Exodus 2:1-10

(Moses mother placed him in a basket at put him in the nile river. )

Facts on the nile.

1.Longest river in the WORLD.

2. Infested with "the nile crocodile" 

Nile crocodile : 

-In africa its the LARGEST crocodilian .

-In the world its the second largest,It follows CLOSELY to to largest crocodile "the salt water crocodile".

-It eats anything that gets in its way,

-It can eat anything twice its size and its already really BIG.

-It is estimated to kill at least about 200 people per year.

-The nile crocodile lays up to 60 eggs each time. So guess roughly how many there would have been in the river. ESPECIALLY IN OLDEN TIMES?!

After knowing bout all his facts, I don't think I'll dare put my beloved dog or anything be it a CHILD into that river! But moses mother did. Why? She trusted God. She trusted that God would protect her lovely child, she trusted that whatever happens its God's plan .And in the end God brought moses back to her, and he grew up to saving the country out of egypt. And non of that would have happened if Moses mother did not trust God.

And same, Do we trust God ? WIth our sins or others? Moses was loved by his mother, he was something very important to her, but she placed him in a basket and trusted God, And the same is there something we love, something we care for that we are unable to put into that river and trust God will take care of it? 

Do we trust that God has carved out a river plan whereby like moses it'll float and become something great? Are we able to let go and trust? We must not only trust God, We must surrender. 

Dearest father,
Today I am sorry I've not been doing my quiet time regularly, I am going through my exam week and thats no excuse I know. I don't know why when I do things I am super duper not organized and hard working. I just [ray you'll gimmi the strength I don't know why I feel sick all the time I pray you will lift this feeling from me, so I can concentrate and do things properly effectively father. I pray that I can try my best in everything I am doing. and built up stamina. Father, I pray that you will be with me help me remember everything I have studied and do well in my exams, do well and shine for you, Let people know it is by you that /i have excelled not by myself . 


Father I pray I will let go of everything I hold on so tightly too, Like my friendship with you know who. I've been struggling so much with the grudge I hold against her from young I find it impossible to let go and forgive her to see her as who she is now. Father I guess I have to let go. Put this grudge in a basket and let it flow away, trust that you have your plans That something great can come out of this, Father I pray that I will forgive her as you forgave me father. 


Father often I feel I loose a lot but i often forget to see how much I have gained. I often remember how much I have sacrifices but father you are worth it and i must never forget that father, you have done so much for me father, you have taken care of me so well. you have provided me with so much through my life and I am thankful I won't mind giving up my life for you and I believe you will have great plans for me. Father I give you my life, My friends my loved ones so you could use me and everything I have to glorify you father, I put everything I take pleasure in everything I take comfort in and I put them in a basket and leave them to you father. 






Father I want to thank you, thank you so much for all the friends I have in the kingdom, I thank you for steffi, I was on the phone with her just now and I am so thankful she is in my live, we grew up together but its through you I got to built such a deep friendship with her to be able to get to know her at a deeper level to have a better understanding of her emotions father. she is going through a rough time with debra and i pray you will be with both her and debra emotionally that they will remember you through this fight and let you guide them, father I pray that they will remember you are there for them and that they are never alone, I pray that steffi will use this chance to learn, learn more about herself and about handling different situations father. Father I pray for debra that she will be strong as she is struggling help her remember the day she got baptist on why she worked so hard to get baptized how hard she fought for that day to be with you father, I pray she will remember those days and be strong and just come back to you father I pray you will open her heart bu i know you have your plans for the both of tim father.




Dearest father I also pray for yj she is such a great role model I don't know why would i do without her she has impacted me so much, father she introduced me to you she helped me get to know you father she up ported me so much through the years and i am so grateful for having her in my life, i will never forget how great a woman she is for you father she is a living example. Father through her and her life i see you father you shining with her i see you using her for your glory father. I pray she will have a great life ahead and continue shining for you father. 


Father you are a great father and leader and creator you chose to love us and all you want in return is our love and acknowledgment father Its just amazing how you brought the isrealites out of egypt and how you planned it all father. I trust you with my life though sometimes i may wander off and be in my own world and I may be selfish but I will always put you as my pirioty and lord father, because you are the only way you are everything everything i have is by you and everything that happens is for the best and you have my best interest at heart through everything you have taught me to love something the owlrd cannot teach me something many in the world do not know and I am grateful i know this father . I hope to get to know you better father. I pray that through my quiet times I will get to know you instead of adding knowledge into my head about the bible and your miricules i hope to know you on a personal level father, to have a deeper relationship father, I love you so much

In jesus name I pray,

Amen,

Your daughter. 

Exodus Chapter 1

I have decided to do my quiet times on moses because he is my favorite character in the bible, And he is a great spiritual role model whom I want to learn from. And I hope to get to know God better through him. in the first chapter, It is about the israelites growing in numbers which became a threat to the pharaoh. The new king was a king who did not know about joseph and the israelites past with egypt and therefore he dared oppress the israelites. Today reading this chapter I noticed 3 different characters. 

1. The new king. He did not know about the israelites past with egypt leading up to him going against God's people, People who in the past was respected because the old kings new the power of God. The old kings during joseph's time clearly believed in God's power however somehow this new king did not know, one word in my mind describing this new king is ignorance. He is so ignorant of who he is going against. He did everything so "blindly" in a way. And also the israelites were not even going against him he was just insecure because he sees how strong they are. He let his ignorance and insecurities get whole of him thus leading to him enslaving innocent people,which eventually leads to his countries curse. 

But sometimes I think I can be like this King. I forget all the great things God has done in my life, I become ignorant, I forget how jesus died on the cross for me, and then I let my insecurities take over my life, I let it control me, I allow myself to sin due to my ignorance and insecurities, I forget how great God is. SO I must be very careful if God is the one controlling my life or is my insecurities controlling me? And also Do I forget God's might and power? Do I let my fear of God slip away like the new king did? Just because I did not witness Jesus dying?

2 && 3. THE 2 MIDWIVES. Pharaoh had instructed the midwives to kill every male israelite born, But they did not,They went against the pharaoh and thats not a small matter. It takes courage and bravery to against someone who could kill you anytime he liked . But the things is these woman feared God more then they feared the king, They knew how powerful their God is, they trusted God enough to just do whats right and that God will take care of them. 

I bet they were REALLY scared and insecure when they king questioned them.. But what kept them going at doing what is right? It was the trust ,love And fear they had for God. They trusted God to take care of them if they did what was right in his eyes. they loved God enough to sacrifice their well-being I mean they could have been jailed or beaten or even "disgraced" . And lastly they feared God. I guess their fear of God was so much more then their fear of the king, They knew that God was way more powerful. And the held on to that. Many times I wonder? Am I more afraid of sinning against God, or am I more afraid of pleasing people and the world? I wonder, Do I love God enough to give up everything, put everything at risk for God? Am I willing to give up things I love? Do I trust GOd? When I sacrifice or serve GOd, do I trust that he will give me a way, He will take care of me,that he already have plans for me? 

In the end the 2 midwives were blessed by God, they lead life's with families while the king's kingdom suffered for his actions. 

And so the ultimate question Is am I the 2 midwives? Or am i the King? the king's got it all, The midwives are working ther butts off for survival. But spiritually who won?

Dearest father, 
It is really late but I rally want to talk to you, Today was tough… **sighhh** really tough. its like a up down day. emotional roller coaster..




Father I rally want to thank you as In the morning I had a GREAT time with aunty joyce! We talked and it was real nice. SHe's so like gentle and sweet HAHAHA, something I am NOT. I see so much things I can learn from her about. She really is a great leader and christian ! I don't know how is she so nice?! I really don't hahhhaaa. But I really hope I can get more time with her I have so much SO MUCH I want to learn from ! hearing her share about how she used to quarrel with brother kinda is comfort to my soul as I always wonder if there is something wrong with me? Like  why am I always having this kinda conflicts but you have sent her to let me know its part of growing up I guess. AHHAHA. And that people change ! HAHHAHA 


Father I also want to thank you for my parents. Today my teacher came to the house to talk to us about my results. she feels I should concentrate on just 3 subjects this year as I din't do well for my major tests….. I must admit I was very very very discouraged, I felt like lost, That I cannot make it anymore.. But my parents after her leaving brought me into the room to give me a hug and encourage me . They said "we believe in you rebecca you can do it" And I could sense the sincerity in them… they were not saying it cause they were my parents.. they said it cause they really believed it. But still father I worry so much , what If I let them down? my own teacher who knows my school work feels I can't… Father, BUt then I know you want em to just try my best and  trust you… I need to be like the midwives to just TRUST YOU. Father, Its just so discouraging. But I know you will provide for me. I cannot say it is hard for me to just trust you because you have already done so much in my life I have no reason to not have faith in you father. I know I may not be the smartest person alive, But I will try my best and I know you will lead me where you want me, You will stretch me according to your plans. Father, if this is a test a lesson for me to trust you, I understand, I really pray I will stay strong and not aim to be the best but aim just to do my best and leave the rest to you father . 




Dearest father
I thank you for all the teens who are standing by me through all this,  don't know what will I do without all these lovely people. =====Father I am nt thinking straight now I am going to sleep tomorrow church ! GOod night

Thankyou for everything I love you so much in jesus name AMEN

Love your daughter,

rebecca

Titus 3: 1- 8

1.Obedient ,Subject to authority 

2.Be ready to do whatever is good

3.Slander NO ONE

4.be peaceable

5.Be considerate

6.Show true humility towards EVERYONE

This are the points given in the verse, point that God wants us to have, We are "reminded" to be this. Leader or not we are all the children of God, we are his people his followers and this is his command, Sometimes I think being a "leader" give me the right to do stuff but I am wrong the line is clear God has set the standards for all humans everyone who wants to follow him.We are all living in a world surrounded by sin,we were once the opposite of the points stated, until God appeared which is so true, Yes us as humans we are born sinful, we hurt people who get hurt, But it because we have God we could be different, God is kind God is mighty and loving and we as his follower's must follow. Because through his mercy we are saved we are given the chance to be like christ to live a meaningful life for God. In verse 8 it says that the points given must be stressed to those who has decided to follow God. trust God. These points are good. 

Although we may live in a sinful world, we may be sinful in our past, But now that we have made the decision to follow christ, we are given a chance through Jesus dying on the cross, we are able to change, and learn from the perfect God we have. 

Dearest Father, 

Today reading about all this points really is a wake up call to me, I know how stubborn I can be how proud I am and sometimes out of anger I say things about others without thinking.Father reading this verse encourages me as it reminds me how we have been given a chance, through you giving up your son for us, It reminds me that I am the heir to enternal glory father. But at the same time it cuts through me, As I feel like you are trying to tell me its time I changed father.


Father I know at many times I am very proud about things, I tend to get very judgmental and I pin point every small mistake people around me make, However at the same time I think I am like some kinda wonder woman, I expect myself to be perfect no mistakes. And thats just so proud so arrogant of me. Even when I struggle, many time I keep everything to myself, I don't get help thinking I'll be fine. But I expect others to get help the moment a hint of unhappiness is in them, Many times I do not practice what I preach and I am sorry for that father.


But dearest father I really want to thank you for this week, I'm having my holidays and I am very happy with myself, That I am studying and having fun having a healthy balance, Even yesterday at the party I am so glad I got the chance to sneak of half way to have a prayer session with tasmin by the pool under the pretty and calm night sky by the beach, I ha d such a good time praying together with her, its been forever since I last prayed with her, And even on monday at my party w my friends No other christian was there but I had self control over myself, Though I did drink I knew I had to stop before I got drunk and luckily I did, Seeing my friends drunk really woke me up, Of how different I am. I used to be the one drunk and mad but now I am the mature one with the self-control. And after that one of my friends in a way respected me and I was so happy . Now looking back I really see a difference in myself. WIthout you I don't know where will I be right now. I probably would be rotting away smoking somewhere with bad company. I am just so thankful for you being in my life father.




However I know I've neglected my time with you. And its my bad habit I often delay my time with you till I miss it, I promise it will stop and that I will put your first no mater what.sometimes I just need to know whats important its not that I want to do other things first its just that I've always pushed our time later, And I know thats not the right way I will change I promise father..


Father tomorrow I am meeting jasmine and sarah and steffi and yingjuin ! we are gonna have a picnic and I pray for a great weather so we could all bond! Father these girls are so young, yet they are searching for you, they want to do whats right and I am so so so so thankful for that. I pray that they will be impacted by your word and that they will strong and shine for you father. I pray for each of their safety both physically and spiritually father, They are such great girls And I know you have your plan for them father.


Dearest father I am so amazed by how you lead everyone, IN the teens I see so many awesome girls just wanting to do great for you, And its amazing how you raised them up, even th leaders, Everytime I see a really spiritual person I just can't imagine how much better you will be father.
Father, yesterday at sentosa cove the place was soooo beautiful and I just can't imagine how great the rest of the world is, that YOU created everything father. YOU are the one. Seeing how awesome earth is I just can't help but wonder, How beautiful is heaven gonna be? to think I might have a space up there with you father. Father Whenever I draw I need to take time and then I think how much effort you must have placed into creating such a beautiful place for us. even the solar system father! You are truly amazing how you lead the world and made us know your word for centuries you are the one religion that never dies ! Almost every religion is related to you father that really is prove to how it is impossible to ignore the fact that you are well and alive father!-Father I pray for a great day tomorrow and for teens and christians all over the world that they will stay strong cause they have you and you are everything father! 

Thankyou so much for everything I love you so much In jesuse name

Amen.

Your daughter,Rebecca