lifesong
Everyone needs compassion
Love that's never failing
Let mercy fall on me
Everyone needs forgiveness
The kindness of a Saviour
The hope of nations
Saviour, He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
So take me as you find me
All my fears and failures
Fill my life again
I give my life to follow
Everything I believe in
Now I surrender
Shine your light in
Let the whole world see
We're singing, for the glory
Of the risen King
Jesus, Shine your light in
Let the whole world see
We're singing for the glory
Of the risen king
Sunday, April 30, 2006
-6:59 pm
God has really been doing such AMAZING things in my class, as the next THREE testimonies would show...
There was this morning when a few classmates and I were just going to have a short time of worship in our classroom when a non-Christian classmate popped in, thinking he could do his homework there. We couldn't possibly chase him away so he just sat there while we started to worship God. I think he was just silently observing us throughout the whole time. A few days after that, I decided to ask him how he felt about being there with us. He said that he had never felt anything like it before, and it was very different from his experiences in other churches (he occasionally attends just to find out more about what it's like).
What really caught me was how he likened that indescribable feeling to this: he said that the closest he ever got to that feeling was when he was listening to some top-notch orchestra play in Vienna. Knowing how much classical music means to him (he's this really pro double-bass player for the Singapore Youth Orchestra), that was really like WOW! He must have felt God's tangible presence in that place! When I told him that, he just shrugged it off saying that it was probably just the music. But I know for a fact that my guitar playing can't possibly rival a Vienna orchestra. Even a simple morning worship with just the voices and the guitar can usher in God's undeniable presence such that a non-Christian can feel it!
This is really so encouraging because I believe that he felt something different. And the thing is, I don't think it was pure coincidence that he has been "popping in" for the past two of our meetings. This is a great testimony of how prayer really works wonders and how God can touch the heart of a non-believer. Because of that incident, my classmate is one step closer to God. Indeed, God will draw all men to Himself.
Testimony no. 2:
My classmate, who backslided from God, came for A Doctor's Journal, felt the powerful touch of His love and re-dedicated her life! William and I have been praying hard that she'll come back to God and God answered our prayers. I thank God that she has been coming for service and FUEL ever since easter and I believe that she'll grow by leaps and bounds in her faith.
Testimony no. 3:
On wednesday, I was with Sara and Brenda in the canteen. I popped a rather random question which started a conversation about religion. At first Bren was quite evasive about the topic so I I thought she was going to reject me, but in the end, she told us that she has actually kind of been believing on-off in God ever since she was young; it was just that she never had to courage to actively come to know Him and because her family's Buddhist. But then she said that when she attended a morning prayer meeting last week, she decided to stop running away from the truth- she wanted to know God! I asked her if she wanted to receive Christ at that point and she said yes. So I led her in the sinner's prayer there and then and she was saved! Wow! It just happened that the previous monday meeting, a group of us were praying for her salvation! And I have been praying for so long that she'll come to know His love too. God has really answered our prayers!
Now, my class has 14 Christians out of 24 people, when we actually started out with 12. We have grown by 2 and it has only been 4 months! Now, we're all believing and praying for God to add to our numbers and to His kingdom. In all these, all I can say is PRAISE GOD! For He is great and works in miraculous ways. (:
Dear Lord,Thank You for answering our prayers and allowing your love to touch the hearts of our friends. I just can't express my thanks and love for You enough because Lord, You are just so amazing beyond what words can describe. I pray that you'll continue to use me, as well as the other believers in our class, to be good testimonies for You, to be Your extended arm of love to those who have yet to know You and to bring this light of hope into their lives too. I love You and give You thanks for these two souls added to the family and I pray that they'll grow to know You more day by day, experiencing Your power and love like never before. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
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Sunday, April 23, 2006
-12:07 pm
Everything to Meby Avalon
I grew up in Sunday school
I memorized the golden rule
And how Jesus came to set the sinner free
I know the story inside-out
And I can tell you all about the path that led Him up to Calvary
But ask me why he loves me
And I don't know what to say
But I'll never be the same because
He changed my life when He became.....
Everything to me
He's more than a story
More than words on a page of history
He's the air that I breathe
The water I thirst for
And the ground beneath my feet
Oh He's everything, everything to meWe're living in uncertain times
And more and more
I find that I'm aware of just how fragile life can be
I wanna tell the world I found
A love that turned my life around
They need to know
What they can taste and see
Now every day I'm praying
Just to give my heart away
I wanna live for Jesus
So that someone else can see that He is....
Everything to me
He's more than a story
More than words on a page of history
He's the air that I breathe
The water I thirst for
And the ground beneath my feet
Oh He's everything, everything to me
And looking back over my life,
At the end
I'm gonna meet You,
Saying You've been....
Everything to me
He's more than a story
More than words on a page of history
He's the air that I breathe
The water I thirst for
And the ground beneath my feet
Oh He's everything, everything to me
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Sunday, April 16, 2006
-7:55 pm
Ok ok, I know, sorry, haven't been updating in a looooonnnngg while. Have been real busy with school, especially with guitar concert coming up. Oh I shall publicise it here:
RJC GUITAR CONCERT: "EX ANIMO"
19th April 2006, Wednesday
7.30pm at the RJC Performing Arts Centre
Tickets only at $7! Let me know if you want to come and I'll order tickets for you. (:
I actually tried to update once. Typed a really really long post and clicked "published" but just then, I lost my internet connection AND THE WHOLE POST WAS GONE! Like that! I was soooooooo put off that I didn't try to blog again. Until now. *prays the the connection won't let me down again or else I'll cry*
I always seem to be lagging behind Time, like I'm always straggling behind trying to catch up with its unceasing acceleration. I'm always short of time. Why? Life is just full of to-do lists, one after another. Before I scarcely clear one, another one is added to my load. It's quite frustating to always try to catch up. Currently, that's the best way to describe my life: I'm just trying to catch up...
Catch up catch up catch up. Catch up with sleep, catch up with old friends, my family, school work, people etc etc etc. The list just goes on.
Why am I always lagging behind? When will there be a time where I don't have to catch up with things anymore?
The obvious answer is that I have extremely poor time management, which I admit is rather true. But it seems implausible to me that I should ever get out of this "catching up" cycle, even with the best managed schedule on earth. Why? Because there'll always be things to do. To do, to do, to do.
Perhaps I should just give up trying to catch up because the fact is, I never will. Because there are so many things I need to do and want to do that cannot all be done within 24 hours a day. That's why. That does not give me a reason to slack, but rather, gives me a much-needed license to let myself stop once in a while and just totally cease from functioning at top speed to finish that never-ending to-do list.
For me, it's a constant struggle because I can easily slip into a workaholic overdrive with disastrous consequences if I let my overachiever instincts take over. It is not something new to me. That's why it's so hard for me to allow myself to "slack". Ok perhaps slack isn't such an appropriate word because it evokes guilt. Rather, I shall use to word "rest". (: Seriously, setting aside time for that essential rest should not be labelled as slacking, which is a common (and sometimes costly) error in Singapore's overachieving society.
God rested after 6 days of work on the 7th day and He called that the Sabbath. It is the Sabbath rule that we must all observe in order to stay healthy and functioning at optimal performance. If God needed a rest after 6 days, what more us? If we work for 6 days continually, the 7th day is allotted for our rest. But for me, my sundays are always spent doing homework- yes, catching up. It really seems impossible to observe the Sabbath with school life in RJ. Maybe that's why so many of us are always so tired, sleep-deprived and worn out.
But at least I shall try to observe that rule which governs our very health (physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually) because I know that if I veer from it, this body might not be able to take it.
Even if you're reading this and are not a Christian, I urge to you try adopting this principle of rest for yourself. It is not about observing a religious rule but more about loving yourself enough to take care of your health.
Forget economic policies to boost growth and all that rubbish. If only Singaporeans would get at least 8 hours of sleep a day, workforce productivity would be at its maximum like never before, and our economy would grow!
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