Wednesday, December 28, 2005 || ...A Wk's Retirement...
- I cant' believe I'm actually typing out this post w/ my left arm being restricted of its movement. Got a pretty bad injury at the elbow area while @ Sentosa ytd.
Anyway, gd news is dat I managed most of my Christmas shopping during the recent Mon (I prefer to take Christmas a celebration spanning over 12 days). Went out w/ my mum and sis', who r pure shop-a-holics lahz... even I couldn't keep up w/ them after 3 hrs. Hahaz, but Thnk God for their patience cuz most of the time I ended up finding my stuff @ the last min. At the end of the day, we got more stuffs for me than the 2 ladies did for themselves. Feel so pai seh manz. Plus, my sis was complaining abt how unfocused I was throughout the shopping trip, which I totally agree w/ her since I was absolutely tired out by the walking (much thnx to my flat feet), and my mum was criticising me not being man enough and all dat stuff abt not being able to accompany my future gf for such a trip, yada, yada... Hahaz. I enjoyed it nontheless.
Ytd, I chionged Sentosa w/ my church peepz and got a scorching sunburn for my troubles. I believe this is my 3rd and counting, but PTL I still had a gd nite's rest. Throughly enjoyed myself until the part when we went to the resort for a swim. I decided to prank my sis by picking her up and throwing her into the water.
Result: Sis went into the water. Sam nailed the edge of the pool on his left elbow after a slip of the foot.
Ouch!
Funny thing was that initially I didn't feel much pain, despite the swelling, until much later when an attendent @ the pool side passed me some iodine to apply... and you NS peepz shld know v. well wat its like to haf iodine applied to a deep cut. The sensation juz makes u wanna holler.
The bleeding didn't even stop after I attended Prayer Meeting. Thnk God Auntie Candy advised me to see a doc, who advised me to do my best not to bend my arm and gave me a thicker dressing this time (the blood soaked through my prev. plaster... !sick!). Took a taxi home, and PTL, I managed to reach out to the cab driver, who although relunctant in listening to me, ultimately told me he would find out more on Jesus. Praise God. Managed a painstaking shower, finally realising for sure how privillaged I am to haf 2 fully functional, working arms. I mean... HOW CAN ANY1 WHO HAS LIVED A NORMAL LIFE THUS FAR ADAPT SO QUICKLY TO WORKING W/ JUZ ONE ARM TO WASH HAIR, FACE, THE ENTIRE UPPER TORSO, INCLUDING THE BACK?! Thnk God for his grace and mercy... He told me it could've been my right.
Wat folly on my part... and I still feel so idiotic abt the incident.
Anw, I'll still haf to complete my Digi. Imagery assignment by this wk b4 sch starts again nxt wk. Pls keep me in prayer for a speedy recovery.
Peace out and GB!
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Sunday, December 25, 2005 || **~*~>[Merry Christmas]<~*~**:Happy B'day - JESUS!!
- By the time I fins writing this post, it'd probably be the 2nd day of Christmas.
ANYHOO... Merry Christmas to one and all... and of course to J-E-S-U-S(more imptly).
I'll make this quick by listing out juz a few events which haf blessed my heart these past few days.
Ok most of them were my church events
Deck The Halls: I never anticipated myself actually gettin' involved in this, but thnx to our RC rehersal being held @ the DTH location, Pastor Alan kinda got us involved in the whole event by assigning us to a last ditch effort to bring children in. Thnk God we managed to get a few last-min contacts, and were treated to a heart-warming performance by the TKK peepz. Really brings back memories of the times when I was in TKK and we did those Christmas mini-skits to bless the children. Anyway, Josh and I later got obsessed playing w/ a plastic baby, used to improvise baby Jesus, which was kinda sick. A failed attempt to act younger again. Hahaz, but PTL for the wonderful event.
Home Christmas: This was the probably the 1st, and hopefully, the last time, I played Bom Bi Bi w/ peepz such as Wei Hoong and Wei Sheng. Thnk God for the 16 souls in attendance, which was only made possible by God's grace; and Thnk God for the wonderful msg on 'Even Wise Men Seek Jesus'; a msg which I Thnk God for empowering me to share, esp. w/ Wen Yi's and Devon's young cousins being present. Probably one of my God-given weaknesses is havin' this inability to relate to children well enough, but isn't God's strength made perfect in weakness? Hahaz, it was definitely made v. clear to me this nite. Later, we were treated to much fd, of which we were unable to fins and we decided to play the Mid-No. Game of which whoever guessed the no. set by a particular person wld haf to eat wateva leftovers we told them to eat. Wei Hoong had most of the portions intially, and I had no forfeit (Muahahaha... Thnkfully). Then they switched to the Bom Bi Bi game, a game which they thought cld catch me off guard for a forfeit. Eventually, I managed to escape time and again (I nvr expected myself to haf such sharp reflexes), until Wei Hoong and Wei Sheng, the 2 pros, came along to sit beside me. Dats when the forfeits for myself started, and evetually, I went back w/ a tummy ache despite the nxt day being a sch day for me. But, on the whole, it was a blessed evening seeing so many pple in the house.
Fri: The Day - Retro Christmas 2: The Sequel. The day whr every1 wld come dressed in 80's ugly fashion... and we did see loads of it. From pop icons of the 80's to denim wear(which was dat of my G12) to Dynasty... we saw it all dat nite. The most LOL part, for me, was probably the MTVs, whr we finally got to see the finsed product of our hardwork, and all the other Region's corny flicks. Although we didn't win, I noe for sure we did glorify the name of God. Hallejuah! Once again, Thnx loads to those who took part in the MTV; for your sweat and effort and everything else ya'll haf sacrificed. God richly bless ya'll.
OK so the most trying part of the nite, for me, was yet to come. I had to act in my Region's mini-drama as my dad evangelising to this couple. Wat uped the lvl of difficulty was the presence of my parents being thr dat v. evening. Hahaz. Well, thnk God everything went smoothly, and mistakes were corrected by improvision on-the-spot, which wasn't very obvious to the judges. And yes... I did pull of my dad's impersonation, and I anticipated wat wld come nxt. Yes, after the mini-drama, every1 was like callin' me by my dad's name, of which I shall not reveal here. (As if my 'Pas-Tors' stint wasn't bad enough). At least my dad's legacy will carry on becuz of me... Hahaz. Really Thnk God for such a wonderful nite, and after the event, Devon and I expressed rather similar sentiments: 'I'm juz DYING to be normal again...' Buay tahan xia.
Christmas on Sunday(Today): Thnk God for the v. anointed speical nos. and Word of God preached forth w/ such conviction by Pastor Marion on the 'Purpose of Your Life'. Really spoke to me abt entering the New Year w/ a new focus. I muz say dat after being exposed to the ministry this yr. and many other Godly commitments, its definitely time for preparation to kickstart the New Year on an entirely fresh spiritual note, and I hope it'll be the same desire for my bros' and sis' in Christ as well. Thnk God for the wonderful presents from my frens and there're probably too many to mention here... so God bless ya'll richly in return. I'll be shopping for more presents tmr, since I didn't make time for any during the past wk.
"Glory be to God in the Highest, for the Saviour, Jesus Christ, who came to redeem all man this v. day. For God, You so loved the world that You gave Your only begotten son to die on the cross for our sins, so dat every person can find fulfilment in life, and life more abundantly, in You. Help us not to forget, as we close this year, the faitfulness dat You've shown us throughout this yr. Even during the times when we were unfaithful, God, you've nvr once forsaken us, and I Thnk You for Your love dat NOTHING in this world can ever separate us from it. Jesus Christ, Lord and Saviour, may this day not be the only day we give thanks to you, but everyday, may we remember the greatest gift you gave to mankind - yourself as the Saviour of the world, who built a kingdom, not by dictatorship, nor by power, but by love. Use us to continue to build this kingdom through the many out thr who need to noe you. Help us not to procrastinate anymore, but to start taking this Kingdom by force as you've comisssoned us to. We are reminded how privillaged we are in this part of the world to haf peace and stability, while we watched helplessly as nations arnd were struck by Your swift judgement. Lord, haf mercy on your ppl! God, help us to be more propelled to win souls to You as we are reminded once again how unexpected your wrath upon this sin-cursed world will be in days to come.
I Thnk You, Jesus. God help me to shine the name of Jesus more than ever come this New Year, and w/ more intensity and focus, I pray. In Jesus' most Glorious, Precious, and Wondeful Name... Amen."
Happy B'day to JESUS!
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Saturday, December 17, 2005 || Entering>>The>>Promised>>?Rest?
- 8 more days to Christmas... and oso to my long awaited term break... FINALLY!
Thank God for the tenacity to @ least pull through, thus far, in this course. I used to psycho myself dat I'll nvr get into any fine arts course - ever... but isn't God's plan juz ridiculous?!
PTL.
The recent G12 meeting saw a drop back to 8 memebers in attendance, which caused some concern between me and Devon. Certification sometimes seems so near, yet sometimes so far away. So we resolved to get together, one day, to start praying for our G12. I believe dats the only way we're ever gonna see consistency, because in general, most of them are unable to commit due to circumstances i.e. work, persecutions etc. However, frankly speaking, I'd rather allow spiritual maturity to take root among our current base members 1st b4 we get certified. No use gettin' certified if our members' hearts are not planted in the good soil of the Word of God, but Praise God, they are growing v. strongly in Christ individually, in different ways. Some are praying more, some are commiting themselves to God's work in a greater measure... many examples. Yeah, I still desire certification... and I pray dat God will stir their hearts (and mine too), at the same time, toward greater Godly jealousy.
Thursday was another long day in sch, but a fruitful one. E.T.(a.k.a Eric Tan, my Typo. module lecturer) came into class as if he had woken up on the wrong side fo the bed, so everybody was kinda shaken when he stormed in. Worse part was dat he was suppose to critique our thmubnails for the 2nd assignment, and its not a very assuring sight when u juz see him sit @ the teacher's desk w/ a black face, juz waiting for someone to 'agitate' him so to speak. PTL, God kinda reminded me dat we shld not fear any man, so, along w/ a few others, I approached him... and slowly, one by one, my classmates' designs got rejected, and rejected... AND rejected (u'll nvr noe wat its like to haf to redo work until u're a design student)... until it came to my turn. He pretty much interrogated me to the very pt. whr I was unable to answer him, but thankfully, God gave me wisdom. After the entire thing, I ended up convincing him instead how my designs actually work, and, by God's grace,I was probably the only person dat day to take an early leave for home. However, I arrived home only to recall dat much work has to be done in this comin wk, which kinda caused me to relent on dat victory. But still... PTL once again. My classamtes eventually managed to get the green light too, and Thank God it wasn't as bad as they expected.
I was pretty annoyed, ytd, by the fact dat my sis actually skipped HOF even when I reminded her abt it b4 she went down to SAJC @ 4 p.m. to appeal for her entry into its JSA. It turned out ytd's attendance @ HOF, for Region A, was, strangely, super dismal. A lot of pple didn't make it (but PTL thr were many new ones... and Vincent made it), and the catch was dat ytd's msg was definitely for the pple! Truely the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few!
Ok... so after reflecting on all these incidents, I've come to question if this is really the season to be jolly. God's ans to dat qn. of mine: 'why not u restore unto others the joy of thy salvation?' Dat prompted me to recall Rev. Ron Bueno's sermon on smth abt findin' joy in soul-winning. Yes, we can truely enjoy this holiday season, but we muz not forget the greatest joy in sharing to others the greatest gift God gave to mankind, Jesus Christ. May God grant us the propensity and boldness to win souls this Christmas! May we put our hands to the plough and find joy in doin' it.
It'll be drama rehersal for RC later 2day. I've been casted as my dad's jr., a role which shld be no prob gettin' into, as the saying goes, 'like Father, like son' (and my mum keeps pokin' fun the similar traits of 'blurness' we haf whenever I mention dat. So much for heredity). Everyone was like jking arnd w/ me abt my dad's sermon on 'choping and intergrity' ytd. Anyway, I probably haf to revert back to dat nerd hairstyle again, something which I haf nvr tried for aeons alrdy. More imptly, pray for God's guidance and Spirit to lead us 2day, to really get all of us into dat 80's character.
'Dear Jesus, this season is not juz abt havin' fun, shopping, exchanging presents and all dat Christmas high we get into annually. Its abt the love, Jesus Christ, heaven gave dat v. night so dat salvation can be assured unto all mankind. Restore unto every believer the joy of thy salvation, and revive us in soul-winning, for the harvest is plentiful this season, but the workers are few. Help us to put our hand to the plough, not looking back, but fulfilling Ur hearts desire for souls to know You and wat the true meaning of Christmas is. Help us to find joy in it as we go forth, and Holy Spirit lead us I pray. If any1 of us is stoned against the cry of the wilderness, soften our hearts, dat we may see the world through Your eyes once again. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.'
Peace out & GB.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2005 || -!!Give Us Boldness!!-
- I'm trying to come to grasps w/ smth God has been impressing upon my heart recently... and I believe its a spiritual truth we all need to exercise.
This truth is BOLDNESS. A rhema dat was quickened unto me when I was reading Cho Yonggi's "The 4th Dimension" book.
The Bible says: "Faith w/o works is dead."(James 2:26). How do we perform works? By being BOLD, courageous, and all the factors dat are involved in exercising our faith. How do we cultivate this BOLDNESS? By the incubation of our faith through prayer. B4 Jesus set out travelling from town to town, performing miracles, ministering, teaching etc. he would be praying through the night, as made mention by his "bread is to do the will of The Father". I can never imagine myself raising pple from the dead, feeding a hungry crowd of 5000, or even walking on water (yeah, but I can pretty much swim). However, in the past few days God has been challenging me, through the Holy Spirit, dat if one day He were to call me out to perform a miracle in front of a capacity crowd, the situation in which Jesus was usually thrown into, would I have the BOLDNESS of faith to do it?
It's difficult to perceive this smtimes, esp. when we're limited to our own human minds! However, God is telling His pple, in these last days, to take the step of BOLDNESS to proclaim the Gospel, to sound the trumpet of warning. We need BOLDNESS!
And I did take dat step during this wk after being prompted by the Spirit to initiate my own prayer toward my ill-stricken aunty whom I visited w/ my family recently (shez my mum's sister), who's diagnosed w/ colon cancer, even though my dialect is kinda broken. Results did show after a recent CT scan report 2day - the disease is not terminal, and has ceased spreading to other prts of the body. More imptly, her spirits haf been lifted up, and she is displaying more interest towards the character dat is Jesus. Hallejuah!
Personally, I'd like to define this as CRAZY FAITH, as wat Marilyn Hickey spoke abt during the recent CGI Trip I made. It is this attitude dat will truly pls God! For without faith, it is impossible to please God - which means, vice-versa, it's best.
May you ask God for the gift of BOLDNESS this season, more than juz to please Him, but rather, to please the heart God has for souls.
Dat's practically all I haf, spiritually, to share for now. This wk has really been a trying one, w/ the filming of the Retro Christmas MTV for Region A, schwork... but Thank God for pulling me through all of dat, and finally, today.... I HAD MY MUCH DESIRED 7 HOURS OF SLEEP! God is good.
I was really blessed by the MTV filming this wk, however, despite the strenous efforts the team put into it during the recent Sat. Seeing all of us, working together as a team, having to endure the hot sun in those outlandish costumes, and ultimately completing it, was by far the greatest testimony of Christians working in hand in hand to me, till date. PTL, dat mins after the shoot, He sent rain to cool us down as we watched the (hilarious?) NGs on Wei Hoong's TV. Really laughed out heads off watching one another dressed in 80's fashion, dancing to "Fire and Ice". Like to thank the team comprising of Josh(overall director), Midori, Wei Hoong(who hosted the shoot), Devon, Dixon, A Kim, Jia Min, Hwee Min(even though she only came for one rehersal), Eelen, Rina, Dennis, Wei Sheng, Jovin, Bernice(the make-up artist), Walter, Alvin, Ivan, and any1 else who I've missed out (apologies), for the superb commitment throughout this MTV. God richly bless ya'll!
Headin' out for G12 soon. Pray hard dat I'll haf 12 souls in attendance 2nite once again.
Peace out & GB.
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Saturday, December 10, 2005 || **Thanksgiving** - To God be the Glory
- Dedicated to the Creator of the universe, Lord Almighty, the King of kings and Lord of lords.
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"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." - John 3:16
It would be difficult to consider life w/o God. Then again, isn't it true smtimes we'd rather not run to Him and carry on life w/o Him.
No matter, I thank God for all the times He got me through every period of stagnation in my faith. Growing up in church has never caused me to boast: "I've been faithful all the way." Even if I was, it would be by the grace of God. Frankly speaking, its usually the new-born Christians, those who get to experience salvation 1st hand dat grow much faster in the faith... that's the power of the Cross.
So many things I want to give thanks to Him for. Its probably beyond wat words can express... but I'll try to the best of my ability to put it across to you clearly.
Whenever I'm reminded abt God's love for man, I remember Jesus and the work he did on the Cross. Its the place whr every need can be met, every pain can be healed, and every soul can be saved. To put it basically, everything can be found in the Cross. To think of the anguish and heartbreak Jesus went through during the last 12 hours of his life, especially during that period of time when he was hung on the Cross, always propels me to His throne. Truly, nothing ever can separate us from the love of God. He knew, even b4 time, that man would sin against him, but yet He made man, and even provided a perfect sacrifice so he could be reconnected w/ God. That's the love of God, which I'm thankful for ot juz for now, but everyday. God is good.
His blessings upon my 17 years of life, regardless of whether I was cold toward Him or not, never ceases to amaze me. Glory to God for several things which He have made so prominent to me in my life as blessings: My family; who raised me up in the fear of the Lord, and loves me unconditionally. My educational life thus far; He has truly blessed me so many times in this area, and regardless of wat sort of results I achieved, I noe He was still w/ me. My ministry; which began this yr. and is gonna end on a gd note w/ His anointing.
Above all that, I thank God actually... none other than for Himself. Hahaz... not being cynical or anything. If I had not known Him, or rather, if He had not made Himself known to me from young, I personaly think dat everything would haf been finsed for me alrdy. Today pple can call me blur, pple can say I'm physically weak. But I thank God dat when I'm weak He has made me strong. He's the very reason why I live 2day. He's the reason I love Him till 2day. May dat love even drive me to bring more pple into this love - His love.
"Father, a simple prayer of thanksgiving goes out to u today - dat of greatfulness for the Agape love You've shown to me and every other person dat has known you. Its amazing to perceive juz how much You love us by knowing that, God, nothing can ever make You love us less. I thank You. Continue to use me, as Your hands and feet to win souls unto You, so dat many others can know of this love dat You've given them. In Christ's most wonderful name I pray... Amen."
Peace out & GB.
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Thursday, December 08, 2005 || ~Faithful~no~Monotony~
- Its summary time! Hope you dun mind the mundane yappings again but here it goes (dun wry I'll start from whr I can recall):
Saturday: Woke up late. Went for outreach, got a no. of contacts (PTL!), played some b.ball (got totally owned), and went to fellowship w/ Midori, Bernice and Kenneth. Came back home to set up Christmas tree w/ my mum only to find out dat the main lighting for the tree wasn't working. O well... one day passes by w/o much work done. Prayed for complete healing from my sore throat.
Sunday: Ron Bueno took to the pulpit w/ a refreshing sermon on the Joy of winning souls, which is a very timely msg since tis' the season to be JOLLY. *Ahem*... rite. I didn't really feel the impact of his preaching, but thank God i felt His wonderful presence dat drove me to renew my commitment in winning souls for Christ! V. essential. Ate lunch w/ Devon and gang. Went home. Slept. Ate dinner. Did homework. Slept.
Monday: God healed me! Hallelujah! Thank God for the recovery becuz I had a 3 hr drawing lesson starting from 8 a.m. The only comments I received throughout the entire session though were juz: "Need more practice." Arghhh! Went down to House of Costumes with RC MTV gang, whr we had total identity crisis for 2 or 3 hrs, trying on every costume we could grab our hands on. We ended doin' the Chicken Dance in bird costumes. Super crazy time... which resulted in Josh losing his specs (thnx to me cuz I was entrusted to tc of it). Gd thing he didn't flare up, even after we searched to no avail. Went home and subsequently had to rush out again w/ my family to my aunt's hse o pray for her; and pls keep her in prayer cuz shez contracted colon cancer ever since last yr, but new test results show dat she may haf to be subjected to kemotherapy again, the last time being several months ago. Prayed so strongly for her salvation, and I thnk God she was really touched (she was tearing like nvr b4). Fetched my sis back from sch (she had gone for a Thai trip and now has returned to SG), and finally, she personally got me a present after so many yrs. Yep... a pair of baggy Billabong shorts, so baggy i had to tie its safety string around my waist lest it accidentally dropped. But I'm truly grateful dat my sis' actually rmb'd me. Thnx hor! God richly bless you!^^Y
Tues: Took a 3D modelling test whr every1 was prepared to fail and retake it nxt wk. Spent half the time chatting on MSN Msger during Digi. Imagery lesson, informing pple abt nxt day's MTV rehersal. Came evening when my mum, after several yrs, finally got back to telling my sis' and I bed time stories...
Ok juz jking... she taught us the Parables of Jesus, topic being on the 10 Virgins and the Bridegroom. It talks alot abt havin' a character reserve to be prepared for Christ's second coming. Had a breakthrough in prayer whr I prayed so fervantly for my G12 (can't rmb exactly how long), and for the 1st time, felt the presence of the Holy Spirit descend upon my room. Really wonderful to come b4 the King of Kings an the Lord of Lords, and thank God for the spiritual propensity to supplicate.
Wed: The 2 lectures scheduled during this day was short, so managed to rush down for rehersal on time. Got try out the dance moves, which totally cracked the gang up, but coordination still lacking. Kudos to Wei Hoong and Josh for deriving the moves which was juz so 80s'. Sad thing was, every1 was kinda lethargic. Josh was K.O'd after practice (thankfully he wasn't assigned to teach dat evening), and I was O.K. enough to @ least teach the lesson to G12, once again by the grace of God. Speaking abt G12... WE FINALLY HIT 12 SOULS IN ATTENDANCE! HALLELUJAH! James 5:16 rox. And thnx to those who made it happen. God richly bless ya'll.
Today: Was super-panicky after I learnt dat the com I had stored my animation slides in could not access the assignment drive; and I had to hand it up by 6 p.m.! So I literally ZIPPed around campus looking for frens who potentially had a ZIP disk I could borrow. Eventually, I had to waste $16 on one @ the college bkstore. Moral of the story: always haf a back up (in this case, haf it loaded into another com ). Really had to ask God to prepare my heart as I headed down to church for Konquerors, cuz I was totally beat. PTL God didn't short-change the pple 2day, w/ a msg focusing on how we perceive God in our lives: whether as One who's far away (bad), or One who runs toward us when we seek Him (gd). A msg which truly spoke to me to end this yr. on a gd note in every aspect possible, esp. w/ God.
I've tried my best to exclude the monotony in this post, and somehow, after seeing God's blessings during this wk, I still feel rather low in spirits. For some reason I've been extremely lethargic so far this wk. In fact, it seems every1 is. However, I know God is faithful. From my perspective (and I say this for myself too), we need to focus not on the things dat go wrong in our life, but on the things God has blessed us w/, and believe dat He can turn every undesirable situtation around if we juz learn to commit it unto Him.
Forgive me for my seemingly neverending post. Hopefully the next time I blog, my thoughts wun be dat long-winded (if u're readin this, I take my hat off for u... and urge u not to stone me in return). Hahaz!
"Father, times may haf changed, but You are the same ytd, 2day and forever. In this modern society, rest seems to be the last thing on our minds, but I thank You for Your yoke dat is easy, and Your burden which is light, and we can always run to you whenever we're weary. All things are possible through Christ who strengthens us, and I claim dat in faith. With dat, help us to see Your goodness when rest finally is bestowed upon us, forgetting our troubles, and then can we truly proclaim 'Hallelujah' unto You who hath been faithful."
Peace out and GB.
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Thursday, December 01, 2005 || Remember¿?to¿? Remember
- 'But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded.' - Genesis 8:1.
'Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh's cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer. But when all goes well with you, remember me and show me kindness; mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison... The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.' - Genesis 40:13, 14, 23.
Smth I'd like to share concerning what the Holy Spirit has impressed upon my heart in the past few days, esp. after the recent leader's prayer meeting I attended (Pastor Dale shared a wonderful devotion on this), and also, after a hectic week, being bogged down by schwork, Retro Christmas, and... yes... my sore throat which has been bothering me since last week's flu.
Needless to say, when we are so caught up in caring for ourselves and many other things, we tend to forget God in the entire process. Personally, my lack of seeking the Almighty, in recent days, has brought abt much pain to both me and my family. Not dat God is using me as a benchmark (as if I'm being the righteous one), but its juz dat He wants to be so clear-cut to me abt not being able to live w/o Him. I thank God for the powerful sermon on Sunday, which reminded me of how we muz 'put a knife' to things dat are dear to us when God calls us to do it. Abraham, on the verge of sacrificing Issac, saw God's provision of a ram for burnt offering instead and the 'raising from the dead' of his only son. The relation of this msg. to wat I'm tokin abt is pretty simple - we muz FEAR God in order to remember Him and experience the better things He has in store for us.
I can testify abt God's faithfulness in answering my prayers during ytd's G12. One thing dat I always keep in prayer is the spiritual growth of my members, and PTL, I could sense the maturity of Wei Hoong, Wei Sheng and Lionel as I conversed them dat day during the session. Subsequently dat nite, God taught me a powerful lesson by inducing insomnia b4 I could fall aslp, and practically the entire nite I was asking God to breathe into me the breath of lullaby (although I did try doing those cheesy 'counting sheep' and 'taking deep breaths' techniques, but to no avail). I woke up like a reanimated zombie 2day, and was drifting in and out of slp esp. during my storyboarding lecture (which taught some pretty impt. stuff in 2day's lesson... *shucks*), which was the last period for 2day.
Still, I got home from sch praising and thanking God, though the chastisement He brought upon me was punishing to my phy. body (coupled w/ the sore throat). I dunnoe how I mustered the strength to give thanks, but I thank God for the Holy Spirit, the Great Comforter and Helper, who drove me to the throne of grace. Hallejuah!
God's grace truly is sufficient enough for us.
Imagine if God forgot Noah... he probably would haf had his funeral in the ark! Imagine if the Lord forgot Joseph... he would've died a prisoner w/o the fulfilment of God's promise. Today God remembers us; our prayers, promises, and problems. Haf u remembered to remember Him?
'When you go into battle in your own land against an enemy who is oppressing you, sound a blast on the trumpets. Then you will be remembered by the LORD your God and rescued from your enemies.' - Numbers 10:9.
Peace out & GB!
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"And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires." - Gal 5:24
"He disarmed the principalities and powers and made a public example of them, triumphing over them in him." - Col 2:15
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