I am leaving for China this morning  I will try my best to post my tweetvotions.  My email service will work in China on my Droid, so keep in touch with email.  Don't call me because Verizon will charge me $1.99 / min. 

Hope the rest of your summer is the best of your summer!  Grace and peace!

We need to learn from Joseph, in the OT, who exemplified self-control better than any other human being. (Read Gen. 43:31)

Lately I begin to appreciate House M.D., the show on FOX, the first show that I’ve ever got interested after the end of Jack Bauer’s 24. There are a couple of reasons for my appreciation, in spite of its adult language and dirty humors that makes it not family friendly, meaning I cannot watch it with my kids.

First, I like the fact that Dr. House is a sick physician, popping painkillers every now and then, even in front of his patients. Unlike those super hero stories, Dr. House is shown with many annoying weaknesses, and he is always pushing the envelope, not because of a heroic venture but because of his obsessions. It surely turns most people off, even though “this bastard is the best doctor you can ever get,” as stated by his boss.

Enkrateia, the last Greek word appeared in the fruit of the spirit is better translated as self-differentiation. (Memorize Gal. 5:22-23)

For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control. (Memorize 2 Tim. 1:7)

Gentleness is an important quality of Christian leadership, like Christ, the Shepherd, gently leads his flock. (Isaiah 40:10-11)

Your spirit of gentleness is tested when you are right and someone else is wrong and not listening. (Read Galatians 6)

Paul said he applied the "meekness and gentleness of Christ" to approach people. Sounds interesting to me. (Read 2 Cor 10:1)

My tongue is gentler than my teeth and often hurt by them, but my tongue lives longer than my teeth. (Memorize Prov 15:4)

The wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits. (Memorize James 3:17)