I wanna run, I want to hide I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside I want to reach out and touch the flame Where the streets have no name
I want to feel sunlight on my face I see the dust-cloud disappear without a trace I want to take shelter from the poison rain Where the streets have no name Where the streets have no name Where the streets have no name
We're still building and burning down love Burning down love And when I go there I go there with you It's all I can do
The city's a flood and our love turns to rust We're beaten and blown by the wind, trampled in dust I'll show you a place high on a desert plain Where the streets have no name Where the streets have no name Where the streets have no name
We're still building and burning down love Burning down love And when I go there I go there with you It's all I can do
Our love turns to rust We're beaten and blown by the wind See our love turn to rust I'll be beaten and blown by the wind
And when I go there I go there with you It's all I can do
~Red Rain 09' Sunday! I'm in love with this song right now, BRB LRNING BASS.
"I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving." - Psalms 69:30
Testimony:
Red Rain. Will. Change. Your. Life.
Start asking for tickets, you won't regret it!
"I see Red... Rain falling down on me..." - Red Rain
Service:
Awesome service by our awesome pastor.
God of the Generations.
Huh. What a powerful sermon.
It really got me thinking about everything. When I first went into HoGC that day, I was feeling lethargic and wavering in faith. However, after that service, I felt the spirit overblasting within me. And on the way home and back to Church, I kept thinking about it. On how God can see into Generations.
"Today... I'm leaving all my troubles behind..." - Today
For those not in the know, while going to Church on Sunday, thinking about the sermon on Saturday, I thought about incubation of friends and the ways I can see it, and thinking in Generations. when suddenly something told me:
"Don't think that far in generations."
I was shocked by that, and immediately thought it was the devil. I tried to shun it, but then came the words that confirmed it was from our Heavenly Father. It went something like this:
"Generations and your life... they're closely related..."
Of course, I started thinking about it. Going through everything, I started to wonder...
What if the people we save can be considered as generations?
Looking down the road, maybe we can save a person who has a younger sibling. Maybe from there, we can save the younger sibling. Maybe that younger sibling can start a new revival in a new school.
"We seek your face and trust your name..." - Our God Reigns
Maybe... just maybe... this might lead to a saving chain.
Maybe... we can spark off a revival in more schools.
Maybe... we can save the future generation.
Maybe... we can save the entire nation.
Maybe... we can actually save the world.
"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." - 1 Corinthians 10:31
Hallelujah. We can save this world if we have faith in it. We can do all this.
This'll be my new goal then! We can save this nation! No matter how long it takes, 5 years, 10 years, 20 years, or even when we die, we can save this nation! We can achieve these miracles if we have faith and believe!
"Let my lifesong sing to you..." - Lifesong
Let's achieve all these, shall we? We can make it happen. Who knows, maybe that next person you save, might actually be the start of a chain to revivals! I'm looking foward to a brighter day from now on, knowing that it'll happen soon enough! Hallelujah!
Sure, there was this Mother's Day Service, super powerful testimonies, super worship/praise songs/awesome food, but I'll give Church a rest. I'm tired :D.
PS: I promise the next 3 posts will not have anything to do with Christianity. Honestly. It will have bunnies in it. Endure this post in the meantime though.
Reach Church, forgot to morning call Siok Mei, had follow-up with Nicholas bout' Lesson 5 (Shh.), did fellowship with the CG, traded UnChristian for Nicholas's The 4th Dimension. More on that next time.
Shout-out to Alicia for the Heart!
Seating for Service:
Ryan | Vincon | Me | Ernest | Siok Mei | Alicia |
Service!
Pastor Steve Munsey is seriously, one of THE best Pastors I've seen. [Considering how many I've seen, ummm, all of them are the best :D.] Pastors weren't joking when they said he'll bring the house down.
The main thing he was preaching to us was that love is a choice, from God or from anyone else. And he acted out the story of Hosea in a modern setting. Buy the CD or talk to me about it plz :D.
But what I can tell you that it's a dance-filled, comedy-filled, serious-filled, drama-filled story. After that, he told us a serious message about God's Plans, and asked us all to come out to pray for our friends. Pastor How even joined in to lead the prayers! Really touching, and I think that God really sent him down to give not just me, but all of us not just a message, but a LOT of messages.
After Service:
Hanged around for a while and said bye to Pastor Steve Munsey :D. I WANT THAT CROSS MP3 PRAYER![Mistake made on purpose.]
Dinner: McDolnalds, but I packed over some KFC. What.
SOW Preview:
Basically a preview of all the instruments! Awesome.
Signed up for Bass, NEEDS BASS STRINGS NOW.
Congregating outside Admin Office to celebrate Yu Zhen's Birthday!
Somebody sprained their leg. Pastor Lia asked someone to send her to a doctor. Awwwww.
I learnt Chinese outside with Siok Mei tutoring me. Yay!
The Whipped Cream melted, the Caramel was too sweet, but hey, Happy Birthday!
Boop. This post contains lots of Christian stuff. But, please do not be afraid of me. Stop being so hypocritical.
1/5/09.
CG Outing: Dhoby Ghaut! [ Pictures embed when it comes.]
- Thanks to Vincen, Siok Mei, Nicholas and Alicia for the new T-Shirt! Love ya guys. [Just remember to pay Vincen! (Sorry if I spell your name wrongly, one side says this, other side says that :D.)
We had lunch at JustAcia. Fried Chicken and Ice Cream is nice. Also, we shared stories on how we got saved by the love of Jesus!
After that, we went around window-shopping, before Alicia temproary leaves for Follow-Up with Nicholas. From there, the trio went to Bugis Street to meet up with Gets and Apple to help Apple buy a cap!
After that confusing place, we went to this new shopping mall. Vincen said that the newspaper said it was ugly. Agreed, but it was really really open inside! And then we went around looking at various vendors before heading to the arcade to look around to watch people grab stuff and play Taiko, then heading to this anime shop to ignore everything except Domo-kun.
Right after that, we went back to Bugis Junction to help Vincen buy a watch for his mother before meeting up with Alicia (again.)
After that, Duck Rice/ Kway Chap for dinner. Alright I suppose, before Gets/Apple/Vincen split up to go back home. Alicia, Siok Mei and me had a plan for my mother though, so we stayed around to hang out with Nicholas and co.
After the plan, we went back home. I'll talk more about it at Mother's Day.
2/5/09: Service.
Temperature Taking Exercise in Church in case of Swine Flu!
Team Prayer Meeting at 12pm! It wasn't as powerful as the team prayer last week, as we didn't feel the presence of God strongly, strangely.
During lunch, we learnt that Jing Hong loves to disgust people!
After Zone F Service, I got UnChristian! More about the book next time.
Service was super powerful today, I still can feel my throat burning! Although it was a repeat of a previous service, it was still very. powerful. It felt that the overwhelming presence goes inside you, and you JUST had to give it back or you'll explode. Seriously.
Nothing else noteworthy I think...?
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Oh, and speaking of it, the School of Worship is open! I'm sooo going in as a bassist. It's going to be awe-some.
After hearing from the Calender that Nick Vuljic will be coming to our Church for a special meeting, I was shocked.