Samsung S7 edge

I just learned an important lesson from my handphone the Samsung S7 edge.

Claiming to be able to take photos underwater, I did not realize that the depth is only up to 5 feet and the time is only up to 30 minutes.

While at Lombok, I decided to take some lovely pictures of corals underwater (Gili Meno) coral sightseeing. While my girls and father went snorkelling, I stayed on board the boat. 

On a moment's whim, I decided to lower my selfie stick (got this free from one credit card company) and snapped corals pictures under the surface. Again I tried it and snapped!!

The pictures were lovely and the phone was still usable. What I did not know was that water had entered the phone through the USB port and that I would not be able to charge it for days.

Suddenly my connection with my office, family and friends came down to ZERO. I felt so lost but at the same time so stress free. Perhaps this is the answer for a stress free day - switch off the phone!

But I was very sad because this was the mercedes of phones and the most expensive I have ever owned up to RM2999k plus. Enough to pay for a holiday abroad. How could it be?

It has failed to live up to its promises. I called Samsung to complain after returning home. The service center asked me to try charging it on the wireless. If it still failed to charge, they advised me to take it to the Service Center.

The wireless worked nicely which was a big relief as the phone was only about 3% left of battery life. 

I continued to pray for the phone to be 'healed'. Last Friday we were discussing in our LG about persistent prayer, praying for the same thing over and over again. Well, I did pray for the phone to be healed but I did not pray over and over again. I guess I just could not be bothered with it as the wireless was doing fine for me. In fact I was giving thanks to God that I could continue using my phone.

I told my family that I loved this phone so much that if this phone was spoilt, I would still buy another Samsung S7. Why? It has a big battery, it takes clear and sharp pictures although unlike the Oppo it takes up to 3 hours for a full charge - I still rate this phone 8/10!

Surprisingly one week after the Lombok experience for no rhyme or reason, the phone started charging again!

God taught me a precious lesson. Pray, pray and pray but if the prayers do not get answered in the short time just give thanks for that situation. Not for the answered prayers but give thanks for the phone that could not be charged using the USB port!

In fact I was meditating on Phil 4:4 "Rejoice always and again I say rejoice"!

God has a lesson to teach me in every situation. Keep our focus on Him and He will keep His focus on us!

Amen

House of Prayer for all nations - Authority of the House

There is divine authority when we apply all the As of the House of Prayer:

1. Attendees of the House - joined to God, loving Him, serving Him and keeping His covenant.

2. Address of the House - being consciously aware of this that individually we are a House of Prayer and that we need to keep the House of Prayer clean and pure so that the Holy Spirit will be pleased to dwell in each one of us.

3. Activities of the House - offering ourselves as a living sacrifice to God just as Jesus did, imitating Him and following His example. Intentionally giving of ourselves in prayer, worship, praise, thanksgiving, brokenness & contrition of our hearts which is the altar of the Living God. Incense will rise to heaven before the throne of God as we do so and God will begin to act, mingling the incense with fire from His throne room!

4. Authority of the House - spiritual authority will flow and we will see answers to our prayers. For the past year we have seen:

- righteous judges proclaiming righteous judgements in Ronny anak Rebit's case
- a government in Sarawak with a Chief Minister who is not racially driven in his policies
- a move toward moderation and more inclusive racial NGO activities like the G25, The Star project "Anak-anak Malaysia"
- Puchong bombing had no casualty
- release of Malaysians captured by the Abu Sayyaf
- exposure of terrorist cells in the nation
- move by the US authorities to prosecute those involved in laundering money in the 1 MDB case
- churches continue to grow and thrive and people coming to the Lord. In a recent evangelistic event about a thousand or more responded to the altar call for salvation......

and many more......we are not there yet but we need to keep on building more Houses of Prayer nationwide so that a holy fire can burn all over our nation to root out and destroy the works of darkness in our nation and for revival to sweep across our communities, cities and nation!

When we are in the holy hill of Zion, when we are in the holy mountain, when we are in the holy hill - we will experience the authority of the Lord to declare and decree:

Psalm 2: 6-8
"Yet I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. Ask of Me and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potters vessel"

Indeed the House of Prayer shall be established as a House of Prayer for all nations!