7 UPS IN YOUR LIFE

1. Prayer-Up – start each day with prayer and end each day with prayer. Satan is coming as a roaring lion to devour us. Pray in the spirit on all occasions. Put on the full armour of God.

2. Show-Up – Places that you are going or things that you do. It is a difference between a good idea and a “God Idea”. Show up where you belong.

3. Hush-Up – Incline your ears to my saying. If you listen to God’s words, it becomes life and spirit

4. Speak-Up – Speak to the mountain of your life. It is time to change the way we say. Stop speaking death to your neighbours. Speak life and it brings it into discipline and submission to authority. Speak the Word of God. As you speak God’s Word, things will begin to change.

5. Cheer-Up – Our attitude determines our altitude. Some of the issues are financial and depression. Satan is using the situations to destroy, torment and torture God’s people. Begin to choose this day whom you will serve. Call upon Him to change the situations around.

6. Look-Up – look up to the hills where cometh your help. Sometimes you get too low. Be careful whom you are looking up too.

7. Hook-Up – Phil 4:13-19, Join partnership with God. Be careful whom you tie with – your body, mind and emotions. If you get hook-up with God, you are joint partakers with God. You have all rich things to enjoy.

Acts 1:8

Acts 1:8 - But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

How to have the power in your life?

1. If you want power, you get to know the one who has the power. Do not leave the source of power. Get hook up to the power source and your life will be changed. Many times we go to the wrong place to get the power.

2. Get to know what He says and what He is saying. So that when Satan attacks you, you can raise up a standard based on His Word. You must have His words in the garden of your heart. Prayer and knowing His Word so that you can operate your life effectively. Do you ever face situations that you do not know what to do. Well seek God, read His Word and He will reveal to you what you should do.

3. Expects a new miracle everyday. Do not just expect miracles, but lets expect a new miracle everyday. Profess this and live in a constant state of expectancy. What is it that you believe in God for. It’s time to believe God. It’s time to stand up and proclaim that I am expecting a miracle everyday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. The scripture says that you have not because you ask not. The Lord says the earth is mine and the fullness thereof. No demon can stand in the power of God. Stand on the Word of God. It is time to stand up for something. It’s time to expect a miracle. We shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.

1 Fall And Many Lessons Learnt

On 9th Sep 2006 at 10.00 am, while cycling along Sembawang Drive, I hit the kerb and fell down from the bicycle. My left knee hit the concrete pavement and my head hit the grass patch. When my head hit the ground, I thought that was the end…..it would be serious. To my amazement, I felt a force holding my head and that the landing wasn’t that serious. I got abrasions on my face and head but unfortunately, the left knee was fractured and I could see the bone went in causing a depression.

My church friends who were behind me saw what happened and were shocked. Victor then called for an ambulance. I placed my hand on the injured knee and whispered a prayer to God. Next, I SMS my family members and colleague telling them of the accident and asking them not to worry.

The ambulance came shortly, and I was sent to the A&E department, Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Some waiting before the nurse enquired about my injury and wheeled me to the Observation Room. Subsequently an X-ray was done on me and confirmed that my left knee was fractured and that I needed an operation. I was admitted immediately and the operation was done on Tues, 12th Sep and I was discharged on Thurs, 14th Sep 2006 and given a month of hospitalization leave.

That was the first time I stayed in the Hospital and operation done on me. I have learnt many lessons during my stay:

1. I realized that life is a precious gift from God. One moment we are here and the next moment we may be gone. How close to death if my head hit the concrete pavement. I thank God for his mercy and grace in preserving my life. Although, I suffered pains from the wound and the numerous injections, I now realized and identified with those who are suffering from chronic diseases and those who are terminally ill. Each day must have been a struggle for them.

2. I learnt that operation could be a “scary thing”. Even as they wheeled you to the operation room and asked you several times about your name and NRIC No, it seemed that it might be your last call. I was unsure whether the operation was successful nor would I know for sure whether I could wake up. The moment before they knocked you out with “gas” was most frightening. I prayed to God to allow me to experience a “pleasant dream” during my operation. The next moment I woke up, I was on my way back to the ward. I had no dream whatsoever…..perhaps this was the “most pleasant” dream from God.

3. I learnt to appreciate the professionalism and sacrifices of the nurses and doctors. I thank them for their dedication and love for the patients. A profession that is often neglected and taken for granted.

4. I learnt that most patients would yearn for their friends and relatives to visit them. Ironically, they do not wish to “trouble anyone”, yet the visitations could mean a lot to the patients. The worst part that I experienced in the nights and wee hours of the morning….there was such a sense of loneliness…..as in not being with your loved ones.


5. I learnt that human being are inter-dependent. The care given from you loved ones, friends and colleagues are so crucial in moment like these. I was totally “immobile” and needed the nurses to serve me. I was helpless and dependent.

6. I learnt that the process of recovering required determination, discipline and will-power. I have to undergo a series of rehabilitation exercises and learn to walk again. That wasn’t easy as each exertion will cause pain.

7. I learnt that I have indirectly affected my colleagues and superiors as they would have to cover my duties on top of their own work. That’s really called for understanding and team work.

And the list could go on……..