.. after another night of little sleep, i wasn't expecting to make it through today like i did - today i was acting in a drama for the final Sunday of our missions month, (which drew much "praise" afterwards - i was even told i should become a preacher!)
. . . i wish my fiery acting as a passionate missionary was more true in real life! :(
... i mean, i can put on a good performance for a skit, but in normal encounters with people, i hardly have the same excited passion in calling them to turn from their sins to Jesus, The One True Creator god who Alone loves them and can save them! :"~(
sad ...
. . . then i had a Baptism of 2 sisters & a brother, (which is always beautifully encouraging, witnessing Fathers' beautiful work in their lives!)
:D the opportunity to talk to Lucas, a family member of one of the sisters who was baptised, & challenging him about where He stood with God (not sure if i did it in the best way though, he said he felt quite nervous! :S)
* may He get right with God before it's too late!
. . . then IF i had the energy to, go to SNS [Sunday Night Sessions for International Students]
*blurgh* .. dived into gross sin & couldn't help but feel "disqualified" from being His witness - but since when has sin disqualified me in the past?
once again i was left speechless & amazed at how His grace keeps on saving a wretch like me!
went to have a nap & felt wasted! :|
the last thing i felt like doing was going out again!
. . . but . . .
- GOD'S GRACE IS TRULY ENOUGH!! :D
after a rocker of a sermon this morning on giving our EVERYTHING SO EVERYONE CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR THE GOSPEL,
the very last thing i could do is stay home & "sleep in The Light" while so many in my city are _lost_ & dying in darkness!
i'm sick & tired of how i so often let myself listen to awesome, challenging sermons, only to go away without obeying what Father has clearly spoken to me!
:D giving me strength to go to SNS even though i was *totally* "feeling" like NOT going!
"We are ruled by Christ's love for us. We are certain that if one person died for everyone else, then all of us have died.
And Christ did die for all of us. He died so we would no longer live for ourselves, but for the one who died and was raised to life for us." 2 Corinthians 5:14-15
... O that His love would rule me completely!
:D giving me the grace to talk to Andrew, waiting at the bus stop for the same bus i was told to catch to get to where i needed- a bus i've never caught before!
. . . sad to say, it feels like ages since i last talked to strangers at bus stops / on the bus! >_<
- but God's Word to me this morning was that we are part of The Greatest Kingdom - The Greatest Cause & movement of all HIStory - we simply need to announce to people that something has happened - Jesus died & rose again, and all who repent & trust Him will be saved - we have nothing to fear!
Jesus gave everything for everyone - He expects us to give nothing less!
- Andrew was from a Baptist background, but a "non-practicing christian"
- - now does that sound like an oxymoron to anyone else?! he was unsure about his eternal destiny & also seemed uncomfortable talking about it
* may Father have mercy on HIm!
then at SNS i got talking with Tang- who reads the Bible when life gets too hard & receives peace from what He reads, or when He's asking the big Questions in life & looking for answers. i ecouraged him to keep getting to know The Person of Jesus - being the Source of Life, He has all the answers!
. . . we continued our series looking at the deadly sins, this time on 'sloth'.
:D though i was as guilty of this as anyone else, thankful that His Grace & mercy had the last Word for the night through a beautiful song by Sovereign Grace music (see http://www.sovereigngracemusic.org/)
- going through the words of the song with the students was a beautiful open door to sharing The Good News with them!
something's happened to take away all fear -
Jesus owns us ALL- so let's give Him our ALL (not excluding our cash!) - these were the closing challenges from today's sermon :)
.. do pray for SNS reaching out to precious souls every Sunday night - more teachers/ helpers always needed!
- i met Tim at SNS (from Tw, 3 days fresh in Aus) .. praying i can serve him with the gospel even though his English & my Chinese are as bad as each other! :P
- then i met a Chinese lady on the bus home who looked like a traveller / new arrival in Aus [with big trolley suitcase and all].. after chatting it turns out she's been here for 6 years! :P - and is from the same province my grandparents were from (Fujian)
she's buddhist, not happy or peaceful in life . . . wish i didn't waste so much time on small talk so i could've shared with her more on sin, righteousness, God's judgment & Jesus' all-saving work on the cross for her soul!
*sigh*
when will i learn to quit wasting time when people's eternal destinies are at stake?!
also left her with an eternity' tract before she got off the bus, telling her it was an impotrtant message for her. may Father draw her into His love before it's too late!
:D running low on gospel tracts & travelling much more recently on public transport = more opportunity to trust His abundant & perfect provision!! =D
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