Sunday, August 12, 2007
Attended service this morning. There was an overwhelming crowd but I managed to sit with my cg at Bravo terrace 3. After the service, I went to look for UFG for a while before going to Tampines to meet my cg members for lunch. Rachel my cgl and Rena my cg member wanted to get some clothings for Dr AR Bernard's dinner. Apparently they couldn't find any from TM so they decided to go town area to have a look. I didn't join them as I was waiting for Rena's (usher) cg to end. Anyway there are two Rena(s), one is my cg member while the other is an usher from my team, lol.
I sat at Tampines Macdonalds for an hour or so and I met my colleague, David. He was with his family members. Quite surprised to see him there. At 4plus, I met up with Rena along with her friend. Her friend alighted at Simei while we headed to Dbouty Gaut PS to look for the rest. I accompanied her to eat LJS first before going to Times to look for Cass, Michelle and their two choir friends. We went to 'The Face Shop' to test the nail polish and mascara. Haha, the mascara with shiny glitters didn't seem to work on my eyelashes so I stopped trying after a few attempts. Otherwise I could have bought it. Hmmm.
Anyway didn't stay in PS for a long time. Rena and I left the rest and she took train to Bugis to look for her mum while I went back home. I am happy to receive a call from my primary school friend, Zhenhong. I have lost most of the contacts when my previous phone was stolen and his number was one of them. Will be meeting him up next Sun after the morning service. It's Joyer Meyer's service next weekend! My cousin loves her preaching.
Yeah will be going to Taiwan taipei next next week! Time flies and it's just two weeks away! Will definitely have a great time there! Do drop a note if there's any shopping list. Will get for you if I can find. Smilez.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Sunday, August 05, 2007
2nd night of FOP. It was awesome and filled with His Almighty presence!
Pastor Phil's messages were impacting and hilarious. The sentence which I remember was 'God do what you can't do, you do what you can do'.
Another sentence was 'God sleeps so that we will wake up.'
This is so true, God moves when we move. We need to be self-driven, we need to first step out in faith to work out the problem, receive the breakthrough into our spirit and He will do what seems impossible. Our faith works like a car, we need to start the engine first if not it will never move! And never turn away from Him when you face a problem. Why would you want to do that when you have the best Problem Solver around!
At times we can get complacent and started asking God to fulfill our 'wants'. I'm sure He has no problem with that. But didn't Pastor Kong mention that 'when you feed a man, you feed him for a day. When you teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.'? Receiving a blessing definitely feels good, but instead of asking to be blessed with things, I want to be empowered by Him to accomplish my goals which He has planned ahead for me. The ultimate victory that I've achieved when I work with the Holy Spirit is going to feel even better!
The real you is often revealed when you faced a difficult situation. I come to understand that the problem is not the problem, but how one responds to the problem! That's why I love ushering. Many times we will face many different kinds of people. I learn to rely on the Holy Spirit, be sensitive to Him, self reflect, be sharper to the situation around, be wiser and also think and plan ahead for the things that might happen. At the same time, it's also about how one brings the message across to the other. Two persons can be passing on the same message, but one manage to solve the issue while the other might ended up causing confusion.
And thank God for those who bother to correct me! Sweet words will not help all the time. When it's time to listen, we must listen! When it's time to humble ourselves, we must humble ourselves! When it's time to change, we must change, so that our character can be developed to be more like His.
Sunday, August 05, 2007