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"ONE" is the fresh new praise and worship album from Planetshakers. For 12 years Planetshakers was a youth conference held in different cities around Australia. In April 2009, all generations gathered together in Melbourne for Planetshakers Conference "ONE". Recorded over four days and nights at Hisense Arena, this album captures the sound of all generations uniting with ONE spirit, ONE heart and ONE voice. We saw thousands of worshipers join together with one purpose: to encounter God. Tracks include praise songs "Get Up", "No Compromise", and worship anthems "Like a Fire" and "Lift You High". As you experience the praise and worship on this album, we pray a fresh fire will be ignited in your heart. Also included, Planetshakers Conference 2009 Opening, Preaching Footage from John Bevere, Glen Berteau, Reggie Dabbs, Russell and Sam Evans, as well as Conference Highlights and Interactive Worship. The 21st album for Planetshakers, "ONE" will surely stir your spirit to hunger for more of God. Also available, Resource Pack (Split Trax and Digital Music Book).

Song #	Song Title (Click title to listen)
1	Get Up
2	No Compromise
3	Rejoice In You
4	Like A Fire
5	Lift You High
6	Holy Spirit Come
7	Dance Now
8	You Are Good
9	Wonderful Saviour
10	Deeper
11	Glory Forever
12	Get Up (Remix)

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When Life Does Not Make Sense

One plus one equals to…? Two! Of course the answer is two but sometimes in life one plus one may not add up to two. What do I mean?

Think about someone who put in all his times and efforts only to see another got promoted in work. Think about someone who sacrificed so much for the family but only to find their spouse walk out of their marriage. Think about someone who is disciplined, never stop exercising, eating the right food but yet suffered some serious illness.

Think about those adversities, misfortunes and unfair treatments that often left you wonder WHY? I know that feeling….angry, frustrated and injustice! Does life make sense when misfortunes happen to good people? When the arrogant got promoted and rises super fast? When the wicked prospers? Hello God, are you still in control?

Can you find anything like that in the bible? Yes, think about Abraham and Sarah who was well in advance in age waited so long for the birth of Isaac. Think about Joseph who was sold to Egypt, being accused by Potiphar’s wife, was sent to jail for the wrong he did not committed. Think about Job who was righteous and blameless but yet suffered terribly in the hand of Satan. Does life make sense?

The Psalmist (Asaph) expresses accurately in Psalm 73:3-13,

For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong. They are free from the burdens common to man; they are not plagued by human ills. Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence. From their callous hearts comes iniquity; the evil conceits of their minds know no limits. They scoff, and speak with malice; in their arrogance they threaten oppression. Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth. Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance. They say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?” This is what the wicked are like— always carefree, they increase in wealth.

When one plus one does not add up to two, when life doesn’t make sense, when all the misfortunes fallen on you, when you have been victimized, when you have been treated unfairly, when you have been accused wrongly…

Please do not ask WHY! There are things that you can comprehend and there are things that you cannot understand. You just need to accept this fact. We are tempted to ask why, trying to find the answer but often left disappointed. The word WHY will cause you more frustrated. Such questioning will make you think that God does not love you anymore! Remember the devil will make you doubt on God’s love.

But nothing is further than the truth; God loves you more than anyone else. But you may ask why such thing happens. That is why I said don’t ask WHY. Ask HOW?

Instead of asking WHY, you should be asking HOW, how can I cope? How can I trust God? How can I overcome these challenges? How can I control my emotion? How can I turn this stumbling-stone into stepping-stone? HOW? HOW? HOW?

When you start to ask HOW, you put yourself in a position to depend on God. Instead of being angry with God, now you are depending on his strength, wisdom, and grace. With such a state of mind, I believe you can now face anything. Come, whatever come, God is with me, and I can face all things simply because God is with me, amen.

What about the WHY? The best way to due with it is to keep a file of all the WHY(s). You need to accept the fact that not everything in life you are able to understand. God’s way is higher than our way; God’s thought is higher than our thought. If God reveals, thank God. If he didn’t, keep it in a file and bring it to heaven. By then, you will have all the answers.

But now, instead of being gloomy, frustrated, disappointed, discouraged and unhappy, why not take a bath, wash your face, comb your hair and face the challenges and uncertainties with courage and confidence. Remember God is with you.

The good news is Abraham did have Isaac, Joseph became the Prime Minister of Egypt, and God blessed Job two-folds of what he had initially. If you read second portion of Psalm 73:16-28 regarding the wicked and arrogant,

When I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny. Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin. How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors! As a dream when one awakes, so when you arise, O Lord, you will despise them as fantasies. When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you. Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you. But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.

Lastly, I want you to know, whatever adversities, misfortunes and unfair treatments you are facing, God is will you, He will repay you. He will avenge for you. He will restore what you have lost. He will bless you.

Continue to have faith and trust in God.

Bible is the Inspired Word of God

Biblical inspiration is defined as the work of the Holy Spirit by which, without setting aside their personalities and literary or human faculties, God so guided the authors of Scripture as to enable them to write exactly the words which convey His truth to men, and in doing so preserved their judgements from error in the original manuscripts. The Word of God as given to us in the Bible is a product of two free agents, human and divine. Through (fallible) human authors, God manifested the infallible and errorless writings, which convey His messages. A natural question is, why God chooses to have humans write the Bible; couldn't He write the Bible Himself much like what He did in inscribing the Ten Commandments on the tablets? Won't this be an easier way in preserving the accuracy of the Bible, instead of through the hands of fallible men? Although God is sovereign and can do anything by Himself, He chooses to have humans interact in His plan. This is one of the biggest differences between Christianity and other religions; with God reaching down to man, instead of man reaching up to Him. We have seen many examples in the Bible, which God chooses to have human interaction. The creation of the Written Word (Bible), the Living Word (Jesus), and Promised Word (Salvation) all share this characteristic.

After discussing why God chooses to have human involvement in the writing of the Bible, lets look at how inspiration is done. First of all, we learn from 2 Timothy 3:16 that the entire Bible is inspired by God, not just partially. It is an important concept, for if we choose and pick some parts of the Bible as inspired and others are not, then the entire Bible soon falls apart. Who has the authority to decide the extent of inspiration, but God Himself. And God made it very clear that all Scripture, is inspired by Him. Therefore those who preach partial and degrees of inspiration are playing God. Since God is truth (John 3:33, Romans 3:4), whats breathed out by God, must also be true (John 17:17) and infallible. The process of inspiration is described in 2Peter 1:21, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. All Scripture was regarded by the Jews as prophecies, that it did not originate from man, but came from God. The Holy Spirit inspired the prophets or apostles to mouth the truths, which was then recorded and superintended (or moved) by God to ensure that the messages were not diverted, misdirected or erred by the fallible author. The word moved in 2 Peter 1:21 is the same word used in Acts 27:15-17, meaning that the boat was 'moved' or 'borne' by the wind. While the crews (human authors) on the boat have full freedom of steering the boat, the motion of the boat is entirely borne by the wind (God) in a storm. The use of this word indicates that the Holy Spirit completely superintended the human author in the process of recording His words. It is important to point out that inspiration was not a mechanical dictation of the Scripture to the authors. The authors are free to express their emotions and style in the writing. It is also important to mention that only the Autographs (the original written documents by the biblical authors) are inspired.

Let's look at what the Bible says about itself. Throughout the Old Testament it was mentioned repeated that the Scripture is the word of God (Jer 1:9, 31:2; 2 Sam 23:2; 1 Kings 20:13). God also instructed His spokesmen to write the message down (Ex 17:14; Jer 30:2). Another strong proof for the inspiration of the Bible is the fulfillment of the prophecies, particularly those relating to Jesus (His birth- Isaiah 7:14, Micah 5:2; His crucifixion- Psalm 22:16-17, Isaiah 53:12; and His resurrection- Psalm 16:10, 22:22). Because of the fulfillment of these prophecies, Jesus proved that He is the Son of God, giving Him the infallible authority to claim the inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible. Jesus taught that the entire Bible, both the Old Testament (Matt 21:13, 26:31, 5:18 and Luke 4:27) and the New Testaments (John 14:24, 16:12-13) is the infallible and inerrant word of God. Since the gospels give an accurate and reliable record of what He taught, it has been established that the entire Bible is really the errorless and authoritative word of God. Not only can we believe everything in it, but it demands our obedience.

The apostles also attested the inspiration of the Scripture, in both the Old Testament (Rom 3:2) and the New Testament (2 Peter 3:15,16). Moreover, they proclaimed their own writings as Gods words (1 Cor. 14:37), and their messages as Gods words (Gal 1:12; 1 Thess. 2:13).

Conclusions:

The entire Scripture is the inspired word of God because the Bible says so (2 Timothy 3:16). This is probably the strongest argument from a presuppositional point of view. However, most believers would rebuke that the authority of the Bible is what one tries to prove in the first place, so how can one use quotes from the Bible to sustain such a claim. In this case, the fulfillment of prophecies about Jesus, his birth, death and resurrection, proves the accuracy of the Bible and that Jesus is the Son of God, giving Him the authority to claim the inspiration and inerracy of the Bible (Matthew 21:13, Luke 4:27, John 14:24, 16:12,13). Both Jesus and the apostles proclaimed that the Bible is the inspired word of God. It is important to keep in mind that the Scripture is of Divine origin, written through man. Although the authors were free to use their own style and expression in the writing, God superintended so that the final product is inerrant. The entire Scripture is inspired by God, not just partially or in degree. Although most of the Scripture were verbally conveyed to Gods people through the prophets and apostles, only the Autographs are inspired. And because the Bible is inspired, it alone has the final authority.