Saturday, April 15, 2006 || ~GroWinG~GloRiouS~PainS~
- I'm referring to the pain dat comes when you're trying to get spirtually strong.
I dun see myself as spirtually strong yet, cuz thr's many more things I haf yet to comprehend i.e. loving God passionately, separating myself from the world etc. No matter wat, God has been faithful. 'Blessed are those who thrist and hunger for righteousness, for they shall be filled.' [Matthew 5:6]
I dunnoe why I said dat, but I guess it's becuz of having been faced w/ a set of humbling experiences over the course of this wk, which has much to do when I was spending time w/ God and how He dealt w/ me, probably to prepare me for the soon-to-reopen sch sem. and many more challenges dat haf yet to come.
I hope the prev. post has blessed ya'll. The enemy's truly rising up w/ everything in hell to put us believers into flight, but PTL, we haf Jesus as our deliverer; A God man, in which no evil spirit or Devil is any match for!
Hallelujah!
Highlights of the wk: AGM cum Prayer Meeting. I FINALLY COULD VOTE! Hahaz. Anw, every1 wld probably concur w/ Pastor Lim's decision [except one lil' grandson of his named Joseph, as I've learnt during the meeting], so ain't nuthin' big of a deal. Yeah... it was kinda corny to see everybody raise up all their hands @ the same time at the unction of Pastor Lim. Well, all in the name of company voting.
Thurs, went night-jogging w/ Walt. Got dropped w/ some hard news: Charlotte's been barred from attending church activities on Wed and Sun. Walt's mum has been doin her best to keep Walt himself from spending time in church, wats more, he claims S. A. Tan has been messing around w/ his head. So kinda led him in prayer after the run. He didn't seem too upbeat, but I'm praying for the best outcome in Jesus' Name!
Thank God for Good Friday, whr we can be reminded of the death of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Really, really powerful worship thr was manz, although the sermon did lil' to minister to me @ least, but I muz say dat Pastor Marion really loves the Lord through the way she delivered her msg, 'The Greatest Sacrifice'. Headed down to AMK later, w/ my parents, to purchase a new mobile phone, and got convinced to get a D510c. However, if u asked, I was pretty upset in the sense I got a discount through some unscrupulous method of which I was oblivious to despite the discussion I had w/ the store owner. So I kinda got punished by my dad when I got home, by paying more than then the agreed half-price of the phone [my dad paid the other 1/2], to my dad. Yet another humbling lesson for me concerning 'why I should be more alert to my surroundings', as my folks wld quip.
Haiz. Kinda tired, though 2day Rounders was postponed due to the threatening weather.
But I Thank God for His grace and mercy through His son Jesus Christ, for which w/o it, we wld all probably haf been struck down dead ages ago. God is love. I'm reminded of one of Rev. Carter Conlon's [Sr. Pastor of Times Square Church] sermons, 'Becoming Familiar With the Presence of God'. In it, he mentioned that if he were God, he would haf juz taken the the whole world and juz haf blown it up into space, beginning all over again. It would be the same if any1 of us were Him. As mentioned, God is love, so much so dat instead of destroying the human race, He sent His only begotten son, to be die for us, becuz only through His sinless life, could we be reconciled to God. God could haf stopped it, and thus in other wds, God killed His own Son out of His own accord. The Law states: 'Thou shall not murder.' Then how could God execute such a unjustified sentence on His son who Himslef is pure and blameless? Beloved, God is above the Law! Rev. Conlon described it as if having put your hand into an ant's nest, and all the ants start biting you. However, instead of killing those ants, you kill your own son, but the meaning's still deeper than dat.
Praise the Lord.
None of us can focus on God or holiness[we've been made to grow in Christ-likeness] 100% of the time.
Grace works, Amen?
'Lord, Your love is so amazing, so divine, it would be unrealistic even to jot all of it's qualities into the books of the world. It is a love so great, dat no man can fathom. O' Lord, let us not juz rmb Your love juz on Good Friday, or juz on Easter Sunday, but daily we'll come b4 Your presence, and stand b4 You in awe and reverence of Your unfailing kindness. Every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess dat You are Lord, King of Kings, Lord of Lords! Let us not strive in our own flesh to achieve wat You haf called us to be, but to haf confidence in the Holy Spirit to become more like You, Jesus. For we glory not in the flesh, but if we walk by the Spirit, we shall live by the Spirit, and glory in Jesus forevermore! In the most glorious name of Jesus Christ, I pray... Amen!'
Peace out & GB.
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