After every weekend svc, i feel that im appreciating and loving pastors more and more. Take last weekend for example. For once, i actually felt rather disappointed that pastor how isnt here with us to preach the word. Im beginning to see his labour in this church, and beginning to realise the abundant wisdom he has. And hes only 40! And what Jieru said is true. I can see that all the young leaders in church directly below under him are all beginning to display shadows of pastor how. And if you need to combine the young leaders together to get one pastor how, then this pastor how must really be somebody.And of course, not forgetting pastor lia. The thing about pastor lia is that she is just so fluent and articulate. Her vocab is so wide, she can paraphase the same point in 100 different ways. And this is of course a very useful skill to have, especially when you need to pray for people. She has the gift of language, and when she is never limited and restricted in her vocab when praying. And this is perhaps what makes her especially powerful, she can identify every single shade in our life, whether in the deepest hole or the most hidden corner, and hence shine god's light onto those very shades.
But of course, my favourite worship leader is definitely roy. His praise and worship for god is always so flawless, its as though you're actually hearing an album recording of the song. Its always so good to know that roy is the one leading the worship songs, because he is the one that can singlehandedly carry the entire worship of the church to a 100%.
Since a few weeks back, i've upped my basic offering every svc. And its so good to know that even after doing that, the rate of outflow of cash from my wallet is much lower than i expected it to be. Its as though my wallet auto refills by itself every week! And its november. Time for bf soon.
And wow. pj john and zl are pcgls. They definitely have what it takes to lead more people, after all that i've seen them done, not only for me but for the entire cg. They are definitely key personels of the cg and its about time they take up a greater responsibility to care for even more people. And its kind of cool, because john is my followupleader and pj+zl are my cg tls. Its great to see them rising up, because they will be my greatest inspirations to change the world.
Last weekend, pastor lia said about not just turning up, but tuning up to wordlife. And im so glad this sermon came exactly at the right time. A while too early, i would have dismissed the entire sermon as something i need to do next time; a while too late and i would have wasted even more time in gaining the wisdom of God. Now that i know my love for God is 100%, its time to love him in the immeasurable ways. A few weeks back, i spilled sugary drink on my bible, and since then, it has been rotting in my room. I've been feeling kind of guilty then, but after sermon last weekend, I realised that this might just have been part of god's plan all along. I think this is definitely god's way to tell me that its time i stop relying on using substitute bibles and get myself a new, personal bible. But this time, not just any bible, but a proper study bible. And actually, i thought of buying it after bf. But after doing some simple cost benefit analysis, I realised that the price of the study bible is not going change whether i buy it now or buy it later. So assuming ceteris paribus, although saving money is of priority now, tapping on my reserves now or later will not make any difference whatsoever. In fact, the knowledge im gonna gain from buying a study bible now compared to 3 months later would have already been more valuable than whatever interest or inflation i might experience if i spend later. Or actually whatever inflation there may be would have been negligible and accounted for since the real value of the bible would still be the same. In other words, i should just buy the study bible asap. And then i shall start to sharpen my sword so that when the moment comes, victory will be certain.
And lastly, now that followup is over, i know that my love for god is an assuring 100%. And now that i've completed my first milestone, its time to begin another journey; to be able to love him in the immeasurable ways. And the most basic and fundamental would be to first read and learn of his words. Hence from the next post onwards, there will be a change. An advancement by going back to the basics.
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