{"id":42824,"date":"2021-03-28T23:04:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T15:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/?p=42824"},"modified":"2021-03-28T23:04:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T15:04:45","slug":"love-at-first-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/?p=42824","title":{"rendered":"LOVE at first sight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ORDINARYmoments<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Have you ever had such an experience? When you see something, and you immediately have this thought: \u201cThis is what I want, and I will bring it home.\u201d Long time ago, while there were still days of going to a \u201creal\u201d mall to do shopping, sometimes I would see shoes or clothes or something, and have that \u201cit is mine\u201d feeling. It is like \u201clove at first sight\u201d, except I am talking about things, not people.<\/p>\n<p>Not long ago, the Methodist Book room was relocated and opened. Since I worked nearby then, I went to look around. I fumbled casually through some discount books in the special offer cart. Suddenly in front of me was this book: Die Losungen (Moravian Daily texts-A devotional guide for everyday). It is a 2014 Chinese version translated from German. This book \u201cDie Losungen\u201d has never stopped being published since 1731. It has passed on its spiritual blessings for almost 290 years, traveling through time and space and many generations, to this very moment and place. I picked up this book, and that feeling \u201cYou are mine, I will bring you home\u201d reappeared.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Ling Zhi Ping wrote in the book\u2019s preface: \u201cIt is never easy for such a simple devotional book to traverse history, overcome countless difficulties, and be published continuously for nearly three hundred years. Is this not a miracle? Please open this Chinese version of the 283rd edition of \u201cMoravian Daily Texts\u201d, and let the miracle unfold in you and me.\u201d (Page 8)<\/p>\n<p>Every year, I try to secure a different bible reading plan and devotional materials, in which I hope to experience afresh and gain new inspiration from the authors or the materials. Now that we do not have to look for paper books, there are many e-books on the Internet. On top of that, there are also many options for reading plans on mobile apps. Last year I completed \u201cMy Utmost for His Highest\u201d by Oswald Chambers. This year God put \u201cDie Losungen\u201d in my hands, how could I not rejoice?<\/p>\n<p>No matter how 2021 turns out, let us rest assured, the God who rules over everything never stops talking. But the question is: do we spend time listening to Him every day? Let us be encouraged to move on, to read the Word of God with great passion and love for Him.<\/p>\n<h6>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\">Winnie Chan, Local Preacher of Wesley Methodist Church, Sibu<\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ORDINARYmoments Have you ever had such an experience? 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