i'm learning ..

.. to STOP measuring Father by my own limitations
[and O, how very limited i am!]
.. that trusting in what i can see is a VERY limiting way to live!







i was out mowing with dad yesterday - everywhere the grass is growing crazy! after finishing our 3rd house,  the car was _full_ of bags of grass with (seemingly) no room for more. then dad tells me we're going to a new place.
"can we dump the grass there?" i ask.
"no, we'll take it away." dad replies.
"how?! there's no room for more!" say i.
"don't worry, i'll make a way" dad says.
. . . in disbelief i thought "no way."
To me the car seemed full with no more room for anymore big bags of grass ...
.. . or so it seemed! then by an amazing act of space engineering, dad managed to fit another big bag in!  


after we finished our 4th house, dad tells me we'll do one more. So again i ask,
"can we dump the grass there?"
again dad treplies, "no, we'll take it away."

"but the cars full, dad!

"i know what i'm doing!"

so after our 5th house, dad manages yet again to fit another big bag in! of course he could. he always does!

"dad, you're amazing! i don't know how you did it, but you did!"

Dad always knows what he's doing - but why do i fail so often to simply trust him?

This is an ugliness far worse than any ugliness that comes from physical aging - the ugliness of losing the simple, childlike trust in Father that doesn't question, talk back, or second-guess.
i can't imagine how much i've hurt my father's heart by the many times & many ways i've questioned, talked back, or second-guessed Him :"(

father is good.
father is wise
father is strong [much more than me anyway!]


who am i to question or doubt him when all my life, he's shown himself to be nothing but good, wise and strong. (even if at times i seriously doubted his goodness / wisdom / strength :S ]
makes no sense huh?

. . . praying for the grace to grow in childlike faith & stop acting towards father as if i knew any better! far out, what arrogance!

rejoicing in the gospel!!!

this post comes hot on the heels of me diving into habitual sin yet *again*
 =groan= T_T

... i played this song & i'm goinna rejoice in my mighty Saviour than sink into a pit of despair [as was once my usual habit!]
Completely Done



1. What reason have I to doubt


Why would I dwell in fear


When all I have known is grace


My future in Christ is clear



My sins have been paid in full


There’s no condemnation here


I live in the good of this


My Father has brought me near


I’m leaving my fears behind me now


Chorus


The old is gone, the new has come


What You complete is completely done


We’re heirs with Christ, the victory won


What You complete is completely done


2. I don’t know what lies ahead


What if I fail again


You are my confidence


You’ll keep me to the end


I’m leaving my fears behind me now



Death where is your sting, grave your victory?


Christ has conquered all!


© 2009 Sovereign Grace Worship (ASCAP) 
download the song for free here: http://www.sovereigngracestore.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=M4270-02-51
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- i'm sooo tempted to splurge on all the awesome music they have but i've definitely blown my life time budget on CD's & other non-essentials.
meanwhile, HALF THE WORLD STILL WAITS TO HEAR THE NAME OF JESUS!!!
“ no one has the right to hear the gospel twice, while there remains someone who has not heard it once” – Oswald J Smith


Nearly 3 BILLION souls are WAITING to hear the gospel.


HOW L O N G MUST THEY WAIT??


Could a mariner sit idle if he heard the drowning cry?


Could a doctor sit in comfort and let his patients die?


Could a fireman sit idle, let men burn and give no hand?

Could you sit in ease in Zion with the world around you damned? --Leonard Ravenhill.

DON’T KEEP THEM WAITING – WON’T YOU SHARE THE GOSPEL before IT’S TOO LATE??


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Revolution in World Missions isn't really a book about missions. It's about what God can do with your heart when you let Him.

Pray for The Unreached People Group of the Hour!


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praise & pray for Kevin, Jack, Sam. Hoa, Yuli, Julia, Annie, Kei, Younga, & Jay [KOR, IND, VTNM, TW, BRZ, JAP]

those i met at / through conversation corner + the international English group/ bible story time yesterday ...


:D PRAISE! :D


:D God brought them here!
* PRAY - as The Spirit leads you!
- had a birthday lunch with Kevin. he's had bad experiences with the pressure tactics of "churchgoers" in Korea. but hasn't had any here :)
- Sam - lonely.
- Hoa - here with her husband , stays home alot without much to do. 
 - Jay - got to clarify the bible story wecovered about the woman with bleeding for 12 years who reached out to Jesus in faith & got healed.
* Jesus seek & save their lost souls for His own glory!


* provide them with friendships / accomodation/jobs/ that will bring them to turn from their sin, to Jesus & throw the full weight of their trust on Him!


* do pray for Ashley as he runs these English group/ bible story time on Thursday nights & Friday afternoons!!


~thanks~!GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!


*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!***

pray for Yasid

- member of the muslim students associaton i met today @ the Griffith Uni outreach.
it was more a monologue than a dialogue with him going on & on about how Jesus can't be God, the trinity can't exist, the corruption of the bible etc etc ..
i kept trying to change the direction of our talk from religion --> righteousness--> relationship but he seemed to be able to better take charge of conversations than the quiet, sheepish softy i am :S
to my shame, i was not armed for this encounter to make a proper defence for our faith :"(
*sigh* . . . this encounter with Yasid only served to stir up greater concern & compassion for my muslim neighbours .. he was sooo . .. BLINDED!
- - yet he is just one of a BILLION+ other muslims who've been deceived into lies that keep them from the grace, love & salvation found in Jesus Christ!
:D PRAISE! :D
:D now, more muslims than ever before are receiving revelation of Isa-al-Masih (Jesus The Messiah) and finding truth, freedom & life in Him!!
:D providing brother Donald to 'back me up' - i felt like i was getting hammered by Yasid! ~>_<~
- we ended the exchange saying we'd pray for him - he said he'd prsay for us.

*PRAY*

* give Yasid & other deceived muslims clear revelation of Jesus in all His exalted supremacy, to open up their blind eyes & unstop their deaf ears, breathing life into their dead hearts to truly KNOW Father & glorify Him forever, as beloved children, NOT a slaves, before it's too late!!!





“ no one has the right to hear the gospel twice, while there remains someone who has not heard it once” – Oswald J Smith

Nearly 3 BILLION souls are WAITING to hear the gospel.

HOW L O N G MUST THEY WAIT??

Could a mariner sit idle if he heard the drowning cry?

Could a doctor sit in comfort and let his patients die?

Could a fireman sit idle, let men burn and give no hand?

Could you sit in ease in Zion with the world around you damned? --Leonard Ravenhill.

DON’T KEEP THEM WAITING – WON’T YOU SHARE THE GOSPEL before IT’S TOO LATE??

SPONSOR A NATIVE MISSIONARY TO NOT KEEP THE WORLD WAITING! GO TO:
http://www.gfa.org/
or in AUS: http://www.gospelforasia.org.au/ <-- Click below to request a FREE book
'Revolution in World Missions' isn't really a book about missions. It's about what God can do with your heart when you let Him.

Pray for The Unreached People Group of the Hour!
http://prayerguard.net/index.php?page_id=11&link_id=hourly-upgs

** UPDATE** pray for uni outreach~!- for Hana, Victor, Justin & Norman [KOR, CHI]

have met a number of precious souls just a few days or weeks fresh to Brisbane these past few days - ones like them are *especially* ripe for seed sowing / watering in expectation of harvest - - yet how few the laborers!!
~>_<~
PERSEVERANCE!!

:)
this is what Father is teaching me through the outreaches at Griffith Uni the past few days..

i learnt that i get discouraged *too* easily and then walk by feelings & what i see rather than by faith and the greater unseen realities. :"(
something i must repent of!
(Rom 14:23b "Anything that is not done in faith is sin.")

[feel free to ask me more if you want to listen!!]

i was (literally) dragging my feet and ~not~ wanting to be 'out there' doing what seemed to start off as a 'lone ranger' outreach
...  and then . . .
:D Father was SOO SUPER-FAITHFUL!! to lift me up, sending me His angels to encourage me and give me strength~!!

:D through this, Father is training me to be a better interceder for missionaries - if i get tired, discouraged, disillusioned & distracted doing this (relatively small & non-risky) outreach, how much more those on the frontlines penetrating pioneer fields with all of its dangers?!
~ PLEASE BE FAITHFUL IN PRAYER FOR MISSIONARIES YOU KNOW -- THEY NEED IT SO MUCH!!~~

i'm thankful for the few good chats He's given me with Hana, Victor, Justin & Norman.
i'm also thankful for all the ones that seemed to go nowhere / were cut short / all that time i seemed to wander around not finding anyone who seemed 'talkable' .... if i needed to go through that just to meet ^talk to those below, it was worth it!

do lift them up to Father's throne of Grace as The Spirit leads!
- Hana: claims to be 'christian' but unsure if she has a relationship with God. but she wants to know Him!
- Victor - "free thinker" who seems to have had contact with the gospel before. needs Holy-Spirit conviction of sin to be led to The Only Saviour - Jesus!!
- Justin - a jewel :) just a few weeks fresh to Brisbane, really interested to know God! got to share the gospel in brief with him before he had to go.
- Norman - atheist, 1st year fresh to uni with no direction in life & no friends in uni. travels hours to get from the North coast to Griffith Uni on the South! may Father arrest his attention on his long commutes!
* the team as we do our last day tomorrow - it's 'market day' when all the university clubs & societies put up displays to recruit students to their groups.
expecting much distraction from allthat will the compete for their attention - may we shine all the brighter on such a dark campus!
* protection from satan & self (been really weak when it comes to going into really negative thoughts past few days) that distract me from the reason I'm there!
* may Jesus take back souls & territory the enemy has stolen & deceptively taken!!

~thanks~!GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!**

WOW.

life has never been do clear .. you don't know what you're living for until you know what you'd die for.
this video clip helped clear things up when my life was beginning to get muddied by the world
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQXai_lS9MY&feature=related

WOOHOO!!!

Micah 6:18-19 is TRUE~!! =D

Mic 7:18 Where is the god who can compare with you-- wiping the slate clean of guilt, Turning a blind eye, a deaf ear, to the past sins of your purged and precious people? You don't nurse your anger and don't stay angry long, for mercy is your specialty. That's what you love most.



Mic 7:19 And compassion is on its way to us. You'll stamp out our wrongdoing. You'll sink our sins to the bottom of the ocean.

i pray He'd help me *keep* my sins where they are - stamped out, on the ocean floor - and not try to go diving down to bring them before Him again & again!! :|

praise & pray for Durre & John

-i cancelled my mobile phone account with optus last month, but i received a bill today for $0.00 :P [if only all the bills for the last 10 years with them could've been for so much!] ;D
- spoke to Durre to check up on that. tried to refer her to fathersloveletter.com but she refused. may Father keep reaching out to her & win her into His love before it's to late~!

.. then i called  up translink to resolve some undercharged trips ..
:D thanks to their GPS errors i'e saved $0.66!! [that's $0.66 i don't need to waste on my next top up, or $0.66could buy 82 gospel tracts for those STILL WAITING TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS OF JEUS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES!!



see here: www.gfa.org/gospel-gives-new-life-to-cave-man

i spoke to John to report the undercharged trips, while he said it was no problem & i didn't need to report them, i thought it was better to be honest anyway . . . it was no accident i spoke to him.

John = a precious soul Father loves & wants so much to bring to Himself!

still in the habit of referring customer service people i talk to on the phone to evangelistic websites - this time i referred him to http://www.operation513.com/

why not share this (or your own favorite evangelistic website) with strangers Father brings you into contact with? on the internet / phone etc?!

tell them there's an important message for them to see as soon as they can.

something i'm making more of a habit of doing with these exchanges on the phone with strangers is learn to see them as so much more than just a stranger, but rather as a precious soul, made & loved by Father who He wants to bring to Himself!

just doing my little bit to bring even one lost soul a step closer to The Savior :)

:D PRAISE :D

:D the ways He's used the internet to communicate His gospel to the lost!

*PRAY*

* seek & save John & the lost souls in his world!

to Him be all glory who seeks & saves the lost!

The Lord isn't slow to do what he promised, as some people think. Rather, he is patient for your sake. He doesn't want to destroy anyone but wants all people to have an opportunity to turn to him and change the way they think and act. 2 Peter 3:9

Revolution in World Missions isn't really a book about missions. It's about what God can do with your heart when you let Him. - and it's FREE! :)

praise & pray for Joe, Kimberley, Peter, Hugo, Elsoo, Trueman, Jang, Ben [CAN, TW, BRZL, KOR]

  

 

those i met through English corner today! [discussed Love - Valentine's Day

:D PRAISE! :D

:D we can know True Love in this loveless world because of Jesus~!


:D

:D bringing them here!

*PRAY*
 * reveal Christ to them as Their Only True Lover, The INFINITELY desirable & INFINITELY satisfying One!! bringing them to True Repentance & Faith before it's too late!

* convict them of their sin & turn them into "fishers of men"!

* we'd see these dear souls in heaven, loving Jesus much because they received The Good News, along with others who're there because they didn't keep The Good News to themselves!!

* work by His Spirit through all the 'English corners' globally to draw lost souls into Living, Personal Relationship with Himself! see http://ibrisbane.net/englishcorner/ - look for the "World Free English Classes Timetable"

* Nations would be impacted as they send their bright future leaders abroad to study English to add to the multi-cultural beauty of Christ's Bride, The Church!

* have mercy on them & send them back 'home' eternally-changed souls, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!

* provide them with friendships / accomodation / jobs/ that will go towards the ends prayed for above :)

* raise up laborers for the harvest to help in these English Corners!

~thanks~!GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!**

pray for precious little ones with cancer . . .

*sigh* what a woefully fallen world we live in, where children get cancer in their age!
=( the daughter of a Nepalese friend i made through English Corner is in hospital with a tumor he's been told is "incurable", amd because of work, he's seprated by 1000's of Km 
.. i told him even if he's told the a tumor is "incurable" - there is SomeOne who can cure ANY sickness! he knew i was talking about Jesus - i've been praying for his family for awhile now. do join me in pleading before Father that they'll despair of their nothing-gods, utterly abandon them & be found by The Only True & Living God who cares & who heals!
may He work through his daughter's sickness to bring the whole family to repentance & trust in Jesus!!

Michelle & Dean [TW, CHI]

:D Father brought Michelle to us!

:D she stated off curious about God, but now is moving towards believing!

:D Dean is fresh to Australia, staying with Family in Jesus :) he doesnt believe but is interested to find out more:)

* pray The Good Shepherd saves their souls!

. . . can;t help but wonder how many more lonely strangers in our land move through their time here without ever coming in contact with His Love -

COME ON CHURCH!! LET'S RISE UP - THE HARVEST IS RIPE!!!

pray for the unreached + us!

…I will overthrow what I have built and uproot what I have planted… Should you then seek great things for yourself? Seek them not. Jer. 45:4, 5


God admonishes us, as He did Jeremiah’s scribe Baruch, to abandon a personal ambition, which is not only futile but is also irrelevant. Most people spend their lives pursuing either things or accomplishments. It is nothing less than tragic when believers chase personal aspirations to the ignorance or neglect of the clearly-revealed purposes of God. In light of what God is doing and wants to do among the nations, can we possibly justify seeking great things for ourselves? Seek them not.

Pray that the talented Wassulu people will yield their aspirations, ambitions and dreams to His perfect will.

source: http://www.global-prayer-digest.org/ <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!


http://www.prayerguard.net/ <-- GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!
http://www.vision2025.org/blankbook_clicktorelease.html <--GO HERE EVERYDAY TO release penny's for God's Word to be translated in every language still without His Word!

http://www.thebiblesite.org/ <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY TO provide your suffering brothers and sisters with a portion of God's Word for free!

http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1 <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY & click to help world hunger~!

pray for uni outreach~! [this week!]

with the start of every semester, Father is bringing droves of precious souls from overseas to our shores to study / work / travel.
i've been asked to head up an outreach team to Griffith uni Nathan campus during their Orientation week to be welcomers, loving neighbours, to serve and befriend these precious ones!
:D praise Father for those who've come to know & love Jesus through these outreaches in the past!
:D though the team is small, with Him by our side, we are a majority! 

Please pray for us!
"prayer is the greatest way to thwart the devil's plans"
* build the team of those with His heart of love for these precious ones, who, upon arriving in Brisbane have many needs - if we as Christ's body don't go out to them, they could easily fall prey to bad company!
* we'd meet those He's prepared the hearts of and Divinely Appointed to know Him & become worshippers of Him in Spirit & Truth!

* give us wisdom, strategy & sensitivity to His Spirit to do HIS work in HIS way, not simply going along with what we've done before, . . .
also, if anyone's free Mon-Wednesday morning [even if you can spare a few hours - from 10am onwards & want to join us, PLEASE CONTACT ME~! =)

'pray for 'group date' for Valentine's Day

after our lesson on love tomorrow we're having a 'group date' for Valentine's Day  (!)
pray for:
* fruitful friendships to be established & strengthened that'll draw these precious souls into His love!

rejoice with me & pray for me~!!

Dear praying friends,


have started a twitter page at http://twitter.com/2BCcHoRnIteSntT - will post up more of my praise points / miscallaneous other short stuff  here :)

Humbly asking your prayers as we journey on toward HIM! :)

if you have any questions / comments of my life, Don’t be shy~! my life's an open book ;)


++ praise & prayer points from previous prayer posts mostly still apply, but for the sake of space I’ll leave them out ;)

:D rejoice with me! :D


:D giving me joy eternal! see http://gracewalkministries.blogspot.com/2010/02/does-god-intend-for-us-to-always-be.html

:D I am so thrilled to be free of 'having' to do anything - but now leave it to the Holy Spirit to prompt me and just allow Jesus to be my Life and live His life through me, through who I am (and the suffering made me into who I am too), through my personality, through the way I speak and feel and think. Christ IN you, the hope of glory. Amazing to think He lives in us isn't it? Warts and all! Can't fall too far from Grace..
:D leading me to the latest refreshing streams of water through this site: http://www.gracewalk.org/ – GREAT BLOG !! see http://www.gracewalkministries.blogspot.com/

:D Fathers’ affection for me is so incredibly overwhelming!!


:D Father can redeem me & and take the circumstances of my life, no matter what I ‘ve done, and redeem my choices, turning things around and using me for His glory!:


:D There’s nothing you’ve ever done, or nothing you ever could do, that would keep God from pouring out His blessings on you and allowing His life to flow through you. The idea that you can commit sins that would disqualify you from being used by God is a lie that will keep you in bondage as long as you believe it.


:D We don't experience victory by fighting, instead we enjoy it by resting.


:D Victory is a Person and His name is Jesus! We don’t need to live in defeat!


:D The victory was won at the cross and became ours the moment we received Christ!


:D thank You Father for pain & reminders that point me to You!


*PRAY*


* consume my total being and express His life through me!


* have really been struggling with greed which = idolatry! A most putrid & disgusting thing in Fathers’ loving eyes :( please pray I be simply content in Him & all He gives & not go grabbing after what He hasn’t given!


* I’d stop “fighting for victory” but simply abide in Christ and let Him live His life through me – so as to live in victory


* I’d be a faithful steward of The Grace of God!


* I’d share His blessings & not hoard them, knowing this day could be my last!


* keep me sensitive to dealing with *only* pure motives!!


* give me precious words to speak to people – the right words at the right time so people would glorify HIM, not me!


* keep me giving my full attention to Him – who He is & what He does to make something of me rather than focusing on me & trying to make something of me!


* the truth of what He’s made me [absolutely beautiful, perfect!] would shape my life & self-image!

* my heart would be so intimately intertwined with His.


*I’d see all of life through the eyes of faith!
 ~thanks~!! please tell me how i can best support you before His throne of Grace too!


if Father so leads you to be my regular prayer supporter, do check out this prayer blog every now & then :)


Looking forward to hearing from you how i can best support you in prayer & praises!!

Is Jesus Enough?

excerpt from a most awesome article: see http://theschoolofchrist.org/articles/is-jesus-enough.html
When the simplest disciples grow tired of "just" being with Jesus, and begin to long for something bigger, something better, something greater, something more powerful, something other than what they have in Jesus already, then they are saying that Jesus is not enough. If Jesus was all you had, would Jesus be enough for you? Or do you have to have all the "trappings" of Christianity, all the bells and whistles, all the toys and trinkets?

Make no mistake: there is no life in the things that are ABOUT Jesus. There is life only in Jesus Himself. May I speak candidly? If you are dissatisfied and disappointed with your Christian walk today, it is only because of one thing: Jesus is not enough for you. Somewhere along the line, something else became more important than Jesus. Maybe you have become focused on the things ABOUT Jesus that are NOT Jesus.

There is only one solution. You do not need more of the Lord, because He has already given Himself completely to you already. You just need less of everything else.

The Missing Ingredient

wow.. another blessed article from Father at His most Perfect timing! excerpts:
I could not get away from the fact that there were then, and there are now, lots of people in the world besides me who are called by God, have spiritual gifts, and enjoy an abundance of revelation. But God cannot trust them in any kind of a servant leadership capacity. They may have a title or a ministry but they are unqualified because they do not have the missing ingredient. I noticed they lacked something, and worse, I lacked the same thing. Eventually I discovered what everyone, including myself, is lacking.

You know, the days of a person just "showing up" to exercise their gift and do their little ministry event are just about over. I have been guilty of that, I think we all have either done it or seen others do it. Is that what Jesus has called us to do? Is that being an example? Hold some meetings, have some talks, shake hands and go home? It doesn't mean a thing if we are not loving one another. It is all tinkling brass and clanging cymbals.


Paul saw himself as a father caring for the needs of his children. He entered right into the heart of God, because that is exactly the way God sees it. That is why Paul was able to love them more even as they loved him less. There is a vacuum of that kind of leadership in the Body of Christ today. We have people who cannot even be good brothers and sisters and yet they aspire to be spiritual fathers and leaders, apostles and prophets and pastors and teachers. Instead of serving people WITH their gift they expect people to serve them BECAUSE of their gift. It is seen in things so seemingly insignificant as the pastor's reserved parking space right by the front door

In recent months I have prayed, "God, take away my calling, take away my gifts, take away my revelation, but give me a heart of love." Really friends, we have plenty of gifted brothers and sisters. But where are the Pauls and the Peters and the Johns of our generation? Where are the spiritual fathers, the leaders, the elders, the ones giving a godly example to those who follow after? An example is most definitely being given, but all too often it is an example of what NOT to do.


Where are the ones who will very gladly spend and be spent in the service of God and of others - who will love abundantly even when they are not loved in return? One father is worth more than ten thousand teachers.

All you who are called and gifted, hear me. Love is the missing ingredient. Follow after love and the calling, the gifting, and the revelation will find its deepest and fullest expression.
©2010 TheSchoolOfChrist.Org. Permission is granted for non-commercial (free) distribution provided this notice appears.

[read full article here: http://theschoolofchrist.org/articles/the-missing-ingredient.html]

praise & pray for Hana, Kana, Conrad, Venus, Aya, Younjin, Eva, Miyuki, Vicky, Jimmy, Yuko, Jill [ JAP, IRA, TW, KOR]

 

 

 those i met at / through conversation corner + the international English group/ bible story time BBQ yesterday ...

:D PRAISE! :D

:D God brought them here!

* may Father seek & save their lost souls for His own glory!

* provide them with friendships / accomodation/jobs/ that will bring them to turn from their sin, to Jesus & throw the full weight of their trust on Him!
* do pray for Ashley as he runs these English group/ bible story time on Thursday nights & Friday afternoons!!
 ~thanks~!GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!
*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!***

praise & pray for Hiromi, Kalvin, Lorraine, William, Gillian, Jeff, [JAP, KOR, TW, HK, INDNS]

those i met through English corner yesterday! [discussed Chinese New Year]


:D PRAISE! :D


:D Jesus is The Resurrection & The Life - we can be certain what will happen to us after death & needn't fear evil spirits or death!
:D bringing them here!
*PRAY*

* reveal HImself as Lord to them, that they'd bow their knee & confess Him as Lord before it's too late!


* convict them of their sin & turn them into "fishers of men"!

* we'd see these dear lost souls in heaven, loving Jesus much because they received The Good News, along with others who're there because they didn't keep The Good News to themselves!!

* work by His Spirit through all the 'English corners' globally to draw lost souls into Living, Personal Relationship with Himself! see http://ibrisbane.net/englishcorner/ - look for the "World Free English Classes Timetable"

* Nations would be impacted as they send their bright future leaders abroad to study English to add to the multi-cultural beauty of Christ's Bride, The Church!

* have mercy on them & send them back 'home' eternally-changed souls, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!

* provide them with friendships / accomodation / jobs/ that will go towards the ends prayed for above :)

* raise up laborers for the harvest to help in these English Corners!

~thanks~!GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!**

praise & pray for Georgia & Alan

[picture only for representation]

was on the way to catch a train to the prayer meeting with the family in Darra that i was so excited about from Sunday Night when i was asked by a girl if i had any spare change for her to buy some food with her boyfriend .. she was shivering so much, a real pitiful sight :( i later found their names were Georgia & Alan - saying how tough it is to live on the streets. they wanted to buy some cheap Tuesday pizzas. in my mind i thought of only giving them the bare minimum for a cheap Tuesday pizza - but Father in His lavish grace prompted me to give them more than enough, knowing this washow He had given to me :D i also gavethem  a million dollar gospel tract which they'd seen before. they professed to be catholic / christian . . . i used to think this kind of giving was poor stewardship - after all, who knows whether they're really telling the truth & aren't just going to use the money for drugs / alcohol etc?
and so, after being so frequently asked by homeless people / other poor folk for spare change & being the gullible softy i am, & giving it to them, i used to be in the habit of carrying nothing in my wallet so if approached, i'd have nothing to offer. but lately Father's reminded me of the Great Commandment companion - to love my neighbour as myself.
yes i'm called to be a good steward, but i've been shown incredible grace & abundantly blessed . . . who am i to withold grace & blessing from others?!

watch / listen to this sobering song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1YcViDGO28
the lyrics of this song also came into my heart:

Heartbeat Of Heaven by Steven Curtis Chapman


Loving, joyful, peaceful, patient  Kind and good and full of faith Self-controlled and gentle


Oh the heart of heaven beats this way (x2)

I pulled up to the stop sign and I saw him standing there
The cardboard sign he held said he was hungry


I looked the other way and waited for the light to change


As if to say, I'd help but I'm in such a hurry


These are the moments of truth
What would love have me do

Oh, heartbeat of heaven, I want you to be my own


Oh, heartbeat of heaven, I want my life to show


The kind of love that comes and goes


With the heartbeat of heaven

I know at times this heart of mine beats only for itself


Full of thoughts and dreams, plans and problems

 But this heart beating here in me belongs to someone else

 He bought it with His life to show His love


This is my prayer, Lord, today
 Let this heart beat away

Oh, heartbeat of heaven, I want you to be my own
 Oh, heartbeat of heaven, I want my life to show
 The kind of love that comes and goes


With the heartbeat of heaven

Loving, joyful, peaceful, patient


Kind and good and full of faith


Self-controlled and gentle


Oh the heart of heaven beats this way


Oh, heartbeat of heaven, I want you to be my own


Oh, heartbeat of heaven, I want my life to show


Oh, heartbeat of heaven, I want you to be my own


Oh, heartbeat of heaven, I want my life, I want my life to show

. . . in the end rather than blessing them so much, i think i was more blessed to channel some of His Life & Love to others who probably go through most of their days ignored & unloved.
oh - it felt cool to give Alan a hug too :D go ahead - try it! hug a smelly, unloved, homeless soul - you might get a refreshing idea of how incredible Father's love was shown to us - while we stunk rotten from filthy sin, had no place to call 'home', He extended His arms of love & won us into His loving embrace & adopted us into His family!
. . . yes, who are we to think we can keep such AMAZING love to ourselves?!

not sure if it's them who needs more prayer than ourselves with our all-too-often cold, unloving hearts? :|

praise & pray for Darra family ~ ^___^

WOOHOO!! just back from visiting a most Awesome [SPIRITUAL] family gathering where i could really sense Father's love & glory among His people. Sunday Nights 6pm in Darra - lemme know if u'd like tojoin~![corner of Gordon Ave &  Livingstone Rd] --  
feeling on SUCH a high now i don't wanna sleep & can't wait 2 meet with them next
- no better place to be than somewhere you BELONG, ARE LOVED & ACCEPTED FOR WHO YOU ARE!! ^__^
this could be the answer to my prayers - it certainly has been for many others who've gone!

they're not your typical  clean / 'nice middle-classed holy huddle' they really reach out to the lost & hurting in their community - he homeless, drug addicts, alcoholics etc .. those that this world has rejected but The Saviour thrusts us out to ! see Luke 14:12-24!!! 
yay gonna join their prayer night Tues @ 7pm .. maybe their AV [Alcoholics Victorious] Thurs @7? ..

may Father work revival in & through His children~!!

pray for the unreached + us!

If you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. Is. 58:10


There is significant overlap between the unreached people groups without a church in their midst and the hungry half of the world without adequate physical and material resources. Isaiah reminds us that the people of God are called not only to spend their money to feed the hungry, but also to “spend themselves,” to pour out their lives in sacrificial service to those oppressed.

Pray that our Gracious Father will teach us to spend ourselves on behalf of Landoma children who are desperately hungry both for bread and the Bread of Life.

source: http://www.global-prayer-digest.org/ <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!


http://www.prayerguard.net/ <-- GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!

http://www.vision2025.org/blankbook_clicktorelease.html <--GO HERE EVERYDAY TO release penny's for God's Word to be translated in every language still without His Word!

http://www.thebiblesite.org/ <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY TO provide your suffering brothers and sisters with a portion of God's Word for free!
http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1 <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY & click to help world hunger~!

praise & pray for Hond, Brian, Sophia, Kalvin, Hoda .. VTNM, KOR]

those i met at conversation corner yesterday ...


:D PRAISE! :D

:D God brought them here!

* may Father seek & save Hond & Hoda's lost souls for His own glory!

* provide them with friendships / accomodation/jobs/ that will brig them to turn from their sin, to Jesus & throw the full weight of their trust on Him!
- i also joined an international bible study / English conversation hosted by Kim & Ashley.
* do pray for Ashley as he runs these bible studies / English conversation sessions on Thursday nights & Friday afternoons!!
i found it to be really good even though i didn't have much to contribute.
the challenge, for me was to "Go back home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how kind he has been to you."
. . . waiting for the bus back home & on the trip, the slence was deafening!! >_<
WHY do i keep silent about a God SO AMAZINGly LOVING?!
so many times i feel like an absolute flop of an 'evangelist' :"(
~thanks~!GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!


*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!***