It's a great way to PRAISE THE LORD !!!

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing PRAISES - James 5:13 I've set up this blog to record TESTIMONIALS that GLORIFY God's name and testify His GOODNESS and ABUNDANT BLESSINGS on His people! It's my PRAYER that these testimonials would edify, encourage and BLESS Christians and pre-believers from all over the world. All GLORY to the name of our SAVIOR and LORD JESUS CHRIST! The Lord bless you!

February 27, 2006

just want to share God's promise with you...

Deuteronomy 33:26-29


26 "There is no one like the God of Jeshurun,
who rides on the heavens to help you
and on the clouds in his majesty.

27 The eternal God is your refuge,
and underneath are the everlasting arms.
He will drive out your enemy before you,
saying, 'Destroy him!'

28 So Israel will live in safety alone;
Jacob's spring is secure
in a land of grain and new wine,
where the heavens drop dew.

29 Blessed are you, O Israel!
Who is like you,
a people saved by the LORD ?
He is your shield and helper
and your glorious sword.
Your enemies will cower before you,
and you will trample down their high places."


... what have I to dread, what have I to fear, leaning on the everlasting arms? i have blessed peace with my Lord so near, leaning on the everlasting arms.

"Those words echo the truth in the final blessing of Moses: "There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to help you, and in His excellency on the clouds. The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms" (Deuteronomy 33:26-27).

"What a gift we have in our own arms and hands—they can swing a hammer, hold a child, or help a friend. But while our strength is limited, God's boundless power on our behalf is expressed in might and gentle care. "Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save" (Isaiah 59:1). "He will gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom" (Isaiah 40:11).

"Whatever challenge or opportunity we face, there is security and peace in His everlasting arms."

—David McCasland



February 18, 2006

Nose cancer... the purpose .....

Many years later, as I looked back, I saw God's purpose for my nose cancer.

My relationship with my parents and siblings improved tremendously. My mom came to know the Lord in 1994! The family of five were closer now. We care more about each other.

God answered my prayer in His time. As I allowed Him to teach me, He was doing a work in my soul and my heart. Suddenly I felt deepdown my heart that I needed to forgive my parents and siblings. God was using my health condition to trigger that desire in me. I thought I didn't want to leave this world without reconciliation with my family. What if I just die the next day? I would have regretted.... Life can be so vulnerable, I had to do something NOW or I may not never get to do it!!

It was never easy to forgive someone. Worse when that someone is our loved ones. I prayed for God's mercy everyday.... I prayed for the Lord's love to overwhelm me, so that I could learn to love my family members too. Love - is such a powerful instrument!

I started making phone calls to them; it was not easy, but I committed to God that I would make an effort. And God honoured that. I spoke more gently and more patiently. I organised family gatherings to have meals together. I visited them more often. My parents responded gradually with the same, they were more expressive now. I could not be more thankful!

Mom received Christ in 1994 when I brought her to my cell group's Thank God It's Friday easter evangelical program. My nose cancer testimony that I shared during the session moved mom, even though she didn't understand English!!!! It was amazing how God worked within her. God must have translated my testimony in her heart. While I shared, I saw her eyes filled with tears, as though she heard and understood every word I spoke.

Mom was then suffering from her second marriage, and the Lord touched her heart that Easter. When my cell member shared with her the gospel, and asked if she was ready to receive Jesus, she nodded and wanted to commit her life and her worries to the Lord that very minute. And the Lord has blessed her abundantly in return !

God is so good!!! God is amazingly wonderful!!!

I thank the Lord Jesus for all these that had happened. I thank God for my nose cancer. I thank God it is healed now! I thank God for the burden that I had to carry... it was all for this wonderful purpose! My family is closer now and we meet up with one another for meals and outings regularly. Jesus has always been there for us... and He taught us how to love and to forgive... The Lord Jesus has brought back love in my family ....


THANK YOU JESUS! PRAISE THE LORD!

Nose cancer!

It was in Aug 1992 when i was diagnosed with Nose Cancer (NPC or nasal pharyngeal carcinoma in medical term).


I was only in my 20's... of course it came as a shock to me. Never did i suspect i would contract cancer. In the beginning it was only a little nose bleeding once in a while, but over a long period of more than 2 years. Otherwise I was such an active young girl. I was doing an hour step aerobics once a week; I swam twice a week; I was active... So when the doctor at SGHospital revealed to me that I had nose cancer at the 2nd stage, I could not believe my ears. I was startled with fear. Did the doctor make a mistake? I was wondering how it had ever happened.


I asked God, I prayed, I cried... Why me? I was only so young? What if I die?

I was totally lost...

My parents and siblings didn't seem to take it very hard when I told them about it. Well, maybe they were so shocked themselves that they didn't know how to react. Their cold response was very hurting. We were never very close anyway. There were always fights and violence between parents, towards children and among siblings at home, that was how I was brought up. There was little love and care, if there was, they were not shown much at all by action or words. Finally my parents divorced when we were all grown ups. Since then the family had been staying apart. Mom remarried, dad remained alone, sister who couldn't get along with both parents moved out to stay on her own. I moved out to stay on my own too. My brother stayed with mom.


It was a heart breaking situation... family of five but were staying at four different places! It was definitely not something pleasant to tell people about... I had always refrained from talking about my family...



And now I was down with cancer! How traumatic! Out of distress I asked God why this was happening to me. Hadn't I suffered enough? My childhood was already a mess! I lived among fights and violence almost everyday. Finally I'd grown up and while thinking I was able to be independent now, I realised I had to earn enough to meet the family financial demand. My parents would ask me for allowance, and to me, all they cared for was my money. They wouldn't call me for anything else. My heart was cold...
I thought I had only friends, no family. I was only doing my duty as a daughter, though I had always wondered if they even deserved it.

It was a whole lot of unhappiness and negativeness in my life... and now, nose cancer!

I was seeking God: Lord, what's Your purpose for my cancer? Did You not say in the Bible that in everything that happens, there is always a purpose? I am trusting You for that, Lord.

I started praying for this purpose to manifest. I wanted to know what it was. I was not willing to suffer from cancer for nothing...

I prayed everyday for God to show me... in His time



February 16, 2006

Why I set up this blog........

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing PRAISES. James 5:13

PRAISE the Lord! Praise, O servants of the Lord. Praise the name of the Lord. Blessed be the name of the Lord. From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised! The Lord is high above all nations; His glory is above the heavens! Psalms 113:1-4


I've set up this blog to record testimonials that glorify God's name and testify His goodness and abundant blessings on His people! It's my prayer that these testimonials would edify, encourage and bless Christians and Pre-believers from all over the world.

All glory to the name of our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ!

The Lord bless you!