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I remember

The title of this post is the title of the sermon preached in YYC and CCH. Heard this sermon once last time and twice this week. But each time this sermon is preached, it ministers to me.

How God notices us when we were just ordinary people that no one notices.

I was always the last person that you will hear me talk.
I was really quiet, I don’t like to talk…
I often felt useless, and no idea what I want in life..

But the love of God captured my heart. God knows me long before I met him 3 years plus ago. When I was at the lowest point of my life during O levels, God sent a friend to pass me a booklet with a testimony inside to encourage me. At that point of time, I still don’t know who is Jesus even though I came from a Christian Kindergarten.

It was at the age of 17 that I met God, and was totallly captured by His love. I realised I was not born just to exist on Earth, but for a greater purpose. Where there’s passion, power comes. That was the sermon of the day I got saved.

God did not promise a smooth, problem-free life. But I….just believed in God and have faith..

Today’s service was very different from the usual. No sermon, but powerful. Zone F WT led the whole church into worship.. It’s a significant moment for HOGC.

God has been giving me pieces of jigsaw puzzle. I have yet to see a full picture, but I know it’s going to be good.

A few words that have been resounding in my heart…

Teach & guide. Build.
I rather be a king-maker than to be a king.

Got hold of the 10th anniversary book today! Savouring every single page!

I am really glad to be part of this history making church.
I am thankful to say this is my home and a place I belonged to.
The same Spirit, the same Heart through the 10 years…and it’s going to be the same on and on..It’s the DNA of HOGC.

It’s the romance, spice and oil of our dear Pastors…

At the end of the day, it’s our heart towards God that matters….
Treasuring every single bit that we have…it’s precious.

yvonnechar:

http://www.konghee.com/www/2009/11/when-bad-things-happen-to-good-people/

God is more interested in our character than our comfort. He is a very purposeful God and never arbitrary in His treatment concerning us. That is why when we do not see His hand, we must learn to trust His heart. If not, we will become confused, resentful and bitter. That is precisely why we need faith in our walk with Him. The silence of God will make you wonder if He even cares, but He does. The silence of God will make you wonder if He is even there, but He is. Faith is never for the good times, it is always for the difficult times.

Attempting to blog after a long time

I think it has been the longest time that I didn’t blog (as in really type something out).

I shall attempt to do so now before I lose the hang of blogging.

I have been thinking of some stuff about my walk with God. Sometimes I just get very unsure of where I am heading towards. I don’t want to just go through the motion not knowing exactly what God wants me to do, and walking on the wrong path without knowing it.

I still don’t really know what exactly God has called me to do. I know God will tell me when the time is right. God wants me to deal with my character first.

Felt uneasy last night, but nothing beats dwelling in God’s presence.
Circumstances shan’t pull me down, I gotta keep fighting on.

My mind is the battlefield that I need to fight with everyday, the moment I wake up.

Today’s Leaders’ Meeting came just in time. God is doing a work in my life seriously. I can’t be laid back anymore. I can’t settle for second best. I got to be diligent.

I need to have faith. I need to guard my heart.

Things are moving so fast, I need to step back to look at what God wants to do, so that I won’t go the wrong way.

We got to be people who loves and treasure the presence of God.
It’s priceless.

Anyway, DL4 is really growing!
Not just in numbers, but in quality

Even before Men United Conference, I am already seeing real men rising up in DL4.
People like Dingchao, really see a change in him. He is even coming for Leaders’ Meeting though it’s optional for him. He is really hungry for spiritual things (:

And people like Paul, Joey and Maurice, rising up to love and take care of people, to reach out to people, looking out for little things. Really brings a smile to my face seeing them growing (: Maurice is always so funny, but he is really hungry for spiritual things, always very excited about follow up.

Novel is also transforming from a ‘boy’(he calls himself that -.-) into a man of God. He is really a changed man. He is going to do greater things for God (:

Ryan is also bearing the burden to reach out to the next generation. More than that, can sense a great change in him since the first day he came back to church (: He is doing so much more now.

Really excited for Men United Conference! Real men rising up! (:

Okay, I have blogged enough, shall go do my tutorial now. HAHA

The Season Of Preparation

(Read this daily devotional from Pst Kong’s website)

To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1

There is a season of preparation for every servant of God, but very few are willing to pay the price of being made ready for the task. The prophet Isaiah describes the season of preparation of the Messiah: “The LORD has called Me from the womb; from the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name. And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, and made Me a polished shaft; in His quiver He has hidden Me” (Is. 49:1-2). Like a polished arrow, Jesus was prepared and hidden in the quiver of His heavenly Father.

The “quiver experience” is very hard for most people. Many would think that after going through the painful experiences of being polished and sharpened in the hands of God, they are ready to be sent forth. But now they ask, why am I waiting aimlessly in the secret place of the Master’s quiver? But this is a time to learn patience. God has a perfect time to “shoot” forth the believer so that it hits the mark God ordains for him. Look at Jesus. He came to the earth at the perfect moment in history. Galatians 4:4 says, “But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son.” Jesus, who was the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world, waited patiently for the moment in which He would be revealed.

Moses was destined to be the great leader of Israel, but there was a perfect time known only to God for the release of that “arrow.” When Moses killed the Egyptian, it was not the perfect time for him to be Israel’s spiritual leader. Moses had to be in the quiver for another 40 years. David was destined to be king over Israel. He was anointed when he was about 17 years of age, but he did not ascend to the throne until he was 30. David had to wait in the quiver for 13 years.

While David could have killed Saul on a number of occasions to gain the throne for himself, he did not. He chose to submit himself to God’s divine time and not man’s. Temptations and pressure will come to you, from without and from within, urging you to move ahead of God’s timing. However, let us develop patience and wait for the timing of the Lord, for He is the only perfect Marksman. Remember the exhortation in Hebrews 6:12 that says, “That you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”

Stand

sharylkua:

Our adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Circumstances try to define me. It tries to take control of my thoughts and emotions. Facts are constantly shoved into my face.

I am not trying to deny facts, I’m acknowledging that there is a truth besides facts. Get the truth from the One who is truth. I’m looking beyond the time & current dimension, lifting my thoughts up. I am not subjecting facts to emotions. I am subjecting facts to prayers and believing for greater things to come.

The future is exciting. Circumstances will not define me and who is within me.

Day to day indeed we face different situations in our live that might affect how we feel. Got to lift up our heads to the One above who is greater, and live by faith and not by sight. Prayers will move mountains. Not letting go, not giving up!

We gotta STAND!