Good things dont come in lousy packages!

service was awesome! cant wait for ps kong to build on each wk's messages until it explodes in emerge :D prayer meeting was just out-of-this-world! it was awesome, can we have more? :D e presence of God was indeed tangible..i was in tears as i prayed.

im so excited...cant wait for our new land in 6 months! :D we prayed for so many things..

well ill begin by posting sermon notes..^^


SERMON NOTES

-jhn 17:14-17, mt 5:13-16
-we are IN the world, at e same time we are not OF the world. -> in e world physically, not of the world, in e way we think and do things.
-avoiding, withdrawing and retreating from the world is NOT the solution! how can you be salt and light in the world if ure not in e world?

e.g. da vinci code. religious chrisitians would wanna ban this and ban that...but have u ever asked yourself, how would GOD react? in e garden of eden, God placed e tree of e knowledge of good and evil right in e middle of e garden EVEN THOUGH He knew the harm it could bring.

the typical, religious chrisitian would say..why not just take a saw and saw the tree down? no tree...no sin, no sin...no fall, no fall...no chaos and confusion in the world...but why didnt God remove the tree?

-God gave everyone FREEWILL.
-Adam had innocence..BUT...

-Innocence is NOT virtue! What is virtue? virtue is power.
-Virtue is innocence TESTED!

-Our innocence WILL be tested, its whether we are strong enough to pass the test or not.
-Even Jesus was tested in the wilderness, he had innocence, but after it was TESTED..He "returned in the POWER (Virtue) of the Holy Spirit"...

We are salt. what is salt? salt ENGAGES and PENETRATES its environment!
We are not to withdraw or retreat from the world, we are to ENGAGE, to PENETRATE the world with the Light of Christ!!!

what happens when we do not engage the world? we become irrelevant, obsolete, the bible says, "good for nothing but to be trampled under foot by men"...!

dan 5:11, 1:17, 5:12
-Daniel lived in babylon, the world's most idolatrous nation in human history! a place where cultic and satanic worship had its origins. he dressed like a babylonian, he was the CHIEF of the magicians and sorcerors in that land! he had makeup and red hair, as was the tradition back then of a babylonian magician/sorceror...

But yet e bible said he had extraordinary righteousness. he was young, he was soo immersed into the babylonian environment that he looked like one, and even excelled at what was well known in Babylon at tt time. even though he excelled in babylonian arts and magics...

even his name was changed to 'Belteshazzar' which means "Bel will protect his life'
-> Bel is the chief demon god of idolatry.

YET..he had extraordinary righteousness because his innocence was tested, and even though he was a youth, he turned King Nebechadnezzar and the entire nation to the true living God!

-Holiness is not about dressing or style, its about the ATTITUDE of your heart!
-Man looks at e outward appearance but God looks at the heart!
-if ure a business man, dont try to be an 'undercover preacher', if ure a teacher, dun try to be a gospel singer or an 'undercover missionary'. -> no doubt we must still shine for e Lord.

the main thing is, we are placed where we are in society, in the marketplace, in education, business, arts, media, government, etc...we are there to bring a spirit of excellence and to excel in that particular area that we have been placed into...so that man will see your GOOD DEEDS and glorify your Father who is in Heaven.

if ure a singer, be the best singer, if ure a student, be a best student -> be REAL!

-excellence is not anointing, excellence is an ATTITUDE!

what is excellence?

-Excellence is giving attention to DETAILS that give rise to SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE, leading to PROMOTION in life!

rom 14:1-2
-a WEAK person cannot handle/accept many things!
-the message is sacred, but its packaging can be DIFFERENT, UNIQUE, CREATIVE, COLORFUL..we dont serve a dull, boring, awkward, backward God that is out of touch in the world today...but we serve a colorful God who is creative, full of ability and productivity!

dun be legalistic, dun be licentious, be right in e middle...be a Daniel, be a Joseph, be a Jesus!


THOUGHTS

on sunday was supposed to go for wendy's bdae at her place..but i had things to rush. 5-6 more weeks and my project is due. and its only in its early stages of programming...so many things in my mind..so much stress and burdens and commitments...

e110, w390, 2 celgrps, guitar, ministry, friends, emerge, 'that', project, personal+spiritual life.
well, at least for once, someone actually told me i had beautiful eyes...

and i have no time...hadnt had a good sleep in months! e last time i had a dream while sleeping was like...wait...i dun remember..:x

e last time i had a break was...wait...got such thing as break? i dun remember as well..maybe it was during last year july? or august? cant remember also...T_T

well, tmr goin sch, WHY MUS EMERGE PRAYER MEETING BE AT 5PM!?! *faint.
im really tired, im really drained...but im willing to press on, because God I love You.

nevertheless, i wanna be like Jesus, who did not come to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom to many. thats why im extending from a 3-day fast to a 7-day fast. 12hr fast though. im really inspired by pastor kong, how hes travelling in and out and preaching so many times a week and yet because of his love for God and because of the dream and vision God has placed in his heart, he's willing to go on a 21-day fast..

well, i can tell its a 24-hr fast, 21 days. i really have to break through....maybe ill start with maybe a 3-day, 24hr fast...ok...maybe 1 day first...if not someone will get worried for me.

im certainly looking forward to BS, to service and then to emerge! =)