Wow, today was another exciting day! The Sundays just keep getting better! First off i had a really fun time at Children's Church worship today, we sang really fun songs like With Christ in the Vessel, and Father Abraham. Then after fellowship lunch had a looong talk with Sam, Stig, Henry, and Yang because we had to wait for certain people to finish the extra classes. Followed by bilingual worship where i played the drums and dropped the drumsticks 3 times(felt really bad about it). Lastly another awesome time of fellowship at Korean bbq to celebrate Jono's 20th birthday :) i sat with great people like Christy, Fiona, Su, Sam, Victor, Aaron, Yang, Patty, and Henry. We had wonderful conversations all night, with the main topic being God :) then we started talking about eating live animals which was pretty disturbing e.g. duckling, little mice, monkey brain, and donkeys(mind you all of which were LIVE animals when being eaten...) Was just a great environment to be in, talking about our future plans, and about church stuff so openly knowing that we were with brothers and sisters in Christ! Great thx to Christy, Fiona, and Su for looking after me and taking such good care of me :P they pretty much did all the cooking and ensured that the food that i ate was properly cooked and safe for consumption.
Though the dinner was expensive, and i don't think that i ate $26 worth of food, i still think that the time i spent with the others were priceless, and i would pay any amount to be with them again! It was a great time of encouragement, laughter, love, and joy. Thank God for placing such wonderful people in my life, they have really made an impact on my life and i definitely would not be the person i am today if not for them :)
Devotion today is from Ephesians 4:1-6
1As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope when you were called— 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
Ok so the moment i read verse 1, it just hit me like a brick! Well i always knew that i had a calling over my life, and i just stopped at that. I never knew that we had to live a life WORTHY of our calling. That was like a revelation to me the instant i read it. So how we live now, should be worthy of what we were called to be, even though we aren't there yet! wow that just changes how i live so greatly. I guess i've always lived a life trying my best to keep God at the top, but it never really worthy of what i was called to be. Since i've been called to be a pastor/preacher, i really got to live like one and act like one who is worthy to be called a pastor/preacher.
In verse 2 we are told to be COMPLETELY humble, gentle, patient and bearing with one another in love. We were told to be completely, not just humble or very humble, but be completely, which is like with our best effort! totally and 100%. Again in verse 3, we were told to make EVERY effort, not just some but every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. It's like using every ounce of strength in us and squeezing it till we're totally dry, and putting it all into our effort. If we don't we go against God's word and sin.
I feel that this passage is from God to me and especially after what happened yesterday and felt that the worshipNet wasn't really united with the same Spirit and hunger. At the end we've been told to KEEP the unity, not to destroy or break it, but to keep it. How? through the bond of peace. I'm not too sure how thats gonna work, but im sure that God will reveal it to us and show us a way. Ultimately we all are of one God, who is over all and through all and in all.
So i pray that once again, that i will live a life worthy of my calling and worthy of God. That God will reveal to me my future, show me who my spiritual father is meant to be. That i will continue to be on fire for God and to hunger for Him that i will be able to have a true face to face encounter with God.
Hide me now, under Your wings. Cover me within Your mighty hands. When the oceans rise and thunders roar, i will soar with You above the storm
Though the dinner was expensive, and i don't think that i ate $26 worth of food, i still think that the time i spent with the others were priceless, and i would pay any amount to be with them again! It was a great time of encouragement, laughter, love, and joy. Thank God for placing such wonderful people in my life, they have really made an impact on my life and i definitely would not be the person i am today if not for them :)
Devotion today is from Ephesians 4:1-6
1As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope when you were called— 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
Ok so the moment i read verse 1, it just hit me like a brick! Well i always knew that i had a calling over my life, and i just stopped at that. I never knew that we had to live a life WORTHY of our calling. That was like a revelation to me the instant i read it. So how we live now, should be worthy of what we were called to be, even though we aren't there yet! wow that just changes how i live so greatly. I guess i've always lived a life trying my best to keep God at the top, but it never really worthy of what i was called to be. Since i've been called to be a pastor/preacher, i really got to live like one and act like one who is worthy to be called a pastor/preacher.
In verse 2 we are told to be COMPLETELY humble, gentle, patient and bearing with one another in love. We were told to be completely, not just humble or very humble, but be completely, which is like with our best effort! totally and 100%. Again in verse 3, we were told to make EVERY effort, not just some but every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. It's like using every ounce of strength in us and squeezing it till we're totally dry, and putting it all into our effort. If we don't we go against God's word and sin.
I feel that this passage is from God to me and especially after what happened yesterday and felt that the worshipNet wasn't really united with the same Spirit and hunger. At the end we've been told to KEEP the unity, not to destroy or break it, but to keep it. How? through the bond of peace. I'm not too sure how thats gonna work, but im sure that God will reveal it to us and show us a way. Ultimately we all are of one God, who is over all and through all and in all.
So i pray that once again, that i will live a life worthy of my calling and worthy of God. That God will reveal to me my future, show me who my spiritual father is meant to be. That i will continue to be on fire for God and to hunger for Him that i will be able to have a true face to face encounter with God.
Hide me now, under Your wings. Cover me within Your mighty hands. When the oceans rise and thunders roar, i will soar with You above the storm
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L
2 comments:
Heheh, It's great to know that our company means so much to you *^_^*
Man, seriously, God is doing something crazy in our midst. Everytime I read something that someone's posted up ... it's always full of the wonderful things that's God's been doing in our church. Our God is alive!
I just wanted to tell you that your post really spoke to me. Not just about being worthy, completely humble and making every effort. That spoke to me too.
But I just wanted to tell you that your daily updates, they are a real encouragement to me. Thanks Lawl
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It is our privilege to have your company. it is our honour to have you as a brother...
we love you..
we're going all the way together!!
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