Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Paradise Worship Concert & Seminar 2-3 Nov 05 ~ Power or Praising God!!

After that, I really asked God loh, should I go for the Paradise Worship Seminar?
In my heart, i felt the Holy Spirit says 'go'..
well, upon getting the go ahead from, God, i executed my plan!!
haha. In the end, i've actually talked to Charmaine about missing the few hours of Hope Sem Life & Teaching of Christ class and come in after lunch. Well, because the Hope Seminary's rule is that a student must not miss more than 20% of any particular course duration (in order to be counted elligible for the course credits, Charmaine counted the number of hours that I would miss (in to my amazement, and joyfully thanking and praising the Lord, the number of hours I would miss is just right before 20%!! or almost near there but not. Praise & thank the Lord!!
with this official consent,

I went for Paradise Worship seminar loh!! on Thurs 3 Nov 10-2pm!haha, actually the day before that (3 Nov), i managed to go for the Paradise concert as well!! was asking around for friends and visitors to come along, but in the end, my call to Liwen was an answered prayer to her to join me and William to read the bible at Macdonalds!! (she was trying to look for a place to read the bible after she bumped into a closed Jurong East Library on Hari Raya Public Hol, And she prayed to God that she hope to go to Macs, and there would be someone ordering food or drinks there so she wouldn't have to order anything. (she is very tight on $, and actually God just granted her the job that leads her into the Clinial Trials/research area she wished to go into a few weeks ago.)

This sister really has a lot of amazing and wonderful testimonies to share.. about her encounter with God..how God healed her, worked through her to minister to people etc. etc. ' My ex shepherd Daisy told me, she has a desperate heaert for God, that's why God shows Himself very real to her.. coz i told Daisy after that night that I felt lacking in those experiences with God which she shared.. which my ex-shepherd put in words as 'loud, outward'. Daisy shared in her sms that "God works differently in all our lives, not all the time loud/outward, sometimes inward". and that can pray for deeper experiences with God..

aiks.. and usually the deeper experiences with God is when you go thru though and hard times loh.. scary leh.. like praying for difficulties, hardship, trials and challenges.. and it's true.. Liwen's life has not been easy, or how the circumstance that came to her and how she has to handle it at her level or faith.. she really struggled but trusted God.. she really fervently and desperately seeks God... through prayer, fasting.. really hungry for God and spiritually for His Word and presence.. really encourages me much wheni meet her and she shares her woes and struggles. But that night, it was very much faith and encouraging testimonies..
she was struggling to go for Water baptism, or had uncertian fears.. but she rally shared, prayed and responded to God.. through the worship session, altar call. I responded also, for a miracle for God to work in, and so happen she wanted to go down to respond to altar call, so I went down with her. Kill 2 birds in 1 stone..(accompanying her also), though, i would not have gone down to the front by myself.. see, she is even more aggressive in seeking God than I who will give in to intimidity to respond outwardly in an intimidating setting like that..

Praise the Lord. the respond was link to what Pastor Paul Zaia (The worship Pastor/Music director of Paradise worship team). Power of Praising God!
Something that struck and a reminder to me, to Praise God still no matter what circumstance, and it's an action or FAITH to claim God's victory and promises even though I don't see it yet. The other things that i brought home that night was the message of God's plan for us is victory, God's plan for us is to be MORE than counquerors,...forgot already.

Looked for Daisy up the auditorium after the session. and we shared a little. Liwen and she caught up. Then it was supper and Kok Siang dropped addy, Liwen and me home. The amazing thing is, even Kok Siang says he was blessed by Liwen's testimony of healings, God's working and goodness and how we must not be consumed by anger.. in order for God to work. etc. etc.

great day..

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