WMD Camp Aftermath

I thought that i needed to post this to track what has been happening the past few days.. while it's undeniable that God is moving in our midst, we all hafta learn to sustain it...

So guess wad happened on sunday?? Some of us danced for service! And it went so well for something so spontaneous.. God's grace was upon us.. Uncle Paul was just asking me last Friday afternoon during the dance workshops when were we gonna start dancing for service... and Dot also came to me with the same idea.. guess wad- Pastor Ban opened the door for us without us even asking! As we were about to enter into the sanctuary before the first song started, alex just arrived and was about to go in when i asked him to join us and dance with us.. and guess wad- he readily agreed! It was quite sporting of him. I think that's quite commendable considering the fact that he only attended 1 dance workshop since he was only around on the first day so he didn't even get to attend the tambourine session but i just passed him one and he picked it up without fuss. Now that's the kind of attitude that encourages me!

What i felt we were doing during the service was that we were setting a precedence... we were up there not just dancing but also worshipping and praying spontaneously before the Lord and before the entire congregation. So guess wad- those ppl who don't enter into worship and who were more interested watching us up there- what were they looking at? They were looking at a bunch of young ppl worshipping. I certainly hope that puts them to shame. I hope for us to be an example in passionate worship, in wild abandon... when we stopped dancing and just lifted up our hands and closed our eyes in surrender to His Majesty, i hope the rest of the church would get the cue and better do likewise. When we joined hands to pray in a circle, i wanted them to see us so that they will know what appropriate worship would be like- not sitting around and folding your arms. I hope to have made a spiritual impression, a visual imprint in their memories that would cause every lukewarm Christian rethink about their relationship with God or lack thereof. And i want this example to spread like wildfire...

Sunday afternoon was spent meeting with the chairs and mentors to discuss the next half of the year... and we wanna facilitate what God is doing! We wanna build up on the camp and continue to challenge our young people to move forward in God... It's gonna be easy!! What was that you say? It's gonna be easy? Yeah. It's gonna be easy- if we have the whole leadership with us and just as passionate for God's work as we are.

Monday. Had dinner with the servers at Ele's house and we spent some time just dreaming and discussing about things that we wanna see in the youth. Guess wad- if the whole youth ministry is gonna move forward, it's gonna start with us and it's a huge responsibility. If the youth doesn't move because we don't move, we're responsible. If we kill the fire because of poor stewardship, we're accountable. We're accountable to the rest of the youth if we move or not cos it's a mandate that God has placed upon our shoulders... so i have one thing to say for anyone involved in leadership position: Stop thinking about yourselves! Stop being so selfish! Start living your life right for God!

My two cent's worth...

Anyways, moving on... Tuesday morning, i woke up with a word from the Lord which i forgot incidentally cos i went back to sleep... But as i sought Him the rest of the day, He brought it back to me... I believe it's for the servers.. "Give it all you've got and never look back" Now is the time to pursue God like never before, to believe Him for greater things like never before.. to start dreaming like never before.. and guess wad- to pay the price and make sacrifices like never before. Stop. What was that, chris? Did you just say make sacrifices like never before? Yeah i did. We have to pay the price to get us there! Lotsa faith, lotsa prayer! Cos lukewarm leadership aint gonna get us to the promise.. remember what God did to the rest of the 12 spies apart from Joshua and Caleb... they din get in..

Tuesday evening, i was messaging Jared, David and Shaun- the SA guys (Auntie Peggy's frens) and just engaging them.. and thank God for the open door to minister to them... now i have a weekly appointment with Shaun to help him with English... I'm already doing a lot of stuff.. so why do i take some time to offer to do more stuff? Passion. It's what drives me.. and i'm fuelled now more than ever for the kingdom of God...

Hmmm... i dunno how many ppl still bother to read my blog but for those who do manage to read this post, i have a challenge i wanna issue- it's for whoever reads this and anyone can take it up. I dun wanna draw attention to myself but i challenge anyone who reads this post to be more passionate for God and His work than i am.. and to demonstrate it by his/her actions (not that i'm some kind of benchmark and not that i'm more passionate than anyone on the planet or even the ministry for that matter)... I'm just a normal guy.. with normal school stuff and the usual passion-killers that people encounter in their daily lives. But what makes me tick? It's my relationship with God and knowing that my God is real.. so i wanna ask you: Who's your God? Is He different from mine? What's your passion-killer? Is it any different from mine? Are you able to overcome? Will you stand with me and change the world?

One step at a time...