Things in the past, All I've been through is for Your glory...

I had a good day, praise God! Started oh so well when I was confronted with some itchy stories of the past. My officemates started teasing and questioning me about the dark episodes of my life. Shooo! Shooo! Shooo! I cannot deny I was part of it but I praise God for the redemption. If not for Christ, I wouldn’t have gotten out… It was my Jesus who took away the bondage of the past and other ties.

Then I was silent. I felt so bad to be in the hot seat talking about why I was stuck into the stuff and all those experiences. I felt the blood rushed to my brain as I sat on my desk wanting to disappear.

But the Holy Spirit just placed a song in my heart and at that very instant, I started worshipping the Lord of lords…

Here is the song:
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Lord I offer my Life to You…

All that I am, all that I have
I lay them down before you, oh Lord
All my regrets, all my acclaims
The joy and the pain, I'm making them yours
(Chorus)
Lord, I offer my life to you
Everything I've been through
Use it for your glory
Lord I offer my days to you
Lifting my praise to you
As a pleasing sacrifice
Lord I offer you my life
(Verse 2)
Things in the past, things yet unseen
Wishes and dreams that are yet to come true
All of my heart, all of my praise
My heart and my hands are lifted to you
(Bridge)
What can we give
That you have not given?
And what do we have
That is not already yours?
All we possess
Are these lives we're living
That's what we give to you, Lord
(Chorus)
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It’s not about what you’ve been through,
It’s not about what you’ve done,
It’s about going back to your first love and surrendering your all to Him.
It’s all about Christ…How He died on the cross to save you from your sins…
It’s about His power that can break any hard shell and let you come out of it.
It is all about Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the world.

If you feel that you are in darkness. If you think that you can never get out from your bondage. If you are struggling to get out of an addiction and you feel that you cannot stop…pause…and call on the name of Jesus Christ.

Repent of your sins and ask Jesus to be your Saviour and Lord, and you will be FREED!
Been there…betcha! Things will be perfectly GREAT!

A glimpse of the past...

I scanned through my Blogs and one which was entitled “Learning the Hardest Possible Way” gave me a laugh. It was kind of my online diary where I poured out pain, confusion, depression, fantasies, happiness, victories, and all. Then I realized one thing, most of the posts were about loneliness. It started with a broken life that was shattered in pieces and scattered, and there I was slowly trying to pick up what has been splintered. There were also stories of a broken heart that was longing to be with somebody in the past while struggling to win over the bondage of an illegal substance.

It was a life trapped in darkness. It was a total messed-up life. But that was in the past.
Praise God for the new life He has given! “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Out of the tomb, He called my name and raised me up from death to life! Jesus Christ took me out of the bondage of sin and gave me love that is pure and unconditional. I’ve never felt so loved! He loved me when I was so unlovely and cleansed me by shedding his own blood to free me from my sins.
No more picking up of the scattered pieces because Jesus gave me a whole new life! I can’t stop praising Him!