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Sunday, February 06, 2005

Great message by John Bevere...

today's service was indeed impacting. as John Bevere began sharing his experiences in one of e churches in Brazil, on how God really moved in that place when the people respect honor and fear God. His presence, power anointing will only come when there is a right attitude, a right atmosphere and a right heart. not only as an individual but more importantly as His body.

ive learnt tt e fear of God is not fearing God. e fear of God is showing respect, reverence and honor b4 God for who He is, put God in high esteem, love what He love, hate what He hates and so on. ive oso learnt tt people all around e world may believe in God, some may even have a relationship with God, but not everyone is a FRIEND of God.

God desires to have an INTIMATE relationship with man. How He said draw near to God and He will draw near to you. note tt we have to make e first choice. e sad thing in e world today is tt God knows soo much abt us and we noe sooo little abt Him.

Being a friend of God is not jus only about the quality, but e faith attitude of:
*obeying even when it doesnt make sense
*obeying even when it hurts
*obeying without delay
*obeying even when u wont see the results and
*obeying to completion

indeed walking with God wont only cost u sth, it will cost u EVERYTHING. knowing tt wadever u give u Lord by faith, we will indeed receive a hundredfold. =) becoming a believe of God is easy, cos its free, but becoming a disciple, becoming a friend of God is not easy, its a faith process and we need to have e fear of God.

John Bevere also talked abt e 'narrow road' in life, on how that particular road is e road NOT b4 e gate (salvation) but after e gate, after we get saved tt is. many ppl will take e broader road tt leads to destruction, but likewise e narrow road has its dangers also. on e right of e road is a 'ditch' called LEGALISM. most people will avoid this 'ditch' on e right side of the 'road'. and so they swerve to e left. but mistakably, most people now will tend to swerve too much to e left and land up in another 'ditch' on e left side of tt road called ANTINOMIANISM (in other words, lawlessness) which can be found in any universal dictionary as:

Pronunciation: "an-ti-'nO-mE-&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Medieval Latin antinomus, from Latin anti- + Greek nomos law

1 : one who holds that under the gospel dispensation of grace the moral law is of no use or obligation because faith alone is necessary to salvation
2 : one who rejects a socially established morality- antinomian adjective, which is lawlessness to say. antinomians

some people in e world are teaching a cheap doctrine called cheap grace, whereby there is no need to obey e laws be it civil, moral, blibical, etc. bcos they are under grace. when people are guilty of sin and they confess it and ask for forgiveness antinomians will view such people as being sin-conscious.

Jesus himself said when He was on earth, in e end times "and lawlessness will abound and love for Christ of many will grow cold" and antinomians may be saved and may be spiritual, yet they have ZERO relationship with God. and when these people finally meet God, Jesus wll say to them "Depart from Me, I never knew you, you who practice lawlessness..." by practicing lawlessness and saying that we can sin even more now that we are under grace, would have put Jesus death on e cross to a complete waste.

im glad i went for tt service, it really impacted me in a great way. jus now as i came back from fellwoshippin with my cel grp and E110, i my freetime i was jus worshippin God in my room, enjoying His presence. and i dunno why for some reason, my father find a means to come in and start scolding me for stuffs like, OH! play electric guitar dun use amp! a lot of electricity u noe???, OH! (i was afk frm my lappy) dun everyday stare at e screen hor, e com already spoil soon your eyes will also spoil hor!...tts like wad tokin u?? even billgates eyes are still in gd condition! OH! e weather is hot dun use airccn hor! u wan to cool e room use fan! i was like...yayaya, why dun u cook vegetables using ice...

everytime he would find a reason to scold me for. and everytime he scolds me its always when im in God's presence. and His presence would leave my room! i feel sooo sad, so hurt and crushed. sometimes i feel like quoting Jesus and say to him, "Get behind me Satan, you do not have e things of God in ur mind but e things of men!" eventually, i broke down in my own room, tt was when i experienced God and loved Him all over again....

His presence returned, this time THICKER and i was so touched. although there's no one to spend valentine's day with, haha, but im glad in everything God is always there and He will never leave me nor forsake me...yea =D durin tt experience i got a new song, but when i tried to write it down, i could rem any lyrics, is like God saying..."This song is for you to sing to me, nobody needs to know it, but i know ur heart, that when u sing, u sing with all your heart. i love you and tts all that matters...:) its something personal, jus you and me..." and it went on...i was soo touched to tears....i had a great time...=D

indeed God can put visions and dreams and even a new song in ur heart and touch you, when u are humble b4 Him, when u earnestly yearn for Him, when ur heart is right. your life will only change when ur thinking changes...

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