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I thoroughly enjoyed a sermon by my Pastor on an early Sunday morning last week. In fact, the Pastor just came back from his trip and last Sunday's sermon was his first after the trip. He was not around in the main service, which was on last Saturday.
In a nutshell, the Pastor was preaching about internal and external factors that hinders us from Christianity. Though this is a religious subject, I believe we can applied in our daily life on other aspects. The external factors are -
1.Spending too much time on electronic devices on apps like facebook and games.
2. Watching too many movies and dramas till we don't sleep and get enough rest.
3. Focusing too much attention on hobbies and recreations till we pay lesser attention on God's word.
Anyway, it doesn't mean we shouldn't have a hobby or entertainment to de-stress but do it moderately , else it may become even more stressful. My Pastor's point is these hindrances will affect our Christian life and spending less time on God's word. It also applies to daily life where we ignored other more priority tasks.
Internal factors -
1. Sins of unforgiveness.
2. Sins of the flesh and lust like watching pornography, involved in extra-marital relationships and etc.
3. Sins of anxieties, instead we should cast our anxieties on God and knows He cares.
These internal factors definitely weakens us as well as giving us and our close ones more stress and problems.I thought I learnt something from the sermon though it's common sense and hope these sharings benefits you too!
Meanwhile, I always love having a nice good dinner in JB before I go back to SG, especially dining at the Pekin restaurant near Taman Sentosa.
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| Herbal chicken - famous dish in Pekin restaurant. The chicken really absorbed the fragrance of the herbs ! |
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| Assortment of vegetables in teriyaki sauce |
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| Asparagus - my favourite ! |
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| Pork ribs in sweet sauce ....yummy! |
Oooo...the food looks so so good! That would come under internal, No. 2, right? Forgive me...for I have sinned too! Muahahahahaha!!!!
ReplyDeleteSTP - haha ..makan ok la as we all have to eat right ? However in common sense , too much snacking or eat too much also not good for.our health.
ReplyDeleteOh, Sat n Sun, different preacher, thought will b same preacher...
ReplyDeleteSharon - probably teh pastors are sharing notes ...hahha a. ..
DeleteThe spending too much time on fb n games, have heard abt the preaching in church also...
ReplyDeleteOops... I replied your comment above. Back to your previous comment, mine is small church and the staffs are quite shorthanded. And the pastor was running lots of tasks.
DeleteThat herbal chicken and pork ribs look so good. Look at all that sticky goodness.. Pai kuat wong? I usually just steam my own chicken, with minimal herbs, coz the kids are eating it.. Just salt, wolfberries and some "yok zhok" slice, that's all, but very nice..
ReplyDeletePrincess - yup , I love the herbal chicken too. It's very fragrant !
Deleteyes, I totally agree that all things must be moderate.. sorry if I may sound offensive to you, but I think that includes religion as well.. of course I totally agree that our religion gives us spiritual support, but we still have to do things and cannot expect things to be done for us, right??
ReplyDeleteSK - yes , we also need to balance yourself else we may deviate or give ourselves too much stress. It's akin to a baby , who need to learn to crawl first before can walk and later run.
DeleteI mean ourselves instead of yourself. .... typo. Lol
Deleteaww I like all those dishes you had, and they certainly look very very delicious to me!! love the herbal chicken and the asparagus.. the mixed veggie in teriyaki sauce?? hmm, maybe nicer in sambal belacan?? haha~~ :p
ReplyDeleteSK - haha...u come to jb la... I bring u there.
Deleteexternal factor : 1 guilty 2 not guilty 3 guilty :p
ReplyDeleteinternal factor : 1 guilty 2 not guilty 3 guilty :p
Mmmmmm...yum ...all the dishes i like. If the herbal chicken well marinated then will be super yummy.
Kucing - They are famous for the herbal chicken. Pay a visit here when u in JB.
DeleteGuilty as charged... so I guess I am not the only one if Pastor gave out this sermon.. this must be very common with us nowadays... gone are those days when we do not have smart phones, pc, ipad and all the "i"... food is only thing we looked forward to last time...
ReplyDeleteReana - Yeah lor. Try not to let these hindrances affects our Christian life. It's not easy though as like yesterday, instead of spending quiet time with the Lord, I started to surf FB , instagram and etc. hahaha...
DeleteThe three external factors you mention are not good if done excessively anyway. From religious points of view or from a free thinker point of view. Hehehe
ReplyDeletelina - true..actually, it's common sense too where most of it make it a habit.
DeleteI think i want that chicken only :D
ReplyDeleteKen - Good enough. At food courts, sometimes i just order this herbal chicken with rice. :)
DeleteLove the food you had.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the points in the sermon. Yes. I do feel what the pastor shared has an impact in our lives. And one time in one of the Sundays, my pastor forbid us and children to play games and carry handphones into the church. Just for that 2 hours to concentrate on what in front. No devices or gadgets to distract us.
Rose - wow..your pastor must be very strict. Mine was a gentle pastor but he's also very discipline.
DeleteLast Saturday I attended a church wedding and so many people were browsing their phones and one played farmville while the Pastor was speaking & blessing the marriage. What say you?
DeleteI love these vegetables. Have you seen the latest news about the Chinese man with worms after eating so much Sashimi?? Blergh!
ReplyDeleteI love asparagus! It is important for one to have a religion to stay sane
ReplyDeletewe love asparagus. but expensive...
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