「心打開,像小孩」說來簡單但怎麼那麼難做到?不管是辛苦經營的感情或盡全力達成的事業目標,總是有好多搞砸的事,總是有好多遺憾,總是默念:如果可以重來,那該有多好?
“Keep your heart open, like a child’s.” Easy to say, impossibly hard to execute. Whether it’s the relationships we work so hard for or the hard-earned career credits we have under our belt, there are always mistakes and regrets. All too often, our minds silently plead, “If only I could redo things.”
其實只是我們有沒有辦法轉念而已。《心打開》是一個給自己的機會,給世界的機會。每當我們覺得一件事「沒救了」,我們就是在背叛心中那還相信無限可能的小孩。的確很多事沒辦法重來,但不代表它不能蛻變,變得比你想像的更美好。
In fact, it’s just a state of mind. “Open Heart” is a chance for yourself, and a chance for the world. Whenever we feel that something is “unsalvageable”, we are betraying the child within us who believes anything is possible. It’s true, for many things, you won’t get a do-over, but that doesn’t mean they can’t transform into something even more beautiful than your wildest dreams.
分享原版歌詞的一小段:「閃亮的水晶碎得再徹底也有拼回快樂的餘地。不需要原形依然能美麗,只要你願意。」
An except from the original lyrics: “No matter how many pieces a crystal shatters into, it still has a chance to be pieced back into happiness. The crystal doesn’t need its original shape to shine beautifully, only your willingness.”
與 Terry Zhong 合作的 《心打開》Remix 更加熱血勵志。完全抓住《RE》這張EP的主要精神:重整後又重新出發!
This remix with Terry Zhong amps up on inspo feels, completely capturing the spirit of《RE》:
REorganize and REstart!
心打開,耳朵打開,我回來了。
Open your heart and open your ears, ‘cus I’ve REturned.
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You Have God’s DNA in Your Inward Spirit-Man
“Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently: having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever. For, “All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls; but the Lord’s word endures forever.” This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.” (1 Peter 1:22-25 WEB)
The word “seed” in the passage above in Greek is sporas which refers to seeds that are sown.
God’s word is this incorruptible seed that is sown into our hearts every time we receive it.
Each time it is mixed with faith, it grows roots and starts to mature, before bearing fruit.
However, today I just want to focus on receiving God’s word for salvation.
Every time God’s word is sown in an unbeliever, whether by a preacher, through reading a book, or some other way, this incorruptible seed is landing on their heart.
Take a look at Jesus’ parable of the sower and the seeds:
“He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow. As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them. Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth. When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away. Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them. Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”” (Matthew 13:3-9 WEB)
This parable represents different types of unbelievers and their different responses to the sowing of God’s word in their hearts.
1. Some hear and don’t believe
2. Some believe but shortly fall away because of fear of persecution and not being rooted in God’s word
3. Some believe and are distracted from their true calling because of worldliness
4. Some believe and become fruitful in all areas of their lives for God’s glory, producing an abundance of good works which heaps up eternal rewards for them to be revealed in the Millennium.
In the apostle John’s letter, he likens God’s word to a sperm:
“No one who is born of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin, because God’s seed [His principle of life, the essence of His righteous character] remains [permanently] in him [who is born again—who is reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose]; and he [who is born again] cannot habitually [live a life characterized by] sin, because he is born of God and longs to please Him. By this the children of God and the children of the devil are clearly identified: anyone who does not practice righteousness [who does not seek God’s will in thought, action, and purpose] is not of God, nor is the one who does not [unselfishly] love his [believing] brother.” (1 JOHN 3:9-10 AMP)
The word “seed” in the passage above in Greek is sperma which is sperm.
When the sperm of God’s word fuses with the fertile egg in the faith-filled heart of our inward spirit-man, the result is a spiritual rebirth.
“For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn’t profit them, because it wasn’t mixed with faith by those who heard.” (Hebrews 4:2 WEB)
“Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures...Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.” (James 1:18, 21)
Through this process, we become “born-again”. When we are born-again, we are new creatures that have God’s DNA inside our spirit, telling it to produce good works and walk in love, in alignment with God’s character.
“Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods?’ If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can’t be broken), do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God?’” (John 10:34-36 WEB)
We have been born again through having faith in God’s word to become gods—that’s what it means to be a child of God.
Every creature gives birth after its own kind.
A lion gives birth to a lion cub and a sheep gives birth to a lamb.
When God’s Spirit gives birth to a new spirit, it becomes a god (lowercase g—the upper case G is reserved for our Creator).
Dear brethren, you have God’s DNA in your spirit telling and empowering it to walk in love and be fruitful in good works.
We once had no ability to do this when our spirits were still dead in sin, but now there has been a huge change.
The more aware you are of this truth, the more you can live out the truth that’s inside you.
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I PLEDGE [Official theme song for Leo Clubs District 308 B2 (Malaysia) 2009-2010] lyrical video
Music & Words by Alan Thoo
Produced by rafikoncept
Sung by Jeremy Goh
Pledge by Scott LG
Rough and narrow life may sometimes be
I went through your path I proudly pass
The storms of life has horned both you and me
A wealth of knowledge you've helped me amass
Strong undaunted I'll always be
I'm brave and stay unyielded
There's no one but myself to carry on
To heal the world I always tell myself
Chorus:
I pledge of my hands extended and open to help those in need
I pledge of my heart reach for it and it will be touch
I pledge of my ears to hear another's outcry
My eyes to see the plight of others
My knowledge to bring a man closer to his dreams
I pledge of myself for the betterment of my community
and my country
Bridge:
There will be times when I am feeling down
There will be trouble that we know will come
I will be here to face it all
Repeat Chorus as pledge
Repeat Chorus
I was honoured to be invited as the 46th MD 308 Leo Forum 2019 Forum theme speaker in JB on 27 May 2019 and some Leos asked me for the song and I remembered during my time as DC I didn't really have an MV so I've decided to re-release a lyrical video of the song! PM me if you want the MP3 for your events or videos.