He Lives

This is probably the first Christian Song I learnt (excluding Christmas songs). Our high school music teacher is a Christian. She shared her faith with the students even though we were not in a Christian school. I don't think I know her much but I still remember this song she taught.

He Lives

I serve a risen Savior, He's in the world today;
I know that He is living whatever men may say;
I see His hand of mercy, I hear His voice of cheer,
And just the time I need Him, He's always near.

Chorus
He lives, He lives,
Christ Jesus lives today!
He walks with me and talks with me
Along life's narrow way.
He lives, He lives,
Salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know He lives?
He lives within my heart.

Church News

Two is not better than one

Can you think of a situation that two is worse than one?

After being told that my car had some weird burnt smell, I took my car for oil change this morning. As usual, the job was done in an hour. I was on my way back to work. Before entering the freeway, I noticed that the engine oil light was on. I immediately found my way to the nearest parking lot and parked my car. There was no engine oil left in the engine.

I did several things right at the moment.
1. I called a brother for advice.
2. I called the shop about the situation.
3. I insisted not driving the car back to the shop.
4. I prayed.

The technician from the shop came and he found two oil filter gaskets on the oil filter. It was because the old one was still attached to the engine. Oil was leaking from space between the gaskets. He removed that extra gasket and filled up the engine with oil. My car is on the road again. Hopefully I did not over stress my car.

Das Lied der Deutschen

That is, the song of Germany. I just know that we all learnt the melody.

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地球深度行--耶路撒冷

If you missed it on TV, here you go.

向世界出發‧蔡少芬‧以色列

Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday passed quietly but the songs are still lingering in my mind. I really should have understand the lyrics deeply but time was quite limited. Here is one of the transition I did not catch.

Life of Praise.

Songs of hope shall fill the night.
Words of faith shall mark the day.
Hymns of joy shall lift my heart;
this, the life of praise.

Songs of hope will fill our nights.
Words of faith shall mark our days.
Hymns of joy will lift our hearts;
this, our life of praise.

Century Praise 世紀頌讚

We finally find a page with songs from Century Praise.
The index can be found in
http://www.christianstudy.com/century_praise.html

When Terminator met Jesus ...

4/1 Hymns

Christ Arose
Because He Lives

Hey, are you a Chirstian too?

In my new working environment, I find a couple co-workers may be Christian, based on the books and decoration in their offices. Sometimes I want to ask them: "Hey are you a Christian too?" But I hesitate to speak out because I am not sure if this is "office political correct"? Perhaps I am over sensitive.

CCCAC HKSTM

Nine

I participated a Bible game last week. Each team randomly picked a number from 1~12, then described a Bible story or term related to the number. My team picked "9". This was a tough one. For other numbers, I can quickly think of a story.

1. One God
2. Five loaves, two fish
3. Trinity
4. Four Gospel
5. Five loaves, two fish
6. 6-6-6
7. Seven day to finish the creation
8. Eight beatitudes from Jesus
9. ??
10. Ten Commandments
11. ??
12. Twelve disciples

Well, so I guess nine and eleven are a difficult ones. Any ideas?

Happy Birthday, CCCAC

The anniversary celebration came to an end. Suddenly I feel so relieved. I don't think I have taken up too much responsibilities but I am glad to be part of it. Although I am not in the church for long (compared to others), I will miss all of you. Hope I will be refreshed after the short break.

What is our stand on G.W.?

Just wonder, conservative Christians are "Religious Correct" to support traditional marriage and reject abortion. How about Global Warning? Do we have an unify stands on this? Should we support mandatory pollution control in the industry? This is a hot topic nowadays. Although this seems to be an economy question, personally I believe this is a moral issue as well. A delay of action could cost human lives silently on a daily basis. And a wrong decision could hurt our children for generations to come.

Reference: White House rejects mandatory CO2 caps

Garage Opener

Thank you for all your prayers. I did make it. My fingers are still with me and I didn't have any electric shock. I fixed the "black box" in the garage. I would never imagine that the white gear had worn out like that.


I am the one with little faith. I always asked myself if I should work on the opener or what tools I should buy. The worries lingered around me for a few days and now God sets me free. Special thanks to the handy man who helped me putting everything back in place.
"So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's troubles is enough for today." Matthew 6:34, NLT

查經 彼得前書一章1-12

• 我們都是寄居的人。
• 聖父揀選，聖靈使我們成聖，聖子為我們贖罪。三為一體？
• 耶穌復活使我們有永生的盼望。
• 天上的基業是永存的。
• 試煉中的難過是暫時的，而不是試煉本身。
• 被試驗過的信心比精金更寶貴。
• 我們沒有見過耶穌，但我們信祂，愛祂。多馬？
• 靈魂得救是甚麼？
• 先知基督的靈和聖靈有甚麼分別？
• 天使為甚麼不能知道這些事？救恩？

Doomsday

I have heard this word in a span of one week. First someone worried our church will not be around 25 years later, because he thought as the world become worst and worst, Jesus is about time to come back. Then the doomsday clock move forward partly due to terrorism. And my friend in UK, who is not a Christian, really worries about global warming and believes the world is about to end.

While all of these are real concerns, we see doomsday precaution from time to time. And then comparing the world history of last two millennium , are we really in the lowest point globally and morally? Somehow I still feel optimistic. I am not saying that I don't welcome Jesus coming back though.

New Year Resolution

I asked God to teach me to be humble. It is not our strength or wisdom that God values most. Our wisdom is not comparable to His. He likes to use our weakness to teach us and to help others. Please don't allow Satan take control of our weakness and make us Satan's slaves. Let us explore our weakness and say no to temptation.

Hymns

I think I have got into habit practising hymns at home. There are plenty of resources that help us to get familiar with the tunes. It is especially useful if you need to learn the parts.

http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/
Interactive scores that you can change tempo and key.

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/index.htm
They have plenty of scores but you need to install the free Noteworthy viewer or plugin. http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/composer/download.htm

http://www.christianstudy.com/lifehymns.html
Basically the whole hymn book is up there.