Category Archives: For the Soul

Truth Matters! It Always Does.

Truth has become increasingly subjective and perspectival unfortunately in our current age. However if there is no “true truth” (as if there is false truth!!) , there is no falsehood either, and all things are therefore relative – but we know that is a false statement , when there is no truth, chaos will be reign supreme.

Truth is grounded in the one true God who “is there and is not silent,”. Only truth can give us the confidence that our faith is worth having. Those who wish to pursue a life of faith and obedience to God will make it their goal to speak the truth always. Telling the truth is commanded and commended in God’s Word. The 10 commandments and through the many passages of God’s Word, God instructs us not to lie.

The foregoing are what our Creator said concerning truth.


‭‭John‬ ‭8:32‬ ‭“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
‭‭John‬ ‭14:6‬ ‭

Jesus said “and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

“The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭145:18‬ ‭

“LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭15:1-2‬ ‭

Liars make a deliberate choice to fabricate the truth and do not let others know that they are doing this. There are lies – lying is deliberately saying something with the intent to deceive, and God draws a hard line against this practice. God’s Word reveals that lying is a severe offense that the Lord will not tolerate.

“A false witness shall not be unpunished, And he that speaketh lies shall not escape.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭19:5‬ ‭

“A false witness shall not be unpunished, And he that speaketh lies shall perish.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭19:9‬ ‭

“Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: But they that deal truly are his delight.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭12:22‬ ‭

“Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭22:14-15‬ ‭

“Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: The LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭5:6‬ ‭

“He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭101:7‬ ‭

“For He that will love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:”
‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭3:10‬ ‭

“A false witness shall not be unpunished, And he that speaketh lies shall not escape.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭19:5‬ ‭

“A true witness delivereth souls: But a deceitful witness speaketh lies.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭14:25‬ ‭

God gives us each dawn and “a pen & paper” – let’s write a good account for today. ~ Cheong Kok Weng

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make Today Great 😉 by the grace of God, as today’s actions do improve or impact tomorrow’s results, and beyond.

Today is the Day to do it.

“(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, And in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)”
‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭6:2‬ ‭




Each Day brings Choices, Making Choices can Change our Future, may We choose Wisely with God’s Help.

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We make so many choices every day. Some choices are pretty ordinary and have no significant impact to our “future” direction, like whether we  want to write or post commonplace, unexceptional stuff to a chat group or social media.

Making critical choices involve decision-making that necessitate the systematically gathering and evaluating of accurate information in order to make informed decisions or good choices. It entails discarding old filters that had worn-out or lenses that are no longer in focus and look for the correct information, then strategically think through the choices available in order to come to the best possible option given the situation.

Good choices are decisions that do help us to head in the right direction in life.

There are certain choices  that affect our future and eternal destiny and it would ultimately be most important for us to choose wisely based on the revelation of our Creator to us.

Our time on planet 🌏 is pivotal for it is while we are alive on earth that we can make a choice that has the greatest consequence for our future destiny – whether we will be in heaven with God or be with the devil and his angels in the lake of fire for all eternity – that’s how crucially significant it is for us.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.” John‬ ‭3:16-19‬ ‭

Jesus said:

“Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭25:41‬ ‭

“And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭25:46‬ ‭

God tells us in no uncertain terms:

“….the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭20:12-15‬ ‭

“the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭14:10-11, 13‬ ‭

 

 

 

Every moment can be a fresh start.~ Cheong Kok Weng

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This very moment is a new opportunity to another fresh beginning, embrace it with thanks to God for giving us another chance this very moment.

A new restart, a new “re-beginning”, take a deep breath and start again.

The beginning is THE very crucial part, let’s get started.

NOW is the best time for a new beginning.

Cheers to the fresh start,  to a new beginning!

“And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭21:3-7‬ ‭

“But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭16:6‬ ‭

Blessed Easter.

HE is Risen. Jesus is Risen.  Death could not hold Him.   Rejoice in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

There is hope for mankind – renewal and new life in Christ Jesus.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
‭‭John‬ ‭3:16‬ ‭

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The case for the resurrection .

https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/historical-evidence-for-the-resurrection

“And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭15:4-9‬ ‭


1st Good Friday – Jesus Died for our sins so that we can be reconciled to God.

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Good Friday is good because Christ showed His great love for man, and paid the penalty of the sin of man, so that man may be reconciled with His Creator God.

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
‭‭John‬ ‭15:13‬

“No greater Love,” that is what is manifested to us in the death of Christ, the “no greater Love” that belongs to God, and which is made a gift to us in Jesus Christ who, as God the Son (The Triune God – ONE GOD in “3 Persons”) not only lowers Himself to become a man, but even chooses to lay down His life for us.

This is the greatest gift of God, the gift of His Eternal Love. It is this Life and Love which became incarnate in human flesh, and which reaches it’s most perfect and astounding manifestation in the act in which Christ as both Fully God and Fully man, laid down His human life for us; as for his friends, so we might share His Life and Love for all Eternity.

Good Friday is about a divine exchange: We give Christ our sins, and He gives us His fullness. We become righteous in God’s eyes as we are forgiven for all that we have done wrong.

“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”
‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭5:21‬ ‭

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
‭‭John‬ ‭3:16‬ ‭

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‘NOW’ is a freshly minted moment; choose and act on what is good & needed NOW. ~Cheong Kok Weng

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Every moment is a precious moment; as once it passed-by, it will not come through our paths again.

May we forget about yesterday’s wasted time and give attention and act on good choices NOW and work on the good that we can aaccomplish today.

We need the wisdom from above to utilise well and be aware of this most precious gift of  time that God gives us.

 

” To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: ” Ecclesiastes 3:1

 “The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.”  Proverbs 21:5

“He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.”  Proverbs 10:4

” Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass”.  Psalm 37:5

 “(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)”  2 Corinthians 6:2

“Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”  James 4:14

“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.”  Psalm 90:12

 

Our choice at every moment is what matters, we can make new decisions, at each moment, of the TODAY that God gives us – Cheong Kok Weng

TODAY  ….is a GOOD DAY to START – Take ACTION AND START TODAY.

What we do today,  will impact the tomorrows.  Our determination today will lead to the success of tomorrow,  by the grace of God.

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We are not our past, because God gives us each fresh day to decide to do things differently – what really matters is what we decide to do TODAY ,  what you used  to be, is already in the past.

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With each new opportunity of the day,  we can choose,  act decisively and differently  in  a way that helps us to be capable of being all that we created to be; reaching towards our highest potential –  for we are made in the image of God.

The beauty of Creation bears witness to God.

Psalm 19:1-3 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.

There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.” 

2 Corinthians 6:2 “(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)”

 

We need to recalibrate & change course today when we are heading in the wrong direction. ~ Cheong Kok Weng

Change can sometimes be difficult while at other times it can be comforting.

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Would we not want to know that we are heading in the wrong direction rather than not knowing and finding out only at the end of our journey?

There are warning signs and notices we all need to take care and be aware of, that indicate we are heading for a dead-end.

After noticing the signs, we must follow-up by actions in order to correct and readjust our path, and consider it a detour, in reaching the destination.

 

“Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” Isaiah 55:6-7″

Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die,..” Ezekiel 33:11a

 “Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?” Ezekiel 18:23

“For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 

 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.” 1 Timothy 2:3-4