God i need strength
Hi guys!
Gosh..it's been awhile since i updated this..well, for starters, my laptop ain't coming anytime soon cos of some credit card problems, so i'll probably still not be on MSN unless i just so happen to be on my friend's computer.
I guess that things are starting to cool off a bit..hah..not having as much fun sessions as i have mugging sessions, and later today i'm gonna be a hermit for a while and 'pia' my homeworks, then go on to practice more math problems..i figure if i get back to the feel of doing math problems i should have an easier time with both my math and Mech-engine classes..not to mention in the future when i take more technical courses..
Just had another session at H20 campus ministry, and the pastor is talking about communities in China! haha..felt really wierd cos he was commenting that the meals people have in China is very community based and close knitted and he was saying that's how the church should be too..He was touching on a bit of the hippie culture that America went through, and how while the church rejected them, God didn't and in fact the Spirit of God moved so strongly through them that hundreds and thousands of them came to Christ and made a difference! yup..definitely so many things that we could learn..And i talked to the pastor Neno, who is a young thirty-ish man with a loving wife and several kids and he was talking to me how God has moved him to reach out to China, and that he firmly believes that China and asia is the next place that the Spirit of God is going to move. Which is totally in line with what Pastor Kong and everyone has been talking about..And Neno really share's his testimony on the pulpit..last week he shared about his family-love, now he shared his testimony of how he was back before he came to Christ and we can all see who he is after knowing Him. I guess this is a really great place for me to take root and grow so people, you can stop worrying about me now..hee..i'm glad i kept coming back to this campus ministry and find out how it was really like.
One thing that bothered me was that last night i had a 'fierce' discussion about how a christian life should be..i guess it was my fault and i probably misrepresented City Harvest Church a bit by painting us out to be perfectionist and high achievers which led to a misconception that we believe that people could only serve God's will by being successful in your selected field of profession..
Anyway, if you are reading in on this, i hope i can have a chance to elaborate on what i really meant.
God has a purpose for everyone of us. Given the fact that God is our creator and we are His handicraft, and the fact that God never creates without a purpose in mind, we can take for granted that God has a destiny and a purpose in mind for us all. And success in life [as a christian] is really all about how you measure according to the plan that He gave. If you truly believe and let God guide you through your life, you WILL be successful and you WILL be 10x more greater than the next person who isn't a believer. [spelt out in Daniel 1:20] but the thing is, the other point is that sometimes people undergo through difficulty in life too, like going through broken families, becoming a teenage delinquent, or going through a phase in life that's filled with drugs, partying, orgies..that is true. But if you go through it and stop believing that God will take you out of it, or that God has a purpose for you to go through that, you will be stuck there, and not be able to be a testimony for Him..
People go through tough times, but God intends to take us out of it too, so that we may encourage others who are going through the same. But the key is that you have to get through it! If God ever let anything bad happen to you, do not take it as a fact that God intends for it to stay that way! In Job, when God was 'tricked' to bring disaster to Job, God never intended for it to stay that way! He intended to test Job's faith and courage and trust in His strength! Job is supposed to continue to profess his faith in the Lord and salvation from Him! but imagine if he had stayed in that slump and never got out of it..He'd be just a poor bloke that happened to get on the wrong side of God's favor. Does this make sense?
And God is always faithful even when we are not...He never lets a temptation come by that we cannot handle, and nothing we meet in life we cannot handle..Cos He knows what will come and God has faith in us that we can overcome it [with His strength!] God has faith in US! so what's stopping us from having faith in God that whatever happens, God will turn it around in our favour? Take strength from this and dwell on it..and i'll always be happy to tell you how God wills for us to do well in this lifetime and be a testimony and influence other people to come to know Him better..Being a christian is not about being successful in life, or just about being pure of heart and righteous. It's about having a relationship with God, recognising that He has done great things in your life, and finding out in your own way how you can return that love [for He first loved us]
But i just wanna pray to God for strength now..Last night when i had this 'argument/discussion' i was afraid for a moment..cos i realise where my friend was coming from and i cannot readily identify with that..i try, but some part of me actually fear that some part of what she says may stay with me sub-consciously. and i shivered for the first time since coming to ann arbor and since i felt cold..like the protection of God has lifted from me and that i'm left on my own [or it's just that weather is turning for the colder] But i just wanna pray for strength from the Lord..I admit i have not been doing quiet time for a while, but i know for a fact that sometimes i grow closer to Him by seeing how He's working in this part of the world, learning more about His life and praying to Him short prayers when my mind is idle. But most of all, i need strength; i need conviction and confidence and i need the Holy Spirit to be with me when i need you, because right here sometimes i find that i need to give mini-sermons to share what City Harvest Church is doing in Singapore and Asia; our values and our belief of how Christian life should be..Even though i never profess that all christians should identify with us, but i seek that people understand us and agree that it's a good cause/goal..just as i believe that Catholics are doing a great thing keeping tradition and reaching out to the conservative groups in the world. I seek to be a man of peace, and i do not seek to create dissent or discord. So Holy Spirit, guide me and give me words in my mouth and mind that i may be able to guide people to a better understanding of who You are to me.
Amen.
-Endz-
Gosh..it's been awhile since i updated this..well, for starters, my laptop ain't coming anytime soon cos of some credit card problems, so i'll probably still not be on MSN unless i just so happen to be on my friend's computer.
I guess that things are starting to cool off a bit..hah..not having as much fun sessions as i have mugging sessions, and later today i'm gonna be a hermit for a while and 'pia' my homeworks, then go on to practice more math problems..i figure if i get back to the feel of doing math problems i should have an easier time with both my math and Mech-engine classes..not to mention in the future when i take more technical courses..
Just had another session at H20 campus ministry, and the pastor is talking about communities in China! haha..felt really wierd cos he was commenting that the meals people have in China is very community based and close knitted and he was saying that's how the church should be too..He was touching on a bit of the hippie culture that America went through, and how while the church rejected them, God didn't and in fact the Spirit of God moved so strongly through them that hundreds and thousands of them came to Christ and made a difference! yup..definitely so many things that we could learn..And i talked to the pastor Neno, who is a young thirty-ish man with a loving wife and several kids and he was talking to me how God has moved him to reach out to China, and that he firmly believes that China and asia is the next place that the Spirit of God is going to move. Which is totally in line with what Pastor Kong and everyone has been talking about..And Neno really share's his testimony on the pulpit..last week he shared about his family-love, now he shared his testimony of how he was back before he came to Christ and we can all see who he is after knowing Him. I guess this is a really great place for me to take root and grow so people, you can stop worrying about me now..hee..i'm glad i kept coming back to this campus ministry and find out how it was really like.
One thing that bothered me was that last night i had a 'fierce' discussion about how a christian life should be..i guess it was my fault and i probably misrepresented City Harvest Church a bit by painting us out to be perfectionist and high achievers which led to a misconception that we believe that people could only serve God's will by being successful in your selected field of profession..
Anyway, if you are reading in on this, i hope i can have a chance to elaborate on what i really meant.
God has a purpose for everyone of us. Given the fact that God is our creator and we are His handicraft, and the fact that God never creates without a purpose in mind, we can take for granted that God has a destiny and a purpose in mind for us all. And success in life [as a christian] is really all about how you measure according to the plan that He gave. If you truly believe and let God guide you through your life, you WILL be successful and you WILL be 10x more greater than the next person who isn't a believer. [spelt out in Daniel 1:20] but the thing is, the other point is that sometimes people undergo through difficulty in life too, like going through broken families, becoming a teenage delinquent, or going through a phase in life that's filled with drugs, partying, orgies..that is true. But if you go through it and stop believing that God will take you out of it, or that God has a purpose for you to go through that, you will be stuck there, and not be able to be a testimony for Him..
People go through tough times, but God intends to take us out of it too, so that we may encourage others who are going through the same. But the key is that you have to get through it! If God ever let anything bad happen to you, do not take it as a fact that God intends for it to stay that way! In Job, when God was 'tricked' to bring disaster to Job, God never intended for it to stay that way! He intended to test Job's faith and courage and trust in His strength! Job is supposed to continue to profess his faith in the Lord and salvation from Him! but imagine if he had stayed in that slump and never got out of it..He'd be just a poor bloke that happened to get on the wrong side of God's favor. Does this make sense?
And God is always faithful even when we are not...He never lets a temptation come by that we cannot handle, and nothing we meet in life we cannot handle..Cos He knows what will come and God has faith in us that we can overcome it [with His strength!] God has faith in US! so what's stopping us from having faith in God that whatever happens, God will turn it around in our favour? Take strength from this and dwell on it..and i'll always be happy to tell you how God wills for us to do well in this lifetime and be a testimony and influence other people to come to know Him better..Being a christian is not about being successful in life, or just about being pure of heart and righteous. It's about having a relationship with God, recognising that He has done great things in your life, and finding out in your own way how you can return that love [for He first loved us]
But i just wanna pray to God for strength now..Last night when i had this 'argument/discussion' i was afraid for a moment..cos i realise where my friend was coming from and i cannot readily identify with that..i try, but some part of me actually fear that some part of what she says may stay with me sub-consciously. and i shivered for the first time since coming to ann arbor and since i felt cold..like the protection of God has lifted from me and that i'm left on my own [or it's just that weather is turning for the colder] But i just wanna pray for strength from the Lord..I admit i have not been doing quiet time for a while, but i know for a fact that sometimes i grow closer to Him by seeing how He's working in this part of the world, learning more about His life and praying to Him short prayers when my mind is idle. But most of all, i need strength; i need conviction and confidence and i need the Holy Spirit to be with me when i need you, because right here sometimes i find that i need to give mini-sermons to share what City Harvest Church is doing in Singapore and Asia; our values and our belief of how Christian life should be..Even though i never profess that all christians should identify with us, but i seek that people understand us and agree that it's a good cause/goal..just as i believe that Catholics are doing a great thing keeping tradition and reaching out to the conservative groups in the world. I seek to be a man of peace, and i do not seek to create dissent or discord. So Holy Spirit, guide me and give me words in my mouth and mind that i may be able to guide people to a better understanding of who You are to me.
Amen.
-Endz-
posted by B-Rok | 2:09 PM
1 Comments:
i dunno if you'll read this, yeah i see where you're coming from and you definitely make more sense than you did last night.
i've always believed(or at least, psycho-ed myself into believing) that God put trials there that we may grow and be strong from it. yet, if we should come out bitter and less innocent than we had previously been, it must have ben part of the plan too.
i think i'm going to be a catechist at the church. if they welcome me there. and just today, i prayed for the same thing. that i may believe, and let others believe, coz i think i'm truly a bad example of being a follower of Christ.
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