Decade of power

Today is a public holiday because Malaysia beat Indonesia in the AFF! To the Malaysian team, Malaysia Boleh!

This will be my last post for this year. Tomorrow is the first day of the new year and also the first day of the next decade. I really believe that the next 10 years (2011 to 2020) will be a decade of power. As world events continue to stun and shock us, weather patterns continue to suffer upheavals, calamaties continue to increase worldwide, the power of God will increase in the church by leaps and bounds!

God is the source of all power in the universe. He lights up the heavens, gives the sun, the stars and the solar systems their lights and cause the planets to move on their axis. Jer 32:17 "Ah Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and earth by Your great power. There is nothing too hard for you".

Ps 147:5 "Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite"

In 2011, I need the power of God to help me in the following 7 areas:

1. to witness for Him. "And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of Jesus" Acts 4:33

2. to share in the sufferings of the gospel. "....do not be ashamed of the testimony of the our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings of the gospel according to the power of God" 2 Tim 1:8

3. to get wealth. "...for it is He who gives you power to get wealth..." Duet 8:18

4. to receive and pray for healing of others "....And the power of the Lord was present to heal them" Luke 5:17

5. to prepare myself for the return of the Lord. "He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord" Luke 1:17

6. to make the impossible possible "Ah Lord God! Behold you have made the heaves and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for you"

Finally in keeping with the church theme for 2011 "Deep, strong, unshakeable" I need God's power to remain strong the Lord and in the power of His might.

If I forget all the prayer requests sent to me by different ones on their expectations/aspirations for next year, I will pray this for them, "Lord grant my brother and sister to always remain strong in You and in the power of Your might"!Eph 6:10

Blessed New Year!