Hmm, ancestors/parents' incense topic is a bit of a headache for me. Wife giving birth soon and she expect the child to offer incense to the grandmother/ancestors. I on the other hand, not keen but she argues that this is just tradition/respect and not idolizing the ancestors. Not sure what's the best way to resolve.

Aye, prays every single night but I am just worried that by the time comes, I still have not convinced my wife on this. She's a fine wife/MTB but she's also a Chinese who believes that incense to an elder is just paying respect/being filial and not idolizing one. I respect elders too but I am not sure if letting my child in sticking in a burning joss stick for the dead grandmother is a sin or not. In my case, I didn't do it but child-wise, it has to be a mutually-agreed move which makes my head spins.

Really hope a way opens up soon cause I don't wanna face the wrath of my wife again 

Aye, prays every single night but I am just worried that by the time comes, I still have not convinced my wife on this. She's a fine wife/MTB but she's also a Chinese who believes that incense to an elder is just paying respect/being filial and not idolizing one. I respect elders too but I am not sure if letting my child in sticking in a burning joss stick for the dead grandmother is a sin or not. In my case, I didn't do it but child-wise, it has to be a mutually-agreed move which makes my head spins.

Really hope a way opens up soon cause I don't wanna face the wrath of my wife again 

Heiii brothers and sisters in christ. I am a christian here. I have seen this thread lying around many times already , but i dont have a chance to drop by. But today there are reasons that make me to seek for helpers and guidance on my problems which has been bothering me years.

To be quick and straight i have been diagnosed with a problem which it is called OCD( obsessive compulsive disorder). It is the worst thing that could have happen in one person. It drives me crazy all year long because of this problem laying around inside my head. What it really does is controls one's mind and may make you go crazy because of what it tells you to do,but when you try to neglect the thoughts your mind will tell you that something bad will happen. So this hasn't end just like this yet,if you do what it says then there will be like a compulsion or repetition that will force you to do stuff over and over again.

This OCD some of you may heard of it already but still if anyone wants to know more about this 'OCD' you can google it and you may have a clearer view on what I'm suffering right now. 

So guys... The 2nd problem is the main problem that leads me to this thread. To be honest with you guys this might be very difficult for me to share it out but in the end i still have to face the problem. Oh right...sooo yea guys i think im addicted to pronography...i have tried so many times to stop going back to it already but in the end i still fell into temptation. I dont know what to do guys. Whenever i watched it later on i will feel so regret and so ashamed so i always pray to God and ask Him for forgiveness and ask Him to help me to overcome the temptation. But the very next day i have the feeling to watch it again and you know what...ended up watching that stupid stuff again.

I want my life to be change and i want to be christ like so that i can reflect to others how good God is. But these problems are blocking my path to the christian's life styles.

So fellow bros and sis in christ i hope you can at least pray for me to being able to overcome the anxiety and temptation through my life. And i hope that my life will be drawn towards Lord Jesus Christ.

Thank you for lending me your eyes haha and may the good Lord bless you all.

Could you elaborate on this please?

Thanks for the insight. Will pray and believe, truly do not want to argue with my wife bout it 

hi all, it's been some time i did not reply in here. unknown warrior, i had a suggestion for u to create an automated "LYN Christ Followers List:". u can use google doc and create a form for them to fill in and put a link to view. a lot easier that u don't have to update so many time. all u need it's to monitor it.

So sorry that I'm able to help because my internet connection is are too expensive and too slow for me to make the form for u. I'm sure there is always someone in here to help u with it.

nowdays i only can online and download few page in my offline pocket and read some discussion in here.

alright guys, time to offline now. God bless everybody (^o^)

Hey guys, just wondering anyone fancy being a part of a contemporary / worship band?

Hi UW, not so good in the health department. Sakit perut, cirit birit water and all

On the plus side, I finally have Unifi.

CHRIST NEEDING BROKEN VESSELS TO BE CHANNELS OF LIVING WATER

Christ does not need whole vessels; instead, He needs broken vessels. This is because only broken vessels can be channels of living water. Whole vessels can only be cisterns of dead water (Jeremiah 2:13). The biggest problem today is that it is hard to find any wounds or scars in most Christians. Most of us do not have any wounds, scars, marks of death, or experiences of the cross. Even though we have been saved and truly have Christ’s life in us, this life has no way to come out. The reason is not that our behavior is too poor or too good but that we are too whole and too impregnable. Because we have no wounds, Christ has no way to be released from within us.

Suppose a person is quick-tempered and appears arrogant. It would be relatively easy for such a one to become humble because he may often examine himself and condemn his irritability. Suppose another person is meek by nature and apparently humble. It would be harder for such a one to know himself. Instead, it would be easy for him to become proud before God. He may think that the other person is irritable and arrogant while he is meek and humble. What is this? This is real pride. Sometimes when we go to visit people, the wife says, "My husband is too quick." What she means is that her husband is quick but she is not and that she is meek but her husband is troublesome. However, she is actually more troublesome before God than her husband. It is hard for many of the saints who have a number of good points to make any spiritual progress. This is due to the fact that they have listened to many messages not for themselves but for others.

Some of the saints do not seem to have a bad temper; they are as gentle as sheep. However, they always listen to messages not for themselves but for others. When they hear a word concerning breaking, they think, "Brother A is quick-tempered, so he surely needs to be broken. Sister B is not good either, so she also needs to be broken." It never occurs to them that those who are meek need to be broken even more than those who are quick-tempered.

It is often easier for God to deal with a stubborn person than with a pliable person. Someone may seem to be so pliable, like a rubber ball, that God has no way to break him. When a certain situation arises, he does not care. When he is dealt with by his supervisor, he does not care. When he is dealt with by some of his family members, he cares even less. Like a rubber ball, he bounces back whenever he is hit, and he bounces up whenever he is thrown down. This kind of person is indifferent toward everything; he is unbreakable. He cannot be broken by one person, nor by two, three, or even five persons. However, if he were a glass, he could be broken with a single stroke.

If a sister cannot be broken by her husband, her son, or her daughter-in-law, people will praise her, saying that she is really spiritual because she cannot be broken by anyone. However, we must realize that because she is not broken and cannot be broken, Christ has no way to live out from her. What she lives out is her whole self, her smooth and refined self, but not Christ. Christ has no way to live out of her.

Neither our kindness, our good deeds, nor our morality can represent Christ. Only Christ Himself can represent Christ. Nothing that we have, even if it is good, can represent Christ. The progress of a Christian’s spiritual life does not depend on how much he has changed; rather, it depends on how much he has been broken and to what stature Christ has grown in him. In other words, the growth of a Christian hinges on his being broken and Christ’s increasing in him.

not sure if i should quit my job and go fulltime ministry

I find that very hard to believe. I am very sure it happens miraculously to other people. One of my elders survived a stage 4 cancer. It's that the recovery seems to elude me.

Pehkay, interesting thing you posted the devotional today! A part of my writing had a man who first appears saintly, but as time goes by it's revealed that he has issues too. I'm glad that it's not an insult to RL christians

true...

not full time maybe part time..

Jesus mention that, do not commit adultary, and he also mention, those who view another person lustfully is already commenting adultery.
Now I wanna ask about the word lust here, as a guy, I believe that it is a human nature to react when they see a sexy or say, a full nude body. Can a christian or even a pastor look the other way and not fantasies if a female is nude in front of them?

yea ... coz im at a point in my walk in life about doing something beneficial for the Lord  instead of just going to mundane daily jobs which just push me through daily materialistic stuff...

i mean like fully devoted into ministry.. does not need to be pastorial... maybe like out reach for the orang asli, orphans or some unfortunate old folks which has been forsaken by their childrens..

Yes it is. I always feel left out to be honest >_<

well u need to be fruitful too keep mingling around your circle is not progressing.. lately i seen many churches has more elderly people coz they tend to constrain themselve within their churches la... need to out reach sikit...
slowly loooooo take to em.. unless they very harsh XD

well u dont attend cellgroups ???

currently im mixing with youths which plays ultimate... and young working adult... and also do ushering.. and soon joining a PA team.. however seems lacking..i feel i could do more ...

That is what i thought at first, literally take out eyes out, and i thought, isn't it too much 

Were you replying to me or just to Sophiera? But anyway i find this has a strong relation to my problems. Don't be sin conscious,but to be Christ conscious and conscious of who are you in Christ.

If this message was meant for me,i appreciated it a lot! If it was not meant for me i have to thank you for it too because this helps reminding and waking me up not to be sin conscious, but to be Christ conscious and glorify His name. Thank you anyway! God bless you!

bro dont judge me, but quiet time mostly after working hours...  on weekdays , weekends is church activities minus fridays which have cell group...

other than quiet time... what other areas..?

hello all,

i am new here, would like to join this thread too

I find that very hard to believe. I am very sure it happens miraculously to other people. One of my elders survived a stage 4 cancer. It's that the recovery seems to elude me.