Saying: N to Z

Pray

We pray with expectancy and surrendered-ness. 

Pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest, ask him to send more workers into his fields. (Matthew 9:38). The Greek word for "Pray" is DEOMAI, meaning to plead desperately.

'When we work, we work. When we pray, God works."  Hudson Taylor 

Pride

We naturally admire the wisdom and good judgement of those who come to us for advice. 

How come only the most sensible people agree with us?

I'm so humble that I'm proud of it!  (I'm proud of my humility)

Repentance

Sin unrepented does not disappear; it accumulates. Wisdom is to embrace repentance when God gives the opportunity. (Hosea 13:12-13)

Resurrection 

If you walk to a junction, who would you ask which way to go? The man who is dead or the man who is alive? I believe in Jesus because He rose from the dead.

Righteousness

(Hosea 10:12) "Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that He may come and rain righteousness upon you." 

Sanctification 

God sit as the refiner of silver (Malachi 3:3). The refiner holds the silver in the hottest fire to burn away the impurities. He sits there and constantly keep an eye on the silver to prevent damage if it's burned too long. He knows that it is purified when he saw his own image on it.

Satan/demons

Sometimes Satan do not need to destroy you: He only need to detour you long enough to break your momentum. (Neh 6:3) 

Sin

Sin can keep you  from the bible and the bible can keep you from sin.

Sin, a moment in gratification; an eternity of remorse.

The trouble with a little sin is that it won't stay little.

Christ hates sin but loves the sinner.

The easiest thing to confess is the neighbor's sin.

A Christian has not lost he power to sin, but the desire the sin.

A real Christian is as horrified by this own sins as he is by his neighbor's

Announcement of the bulletin board of a church: "This is a segregated church - for sinners only. All welcome."

Jesus did not come to rub it in; He came to rub it out.

Social and Morals 

Social Media was created for us to connect with each other; but in reality, it keeps us apart. 

Strengths/Weaknesses 

It is not enough to ignore or accept their weekness, but we must also recognize their strength. (1 Cor 12:21-22; Phil 2:1-3)

When we appreciate their strength, it makes it easier to accept their weakness.

Strength is like the sun; Weakness is like the stars. When we see the sun, the stars disappear.

Tell them about their strengths; be quiet about their weakness. (eg rubbing out the list on sins and other people's criticism of you)

Surrender 

Job was not restored because of his works, but because his surrender to God. 

Unity

We may not see eye to eye, but we will walk hand in hand. 

Sometimes we stop building the wall in order to start a war with others. (Neh 6:3) 

Wealth/Money

Chinese said don't talk about money, as this damage relationship. However, the Indians said that if you talk of money, the dead will become alive! 

Prosperity without humility breeds idolatry. (Hosea 13:1-6)

Will

The greatest regret in not in missing my dreams but in missing God's will. 

Wife/Husband/Women/Men

What's the difference between finished and complete? If you marry a good wife, you are complete. If you marry a bad wife, you are finished. If you marry a bad wife who likes to shop, then you are completely finished.

The majority of archaeologist are women due to their natural ability to dig up the past. 

He fell in love with an archaeologist but she keeps digging up the past 

She fell in love with a banker but he showed no interest.

She fell in love with an astronaut but he wanted space.

She fell in love with a gym trainer, but it didn't work out.

She fell in love with a librarian, but his time was always booked.

She fell in love with an electrician but for him there was no spark.

She fell in love with a cardiologist but he broke her heart.

She fell in love with a geologist, but the relationship was too rocky.

She fell in love with an economist but he couldn’t supply her demands

She fell in love with a violinist but he said, "No strings attached."

She fell in love with the linguist but he left her speechless

She fell in love with a seismologist, but he was always finding fault.

She fell in love with a cook, but he left her on the back burner

She fell in love with a mathematician but she couldn't count on him.

She fell in love with a scuba diver--on the surface everything seemed to be fine, but deep down she knew something fishy was going on ...

She fell in love with a fisherman, but he wasn't a good catch.

She fell in love with a mason but they never built a strong foundation.

She fell in love with a teacher, but he had no class!

She fell in love with a tennis player but love meant nothing to him.

She fell in love with the magician but he kept turning tricks

She fell in love with a politician but he talked only no action

God promised men that He will create obedient wives in all the corners of the world. Then he made the world round.

Man has problems understanding a woman. A woman told her husband, "Darling, I had a dream about my birthday. I dreamt about earrings, a bracelet and a necklace. What do you think that means? And he said, "just wait till your birthday..!" And on her birthday, he gave her a package. She opened it and it was a book... the title is "How to Interpret Dreams." 

In my generation had Wonder Woman. Your generation has to wonder if it's a woman.

Words

Words are either en-couraging or dis-couraging. There is no middle ground. (Prov 18:21)

Never underestimate the power of encouraging words. - John Maxwell.

World

A ship is safe in the ocean as long as the ocean is not in the ship, and a Christian is safe in the world so long as the world is not in the Christian.

Pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest, ask him to send more workers into his fields. (Matthew 9:38)

Worries/Weary/Pressure 

Someone else's progress should not be your pressure 

God never ask the strong to serve until they drop, but He ask the weary to rest in Him. (Matt 11:28-30)

Worship 

Worship is not a feeling; it is a realigning to who God has revealed himself to be.

What we are worshipping is what we are going to be.

Don't go to worship to prepare for your week; rather, prepare the whole week for the worship.

Worship without holiness becomes empty ritual. Our gatherings, songs, and celebrations must be rooted in genuine covenant faithfulness, or they risk becoming hollow performances. (Hosea 10:4-6,10)

Ritual without obedience is meaningless. When worship is detached from covenant faithfulness, it leads to spiritual slavery. True worship must flow from obedience and covenant loyalty. (Hosea 8:13)