Thursday, September 27, 2007
.: Happy Birthday, Dear Gladys! :.
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Sunday, September 23, 2007
.: encounter reflection~ :.
the encounter was a great experience for me. after the encounter, i believed more in God and i could let Him carry my 'burdens' and be a new me.
i like the session on sin as it was really great when you can confess all your sins and know that He will forgive you no matter how big the sin is. after tearing the stronghold list and hammering my name onto the cross, i felt like a new me. inside me, i just felt something new, something spurring. it was a super duper great feeling. i really like this encounter camp and saw many different things. it was the first time i saw so many people being slained and could speak in tongues.
yeps! just like that lor. great camp this is!
cherie
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.: encounter reflection :.
He showed me that He will never leave me and will forgive me when i did something wrong. i learn that Jesus, our Father is not abusive, absent and angry. our Father will forgive us when we confess to Him. His blood paid for our freedom. our need for healthy affection is to receive love in a right way and the only person who can give us is our Lord. Trust God and He will never leave you.
waiyin
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
yeps, Thursday and Friday was our encounter camp!
BEFORE.
ok, honestly i don feel excited. having to wake up earlier than school timings, taking the long ride to TC. also, i have a lot of homework this week and was afraid some was being left out. but for God, i think all this are just minor problems.
DURING.
i feltquite sleepy, but still managed to stay awake. my guide was DunLing, she was GREAT. we had worship and then there was a session where a video was shown.
it was about a guy’s best friend who is hospitalized and died one day. he attended his best friend’s funeral. when everyone left, he saw his best friend standing next to him. both of them walked to some places and the guy realise about how sinful he was. he did not believe it and ran away. he ran to a desert, and saw Jesus being crucified. he tried to stop but to no avail. his best friend came and and told him how he could be saved. his sins were all pinned to the cross and Jesus turned the paper white again. he was forgiven.
while watching the video where Jesus was crucified. there was a strong feeling in me. Jesus died for our sins only, so that we could live. His death has cleared away our sins. really felt His love for us.
we were given a paper where lists of strongholds were written. we ticked our strongholds in our life and our past doings. we learned about sins too.
on the 2nd day, we found out about sin’s solution. God will forgive our sins, He will purify us from unrighteousness. He is faithful and just. we were also told that forgiveness is possible because of the work on the cross. we tore our paper of strongholds and nailed our names to the cross. i know that we would be forgiven by Him.
we learned about baptism. and we had a holy spirit session. most of us were being slained. i felt the holy spirit presense. it was God working within. it came upon me that God is really great. He was so forgiving and has never stop loving us. i just want to thank God for whatever he’s done for me, because i have not been a good daughter.
AFTER.
i was really amazed by what God can do. The power of God is stronger than Satan. Because of our faith, God can be near to us and listen. even though i felt small in my family, God told me that no matter how small i feel how abandoned i feel, He will always be there for me and love me. His love is so great, greater than anyone’s love.
i want to thank Lord for Kelly and DunLing. they were expectionally great guides. they were there to listen and to pray for us. they explain every detail clearly and they are so nice too. so i just want to thank Lord for them being our guide in this encounter camp. all this happened because of our Lord Father !
summary: i went with a heavy heart and came back with a lighter heart and filled with God’s love.
Hallehlujah! Praise the Lord! :Dlaypeng :D
Me blogged @ | 3:43 PM
Although Jesus has died for us on the Cross, We cannot take things for granted and keep on sinning. I also know that God will always by my side and He is a Best Friend of mine, no matter what happens. God has forgiven my sins, and I will need to forgive the others. God could forgive my sins, why I could't forgive others? God Loves Us, that He send His only Son to die for us and He is willing to do anything for Us. During this Encounter, I felt very touch and I could feel His Love and Concern for us.
Eunice Gal
I went with an anticipated heart and came back with a gratitude heart.
Watching ''the crossing'' video. The scene that I don't want to watch again, appear on the video, seeing Him being crucified and seeing yourself hammering the nail down to His hand, "O, God, have mercy on me, I am such a betrayer!" this is what I thought! Really cried when I saw this scene, people shouting "Crucified" and seeing a sinless Him being hammer by nails for us, John 3:16 really shows that God love us! 3 nails and a cross equals to forgiveness! It's so true when I saw this video!
I think that wounds and feelings often control our emotion. We tends to think that because of this, I don't think I will be accepted again. We tends to think negatively. Why not look at the bright side and think that you will be accepted? GOD LOVE YOU!!
For me, honestly speaking, I am not interested, is not that I am ashamed that I believe in Christ, but I just feel that I am not ready yet! Don't know how to explain, but I just think that maybe few years down the road, when I am mature then I will have water baptism.
Then it was the Holy Spirit's ministry, I was so afraid! Really!!! Seeing so many people being slain, I was like kinda of fearful of the Holy Spirit! Thank God that I can even help those who are being slain to hold on to them! Feel blessed after all! Then I was being prayed by Dun Ling! I resisted the Holy Spirit because I am so afraid of Him! Then Pastor Yolanda prayed for me, ask me to relax as she see that I am very stiff and tense up! Then I don't know is the Holy Spirit's force was strong or she pushed me down. HAHA! Really don't know! When I was lying down at the carpet, I just feel that my heartbeat beat very fast! And I saw a purple colour thingy, don't know what that is but just saw it! Just feel that God is great! The strangest thing is when I was being slain, I was still aware of the surrounding, and I can heard others talking. Hmm... I wonder did I really being slain? HAHA!
Think that through this encounter camp, I learn to be open to the others, learn to appreciate others. By chatting with them and giving them a hug. This is not the usual me, I don't give hugs! HAHA! I love to talk, but I wouldn't really chat with friends that I seldom talk to. I think this is a breakthrough for me, I am willing to give hugs, I am willing to being there to chat with my sisters, I am willing to be more open to my sisters. I want to be use by God! God uses me!! HAHA!
Seeing my changes, I reflect back to my first time in FCBC. I join this family of mine, didn't really open up to talk to my sisters. It's only through the Youth camp and especially that Cell advance that make me be more open to them. Through the cell advance, I get to know more about Huiyu, Adeline, Si Jia, Kai Yee, Eejay and especially Michelle! HAHA! I love to listen to love story! HAHA! Through the Youth camp, I learnt to be more open to others, through the cell advance, I learnt to interact more with my sisters and only the encounter camp that made me to learnt to be more open to others and appreciate my sisters. Sisters, I really appreciate all of us, I want to chat with you all! Really enjoy the encounter camp with you all. Thank for being there! Without you all's presence, it will not be the same!
Shujun
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Friday, September 14, 2007
.: ~Reflection On Encounter Camp~ :.
It was always a joy to see people going for the encounter camp. I really thank God for the encounter camp held on the 6th and 7th September which is specially catered for age 17 and below. I could say that this was a special and rare as it was a non-stay over camp. This means that parents would allow their children to attend it. Thanks God that this time round, 10 of Julee’s 144 attended it and I believed that each and every one of them experience a divine opportunity with God during this camp. I am so glad and excited when I listen to their sharing after the camp. The camp has in fact impacted most of them in each of their individual special and unique way.
I pray that after this encounter camp, all of them will have experience a spiritual breakthrough in their journey with God. The holy fire within them will continue to burn brightly as they put their total trust and faith in God, believing that God’s has a special calling and purpose in their live. Amen!
Below are the reflections for the encounter camp from Jessie and Vivien…
Jessie’s reflection
On the first day of the encounter camp, my heart was truly touched by the love from God. I could feel that the love he have for us is unconditional. I cried when his love touches my heart. At that moment, I knew that I have lots of sins in my life. I felt so sad and regretted in making my heavenly father upset by things that I did in the past such as worshipping other Gods, being disobedient to my parents and many more sins which I think have hurt him badly. Initially, I thought God is a normal God and he is nothing special to me. But after I attended the camp, I felt that God is indeed special to me. He is not an abusive, angry or absent God. He is a generous father. He loves me so much that he sent his only son, Jesus to die on the cross for me. I can feel how painful that Jesus has to suffer because of us.
During the session on Baptism, I could sense that someone is trying to ask me to go for baptism. I cried upon hearing that, as I am afraid my parents will reject me totally. I remembered the verse in Romans 10:11, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be disappointed!” This means that if I put my total trust in him, he will make miracle happen in my life. I really hope that I can get baptized as soon as possible and I was encouraged by one of the speaker, Alvin encouraging us that we should go for baptism once we knew God.
Another session that impacted me is the Holy Spirit session. I could experience the power of the Holy Spirit upon me. Once I received the gift of tongue, I went weak and nearly fall to the ground. However, I tried to control myself from falling. When one of the pastor came and prayed for me, my heart beat very fast and I start to cry.
God has indeed answered my prayer. Before I went for the second day of the encounter camp, I prayed to him on the MRT that I would like to experience more things from this camp as it was going to be the last day of the camp. And I really experience him strongly on that day. His love touches me even more as compared to the first day. After this camp, God has cut away all the hurts and pain in my past.
Vivien’s reflection
During the two days at the encounter camp, I really learnt a lot of things about God and myself. On the first day of the camp, I learnt a lot of thins and even got rid of my sins in the past and wound that I have already forgotten. On the second day, I learnt even more things and received the gift of tongue and Holy Spirit into my life.
In conclusion, I really feel that after attending this camp, there was a change in myself. I don’t have anymore thought of burden and the wound in me has been cut away. I also became more obedient towards my parents. As in receiving the knowledge from God, I had learnt of what kind of Father that God is and he is indeed not an abusive, absent and angry father. God is a prodigal father and the love he has for us is even more than the grain of sand on the sea shore. Therefore, with the care and love from God, we will no longer be lonely and helpless. I feel that after attending this encounter camp, I have the eagerness to share my thoughts and feelings to other people.
God Bless you,
Sijia =)
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Saturday, September 08, 2007
Every time you open the bible, all the 66 books, how would you describe "God?"
God is ...?
In Genesis, God is a beautiful creator.
In Exodus, God is a provider.
In Leviticus, God is whom we seek for help and reliance.
In numbers, God is a saviour that provide fire and cloud pillars.
In Deuteronomy, God is a prophet.
In Joshua, God is a captain that saved us.
In Judges, God is a judge and legislator.
In Ruth, God is our relative that led us out of obstacles.
In 1 & 2 Samuel, God is a trustworthy prophet.
In Kings and Chronicles, God is a king of kings.
In Ezra, God is the one who rebuilt the destroyed wall.
In Job, God is a eternal saviour.
In Psalm, God is a Shepherd.
In Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, God is our wisdom.
In Song of songs, God is our lover and our groom.
In Isaiah, God is a prince of peace.
In Jeremiah, God is branches of righteous.
In Lamentations, God is the prophet that cried for us.
In Daniel, God is the fourth guy in that blazing flame.
In Hosea, God is a faithful husband.
In Joel, God is the one that baptized by the Holy Spirit and fire.
In Amos, God is the one that took all the burdens.
In Obadiah, God is a great man that is going to save us.
In Jonah, God is a superb foreign missionary.
In Nahum, God is the savior of those he has chosen.
Anyway, How do you describe God in your life?
With love,
Shujun
P/S: You can also check it out at her blog! :D
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Saturday, September 01, 2007
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