Hope

Give me faith when my world is crashing
Lift me up when I am falling
Lord, I'm calling out to You
I have no where else to turn to

When darkness covers me
Open my eyes and help me see
You are all that I have
And You are all that I really need

Nothing else matters
No one else will do
Help me to have faith
And truly put my trust in You

You are the light, You are my hope
You are the answer to all I need
Whatever it takes, break me
Bring me to my knees

When all else fail, Your word remains true
Hope draws me back, and I'll wait for You

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Princess Michelle -
Beloved daughter of the Most High King

Peace for my soul

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Peace for my soul

My restless soul, wrestled with yet another sleepless night
As I stayed up in bed, heaving a heavy sigh
I stared into the heavens, struggling to say a prayer
Wondering to myself if anyone is really there

All night long, my one soul desire
Is to find the peace and rest I long
I searched in my heart
But could never figure out what's wrong

Then in the solitude and the quietness of the dark
A sudden whisper of a still small voice I hear
A gentle tug in my spirit begins to stir silencing every fear
There a glimmer of hope and than I knew someone hears

Be still, and quiet now my Child
And know that I'm the Lord Your God
Peace be with you as you know that I'm right here
My soul is now settled for that's all I need to hear

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Beloved Daughter of the Most High King

Lost and found

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Opposition, my childhood friend
Rejection has held me by the hands
Through all the years growing up in pain
Suffering from sorrows and so much shame

Who would have thought that a person with a such a past

Is able to endure an environment that is so very harsh
I endured the physical and the emotional pain
Yet through it all, God's love and faithfulness remains

I was lost and alone, wondering if any one cared

Than God's love found me, than and there
Now I know who I am and I know who You are
You are my heavenly Father and I'm Your precious child

You mended and healed this broken soul

With Your love, You have made me whole
Out of darkness into Your glorious light
You called me now forever to Your side

Now with You, I'm forever secured

The past has no power over me any more
God's love has broken the chains that held me down
Now hope and joy is all I'm glad to know and have found

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Reflection: Love is a choice!

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Love is a choice!

Reflecting upon an incident that took place several years ago... And as I thought about it, there's one thing that is clear. Since God created the world, He knows the past, the present and the future. He sometimes preamps His children about what it is to come and it is up to them to choose to decide their attitude.

Some how it always amazes me when I reflect on the incident on Judah's betrayal of Jesus. Jesus knew everything from the start and yet He still... chose to love Judah and did not harbour any negative thoughts about him... Throughout, Jesus's heart towards Judah is one of kindness, forgiveness and mercy. This brought me to an incident which has personally took place in my life.

God asked me this question once (many years ago) regarding a friend whom I love dearly. He asked" "Would you still love him and regard him as friend, if one day he did something that would hurt you?" It was a honest and hard question, I eventually replied "Yes" not fully understanding what it meant.

The "hurt" that my friend caused me, eventually happened many years after the Lord has asked me that question. When I was dealing with the hurt, God reminded me about the question He asked me years ago..... I honestly struggled with it. I realised and learnt from Jesus that, love is a choice. Knowing that you are going to be hurt and still choose to love and forgive him is a deliberate choice.

Dealing with the pain, God asked. "Are you willing to give up that pain to Me and still love your friend?"

I had to make a choice - to be angry with my friend whom I love, or trust God to graciously help me deal with the hurt and than forgive and love him the way Jesus has dealt with Judah!

It is a hard choice, but since I treasure the friendship so much, I had to put aside the hurt if I really wanted to keep him.. Honestly, it still hurts every now and than when I think of my friend, but I have chosen to think of the positive things that has happened. The longer I harbour and think of all the negative things that has happened, the further I will cause the friendship to drift.

Love and hate is a choice. Choose wisely!

Serving with you in His Kingdom with love;
Princess Michelle -
Beloved Daughter of the Most High King

Reflections "Let Go and Let God"

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Reflection on the words "Let Go and Let God"

I have this mental picture when I think of the above words. It is something that the Lord has reminded me through my friend. And as I was pondering upon it, this is what I (re)learnt...

To let go and let go, literally means to open up your hands and release whatever you have in faith, to God to let Him do what needs to be done.

Why the term "let go"?... Simple... We let go because we have been holding on to something that we are not supposed to be holding on to. When we hold on to something, our hands are tightly grasped together like a fist. When you hold something in your fist, you have no more available space to receive any thing more.

Therefore to "let go" we need to be deliberate to open up or hands if we refused to, God sometimes will have no choice but to find way to pry it open. The excuse I give is "my muscle is cramp therefore I can't". Simply and bluntly put it, if we are truly honest, what we really meant to say is.... I want to but I cannot because though my spirit is willing my flesh is weak.' The process of the prying open is going to be (more) painful if we choose to be stubborn and go head-on with God. But God has promised that He will give us strength to heal the "cramp", if only we allow Him to. But God is a gentle God and He knows how much you are able to handle at once, so He will never allow us to be tempted beyond what we are able to go through (1 Cor 10:13)

And after we "let go", we "let God', simply put it... We surrender our rights to God and we relinquish the need to have control over it. And that takes a step of faith on our part. Most of the times we fail to see that we have a God bigger than our problems. And we forgot what Jesus taught us that as long as we have a faith of a mustard seed, we can tell the mountains to be moved from here to there and it will done, and nothing will be impossible for us. (Matt 17:20).

Prayer - Oh Lord, please grant us the strength to be able to let go of what needs to be let go, Help our unbelief and heal our hearts and brokenness. Restore us and the things/situation, the way it was meant. In Jesus Name, Amen!

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Ree

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Cry of my heart

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Running out of words to pray O Lord
I stand speechless before Your throne
Hear the cry of my heart and soul
 And the groaning only You understand and know

Open my eyes to see the things I need to see
Open my ears to hear the things I need to hear
Open my heart to receive Your call for me
Open my mind to understand Your mystery

In Your grace, I live, in Your love, I grow
In Your presence I long to be, with You and You alone
By Your strength O Lord, I stand
With the faith You gave, I will walk with You till the end

Is Your face I seek
Is Your grace I need
Is the warmth of Your embrace
 I long to have all of my days

Nothing more will I seek
For You have given me more than I need
Hear the cry of my heart Lord
Cos You are my strength when I am weak

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Princess Michelle -
Beloved Daughter of the Most High King

The Words of Jesus

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The Words of Jesus

Look the clouds and the sky, what do you see

All creation declares its glory of Me
I know the numbers of hair you have and all the stars by name
Yesterday, today and forever I remain the same

I’m the Lord Almighty, faithful and patient am I
I am forever and I will never die
Have you read My word, to hear what I have to say
Every word I speak declares of My love for you today

Behold My scars on My feet and My hands

Behold the cross of Calvary where the curse of sin was brought to end
My blood was shed in order to set you free
 And at the mention of My name every demon has to flee

My kingdom and My reign last throughout eternity

My promises and words remains as true as it can be
Whatever I have spoken, it shall come to pass someday
If behold I stand at the door of your heart to knock, would you invite me to stay

I gave up My all to show My love for you

Everything I could give, I’ve given to you
Nothing from you have I withhold,
I have carried you in my loving arms, from birth right till you are old
I will always love you
And I never will I let you go

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Princess Michelle -
Beloved Daughter of the Most High King

You know best

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You know best

Rising to my feet to praise
Falling on my knees to pray
Everything I have, I lay before You
Trusting in Your word, knowing they are true

Every fear, every tear, every dream, every song that I sing
Lord I'm learning to trust You and let go of everything
You promised to deliver, You promised to heal
You promised to keep Your covenant, and You always will

Lord You are sovereign and above all
You pick me up every time I fall
Not a single tear is wasted, nor a single cry unheard
You understand my sorrow and You feel my hurt

On my knees Lord, have I prayed
But now I shall arise again to my feet to praise
I choose to rejoice and be grateful for all that I have
I thank You Lord, because You know what is best

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Princess Michelle -
Beloved Daughter of the Most High King

Letting Go

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Letting go, because I know
Lord, You're in control
Letting go of everything I hold
I shall not be afraid
Of the things that lie ahead
For You have seen tomorrow
Letting go of my fears
Trusting that You're always near
You'll hold me close every step of the way
And You'll never let me go astray
For the things in the past that has bound me
I've chosen to surrender all
Because when I do,
I know You'll bless me with even more

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Princess Michelle-
Beloved Daughter of the Most High King

Coping with life's problem

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Coping with life's problem

Have you ever found yourself in situations, you find it all hopeless? Do you find life miserable, everything seems to going wrong and nothing is going right? You want to give up, you want to run away, you just want to escape and have nothing to do with it?

Well, life does attempts to tear us apart in different directions especially, in the face of an adverse situation. There are often different kinds of reaction we can have towards these situations in life. We can either choose to run away and forever not learn how to cope with them, or we can trust in God's grace and His supernatural strength to enable us to walk through it.

Whenever we come face to face with such situation that is too difficult, too fearful or maybe even too troublesome to cope with, our natural reaction is usually to run away from them. More often than not, running away from the problem doesn't solve anything at all; in fact it often carries heavy implications in the future. The unsolved or unresolved problems in the past will snowball into the future posting an even larger one than before. And most people often will have to deal with the present issues, plus and on top of those that have been steadily accumulated over the past years, while at the same time, learn to tackle the problems that will come inevitably in the future.

As far as life is concerned, problems are inevitable part of us. It doesn't matter how old, how young, how strong, or how weak you are. It doesn't matter how rich, how poor, how smart or how lowly educated you are, problems will come to you someday, someway and somehow. No matter how hard we try to avoid them, we just can't, it's simply impossible. Coming back to the topic, how then shall we learn to cope with our problems? If we are consistently running away from them, then there will be no end in hiding, because it will eventually come back to us. However, if we should choose to face our problems with faith, confidence and determination, we can be a better person. When we learn to put our perspective right, our views change, our attitudes change even though the problem may still persist.

One of the things we can do as Christians is to pray. Prayer does have a major impact on our problem, though it doesn't make our problem disappear, it does however, gives us the peace that God is with us and He will give us the wisdom, His grace and His strength to help us through. Many times, when we are facing problems whether at home, at work or at church, we have the tendency to pray, "God, please help me get out of this situation." While God is more than able to do that, He often has other plans for us. All of us would love to have God coming to our rescue to save us out of our situation, but God prefers to help us through them. We often do not see how it works, but learning to cope with our problems, and walking and working through them, actually helps our character to grow. We learn through perseverance and patience. Romans 5: 3 – 5, tells us this, “Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.” Learning to lean upon God's help and strength, and waiting upon Him to fulfil His promises towards us in His time, requires both perseverance and patience. There are also two other very important aliments, which we often tend to neglect and they are the aliments of faith and obedient.

Both our faith and our obedience to God play a very essential role in terms of our spiritual walk with our Heavenly Father. While in the process of waiting on God and upon His answers to come, we often have problems worrying about what the future may bring us, or whether or not God will do what He says He will do. We have far too many concerns in our lives that we are unable to trust God or wait patiently and obediently for Him. Yet, that is what is mostly required of us, and the bible says it very clearly, "Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards them who earnestly seek Him (Hebrew 11:6). And faith as explained to us in God's word is, - "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see" (Hebrews 11:1).

The aliment of faith is made up of two parts - being sure of what we hope for and part 2 – being certain of what we do not see. The first part of faith deals with hope, having great expectation that whatever we are being hopeful to receive, we are sure to get it. The second part of faith, deals with being certain, or being confident. Being confident and believing positively about what we cannot see of the future. Put the two parts together, and faith is made up of – being hopeful and being confident. Our confidence is place in Jesus, the author and the perfecter of our faith (Hebrew 12:2). We can totally trust in Jesus in any circumstance, because Jesus is known to be faithful in all His ways and He is known to be steadfast and unchanging because "Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever." (Hebrew 13:8)

We tend not to have the faith when things go wrong, and then we tend to be disobedient to God when we don't feel like doing what God's wants from us. Especially, when we do know that it requires a lot of changes in our lifestyles. It's natural that people don't like changes, but change is inevitable and is permanent. We can only be obedient towards God and have faith in Him, if we understand God and we truly trust Him. That trust and that faith comes from spending time in His word and worshipping Him and it starts with a relationship and as with every relationships, effort is required to maintain it. It requires discipline, which most people (including myself) lack greatly. "So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of God." (Romans 10:17).

The very fact we lack faith is the fact we lack discipline to read and to pray and spend quality time with Him. Having suffered from depression before, I felt that that is one of the most valuable lessons that God is teaching me. The fact that I do not pray and spend time reading His word as I should, I have given space and allowance to the devil to play with my mind, together with it, comes the lies and all sorts of negative and destructive thoughts. What the Lord has been teaching me is that worship is important. The more we don't feel like praying and worshipping, the more we SHOULD pray and worship. It takes a very deliberate effort and we must die to our flesh, and to our unwillingness to do the uncomfortable. The word of God teaches us, "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. We are destroying speculations and every lofty things raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ" (2 Corinthians 10:3-5).

Another important weapon is – Praise & Worship. Worship changes our focus from ourselves and our problems to God. The worse we can do is to run away from the very place we ought to be in - in the place of worship of the saints and in God's presence. Our prayer has power; it is our communication towards God. Our worship has power; it is an expression and confession of our love, our faith and the acknowledgment of our Lord and Savior. Satan is allergic to our praise and our worship to God, and in the place where praise is offered to God, the devil has to flee. You still think you can't pray and you don't want to sing because you think it's hard and no one understands you? Well think again…"For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weakness, but one who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, than we may receive mercy and may find grace to help in times of needs" (Hebrews 4:15-16). And we are also taught that, "No temptation has overtaken you, but such as is common to man; and God is faithful who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you able, but with every temptation, will provide a way of escape also that you may be able to endure it." (1 Corinthians 10:13).

Let's just face the fact. The problems will not go away, and the only thing we can do about it is to be positive. Know, for a fact that God is in control and He is guiding us through it and helping us to overcome them and in the process, we grow to be more Christ-like. It is tough, but if we ever want to get better and grow, stay on and trust God! Our only source hope is truly found in Christ. Psalms 46:1 says, "God is our refuge and strength, our ever present help in times of need".  So, run to Jesus and not away from him.

Winners never quit and quitters never win. You want to be a winner? Stay in the race, do not give up or lose hope! And finally, "For we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him and have been called according to His purposes." (Romans 8:28) Still thinking of quitting? Think again! If I decided to quit, this book might not have able to be completed and published.  One lesson that failure has taught me is this - I am not a failure just because I have failed once, but I keep trying and trying and I never give up on myself. The only time when I become a failure is when I decide not to try again and just remain at my fallen state.  As long as you have not stopped trying and believing and trusting God, you still can and have hope that things will eventually turn around and become better. Remember that life is not a bed of roses, if life was that easy, we wouldn’t be in need of God and we will take everything for granted. At the point of my writing, I’m still dealing with health issues and other personal matters. God is still teaching me how to learn to have faith and be strong in Him. Proverbs 3: 5-6 teaches us this truth, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not unto your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path”. At the end of the day, it is still about trusting God and He will lead you to the path of victory and success. It will happen, in His time, not ours. No matter how hard life is, life still has to go on.


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Beloved Daughter the Most High King

God is our refuge

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My Past

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Memories of the past I wish I could erase
The past and hurts still haunts me till today
The harsh words spoken and the beatings that I've got
These are the memories that my childhood has brought

Go do your work, don't you dare play
So I haven't got a choice but to study all day
I work so hard to try and get good grades
Still I failed and made my mother lose her face
With the rattan she hits me, one stroke at a time
She punished me as if, I had committed some serious crime
I may have a family but I've never felt at home
I'm insecured and timid and have no freedom of my own
Everything I do, seems to be wrong in their eyes
As far as they're concern, I can never do things right
Encouragements and praises are foreign words to me
The things they say and do, just hurts and sting me like a bee
You're stupid and good for nothing, you're such a useless bum
This is common sense, I can't believe you're so dumb
These are the things I grew up with ever since I was child
To be able to heal from all these hurt will definitely take a while

Memories of the past I wish I could erase
The past and hurts still haunts me even till today
The harsh words spoken and the beatings that I've got
Those were the memories that my childhood has brought

Written By Michelle Yee