was sharing with the youth this past sunday on doing quiet time. and all of us expressed difficulties at keeping to a schedule, at doing it everyday.

its very much a matter of discipline.

and also how you yearn for the words of the lord.

if like Peter, we see Jesus as all we need then quiet time spent alone with him will probably be what we are doing everyday.

sang the song 你的恩典每天够我用

there was this part where the song goes 奉献一生皆因为爱是你，为了你，我愿将一切放弃，耶稣 为要得着你

first question:
what do we have to give up if we pledge to follow him? Are we prepared for it?

second question:
why shouldnt we prepare ourselves for it? Why should we avoid singing this phrase (i told them that i dont dare to sing sometimes) if we have pledged ourselves as Christians who will carry the cross of Christ and follow him for the rest of our lives?

I guess a lot of us just dont want to take that responsibility. happy to be mediocre Christians for the rest of our lives. we tell ourselves that, well.. as long as I dont do anything wrong, then I'm fine.

but our faith is not meant to be like that. we are supposed to grow. we arent supposed to stay at a standstill.

and no matter how difficult it is. we have to. because there is a small part of us that wants to. if you let go of all the things that you are doing. you will probably realise that there is a part of us that yearns to understand and find out more about Christ. yet, we often bury this voice with our work, our activities.

for me, it was because i couldnt bear to hear the voice. because i know that i have a lot to learn. and it requires me to change and to put in effort to do so.

but this new year. i made a little promise to listen to that voice. to grow internally. to not be satisfied with what i know about Christ. to dedicate the rest of my life to learning about Jesus Christ.

and if He wants me to serve him. I will trust and obey.

my dear brothers and sisters. let us not be happy with what we have now. we are a blessed bunch because we have known Christ from a young age. but why limit what we have to serve and give back to God to the amount that we have been giving for the past 10 years, while we are still children?

we must grow and leave the starting point of Christianity where we have been for the past years.

let us truly sing.

恳求主　你看看我双手
一切我所有　甘心为你用
恳求主　你看看我的心
朔造，练净我
将我分别为圣

我们要奔向你的祭坛
得找你的火焰
站在破口中
拯救那失丧的灵魂

求主赐我怜悯的心
为着迷失的人群
我们要改变世界
带来　光　在这地