Class at Night

Oh boy, I'm excited!

It's kinda weird to be excited about class, isn't it? But what if it's a course called Introduction to the Bible? Now it gets me pumped because it's a formal educational engagement on a text that I've been reading almost every day since primary school.

I've probably memorised hundreds of verses from this book (I should try writing all my memorised verses sometime--an interesting mental exercise). If you mention something like "eye for an eye, tooth for tooth", then I can tell you that it can be found somewhere in the first 5 books (Old Testament), and also early in Matthew (New Testament). I'd recognise stories like Jacob seeing angels moving up and down staircases (Genesis), Moses hitting the rock to pour out water (Numbers?), Joshua commanding the sun and moon to be still (Joshua), Gideon asking for a sign from God (Judges), David's wife being barren (2 Samuel), and Solomon having 700 wives + 300 concubines (1 Kings). It's because I've repeatedly read, re-read and heard them, that's why they stick inside my long-term memory.

I guess the fact that I'm doing this out of interest and passion (versus mere obligation) - remember I didn't have to do this - fuels the fire even more.

Gosh, I'm pumped for this! May my mental faculties glorify the Giver of all abilities.


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2011

My verse of the year

My life is not my own, but Yours and Yours alone.

Guess what, I searched it up online and found this.

Discovery

Here's a little pat on the back for those of you in the research world

The joy of research

A colleague summed up the way many researchers feel about their profession. When asked why he spent so many hours in the lab, he noted that the alternatives were to go home, where he would do the same things that millions of others were doing, or to work in his lab, where he could discover things that no other human had ever discovered. The smile on his face told the story: for him, working on research was sheer joy.

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Moving Forward

No turning back

It's been more than 130 days
Every now and then you surface again
At times I'm weak - in a haze
But I'm breaking the curse of porn on men

God said, 'You shall not commit adultery'
I believe it includes fornication and masturbation
For He also said
If you look at a woman to lust for her,
Then you have already committed adultery with her in your heart

Yet so many people live to follow their physical desires
It begs the question, why is God's standard so high?
What's wrong with a one-night stand?
Or a sexual movie every other day?
Or nude pictures?

But you can't say that our bodies
Were made for sexual immorality
They were made for the Lord
And the Lord cares about our bodies

My belief is that
If we are to live the Spirit-filled, Spirit-led life
Then we must be holy
Just as our Father is holy
Otherwise He will not fill us
Because He can't

Letting our sinful nature control our mind
Leads to death
But letting the Spirit control our mind
Leads to life and peace

Here I am
Choosing life, not death
Believing that He will give life to my mortal body
By His Spirit who lives within me
Though temptations may come
I choose not to sin
I'll be delivered
From evil

I'm not turning back



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Scripture: Ex. 20:14--Matt. 5:28--1 Cor. 6:13--Matt. 5:48--Rom. 8:6--Rom. 8:11