Love is like the blowing wind

Love is like the blowing wind -

  爱亲像风吹
   Ai ching chiu hong tsui
  轻轻放互阮飞
   Kin kin pang hor goon poay
  毋管天顶偌呢阔
   Um kuan tee teng heah ne kuak
  毋管蒙雾偌呢大
   Um kuan bong boo heah ne tua
  自由和自在
   Chu yu ka chu chai
  天顶的上帝永远
   Tee teng eh Seong Teh eng wan
  牵着阮的线
   Khan tiao goon eh sua

    爱亲像风吹

      Ai ching chiu hong tsui
    轻轻放互阮飞
      Kin kin pang hor goon poay
    在蒙蒙的风雨中
      Ti bong bong eh hong hor teong
    风吹永远勿会失迷
      Hong tsui eng wan bueh sit bay
    自由和自在
      Zhu yu ka zhu zai
    天顶的上帝
      Tee teng eh Seong Teh
    永远看顾阮
      Eng wan quah kor goon

           爱如风吹    轻轻放互阮飞
          Ai ru hong tsui      Kin kin pang hor goon poay
           爱如风吹    轻轻放互阮飞
          Ai ru hong tsui      Kin kin pang hor goon poay
       啊！阮的上帝
          Ah!    goon eh Seong Teh
       牵阮的线永远勿会失迷
          Khan goon eh sua eng wan bueh sit bay

          一生跟你    一生爱你
                 Yi sheng ter Li     Yi sheng ai Li
          风吹永远勿会失迷
                 Hong tsui eng wan bueh sit bay  [Written & Music by 鄭金川  and  廖雅慧]


Love is meant to be free.
Give and do not expect.
Advise but do not order.
Ask but never demand.
  A good companion is not like the rain, which comes and go.
  It's like the air, sometimes very quiet.
  If you love something set it free.
  If it comes back, it's yours.
  If it does not, it never was.

The glory of life is to love, not to be loved;  to give, not to get;  to serve, not to be served.

Prosperity or Providence

The word "providence" comes from the Latin providentia (Greek: pronoia [provnoia]) and essentially means "foresight" or "making provision beforehand.

Providence is the sovereign, divine superintendence of all things, guiding them toward their divinely predetermined end in a way that is consistent with their created nature, all to the glory and praise of God.

God has the freedom to use anything, anyone, anywhere to accomplish His good purposes.

The prosperity Gospel teaches that it is never God's will for His people to be poor, sick, or troubled, and focuses on blessings.  It is a false Gospel.  God does love to lavish gifts on His children and delights in our successes, but our greatest prosperity is not in getting a new car or house or in starting a new relationship.  But rather, it is in knowing God and having a life that brings glory to Him.

The message of the prosperity Gospel is not only wrong but will leads people to idolatry rather than faith - it leads people to use Jesus, not love Him.

[Extracts from LIVING Life August 2013 issue]

Trusting God's providence means believing that God will use a string seemingly unrelated events to accomplish His good purpose - Dean R. Ulrich

Family Discipleship

Family discipleship is valuable for the sake of passing down the faith to our children and grandchildren.  Here are three reasons why devotions are vital for the spiritual health of the whole family :-

Firstly, leading family devotions encourages timely repentance and growth in humility.  There is no better way to keep short accounts with God and with our families than by leading family worship on a regular basis.  Without confession and repentance, we have little integrity to lead our families spiritually, so if family worship is to be an ongoing feature of our lives, we must be quick to confess and repent.

Secondly, if we are quick to confess and repent of sin, regular family devotions also open up the door for loving discipline on a daily basis, not just when the junk hits the fan.  In this sense, sins and other issues can be nipped in the bud and worked on as a family and not just in solitude.

Finally, regular family devotions reminds us that ultimately Jesus is the center of all things, including the family, not Dad, not Mom, and not the kids.  When Jesus is at the center, everything else finds its proper place and life begins to find a rhythm and order that brings glory and honor to our Lord and God, Jesus Chrst.  Trials and temptations may come, but if we remain anchored in Christ, we have a deep well of grace to draw from.

[Extracted from LIVING Life - September 2013 page 37]