Chapter 90: Forever You Reign

This song "Forever You Reign" is made for my God, my Savior. I wanna share this with my readers, to let them know that the song is ultimately inspired by God Himself.

On 12 September 2009, in the Youth Live Concert, this song will be placed at the last. I do hope everyone who comes to the concert will enjoy the presence of God, and the touching of Holy Spirit.

My life and my all are in God's hand. My life is unworthy, yet God still uses me for His kingdom. God reigns in my life. He will forever be my God.

Therefore, one day, when I was resting on my bed, I saw a picture in my mind which many people were bowing down before God, calling out with all their strength "You're my God! You're my God!"

All Creations around God were praising Him for His mighty work. The voice of praise was so loud that it was blended into one voice. As the creations were praising God, the fear of God became to grow deeper and stronger. Naturally, everyone raised up both hands and declare that Jesus reigns forever. When I see the people of God were fearing His Name, I began to fear even more.

When I fear God, I could not do anything, but to raise up my hands and agreedly saying, "You're my God! You're my God! Jesus! Forever You reign!"


God, I love to worship You. And I wanna worship You for the rest of my days. Though my life is broken, yet You won't despise it and take it all. Therefore, God, do not forsake me and have mercy upon me.

Use me in Your kingdom and glorify Your Holy Name.

Revelation 19:6
"Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: "Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns."

** Please note that I am not a prophet. This is not a prophency or special revelation. Please do not think I am trying to make myself special. I am only composing a song which I can imagine all people fearing His name.


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Forever You Reign
Melody and Lyrics composed by: Jack's Stuff

Verse 1:
Mighty God, the world is in Your hand
Every knee shall bow down in Your name
You are God who deserves all our praise
Here we are, our sacrifice of praise

Pre-Chorus:
All the heavens and the earth
tremble and fear Your name
There is no one else like You, for You are great

Chorus:
All Creations shout Your praise
As we lift our hands, declare Your name
You’re my God, You’re my God
Jesus, forever You reign

Verse 2:
Who am I? Not worthy of Your grace
My broken life, You won’t despise and take
I once was lost, You bring me back again
Use my life for the glory of Your name

Chapter 68: This is Your Body

Last Saturday, we were having an ice breaker in the youth ministry; it is to use the fun clay and make some shapes.


When we were doing the shapes, I noticed that my youth were having a lot of fun. I could see their happy expression and their excited voice,

“Ha ha ha… This is our dog?!”
“For an elephant, you make the hands, you make the legs, you make the body, and I will make the head.”

Is this a fish? Horror Movie!
“Hey! The eyes of the fish are dropping out! How can the fin be like that? Wow! Mouth so big?”

There were much laughter in the game, and I could feel the joy in them. I felt very happy when they were having a good fellowship. They kept on redoing the body parts when they found that it was inappropriate. As they started to make faces, I started to think the creation of God – human.

Our creation of Face, Dog and Elephant
Genesis 1:27, 2:7
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them… The LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.”

We used fun clay to make shapes; God used dust to form the first human. Isn’t it quite similar? When we were making the shapes, we were full of excitement and enthusiasm. I wonder when God first made man, how did He feel? I believe God must be very happy and excited about his first human creation.

When we made the shapes, it looked awkward. However, take a look at ourselves.

What a wonderful design of God!!

With everything which is so systematic and functional, inside and outside of the body, no one can ever make this wonderful creation except God.

All of us were given a body. God wants us to cherish our own body. Take good care of it. Your body is unique because it belongs to you alone. Do not do stupid things to hurt your body (e.g. cutting yourself, eating drug…etc). Do not use your body to sin (e.g. fighting, murdering…etc). If you love God, you will love his creation. Nevertheless, you will love your own body as well.

Into the potter's hand, I give my life
Readers, appreciate God’s gift in your life -

This is Your Body.

Be healthy and strong at all times. Remember Jesus Christ loves us; He has redeemed us.
We ought to love ourselves including our body.
Honor God with our body.

1 Corinthians 6:20
“you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.”

Chapter 40: Earth Hour

"Earth Hour is a global event organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. Earth hour was conceived by WWF and the Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, when 2.2 million residents of Sydney participated by turning off all non-essential lights."

Written in Wikipedia



WWF sincerely has the heart to remind all the world about turning off all non-essential lights. It is indeed a good event. God indeed wants us to take care of the earth nicely.

Genesis 1:26
"Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." "

However, I believe not all people participate this event. We were having a youth cell from 7:30PM to 9:30PM on last Saturday. We did not switch off the light and PA system. Indeed, I felt a bit moved by the Earth Hour, when many youths came to me and ask, "Jack, why can't we participate this Earth Hour?"

I have no answer for that. In my mind, I was thinking about their spiritual growth. Frankly speaking, I did not know how to answer them.
I remained silent. I knew that they felt disappointed and discouraged.

God, at least there is one thing I feel encouraged. Some people still care for the earth. However, Some people might say that those, who just participate for fun, are hypocrites.

Listen. Even though they participate for fun, at least they had saved that one hour energy to do good to the earth. In fact, they are better than those who say, "Don't be hypocrite." and didn't participate it at all. I prefer them to keep quiet and say nothing about it, since they didn't participate either.

God, You created this wonderful world, yet we human destroyed this creation and disobeyed Your word.

Please forgive us
for we do not know what we are doing.

Related topic >>>Chapter 13: Creativity

Chapter 13: Creativity

Written on 16 October 2008


On 15 October 2008, Rev Yee invited me for dinner at ARK (Anglican Retirement Kampong). I have already known him and his family in Labuan (my hometown) for several years. When I reached ARK, I was told that there were some puppies around the area. So I went to search for the puppies. These are the pictures of the puppies.


The moment that I saw all those puppies, I thought, “These puppies are so cute.” I even grabbed the puppies one by one and look at their face. Suddenly, I began to wonder one thing. If we were to compare who has the best creativity, I would say God is always the best.

People often comment about my creativity, “Great!”, “Excellent!”, “Creative!” However, I know that there is an enormous gap in between my creativity and God’s creativity. Why do I wanna say that? Take a look at this video below.


If God didn’t design and create dogs on the 6th day of creation, we will not see the dogs now. Can the girls say “WOW! This puppy is SO CUTE……….!!!!”? Look at its paws, the eyes, the face, the ear, the fur…. Can you create something like that if God didn’t show you the features of a dog?


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As it is written in the bible, Genesis 1:24 - 25
“And God said, ‘Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, the wild animals each according to its kind.’ And it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.”

Look at these 4 points:
1) ‘livestock and creatures that move along the ground’ means animals (poultry and wildlife) , amphibians , reptiles and insects. There are 4 kinds of creatures. Remember that, readers!!

2) ‘…according to its kind’ means different types of design in one same particular animal. For example, in dog family, You have Hush Puppy, Chi Wawa, Husky, Bulldog etc… What about different types of cats? Snakes? Bears?

3) ‘And it was so.’ means God created all kinds of living creatures IN JUST ONE DAY!! Think carefully, Readers! You can’t copy God’s idea of the fur, scale, eyes, paws, ears, body, legs… any part of any creature. Can you design a cute creature? Even if you were given a year to create one cute creature, you still cracked your skull! What more about creating thousands of different creatures IN JUST ONE DAY?!! CRAZY MAN!!


4) ‘And God saw that it was good.’ Of course, it was GOOD! I should say FANTASTIC! God created beautiful creatures IN JUST ONE DAY!!!
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What about the 3rd day of creation?
God made various kinds of vegetation
IN JUST ONE DAY?

What about the 5th day of creation?
God made various kinds of living creatures in the sea and various kinds of winged bird under the sky
IN JUST ONE DAY!!!

Do you think it is easy to design those living things IN JUST ONE DAY?!

YOU CRAZY AH?!


The most amazing creativity is that God used only 6 days to create this world!!! What can we do in 6 days?! NOTHING!! Christians, I know you all will never realize this truth until I tell you so.

Do not just read Genesis 1 as if you are reading fairy tale. Feel it!!! Elaborate the awesome creation of God!!! Look at the living things around you!! They are all the tiny little part of God’s creation which was created only in 6 days. Do you understand what I am saying? Appreciate the wonderful creations of God. It is JUST MARVELLOUS!



Remember my brand “Jack’s Stuff”… If God didn’t give me this creative idea of designing this logo, I would never have created Jack’s Stuff. Readers, you agree? Indeed, God is great!!!


As I recalled all these verses and looked at the puppies again, I said, “God, No one can have the creativity like You do.

You are so AMAZING!”

Chapter 8: Red

Written on March 2008












“Why is your face red?” the people asked me.
“Well, I believe this is a wonderful creation of God.” I answered.

I, Jack’s Stuff has a special feature which not everyone has it.People give me a nick – Jack the Apple, Jack the Red, Jack the rose cheek... whatever…


I have a red face. Since the day I was born, my face is born to be like that. I had heard thousands of times from people, saying, “Why is your face red?”

To me, at first, I found it really annoying. It’s because I find it REAL ugly. The reddish face without any itchiness just looks blemish… People around me are normal, I am abnormal…

However, right now, I think differently. I think I am UNIQUE… No one has it, I have it. I feel proud about it.

Somehow I am allergy to Sunlight, Super Spicy food, Seafood… High temperature of hotness and Low temperature of coldness.

When any of these matters happened to me, people will notice my face very obviously! It is TOO RED! Like an Red Apple! People will surely notice it! Ha ha… Especially after my exercise, people will say, “Jack, your face!!! WOW!!! ”

People easily identify my emotions. They can roughly know what had happened to me. When I am sad, when I am happy, when I am excited, when I am panic, when I am angry… My red face will tell everything.

So I guess for those who read Jack’s Stuff blog, and they meet me in person, they will not ask me the same question again.