Yesterday, we attended a historitic event. for the first time in the history of new creation church, there will be no sunday service, and its held on friday instead. there was a play as well.
For some reason, somehow or other, i managed to get Ray and Boon to attend the service with me. hahaha
well... they managed to sit through the first half with me, listened to the songs, watched the play. then when paster mark started preaching, i know, that Ray wont be able to stay long liao.
The way Pastor Mark broke into his sermon wasnt very good. he talked about when he need to pray to tai shui every year, as if paying protection money. certain zodiac ppl will cheong tai shui every year, but now we never cheong jesus.
true enough, half way through, Ray and boon left. its could be due to the sermon, or the poor air-conditioning, or the late hour. either way, it didnt really end on a good note.
Last sunday, as me, seagull and Ray were going to funan from suntec. seagull made a rather nasty comment. he commented that ppl who pray to the Monkey God were #$%^&*-ing idiots. well... in his view, those ppl were praying to a frictional character. as for those praying to Guan Di, at least its a historical figure. Ray took offense and seagull was abit taken back.
Ray's stand point was that you shouldnt make that kind of remark on other ppl's belief. hmmm... surprisingly, ray isnt a very religious person. hahahaha he dont pray daily at home like i do. nor does he go to church or other stuff. haiz... maybe one day he'll realize that there is only so much a person, a human, can do. the rest will have to be placed in the hands of higher beings.
Sometimes i think think, how come i can accept christ so easily? and i think i found the cause of it. Dad! its all your fault that i become a christian easily. why? only when i see how much my dad love us (me, ranna, yan) , then i can realise how much God can love us. For he so loved us, that he gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life. Amen!
Friday, January 23, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
18th Jan 2009
After some thinking, i decided to start a seperate blog on my religious path, as irin doesn't like to see me blogging about christianity.
Today, pastor prince wasnt ard to preach, so pastor lian took his place.
the first message was about how to locate GOD, what is GOD's address? Through out the course of history, GOD changed address many times. from the Garden of Eden to the Temple of Solomon. but where is GOD currently residing? The answer is GOD is always with us. our address is his address.
So why are ppl still leading such hard lives? becos GOD is allowing us free choice. Only when we asked for him into our situation, then will he help. in thirty-fold, sixty-fold, hundred-fold shall our returns be.
But we must always believe. and have faith. here is a story i heard somewhere.
Once there was this man whom always walked with GOD. wherever he went, looking back at the tracks he made, he always sees 2 set of foot prints. he knows that GOD is with him. then one day, he look over his tracks over the course of his life. he found that when he is most down and out, there is only one set of foot prints.
GOD, why have you abandon me? he asked.
whats wrong, my son? GOD replied.
GOD, why do you always leave me in my hours of need? he cried.
GOD smiled. My son, he said, those were the times when i carried you.
This story touched me deeply. I believe that GOD is always with me. Even when i'm most down, i know that in his hands, i'll be fine. he's helping me always. or rather, if he havent helped me, my situation will be alot worse. Amen.
Another thing that was preached about was something about oil. Jesus passed the bread, the wine and the oil to us, i think, me still a new christian la. Pastor lian had wondered about the oil. what is the oil about? asking some of her friends, a comment she got back was that when you roast a lamb, oil comes out of the fat on the lamb. Jesus had died for us, giving us his body, his blood and then he is crushed and roasted til the oil comes out of him to pass on to us. in that moment, i feel touched and blessed. Amen.
Today, pastor prince wasnt ard to preach, so pastor lian took his place.
the first message was about how to locate GOD, what is GOD's address? Through out the course of history, GOD changed address many times. from the Garden of Eden to the Temple of Solomon. but where is GOD currently residing? The answer is GOD is always with us. our address is his address.
So why are ppl still leading such hard lives? becos GOD is allowing us free choice. Only when we asked for him into our situation, then will he help. in thirty-fold, sixty-fold, hundred-fold shall our returns be.
But we must always believe. and have faith. here is a story i heard somewhere.
Once there was this man whom always walked with GOD. wherever he went, looking back at the tracks he made, he always sees 2 set of foot prints. he knows that GOD is with him. then one day, he look over his tracks over the course of his life. he found that when he is most down and out, there is only one set of foot prints.
GOD, why have you abandon me? he asked.
whats wrong, my son? GOD replied.
GOD, why do you always leave me in my hours of need? he cried.
GOD smiled. My son, he said, those were the times when i carried you.
This story touched me deeply. I believe that GOD is always with me. Even when i'm most down, i know that in his hands, i'll be fine. he's helping me always. or rather, if he havent helped me, my situation will be alot worse. Amen.
Another thing that was preached about was something about oil. Jesus passed the bread, the wine and the oil to us, i think, me still a new christian la. Pastor lian had wondered about the oil. what is the oil about? asking some of her friends, a comment she got back was that when you roast a lamb, oil comes out of the fat on the lamb. Jesus had died for us, giving us his body, his blood and then he is crushed and roasted til the oil comes out of him to pass on to us. in that moment, i feel touched and blessed. Amen.
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