Thursday, 18 December 2008
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update!!
okay the last two days have been rather eventful :D
yesterday!
physiotherapy, picked up my smu student card (finally a student again!), then popped by kino to buy the next 5 books in the rave series:D dang it, i can't wait for the other 5!!
next. DRIVING. ahaha. the long awaited driving lessons (: it was lots and lots of fun surprisingly. somehow i got the same instructor for both lessons, which is really strange! but the dude was pretty cool. we ended up talking about army and how he had pti trainees. so they give him chance when he goes back for RT, and... well. he doesn't really give them chance during lessons. ahaha. but it was funny :D he kept comparing turning to SBJ. ahahaha. "look far!" he says :P
and guess what. i met bithiah. like OH MY GOODNESS. she still looks the same. ahaha. it's been, what, 4 years? amazing! catching up was pretty nice(: i still remember sending her home after my J1 orientation camp fire, and well.. ahem. i won't say;)
really looking forward to my next few driving lessons(: which is, sadly, in about three weeks time. oh well.
TODAY.
had a real hard time waking up. ended up making edwin wait for me for 10mins :P ANYWAY. went down to new creation church for their men's conference.
it was GREAT.
firstly, i think new creation is such a great church!! honestly. They have a great vision, passionate hearts, and fantastic leaders that are anointed by God. I love how they keep emphasising in church who we are in Jesus. how we are redeemed, justified, and sanctified in His blood! not only that, but that we are blessed TO BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS. great stuff(: those who think new creation is bad are weiirddoos. :P
okay back to the main stuff.
i kindda slept through the first session. WHICH WAS TERRIBLE BECAUSE THE CONTENT WAS GOOD. pastor keith is really really funny, and the content was good too (: so were the rest of the sessions (which i stayed up for cos i managed to get a big cup of yuan yang during lunch time!) but honestly, what i got out from the messages was mostly the heart of new creation church. which i already mentioned above. i dunno, i just feel.. ya. it's good stuff(:
a couple of things was really impressed on me though.
okay i'll see if i can go point form(:
1) I think, the more we recognise who we are in God and how His grace has changed us, the more we find joy in God. This is because we realise that we are deeply loved, that we have a great future, that we are great IN HIM, and many other things! And the more joy we feel, the more sorrow we must feel for the lost. true? Because our eyes are opened to see how much our friends are missing out on, and how they are selling themselves to cheap counterfeits that cannot satisfy them.
2) Prayer. We gotta pray. Enough said.
okay, actually not enough said. Stuff it, we aren't praying enough. Where is the weeping? Where is the crying out to God? Do we really love the lost? Do we really want revival? Or are we happy to just say "God, please give us revival!" then continue the rest of the day living in our little world happily while the rest of the world goes to hell. (i'm not being high and mighty, i'm saying WE.) Does your heart not stir as you read acts 2? It says in verse 47, "And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved."Daily! DAILY! the early church.. they didn't have big buildings. they run huge programmes with nice dramas and music. they didn't have big budgets to run whatsoever. but let me tell you what they DID do. they turned their world upside down!! look at the Church, OUR church today. and tell me that your heart is not breaking. can you? shall we not pray? Surely NOT! Surely we must bang upon the gates of heaven to cry out for REVIVAL IN OUR LAND. in our homes. in our schools. in our friend's lives. and TELL THE DEVIL TO GET LOST AND OUT FROM OUR FRIEND'S LIVES!
3) Another thing that was mentioned: If we truly know our God and his promises, then the way we carry ourselves would be completely different. True? Think about it. Are we not children of God? Do we not have full authority through Jesus Christ to heal the sick? To drive out demons? To see miracles happen? To ask in faith that God would provide all our needs (e.g. providing xxxx sum of money so that we can give it to OUR building fund? tm412 youth, do you hear me?) and see it happen? If there is no difference in the way we and our worldly counterparts carry ourselves, we a) are irrational beings b) do not truly believe God's promises. Brothers and sisters, we need to rise up!
there was more. but i think that's enough for now lah(:
sentosa outing with the uncles tomorrow then prayer meeting(:
{/10:32 pm}
<3, me
