Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Connect Group Guitarist!!!

I'm so happy today!!! Around last week, Ranford told me that I am going to be a connect group guitarist!!! Then I am super happy and excited plus nervous! Haha! But God is a good God man! He would not give us the things that we cannot do. He knows that I can do it, that's why He gave me this opportunity to play the guitar for the connect group and to increase my guitar abilities. I love God. He really cares for people and really keep lifting people higher and higher. I have never regretted accepting Jesus into my life. Although there is a lot of obstacles, and sometimes I feel like not going to church, I will still hang on to God, and really go to church and not walk towards the darkness. In the end it's really worth it. God is always challenging us and training us to be a better person by the challenges and obstacles He set for us. Sometimes I made the wrong decision and walk towards the darkness, rather than walking towards Him and being closer to Him. The life without God is really very SIAN. You will really feel something is missing inside you, like you have missed out something good. But God will always bring you back to the right path! Haha! everytime I walked the wrong way, and was lost, He will always guide me back to the right path! That is why I love God so much, He would not let you go! He loves us so much that He don't want us to go astray! He wants us good. That's why I love my God. He is the most wonderful God that I have ever experienced. If I could worship Him for every single moment I have in my life, how good is that! Haha! I really love my God. It is really unexpainable unless you experience it yourself how magnificent is God.
So God really gave me an opportunity to improve on my guitar abilities. I can see my destiny in God and I am very happy and excited about the plan He had for me! As I say today I am very happy!!! Haha! Because I went to practice the guitar with Ranford and the Presence of God is very strong, that we feel like keep worshipping God! I also played very well! I did not know I could play so well actually. Haha! So I really think that it is really God that lifted me so high in my guitar abilities. The more amazing thing is that I could learn up the chords so fast when we realised it is in the wrong key! That is truely God. If not I don't think I could do it. I don't think I could do any of these without God! I really want to thank Him for all the things He had done for me and really letting me to come to church and know Him. I am really happy to have know Him and I don't think I really want to leave Him. I really love Him. God is truely magnificent!!! :)

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Academic Excellence!!!

Today is Academic Excellence weekend!!! I invited my famil to church, but in the end only my mother go, but i'm still really happy!!! Because she really sensed the presence of God that she kept shedding tears. She said that she do not know why she kept shedding tears whenever she come to church, and this really shows that it is not because of other things that she cry, but it is really because of God's presence as His presece is really unexplainable until you felt it yourself. Haha! I'm really happy, because i saw my mother just crying in the presence of God and really worshipping God. She say that she feels better everytime she talks to God, worship Him and pray to Him. Everytime she face problems and difficulty, she will come to God for help. Although last time she wasn't a christian and is really not interested in christiany, one day she step out in faith and really believe in God and she prayed to Him for help. Jesus helped her!!! Although she wasn't a christian, He helped her! Because Jesus love her and everybody so much that Jesus is willing to die on the cross 2000 years ago for us. In her life, there had been three miracles, and it is really powerful. God really helped my mother in a lot of ways. I can see that God is really dying to have intimacy with us. He really want us to know Him and draw near to Him. I could really see how magnificent He is through how my mother is blessed by God.
Today the relationship of me and my mother became closer. I really know her more and the problems which she was facing. I also bought her a Bible and written a short note inside. Haha! I can see that she really enjoyed herself!!! Haha! that's why i a super happy!!! Haha!!!

Study Plan...

Last week, my church just created a study rule! We have to study for 15 hours per week before we can go for service. If we do not complete the 15 hours of studying, we cannot go for service and church, so in order to go to church, we need to finish the study rule. Haha! I super like studying and learning new things! Haha! Pastor preach that we are born to learn. That is why babies would "observe" the toys that he/ she is holding by tasting(biting), touching, seeing, hearing and smelling. That is also why young kids like to ask questions, like why isn't the moon round? Haha! But because that we are brought up wrongly, that is why we are taught to play instead of learning. So we need to start to learn to love learning. Everybody should learn. Not only young people who are learning, but working adults can also learn. You can learn by reading Times Magazines and just be curious about anything. Learn music, history, architech, and everything. Just be curious,learning a lot of things also mean that you have more abilities and you can do more things. You can be a musician, a historian, a architecture and a lot of things, so don't limit yourself by disliking studies. Study and be curious to learn more things. Haha! I nearly cannot finish the study rule, luckily i chiong, so i finished it, haha! Lucky i finish, haha! So that i may go to church and worship Jesus!

Monday, July 14, 2008

My Testimony! =D

Hi everybody! I used to be a quiet and shy boy, which seldom speak up in class. Even when my teacher ask the students whether we understand what she is teaching, I would not raise my hand to ask, even if I do not understand what the teacher is talking about! Haha! I am also an insecure boy. I will watch my actions and not destroy my cool image.... Haha! There was once that I destroyed my cool image and I was so embarrassed by it that I quickly hide myself. And every time I would emo in a corner of the class as I do not talk much to my friends, although I usually go to recess with them. And every time I emo, I would think of life and I would feel that life is purposeless.
But one day I met Valerie in an inter-class soccer tournament. She was actually talking to my friend who was sitting behind me, but suddenly I just budged in and joined them as on that day I was quite high! Haha! Then through her, I also met a guy call Ranford. Both of them invited me to church one day. I did not know I am invited to church as they say I am there just to cheer for them in some fairytale competition. But when I know that the place was a church, I was surprised! I kept asking Ranford why isn’t there a cross, and just couldn’t believe that a church would be so cool that it has a pool table and those musical instruments, which I thought church was just benches and crosses everywhere! Haha! Not only the place attracts me, the people there attract me too. They are the friendliest people I have ever met!!!=D
Though the place and the people there attract me a lot, I did not feel like going back again. But every time, Ranford would just keep persuading me to come to church. So I just went back. And every time I went back, I would feel an urge to raise my hand during the altar call, which is a time where the pastor will ask whether anyone would like to accept Jesus into their lives, but I just do not have enough faith o raise up my hand.
But after going to a lot of churches, on September 15 2007, I stepped out in faith and received Christ into my heart!!! I did not felt much different after that, haha! But as I start to draw nearer to God and came for services regularly, I start to notice that I have changed! I not just changed in character, which I used to emo and be super quiet, but I also feel that I have found the purpose in life and it is more complete now.
My grades are also improving and I am now more secure. I will raise my hand when I do not understand what the teacher is talking about, I will also talk to my friends more often and I also have stopped acting cool!!! Haha!!!
I really feel much happier now!!!!!!!! It is like I have disposed of a heavy bag, full of sins.