on it. However, too much of a good thing can be pretty bad.…

Last week, I was at a worship weekend at Glory Zion (my Mandarin morning church). One of the things we do at Glory of Zion is pray and discern if the Holy Spirit prompts you to go up and lead worship from the stage. If this sounds familiar to you, yes, this is one of the places where I got the idea to do so for Wildfire. On Saturday morning, I didn’t really feel any kind of nudge or conviction…

In asking the Lord what to write for this devo, I got this verse: Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.  – Galatians 1:10 I thought, “But what will people think of this?”, immediately proving His point. I very often fall into people pleasing and seeking others’ approval because it…

I was helping a kid play keyboard on the worship team. He had taken piano lessons for a while, but never tried this kind of piano playing in worship, so this was his first time playing with the worship team. He was struggling to follow the worship leader, and at one point, he was apologizing for his “bad playing.” This brought me back to when I first starting playing keyboard for worship. I was pretty young with some piano lessons…

I generally think that questioning your belief systems is a good thing, because it allows you to test your beliefs and hopefully give you a stronger belief system. At the moment, I’ve been wrestling with my experiences with God and my Christian faith versus the reasoning of people who’ve been in the church for a while, some since childhood, and have “lost their faith.” I’ve definitely had encounters and moments with God that have made Him real to me, but…

I was recently watching some videos on the dismal state of the world, and it got me thinking about all that’s happening in the world and how it could affect my future. I started worrying and obsessing over it, and it honestly wasn’t good for my mental state. After forcing myself to stop trying to solve every problem out there and dwelling on hopelessness, I realized that in my moments of worry, it was purely me dwelling on the bad…