http://instantdevotion.com Giving You Enough Time To Know God Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:41:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently, as I was reading my bible on Isaiah 38, I realized that everything can be changed by prayers. The 38th chapter of Isaiah talks about King Hezekiah's reign at the prime of his life but all of a sudden God told him that he's going to die. Hezekiah is ... http://instantdevotion.com/2009/11/prayer-changes-everything/ I was attending a christian church since I was a child. I have been actively participating and sunday school programs. In fact, I do join youth camps yearly, non-stop!  The problem with christians who grew up in church is that they can't hardly differentiate what's bad from good. You know ... http://instantdevotion.com/2009/10/consider-gods-rebuke/ I loved singing worship songs for God because it is when my heart overflows with every word that I want to tell God. I am not really into searching for good christian bands since I believe that good worship songs doesn't come from skillful musicians but from true worshipers of ... http://instantdevotion.com/2009/10/pour-out-my-heart/ It was so nice to attend the first congregational Dawn Watch held in our church. Honestly, it's not normal for the youth to join prayer gatherings but I do believe that God called every believer to pray and intercede, even the youth. To my surprise, a lot of youth accepted ... http://instantdevotion.com/2009/10/ministry-of-prayer/ I assume that you are very familiar with the bestselling book, "Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren. This book occupied a lot of space in bookstores worldwide because people desperately want to know the purpose of their life. People are confused as to why they are born. Why do people ... http://instantdevotion.com/2009/10/whole-duty-of-man/ This month, two of my relatives died. - The first one was my cousin, same age with me. We both grew together, played together. We spend our time on things which matters most to us. We had a lot of fun. - The second was my auntie. She's not an ordinary ... http://instantdevotion.com/2009/10/a-time-for-life-and-death/ Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways, for the LORD detests a perverse man but takes the upright into his confidence. The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous. Proverbs 3:31-33 (NIV) The moment we ... http://instantdevotion.com/2009/10/living-a-righteous-life/ Christians normally pray "Lord, guide me" after they do all the planning on their own. It's as if we decide what we believe is best for us, then all of a sudden we will ask God to guide us. Can we be guided by God if our minds is already ... http://instantdevotion.com/2009/10/gods-direction-in-demand/ “Those who believe in the Son have eternal life.”  John 3:36 Computerized Christianity.  Push the right buttons, enter the right code, insert the correct data, and bingo, print out your own salvation. You do your part and the Divine Computer does his.  No need to pray (after all, you control the keyboard).  ... http://instantdevotion.com/2009/10/religion-by-computer/ Is there any benefit being a righteous man? When I was still schooling, 6 years ago, I came across a group of students who never in their lives thought of changing their lives. They already knew the consequences of what they are doing but still they say, "If it's ... http://instantdevotion.com/2009/10/no-fear-of-bad-news/