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December 02

All freed to make a difference

Where have I been?
 
 
I hope this is an invitation for myself for greater dreams to come.
 
 

 
"For those who are reading this site the first time, you are cordially invited to come for this event that we are hosting.
 
So far, we have been receiving encouragements from personal friends and fans alike. :) Thanks to you, peeps.
 
More importantly, you make the difference for us as we make a difference for the musicians and the charity we are supporting.
It's a bold step we are taking but we REALLY can make it happen.
 
Join. Give. Differ.
 
These elements will be enough to create a difference around us. :) "
 

 
For now, this is just an invitation for you and I.
Sign up free because we are all freed to make a difference.
November 09

Twisted

I read on a single entry recently.
Ended up that I was really disturbed by the way the Bible is being quoted.
 
It is very easy to quote the Bible.
It is even easier to twist the Bible.
It is the easiest to misrepresent what you do not appreciate to test.
 
Context to the Bible is Innocence to virtue tested.
Wisdom is relationship-tested.
 
I read about using wealth and wisdom.
Wisdom is the portrayal of faith-believing in the face of temptations.
Wisdom is ability to exercise God's Wisdom and Word in the face of controversies.
Wisdom is the chased-after product. Wisdom is for life.
 
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown Commentaries)
Cents are good shields when in prosperity.
Wisdom are better shields.. They cover one in adversity and prosperity.
Ec talks about the temptation of life under the shadows.
Wisdom is for protection here. Not application for getting prosperity.
We can't use or give away something that God has intended as our protection.
Use in context so that we hear God in context.
 
I am not trying to be Teacher or an Apostle.
But representation is everything to Bible school.
The topic of wisdom is more than just experience-built to benefit use.
Wisdom is hearing.
 
All Bible versions and Henry Matthews Commentary supports..
 

"Wisdom is to have an eye to God and to His Hand in everything that befals us..
Wisdom is the accomodation to the various dispensations of Providence that respect us, and do the work and duty of the day in its day.."
 
 

Withdraw it anytime

This morning prayer meeting was one of best for this year.
 
God spoke so clearly this  time.
 
"Whatever you give out of your capacity;
I will place a replacement for you in the Spiritual Realm;
And whenever you need to make a withdrawal;
You can withdraw it anytime."
 
 
Exodus 20:8 
[Earnestly] remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy (withdrawn from common employment and dedicated to God).
 
This is an amazing verse on what is holiness, Holy = Set apart and given to God
 
When something is set apart, it has a withdrawn-status now.
It is no longer subjected to the common employment and laws of the natural.
It has elevated to God's Gold standard.
 
If everything in the Kingdom of God is about positioning, what you position can make a difference.
 
Because position is accompanied by employment and the laws.
If you position yourself over something, you become the difference over that.
You bring upon it employment and functionality.
If you strategise yourself to difference, God brings the strategy across.
 
I heard an awesome quote recently:
"You cannot earn respect by tolerating disrespect."
 
In like manner, there is no greater strategy than position.
"You cannot earn change by tolerating un-change."
 
"You cannot earn (His) portion by tolerating unwillingness."
October 28

Miserabile Visu

Miserabile Visu (Ex Malo Bonum) - A Terrible Event (Out from bad comes good)
Anberlin
 
A Red priest broke into our classroom
Caught us children by attention
"Listen closely to the words I speak
Lord knows if we'll ever, ever again meet"

Spoke such words never spoken before
On the way he declared the war
Miracles like you never seen
From a man who was raised up in the sea

A man is coming in thirteen-one
To charm the daughters and the sons
Scared for our lives, I turned to your hand
Hold this tight while we run, if we still can

What disasters may come
Whatever it may be
At the end of the age
It will land you and me
What tragedy may bring
Whatever may fall

At the end of the world
You'll still belong


Before the red priest took his last breath
He told me, "Child, now don't forget
The sun will turn dark very soon
Your days are numbered when there's blood on the moon"


"The earth will shake and the sky will fall
The eyes will open of those enthralled
Don't take this sign, but you'll be killed
By the man from seven hills"

A man is coming in thirteen-one
To charm the daughters and the sons
Scared for our lives, I turned to your hands
Hold this tight while we run, if we still can

What disasters may come
Whatever it may be
At the end of the age
It will land you and me
What tragedy may bring
Whatever may fall
At the end of the world
You'll still belong

Look children to the eastern sky
When you hear the voice, say your last goodbyes
Look there to the eastern skies
When the ghosts take hold of the men who died
Look children to the eastern sky
When your fathers weep and your mothers cry
Look children to the eastern sky


What disasters may come
Whatever it may be
At the end of the age
It will land you and me
What tragedy may bring
Whatever may fall
At the end of the world
You'll still belong

Look children to the eastern sky
When you hear the voice, say your last goodbyes
Look there to the eastern skies
When the ghosts take hold of the men who died
Look children to the eastern sky
When your fathers weep and your mothers cry
Look children to the eastern sky
Look children to the eastern sky

 

 
A song from Rev 13:1.
 
I wonder what would it be like to meet the Antichrist the way it is depicted here.
I know what temptations feel like.
But to assume this. Boy, I can feel my neurites frying.
 
I wonder what would it be like to meet the Endtimes the way it is depicted here.
I know what failures feel like.
But to experience this. Boy, my skin is really frying.
 
Hearing it on the way home.
I could feel my nerves crawling.
This is more than praying.
This is a step towards Rapture.
Transfig my skin. I know it is like entering into future.
 
Some people just would say, "I can't feel it."
Some people just would say, "Not my mode."
That's because they have never modelled.
That's because they have never settled and feared before.
 
And they continue without change.
Their stories are like pins on a noticeboards.
At least I want to see pin-ups.
The Apostles did headlines.
Over the real Priest who is the content of it all.
 
The tinge gripped me.
It wasn't "fear entered his heart".
It was "my heart came Fear".
 
Have you ever struck into a dark wild..
And there is no light in that room.
And you lay down to sleep.
Only to find yourself more awake than ever?
 
"A Red priest broke into our classroom.."
Hearing the commonlist saying, "I need to myself.. I need to class it through."
You don't know anything about thinking in the dark.
You won't know when he comes.
 
Understanding gravity cannot hold fear down.
Truth holds fear down.
Knowing where you belong holds your head up in the dark.
That is why I can't sleep sometimes.
To be more awake being in the dark than I am in the day.
 
"The eyes will open of those enthralled.."
At the very house there was a severe earthquake..
The survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven (Rev 11:13)
 
This is the exact feeling.
 
And I'm sure I am one of those today..
I know where I will be sleeping that day.
My legs don't need to lead where my eyes are seeing.
My eyes would have been stolen by the dark sky.
My heart will tell them exactly where to go.
My heart will be hearing the Voice.
 
"Look Children to the Eastern Sky"
 
There is still the Light from the Eastern Sky.
 
October 20

Counting Backwards

I'm very inspired by Anberlin recently.
Shared to me by Liz. Smart.
 
Beginning to feel that they are a band on fire.
 
While listening to one of their songs, I caught something in my heart.
 
Recently, I have been praying.
While at it..
 
I suddenly saw..
And I recalled the song Retrace.
 

Anberlin
Retrace
 
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Oh, how I've tried to get you out of my head. 
And I lied, broken words I said. 
Never thought I'd walk on this street again. 
Standing where it all began. 

Tried to forget when I left this town, 
But it takes me right back when I come back around. 

Retrace the steps we took on that long summer night. 
I'm right there by your side. 
Retrace the steps we took when we met worlds away. 
Counting backwards while the stars are falling. 

Oh, how I find every subtle thing screams your name. 
It reminds me of places of times we shared. 
Couldn't live locked in these memories. 
Now I'm chained to my thoughts again. 

And I tried to forget when I left this town, 
But I'll take you right back if you come back around. 

Retrace the steps we took on that long summer night. 
I'm right there by your side. 
Retrace the steps we took when we met worlds away. 
Counting backwards while the stars are falling. 

I need some shelter, I need some safety. 
Photographs, they haunt me lately. 
Chasing shadows as the evening takes me. 
I'm still searching, but the picture's fading. 

Retrace the steps we took on that long summer night. 
I'm right there by your side. 
Retrace the steps we took when we met worlds away. 
Counting backwards, still counting backwards. 

And no where else has ever felt like home. 
And I can't fall asleep when I'm lying here alone. 
I replay your voice, it's like you're here. 
You move the earth, but now the sky is falling. 

Retrace the steps we took on that long summer night. 
In my mind, I'm back by your side. 
Retrace the steps we took when we met worlds away. 
Counting backwards while the stars are falling.

 

I have been walking in too many measured steps recently.
In fact, I was feeling a little discontented that I was trudging ahead alone.
 
But when it happens, it happens.
Jacob, desperate Jacob would even work for the sake of a thought.
Pastor Kong shared about thoughts and words that carry power.
Dr Emoto researched through water memory that words do have power.
 
I remembered how the depression works.
I remembered how the obstacles odded out.
And I kept it so well.
Nowadays, breaks are easily warranted.
My-days, warranted are those WHO DON'T break. (what an irony now)
 
 
And I got hardened by my own thoughts.
Like a battle-scarred piece of armor.
A trophy that is prone to rusting. (what an irony now)
I am so used to thrashing. That I became so negative.
While praying, I felt God reassuring.
 
These are not the actual words.. But I replay the following:
"Retrace the steps we took when we met worlds apart."
 
"God, I am willing to change."
"Tell me how."
 
"How do I Count Backwards now?"
 
I will start my casting my armor backwards..
 
 
 

 

Melvin Lye

It's not too late..
To get it right..
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sarah wrote:
hey Melvin, i read ur blog. hmm.. anw Love is Patience. heh Tongue out
 

♥SaRaH♥

Sept. 30
chappy chuawrote:
i really do admire the way you handle problems in your life and your attitude towards it. i do look up to you.
 
Chappy.  
Aug. 19
hey melvin, finally got a chance to comment here, been reading ur blog loads, kinda serve as a reflection to mine(abit) ahaha...but i do gain loads of understanding of the situation around me when i read this, the way how you react and your attitude towards it is just so inspiring. hope to catch up one day =)
June 3
Melvin Lyewrote:
Nice to know you are enjoying yourself, Chappy. =]
 
I'm humbled.
May 22
chappy chuawrote:
recommend you a new the song call Pocketful of Sunshine by Natasha Bedingfield who happens to sing for Hillsong church London, 
good lyrics. =)
 
Regards,
Chappy
May 18