Weekends

Ok... weekends were cool.. here's the rundown...

Saturday, got to wake up slightly later than usual and finally had time to update my blog properly.. then headed down to church for worship prac and then went for CC Camp meeting... and i totally bear witness with the camp theme lah.. This year's camp is gonna be Holy Spirit awesome yeah! not gonna say much.. but watch out... :D hehehe

Went for youth service but left kinda early to go to Republic Poly for grace's concert! It was quite enjoyable lah and i especially liked the Doraemon piece... Then while there, Rayson suggested something very interesting and really worth praying and seeking the Lord about! I'm excited and if u know what it is, you'll be too! But it's in God's hands lah.. what the Lord opens, no one can shut and what He shuts no one can open...

Took 169 all the way home and it brought me home directly... Praise God cos i thought i still had to change bus.. but after all i didn't have to... Got to talk to Him during the bus lah and settled some issues in my heart.. it's all amazing what kind of things that He instructs you to pray for especially if you've made certain boo boos during the day... :P

Woke up early again on sunday for new team.. it's amazing how i survive a sunday cos i always seem to be running around really... i kinda liked it at first but in the long term, it's really not healthy.. like i mean, i wanna just chill for a while and take some time to chat with some ppl, or even talk to my LG... but the busier i get, the harder it becomes. And being busy is of course a trap of the devil.. God, please raise some ppl up to take over my duties.

Shared for New Team again. It was cool cos i felt that it went well and the ppl took in what i was sharing... it's really the Lord's grace really cos i found that i've not shared like that before.. with that kind of freedom in that kind of manner.. it's also by His grace cos with my uber busy schedule, i din really have much time to prepare either. Thank You, HOly Spirit for being there with me. Then went for sectionals and we had a short session among the vocalists about praying in the Spirit. Then we had a time of worship and the Holy Spirit was really there man! And He ministered to us! And He brought us to another level. During the time of worship we had, i believe that the anointing came down and there was a time of imparation to us and the Lord was bringing breakthrough to us and He brought us higher, to another level! I so enjoyed that! :D thank You, Holy Spirit!! :)

Dot helped me zap LG material (which is at the rack for your collection). During that time, i went kinda blur.. haha... as in i thought i zapped the wrong thing so i went to zap another material and then i found out i actually zapped the right thing in the first place! hehehe anyway, went for skit prac after 2nd service and i'm so proud of my 3 skit guys.. William, Alex and Jonjon learned their lines and it really went better than i expected!!! That's one great obstacle over! And thank God for Ele too! Like i mean she's a great help and even took the initiative to make and send me the ppt slides.. :) God i know many times faithless things come out from my mouth but please help me be more thankful.. really...

Dismissed the skittles early cos they really worked so hard and cos all of us were tired too! After the draining week, we *attempted* to watch a movie. No good movie with good timings lah.. so we ended up just having dinner and walking around.. Alvin made a profound statement which the Lord has been emphasising to me. "The thrill is in the journey, not in the destination".. I'm going to dedicate another blog post on the subject cos it really contains a lot of truth...

Today (Monday) woke up late... did some research for SSA project... stayed at home all day except during mealtimes. Went to AMK Hub for dindin with Dot and Al. Yeah.. and now "tong hua" is stuck playing in my mind... when i got home, was in the midst of reading my Bible when a friend sent me a very strange message.. And I'm gonna blog about her situation to let you all know how blessed we are.

You see, she's going through persecution cos her father disapproves of her being a Christian. Their family has been following their Chinese religious tradition and i think she even gets beaten up by her father. After i received her message, I phoned my other friend (who's also a Christian) and my other friend was crying cos she's woried for her. Apparently, this girl's father told her not to hang around with his daughter. He even spoke to my other friend's parents and told them that he will beat her... The story's unresolved.. we can only pray for the best.

The point here is that if you're a comfortable Christian, understand what your fellow brothers and sisters are going through and treasure the fact that you dun have to go through them.. maybe not now at least. If you're a Christian who's going through the same thing, understand that you're not alone in suffering for your faith. There are others all around the world who suffer as much or even more than you do. In any case, be thankful cos God is at work and He will give us the grace to sustain us! If you're not a Christian, consider the agony that some of us have to go through for our faith and know that our faith is real cos our God is real! :D Hallelujah

"... we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us." Romans 5:3-5

God bless y'all!!! :D