but if I don’t live it out, my ministry will be nothing.

Here’s something to munch on:

“The Ten Commandments weren’t given to us so we might obey them but to teach us that we can’t, that we are in need of a Savior.”

Trying to dive deeper into the Word and being obedient to the Holy Spirit. Holla at me if you wanna talk about what God is doing in your life. Grace and peace to you all

I have found gold my friends. I have added a new member to my non-existent list of favorite candies. Ladies and gentle men, I present to you. Willy Wonka Sluggles Gummies!!!!

Also I want to buy a new album and more music. I want suggestions! Let’s see how many people check up on my blog and care to respond and help out a brother :]

As I was walking to the armory tonight for CGM’s large group meeting, this song popped up in my iPod.

I walked from my dorm to the armory at the same tempo as the song. I felt like I was in a musical HAHA. That is all for now.

“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

- Romans 8: 37-39

 

I’m loving these verses! I’ve been learning so much and digging for even more. I read romans 8 this morning and these three verses have stuck out to me.

“More than conquerers”

What does this really mean? I’m not so sure right now. I want to update my blog with my thoughts more frequently so I can process everything that I am learning.

This song has been on repeat all week long!

I went to a church tonight that was near my friend’s (Myles Doby) house. Their church was called Brothers In Christ…I think, I forgot. But that’s not very important.  It was my first time attending their Saturday night praise and prayer. Boy did I get blessed. The speaker was on fire because his message was very convicting. He addressed the lack of zeal and passion that a lot of Christians have, including myself. He talked about many things, but I’m just gonna ponder on these two questions he asked.

Does the world see Jesus Christ in you?
Why does the world see Christianity as a joke?

“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.  Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers,they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.”

-1 Peter 2:9-12

We are a people called for his own possession. We are a chosen generation and since we are God’s royal priests we are now able to show others the goodness/excellencies of God. Christians are laughed at by the world because we appear no different from them. The only difference is we proclaim that Jesus Christ is our savior. If people are able to see Jesus Christ when they look at us, then we are doing our jobs as Christians…being the salt and light of the world.

“We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak,be patient with them all. See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.”

- 1 Thessalonians 5: 12-22

What if the world saw us Christians actually doing all that Apostle Paul instructed the Thessalonian church. They would be able to experience a glimpse of Christ’s love, mercy, grace, and so much more…through us!

I still got a lot to learn.
I want that God given desire to run HARD after Him.
I don’t want to waste a single day.
God is so merciful, he has let me live another day.
I need to learn to pray, face down, desperate for deeper intimacy with my Lord.
God deserves all the glory, all day and night.
No backsliding, no complacency, no passivity.
Bring on the suffering, oppression, WHATEVER!
My God holds my future.
I shall “rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for [me].”

“My older brother, James and I are very close for brothers and sisters. Some are embarrassed of their kinfolk, but I am proud to have the best brother that anybody could ask for. We are only a year and eight months apart, so it is easy for us to relate to one another. My brother is a mentor and is someone I look up to because he gives me meaningful advice when I need someone to talk to.”

:] Being appreciated is always very encouraging. I guess I’m doing SOMETHING right. Praise God! I just hope that Jesus will soon be the man she looks up to the most. It will happen, I have faith that God is already doing a good work within her and drawing her closer to Him. All glory goes to God!

By the way, this song rocks!

…Still in the Garden of Eden. HAHA

Eve found the tree; Adam didn’t really know what was going on. In fact, if you look at the creation of woman, to create woman the Bible said God put  man into a deep sleep. But the scripture doesn’t say that he came out of it.”

- Ray Comfort

Excerpt from sermon called “Hell’s Best Kept Secret”

This wasn’t even the best part. Update will come soon.

“If the Mormon religion is right and I’m wrong, then I go to the third heaven. But if the Bible is right and the Ladder Day Saints church is wrong, then you are following a false Jesus and you’ll end up in hell forever.”

Sam Ock, CL, and I have been on the search for more people who are willing to help out with our music video for the song “See You in Heaven.” So far that hunt for people has been pretty unsuccessful. What you have to do is actually very simple. All you have to do is lipsynch the hook and bridge and record yourself doing it. It’s just that the people I have asked are either too camera shy or don’t feel like doing it. I feel kind of disappointed because of two things. I have been pretty lazy and unable to set up productive times to record with people. The other reason is because only two people from my own church agreed to help me out with the video. It’s a song about the church and yet my own church doesn’t help out. Doesn’t sound right to me. I know everybody, especially the older folks, has extremely busy schedules so I can’t expect that kind of help from them. But the friends whom I have direct access to, the ones who go to school with me, were the ones I hoped would help me. I was pretty bummed out by that. But what can you do? I still gotta love my brothers and sisters. My love for them isn’t based on the kind gestures that they give me.

Thank you to the ones who have helped me out. I really appreciate the support! The video should be out very soon, within the next few weeks.

FYI, my mixtape is currently in the mixing process so it will be ready for distribution in a few weeks!

I have a couple shows that I have been asked to perform at. One is the Saturday October 24th Taiwan Typhoon Benefit Concert hosted by the Chinese Student Association. The second is Friday November 20th for  FUEL Conference hosted by the Asian American Student Union. Sam Ock and I have signed up to open up for a November 9th concert which will include Lyricks, Manifest, Dumbfounded, Decipher, Lyraflip, and L. Scatterbrain. I’m pretty excited about these upcoming performances, also very nervous.

Peep the video. Help out if you can! David Yoon get your friends from Brown (Emma if you can haha) and record a video and send it to my email.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.”

- Ephesians 1:3-6

I don’t deserve to be saved. I don’t deserve to have eternal life with the King. I can’t do anything to earn salvation. Nothing. Not my charitable deeds, clean track record, or good morals. All of those, done out of the flesh, are nothing, but dirty rags in the sight of the Lord. Yet it was His will to choose me. Wow. I’m in utter awe.