What an awesome song by GMB. Really ministered to me tonight. Our God is faithful. No matter what we say, He has never forsaken us and He never will.
Yesus, Kau telah memulai s'gala yang baik dalamku
Engkau menjadikanku serupa gambaran-Mu
Dan berharga di mata-Mu
S'karang ku memuji-Mu
Allah yang setia
Yang tak pernah meninggalkan perbuatan tangan-Mu
S'karang ku menyembah-Mu
Allah and mulia
Sempurnakan s'genap hidupku
Agar indah bagi-Mu
Yesus, Kau telah memulai karya yang mulia dalamku
Kau berikan hidupmu s'bagai ganti dosaku
Karna kasih-Mu padaku
check this video out. You'll be impressed, even if you're not a musician. The drummer is absolutely amazing, but the other guy makes me laugh. Props to him, though, coz he's still quite a unique fella~
Enjoy!
AHHHHH I just sent an email out to a friend of ours asking about my BBQ chicken recipe, and so while typing the email my mouth began to water and it just sounded SO GOOD to me right now! BBQ CHICKEN wooooohooooo!!
so anyways, here's the excerpt from the email I thought I'd share with the rest of the world.
Here’s what I can recall doing with my chicken…
But before that, here’s what I didn’t do that I should have done:
- Boil/steam (steam is better) the chicken before marinating it. Why? Coz you save time on the BBQ. Since it’s already cooked before it was marinated, you can just BBQ for a short time just for the taste, color and fun of it without having to wait forever for the pieces of meat to cook.
Okie, here’s the recipe:
- BBQ sauce (any will do, but I used “Essentia" brand Southwestern Chipotle flavor. I forgot where I bought it. Sorry…) This is your PRIMARY INGREDIENT so be generous with this
- Thick, black, sweet soy sauce (I use the ABC brand “kecap manis” from HK market)
- Generous amounts of chopped up garlic and onions. Blended would work just as well, if not better.
- Some lemon juice
- Mayonnaise (the real stuff, not miracle whip)
- Italian seasoning
- Chopped up rosemary (I have some you can use)
- Pepper
- A little bit of cooking rice wine (optional)
Put all those in together in a gigantic mixing bowl, mix it well. As for the portions, I dunno lah. I don’t really pay attention to the portions…I just “see” and improvise. You can try that. The idea is to create a thick sauce that will stick with the pieces of meat as much as possible, yet watery enough for the juices to seep into the meat. And then throw in the chopped steamed/boiled chicken pieces, and use your hands to work it into the meat. Be careful because since the chicken is cooked, it will be EASY to separate the meat from the bones. You don’t want that (BBQ is always nicer IMHO with bones in the meat). Cover the chicken and leave marinating overnight in the fridge.
For every American who believes he's going to Hell, there are 120 who believe they're going to heaven. This optimism in stark contrast to Christ's words in Matthew 7:13-14: "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only few find it."
What would keep us out of Heaven is universal: "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). Sin separates us from a relationship with God (Isaiah 59:2). God is so holy that he cannot allow sin into his presence: "Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrong" (Habakkuk 1:13). Because we are sinners, we are not entitled to enter God's presence. We cannot enter Heaven as we are.
So Heaven is not our default destination. No one goes there automatically. Unless our sin problem is resolved, the only place we will go is our true default destination . . . Hell.
I am addressing this issue now because throughout this book I will talk about being with Jesus in Heaven, being reunited with family and friends, and enjoying the great adventures in Heaven. The great danger is that readers will assume they are headed for Heaven. Judging by what's said at most funerals, you'd think nearly everyone's going to Heaven, wouldn't you? But Jesus made it clear that most people are not going to Heaven: "Small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."
We dare not "wait and see" when it comes to what's on the other side of death. We shouldn't just cross our fingers and hope that our names are written in the Book of Life (Revelation 21:27). We can know, we should know, before we die. And because we may die at any time, we need to know now---not next month or next year. "Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow . What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14).
It's of paramount importance to make sure you are going to Heaven, not Hell. The voice that whispers, "There's no hurry; put this book down; you can always think about it later," is not God's voice. He says, "Now is the day of salvation" (2 Corinthians 6:2) and "Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve" (Joshua 24:15).
- excerpt from Heaven by Randy Alcorn
