Today is my lucky day, once more. Praise to the Lord! After meeting a friend and was sharing some of my testimonial, I was back home watching my portfolio. I shared about treating this forex trading like a business and with the grave of God, patience, risk management and a system, one can generate good money out from it.

At about 3pm or so, my overall portfolio was at $30 and I prayed that i reaches $50. I closed my eyes and see that the next time I open the computer screen it would be $50. God's hearing is so sharp, I was merely whispering and he actually hear it loud and clear. It simply adds to my faith that God's promises shall not return to him void. At its appointed time, the fruit shall ripen. Habakkuk 2.3 (For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.)

Instead of staring at the computer and wait for the desired result, I went for a quick run near the community to clear my mind. It was a great run as the weather was cooling and nice. Running kept me stay focused and dispose of any toxic thoughts that might penetrate my mind. During the run, I pull out a mental picture of what my various goals are - my big house with my two dogs, my house warming party, enjoying spa with my wife in Japan, bringing my family out in our new Volvo XC90, collecting my lottery ticket prize money, etc. 

I know it is not the system nor my entry price that determine my outcome but purely believing in the power of God that he will answer my prayers. Without a doubt, he fulfilled his promises, again and again. My initial capital of $100 has now returned me a very nice profit of $102. That is a whopping 100% return in less than  a month!!!!!

Am I lucky? Definitely!!! I continue to rely on God and believe wholeheartedly that he will answer my prayers and in no time, all my financial goals be realised. I am so thrilled and wants to share this moment of joy with all who may be praying and not seeing the result they want. For me, it is reaching $50 mark from $30. How about you? 

It could be a sickness or illness that you are hoping to recover from. Or you need a financial breakthrough in your finances or hoping for a promotion this year. Whatever goals you have in mind, simply tell the Father about it and let him bring it to fruition for you.

Give your burdens to the LORD, and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall - Psalm 55.22

Worry, stress, anxiety are what the devils want us to be in all the time. That way, we will be separated from God, relying on our own human efforts to achieve our goals. The latter is fraught with ups and downs and with no guarantee of success. 
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." Matthew 11.30 

We should simply cast our worldly worries to God and let him help us. Our ignorance, obstinate behavior and resistance to change shut us out from the prosperity that God wants us to have. We continue to suffer and complain like the men in the wilderness, refusing to acknowledge there is a better and easier way out of our problems.

​I believe we are here on earth to be happy, to be doing what we enjoy doing (each of us blessed with our own unique skills and talents) and share the gospel with as many people as possible. 

See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. Deuteronomy 30.16

Prosperity - wealth, success, comfort, security, the good life, fortune, well being
walk in obedience - lean not on the human way to succeed but rely on his Words
live and increase, bless you in the land - promises fulfilled

I hope that readers of this blog who are not getting their prayers answered, big or small goals, health or wealth to be encouraged by my humble success story. I prayed that you will have fresh anointing by God, receive revelation from him and guidance to do the right things, to be of good cheer always and take life positively. 

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Since my last few posts about being lucky, I have been consciously on the lookout for signs and wonders that will befall upon me. Then again, timing is always on God's side. It has been a few days but pretty much nothing happened until today.
I am not disappointed but in full expectancy of receiving it. Guess there is an element of truth when they say luck is when preparation meets an opportunity. 

This morning, while on my way to work, I spotted a 20cent coin in the drain and like an experienced coin picker, I automatically bend one leg into the drain and pick up the dry coin, happily tucking into my pocket. I find it amazing that God's timing can be so perfect. What if I had taken the cross over bridge and I would probably have missed it , wouldn't I ? 
Why at the particular timing , that spot ? What happened to so many people who passed it by each day? Did they not spot it like I do ? Still, I am convinced "I had" picked up a $10 note and the first thing I did was to text my wife, "Honey, look how great God is to me. I picked $10 today!!“But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Mark 13:32 
Another thing happened this morning as well. Since changing my diet to a near vegetarian style, I have discovered I had more energy than before, sleep less and always hungry for more food. I was attending a parenting session and the trainer whom had seen me several times since last year commented that I looked radiant.

I remembered clearly I jot down these exact words in one of my goals list. The words I would hear would be :You look radiant. Oh my god, I almost blushed as I wasn't expecting such a compliment at all. Not forgetting I went cold turkey to quit my coffee, dairy products and meat all at one go. Imagine if you had been taking chicken (my favourite) for so many years and suddenly, drop it immediately. No withdrawal symptoms of any kind and I felt lighter and healthier as well. 

In other words, WHAT we need to do is to be clear what we want in life. State it positively, Feel it as if it is already in our possession (money in the hand, bank account, compliment from someone, etc) and repeat it day, noon and night. Let the emotions run high - excited, happy, relieved, peaceful, etc. Let it overwhelm you so much that because it had happened, the problems you are facing now is gone. And if the problems is gone, would you still be whining and complaining? 

Would your face not put on a smile, feel light hearted or simply feel peaceful things are going the way it is ? 

So we decided to go to the CCK swimming complex yesterday again as we had so much fun the previous time! On the way there, I casually asked my daughter, what do you want from God today? I was surprised she said she wanted to pick up 20 cents and ten dollars. I think she mentioned 20 cents because she had picked 30cents the previous time. 

Riding on my lucky charm, I prayed to God that her wish will come true. Of all the places that I expect the money to be turn up, it was not the swimming pool. She was really lucky as she found a 20 cent coin in the children's pool. This particular pool was icy cool (at least to me) so I didn't quite like to go there. But my son wanted to, so we followed along. And then, she shouted to me that she had found the money. I was surprised not by the money she found but the speed that God delivers his promise. I know he always keep his covenant. Thank you Lord!!

Of course, I used this valuable lesson to reinforce the love and power of God to her during dinner time. Whatever you want ,just ask Jesus and he will deliver to you. She now knows the power of prayer, the importance of holding on to the faith and keep on believing till her wish is fulfilled. 

Thank you Lord for your wonderful education to my children!

Since I wrote my last post (read here), I keep thinking to myself on and off - I am lucky. I am lucky at work, with my finance, healthy, with my family and everything that I do. It is easy to put the blame on external circumstances and taking away the responsibilities (pain) from ourselves when we are facing a difficult situation. By shifting the attention to others, we get some form of relief, at least temporarily.

That might help in the short run but the problem will just escalate and become worse over time. Instead, we should change our perception of things. How? As I have said, the thoughts in our mind is the first place to work on - NOT on the outside. Attempting to change other people behaviour to suit ourselves is both frustrating and it does not work. Because we want to be better, to improve our situation, we need to change our attitude towards the challenges we faced. The faster, the better. To nip it in the bud is to take ownership of it and not put the blame on this and that. Such wishy washy way of dealing with problems not only messed things up but also destroy our character as well. 

Today is my lucky day for I had achieved by the grace of God, I had break even in my investment portfolio. I created a small portfolio, starting 3 Feb 2017 and 2 weeks later, i.e. 17 Feb 2017, I invested USD100 and now it is USD207. I am happy and excited as I know the path ahead will be much more exciting. I had learnt a few new strategies and changed my way of looking at things.

One, losses are not treated as losses but part of the winning journey much like the pullback in the chart. It is necessary before it can go higher. Patience is the next important element, run through the history and realised quite a few pairs I took early profit instead of letting it run. Guess the previous losing experience still haunts me that I have to get out, take some profit whenever I see an opportunity. I must curb this habit, have trust in the system and have faith that Lord will pave my way forward. 

Another important factor is not to be complacent. Recency bias - where one allows the recent events, e.g. selling at X price and chart shows downtrend, thus thinking it will move in only one single direction. Watch the stop losses, add when opportunity allows and not blindly, be careful of pullbacks as it affects profitability. Watch the trade and not watch the money . Ensure each trade goes according to the strategy.

Limiting Belief - Making money from trading is tough. I need to transform my thinking in this aspect and believe that it is not only achievable but also easy when one follows the rules. The system must be applied each and every time, using the right brain to see the big picture and the left brand to analyse the charts. 

​Thank you Lord !
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Just got back from my 7km run and had a nice shower. For this run, I did not carry my headphones with me as I wanted some clarity with my own inner conversation. Halfway, I picked a ten cent coin, nothing unusual for me. While I am happy about the new found wealth, I could not comprehend why the quantum has not increase exponentially. Is it because I did not have a specific figure in mind to pick? I am fond of saying, I will pick some money, money comes easy to me, I love money and money loves me kind of chant and somehow a day or two, I will pick a coin here or there. 

It has become a habit like my running that requires no reminder. If I did not exercise, I felt something amiss and thus I had conquered running at noon time, one of the hottest to do it. I reckon if I can take the hot weather, then there is no problem running in cooler weather. Unknowingly, I have make this running become a habit of mine, an incidental one. 

So, I did not win the 2.3m big sweep which I honestly was not too surprised. There were on and off reasons that keep telling me why it is not possible, it has not happened before, how I cant be so lucky, etc. Each negative thoughts I make a conscious attempt to replace with I had won. I kept repeating the conversation I had with the lady at the Lottery counter - May I have your IC please ? I even imagine her look, probably in her 40's , wearing white, bespectacled and friendly smile. Neville mentioned in one of his tape that his brother, Victor would pass by a building everyday and imagined the marquee carry his family name instead of what he saw. He did that for two years. While timing is at the control of God, I think I should relax and not rush thing to make it happen. 

It has its appointed season to harvest and my job is to get into the feelings of the wish fulfilled and leave the rest to God. Worrying, second guessing, doubting are not helpful in the process at all. But I guess it is also natural to have doubts and it is important to recognise it, accept it and slowly replace it. Forcing it to go away is not the right way of doing things. I remember Nevile said our mind is like a wild animal, it is tough to control and day, noon and night , we must tame it.

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.Matthew 5.5
 Meek here refers to taming the wild mind and not refer to the timid nature of a person. I relate that to picking the coins concept. If I am picking a hundred or a thousand like the ten coin, then over a period of time, it would be like second nature to me, nothing surprising or unusual. And the more I picked it , the more I believe I got it. The same as the lottery ticket. In the past, I tend to think it is a waste of money, with the odds of winning is low and it is stupid to engage in it. Basically, I am eating my own words and had a limiting belief about winning the lottery, attributing it to pure luck and because I had not win before , I simply categorised myself into the "not so lucky" box. How unfortunate and untrue this theory is. 

Since I started it, then I must break this limiting belief by proofing to myself that I am a lucky person, picking money everywhere, favors come to me, assignments swarm to me effortlessly, winning is easy and so is having money! I am a lucky guy, hahaha.

Not only will I win the lottery,  I also have a brand new laptop for free. That shows how lucky I can be. I will update often on my thoughts and progress, stay tuned. 

Stay lucky , stay healthy.

It must have been raining yesterday night while we were sleeping. I woke up and went to the garden and could see the trees are wet and the water due on the leaves. I took a deep, deep breath as if to suck in more of God's grace. I feel peaceful and happy. Joy and Lucky were already playing with each other at the other side of the garden and came pouncing to me the moment they saw me. I love playing with them, ruffling their fur and stroking their head. They are such good pals. I thank God for their presence in our lives. The Mrs and kids are still sleeping soundly in this cool Sunday morning. 

Shortly, I will be fetching them in our brand new Volvo XC90 to the church. I am looking forward to it. We probably head to somewhere nice for lunch later. My wife said there is a nice authentic vegetarian restaurant in Sembawang and I plan to pay them a visit later. I could not tell you how healthy and disease free I am feeling right now since making a switch to become a vegetarian. Coffee is out, so is all dairy products like milk and egg. Yeah, you are right. That would means many food I won't be eating , like cakes, pastries, etc. That is fine as it was a conscious decision on my part and I have no regrets thus far. 

I am also grateful to God for giving back my strength. I remembered when I was not able to do a single chin-up and felt depressed and useless ever since the shoulder injury a few years ago. I could not go to the gym and had not been working out for such a long time. Now, I can do 20 chin up easily and feel there is always a reservoir of energy stored within me. 

I like sitting in the garden, writing my blog, planning my investment portfolio, reading and simply relax here. It gives me much joy just being here. Oh, a small yellow humming bird just flew in and was busily helping itself to the flowers. First, it tried the blue peas plant and then move on my favourite addendum and later to the roses. Ah, to be able to create a place where these little creatures can come and visit is such a wonderful feeling. 

Next month or so, I think the whole family would take a vacation in our new home in China. We bought it a while back and it has a magnificent lake view, much spacious than our current home here. It has 6 bedrooms, a big balcony and a garden. The thoughts of starting a garden from scratch excites me. This is also the time where the kids get to visit their grandpa and grandma. Thank you Lord for continuously blessing good health to both of them. 

16 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you. 2 Thessalonians 3.16