I expect miracles every day of my life. Some people don’t believe in miracles, but I believe that miracles are happening all the time if we will only pay attention. Have you ever had something happen to you where you thought it must have been more than just mere coincidence? Have you ever prayed for something to happen, that seemed impossible and your prayer was answered?
What is a miracle?
Recently, in a public apology to the press Tiger Woods the most famous sports player in the world asked for the publics forgiveness for his irresponsible actions in committing adultery in his marriage. One specific statement that he said struck me deeply. He said…
Every summer I take time out to go on a personal spiritual retreat. This summer I went to a special location called the “Prayer Caves” (www.prayercaves.com) in Southern California to pray and fast for four days. The experience was powerful. I came back spiritually refreshed, recharged and refocused in my life mission and purpose. During those four days I slept, prayed studied God’s word and only drank water in an actual mountain cave.
Some people would ask, “Why spend four days in a cave to pray?” My answer is
We need to learn to rest. For me, this is one of the hardest things to do. Ever since I was young I was a hard worker at anything I put my mind and heart to do. Don’t get me wrong, hard work is a good ethic and principle, but even hard work can become excessive if we do not learn to take time out to rest. God created us first as “human beings” not “human doings.” Work is only fruitful when it comes from a place of rest in our lives, not a place of strife.
We live in a digital world where we are constantly distracted, attracted and retracted to “other things” that constantly grab our attention. Whether that is our cell phone (i-phone, blackberry, smart phone), our laptop, our emails, our social media outlets (facebook.com, myspace.com, twitter.com, etc), our Television, our Radio, our IPOD, and the list goes on, it seems that the constant in flow and out flow of information is non-stop. Sometimes I lay in bed to go to sleep, but I can’t even fall asleep because
One reason I absolutely love being Chinese American is that I get to celebrate two new years. I get to celebrate January 1st New Years and I get to celebrate Chinese New Years. Of course, I kind of favor Chinese New Years over the other one because I get little red bags full of money, but more than that I get to experience a time of celebrating and spending time with family and relatives.
Ever since I was a little child, Chinese New Years was a holiday to look forward to. All of our cousins would gather together to have a great Chinese New Years feast, while we would also give out red bags to one another to start the new year fresh. As a young boy, opening red bags was like opening Christmas presents. You never knew how much money you would get. Sometimes it could be a few dollars, other times it would be
When I was 18 I walked the streets of China and saw something I will never forget. I saw streets filled with disabled children begging for money. Some of them had no legs, others had cleft lips, and many were mentally or physically impaired. That image of children suffering has been stuck in my mind till this day. As a Chinese American who had grown up in middle class suburbia for most of my life, I was totally shocked to see what I saw when I walked the streets of my homeland, China. Yet, this shocking reality of deep poverty is a reality that billions of people must face on a daily basis.
More than one billion people in the world live on less than one dollar a day. In total, 2.7 billion struggle to survive on less than two dollars per day. Every year 11 million children die-most under the age of
Almost everyone is joining the twitter revolution. If you are in Hong Kong/ASIA reading this article you may be wondering what this twitter business is all about? In the US and other parts of the world everyone now a days seems to be “tweeting” including myself. Twitter is basically a social networking platform that asks you one question, “What are you doing?” and you must answer it in less than 140 words. You then “tweet” what you are doing and everyone online that is following what you are doing… will now know what you are doing, what you are thinking about, what you may be feeling or who you may be talking to at the moment through twitter. It’s fun. It’s genius. It’s a new way of communication!
I started using twitter one year ago when it was introduced to me by my long time mentor MC Hammer. Many people don’t know that MC Hammer is
A little over 1 year ago, God led me to a very special young man & brother named “Van Ness Wu.” Some of you may know Van Ness through the popular Taiwan pop band “F4” he has been a popular singer, dancer, actor, but most of all servant of God.
When I first met Van Ness, he was quite lost spiritually, but through prayer and seeking God he made a dramatic turn for the better. He decided one day to personally commit his life fully to Jesus as his Lord and Savior. I baptized him in my backyard swimming pool in Los Angeles. That day I shared with him being baptized does not mean you will now have to be perfectly holy, but it means to trust that God alone can make him holy in His grace. That day he took the step of faith and has never been the same since!
Recently, Van Ness and I did a concert and major outreach to youth in Indonesia together. Thousands of youth from Indonesia came to hear him perform his songs, but Van Ness didn’t just give them a performance he gave them a message.
ON THE MOVE
EAST WEEK #23 ~ WE NEED RIGHTEOUS ROLE MODELS NOT CELEBRITIES
In the past year I have had the opportunity to work with many celebrities and artists in the entertainment field counseling, advising and being a pastor to them spiritually. I began to ask the Lord why He had opened this unique door of mentoring artists & entertainers to me, specifically I heard God say, “I am raising up righteous role models to positively influence the next generation for My purposes.”
Why is it important to see artists/celebrities as key influencers in this generation? Because we live in a post-modern culture today that sees leadership and authority very different than the generations before it. Before postmodernism there was modernism and pre-modernism (Christendom). Let me explain each from a Western context to make a point…
Christendom
The understanding of church that developed after Emperor Constantine made Christianity an official religion of the Roman Empire in the 4th century so that the church became a pillar of society and Christianity the dominant religion.
Modernity
The historical period that emerged in the West around the turn of the 16th century
EAST WEEK #22 ~ “JUDGE NOT OR YOU WILL BE JUDGED”
(I wrote this East Week article a few months back … in light of Tiger Woods, we need to pray for those who are exposed in sin and darkness, love them and not judge them. We all can stumble, but it’s God’s grace that brings us back to life. Pray for those who fall to find grace and truth in Jesus Christ!)
Recently in Hong Kong many celebrities have had to come clean with their mistakes and sins. I simply want to write this to ask everyone to continue to pray for many of the celebrities/artists who have had to face public disgrace and scrutiny. Pray that each of them can find grace, healing and restoration in their lives from devastation and humiliation. Some of these artists/public figures have professed faith in God and making an honest effort to turn a new leaf. Please remember, no one on this earth is perfect, only God is. Our faith is not in our own righteousness, but in the righteousness of Christ. The Bible says, “judge not or you will be judged.” Jesus did not come to save the righteous, but He came to seek and save the lost, the least and the last. He came to save every one of us from our sins and mistakes.
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