Entering God's Presence Through Praise and Worship

I love attending church here. One of the reasons is the praise and worship usually lasts about an hour. Time to appreciate and give thanks to God is never enough.

1 Chronicles 16:34 "Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever". God is good ALL THE TIME. When I am weak, God gives me strength, wisdom and love. I consider myself very blessed, but no doubt in the course of running my business and in my relationships, I sometimes fail and I also have my mountains and tough times. But each time I get anxious, tense and all worried, I pray and ask God for help, and each and every time, He never failed to answer. Sometimes it is not an answer I expect, but He answers, in His perfect timing coz our God is a righteous and faithful God. I try to accept every challenge and difficulty that comes my way coz what do we have to share with others if we didn't have any problems to encounter and learn from leaning on God and experiencing God's power and love? Why does God always choose the poor, the sick and the underprivileged? It is so that God's glory can be magnified!

I wanna encourage all of you to sing and give praise to the Lord no matter what circumstances you are in and I pray that you will find strength and joy in the Lord when you enter in His presence.

Dear Lord, thank you for your faithfulness, thank you for the blessings.

This is one of my favourites called Lord of Lords from Hillsong's Saviour King album :-

Beholding your beauty is all that I long for
To worship You Jesus is my soul's desire
For this very heart you've shaped for your pleasure
The purpose to lift your name high

Hear and surrender in pure adoration
I enter your courts with an offering of praise
I am Your servant come to bring you glory
As is fit for the work of your hands

Chorus:
Now unto the lamb who sits on the throne
Be glory and honor and praise
All of creation resounds with the song
Worship and praise him the Lord of Lords

Verse 2:
The spirit now living and dwelling within me
Keep my eyes fixed ever upon Jesus' face
Let not the things of this world ever sway me
I'll run 'till I finish the race

Chorus 2:
Singing unto the lamb who sits on the throne
Be glory and honor and praise
All of creation resounds with the song
Worship and praise the Lord
Now unto the lamb who sits on the throne
Be glory and honor and praise
All of eternity echoes the song
Worship and praise him the Lord of Lords

Bridge:
Holy Lord
You are Holy
Jesus Christ is the Lord

Chorus 3:
Now unto the lamb who sits on the throne
Be glory and honor and praise
Call all the saints to join in the song
Worship and praise him the Lord of Lords

Ending:
Lord of Lords
Lord of Lords
Lord of Lords

Carmen

JAY CHOU's latest CAPRICORN

Jay Chou's latest album Capricorn (yes he is a Capricorn) was launched recently on Oct 9. Radio stations are playing his songs and CD shops too. There seems to be no escape hehe. I am now listening to it. Love his songs as always. U cannot deny how big Jay Chou is and how influential his music is. His name is like one big brand itself. Jay Chou chips. I still remember finding these chips in a little convenient store when backpacking in Sapa (north Vietnam near the border of China!).

Back to the album, the first single released if I am not wrong is called "Dao Xiang" (Fragrant Rice). It's written and composed by him and it's really meaningful if u listen close. In the car listening to it, Augustine wonders if his inspiration for this song came from the recent earthquakes in China. I think so too. It's got a very uplifting and encouraging message and feel to it.

Hmm...I guess I will never stop listening to his songs, I've been listening to them for years, through my ups and downs. I am not exactly a very crazy fan, I've only been to 2 events to see him, one was when he was at 1 Utama for an outdoor meet the fans session. That was a few years back and I think I queued for at least 2 hours just to shake his hands and get my album signed! Second one was attending his concert earlier this year. I thoroughly enjoyed it, the crystal piano he flew in with and his playing combined - simply amazing.

Carmen