Serving Day ^^

Now Is The Time - Written by Delirious?/Matt Redman ©2005 Curious? Music UK

The winds are blowing through again,
So we must follow.
A people daring to believe
We can change tomorrow,
And be the miracle of light,
And we won't give up the fight.

Now is the time for us to shine,
Shine with the face of Christ divine.
No compromise, for all heaven cries,
Now is the time.

The river's running through again rejuvenating,
For everything you touch you change,
And we've all been changing.
We're a city shining on a hill,
Tell this world you're shining still,
Tell this world you always will.
Now is the time...

Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus, King of lights.
Jesus, Jesus, raise a church that's shining bright

I want to follow but what does it mean,
To live in this world and keep everything clean.
Nothing I own here is ever my own,
When I live in the mercy and blessing you've shown.
I lay down my rights; see the world through your eyes,
And fight for the hungry who pay for our lives,
I want to have you in all of my world.
So Jesus consume me, flow through me, cos now is the time...


THOUGHTS

only had one hour plus of sleep. today, well, was trying to stay awake cus scully later wake up late. but as usual, i failed to stay awake till 5am. so i dozed off and was awaken by my bro in e morning. well, managed to reach expo on time. shared cab with my bro, elvin and asher.

guess what, bi mei and alicia were there...BUT...something was different. they were sitting on the roadsite(carpark) behind hall8, near e rear entrance! hahahas, the hall havent opened yet!!! LOL! x)

started off by setting up the conference area. when service started, helped wei siang to do sound level recording using the sound meter. basically every 10minutes i had to stand outside the hall and record the max level and the min level then comms to WeiSiang. in between i was standing jus behind the curtain in e main entrance watching the service. it was grrreeeaatt! hahas ^^

something very irritating and disturbing, people were like leaving during the preaching and before service ended. if coming to church is a preference then u might as well not come anyway. this is the house of God, not your grandpa's house! if i was e security guy i would stop them immediately...if u jus come for the music, then sorry, ure in the wrong place. i just dont like people who destroy the atmosphere of God, the atmosphere of worship..

the presence of God travels through an atmosphere of worship. the power of God travels through an atmosphere of faith. our atmosphere is determined by the things we say, by our attitudes and actions.

people like suddenly screaming/clapping when everyone is lifting their hands in worship. its like hello? you know how to flow or not? im really thankful for pastor kong, that indeed in CHC we dont have church goers, but church MEMBERS, ppl who dont attend church but are PLANTED in the house of God. we dont believe in making converts, we are in the business of changing lives and making disciples!

i remembered wad pastor kong said before, people who are saved in their hearts, but not renewed in their minds, people who are inspired but not transformed. people who claim to have Jesus in their lives yet live as if He never existed! living, small, low-level, defeated lives.

i liked the message by ps tan today, it was slightly different. one point i liked is that, its not about man converting the soul, but about God convicting the heart! to condemn is not to convict. of course there are people who get offended the moment they are convicted of something tt they've done wrong and they feel condemned. i remembered what Paul meant when he talked about those who are "weak in the faith", those who are fearful all the time. no fear of the Lord, no joy of the Lord.

once saved, NOT ALWAYS SAVED. salvation is not a one-time event. we have been saved (salvation), we are BEING saved (sanctification), and we will be saved (glorification). just becos u believe in Jesus doesnt make you a disciple. just like BGR, just bcos u like someone doesnt make u the boyfren or the girlfren. faith without works is dead, dead works. and anything not born out of faith is sin.

after ministry, rushed home, met bao on e way...then after tt supposed to attend huixin's grandpa's funeral wake. but those who were going were already there when i left. then i felt so funny to be e only one going for the 6pm one...so paiseh...in e end i didnt go, though i wished i could T_T :(

oh ya....I COULDNT GET AN AUTOGRAPH OR A PHOTOGRAPH FROM DELIRIOUS? waaaaaa..lols the entire guest room area was sealed off not only by security, but by the police as well. *boohoohoo...lolz nevertheless, it was great serving in the house of God :)

school tmr. BS on wed, my FIRST guitar lesson with bao on thurs, then celgrp...WAIT!!!! celgrp on thurs? ahhhhhhhh.... lol nooooooo.... well, still excited anyways...haha for cg and service too, jus gotta settle them soon lol.

now is the time...:))