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Friday, June 8, 2007

Thanks God for this awesome blog!

This is Li Lin in the house blogging! It has been a really long time ever since I have blogged. I think it’s beautiful how God moves and loves every single one of us. He loves us regardless of our education, literacy level and career positions.

I have been watching two online church sermons about prayer. The first one is called “Why Pray?” By Sister Tenny Spears. The second one is called “What happens when you pray” by Sister Terri Spears (Sister Tenny’s daughter). They have truly created a vast impact on me and have changed my perspective of what prayer means. Now I know and believe wholeheartedly on how prayer changes things. I shall talk more about that later.

I would like to share a testimony with all of you.

Recently, I went to the Pre-University Seminar. It’s an event where all the different JCs, polytechnics, IP schools and vocational institutes gather together to present on particular themes on Singapore, which was previously assigned to them. ACJC presented on “A Cosmopolitan Singaporean”. All of us AC-sians were dispersed into different seminar groups. We had different seminars, presentations and learning journeys to various places, such as Hwa Chong International school. The fun thing was, all the seminar groups had to come up with an innovative presentation for a project by the end of three days. I had SO MUCH FUN filming crappy and funny videos with my group members!I had just gone for a seminar group gathering last week. I really do miss them!

I thank God for presenting us with the many opportunities to see Him moving in Pre-u Seminar! There were 11 of us sitting in for a group of sharing. Most importantly, I thank God for showing me to the hungry:) Nothing encourages me more than their hunger and desire to know more about You.

There is this guy from MI who has been through a lot of adversities and struggles in life. He had recently accepted Jesus Christ as his Saviour on Easter day, but was banned from going to church. His mother told him she wouldn’t allow him to go to any church unless it was near his house. He lives in Punggol, and guess what, my church is on the NEL line too! Tabernacle of Joy church is in Chinatown. Brendon from church is willing and enthusiastic in giving him bible study lessons. Please pray for him! If you want his name, please do come and ask me! This guy loves God so much and he draws really beautiful portraits of Jesus and other Biblical characters.

There is this other guy from SAJC who was super duper interested in hearing and listening to me telling him testimonies. I’m not sure how we even began talking about God. It was in the middle of a seminar. I began telling him testimonies of how God sent a revival to Cedar. There was that testimony of how God stopped the rain just on time for the school’s outdoor NDP celebrations to commence in 2005. That was that testimony of how my geography notes were lost and most likely stolen just the week before my common test. God had been so merciful to still provide me with my sister’s geography notes and the test marks really showed His almighty grace and mercy.

He often has a nagging doubt on how it is possible to feel God so tangibly. He says that he will look at Christians praying intensely and wonder how they are able to feel God in such a personal way. I told him it is something that cannot be explained logically, for God works at the heart and is about faith. And when faith carries us forward, God will give us a personal revelation about Himself. There have been too many miracles in Cedar and I know God is a miraculous God-He will keep pouring out miracles when He hears our prayers and requests.

I was re-united with my primary one classmate at the Pre-university seminar. I could still recognize him because he still looks the same all these years! We exchanged numbers. Later on this week, I was mass inviting a lot of friends to an amazing race called ZERO HOUR organized by my church. To my surprise, he called me and said he was going to register online. He was coming for Zero Hour!!! PRAISE GOD!!! My friend from SAJC is coming too!!! Their two replies produced an alchemy of inexplicable joy in me!!!

I think God’s plans are so great and big! Like how He had arranged for him and I to reunite after 10 years of an absence of communication. He is undergoing many trials in life too and I think it’s time for God to come center stage in his life. Zero Hour will be the first stepping stone. Please pray for his heart to be softened and find the answer in God!!!

As I am an ENFJ, as described by the Myer-Briggs personality test, I crave and desire for one-to-one talks with people. God was so good to let me have heart-to-heart talks and sharing of testimonies with two of my other seminar group friends.

Helsa is linking up with a girl in her group too and is going to invite her to church. Please pray for the girl too!

I was really inspired by Kenneth from Fire AC who shared with us his testimonies. In fact, I’m even more fascinated by Fire AC, the Christian ministry first formed by the BB boys this year in ACS (I). He made sure we had daily Christian fellowship sessions at the amphitheatre in the NTU hostel.

He reminds me so much of Gareth, our big brother in CF. Oh man…I really miss the J2 CF seniors….

Here are some snippets of the sermon I watched…

*IF ANYONE WANTS A COPY, I CAN BURN THE SERMON FOR YOU.ALTERNATIVELY, I CAN GIVE YOU THE WEBSITE ADDRESS AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT. PLEASE JUST ASK. I’M BURNING THEM FOR MY OTHER FRIENDS:)

WHY PRAY?

Ezekiel 22:30-31

God is totally just. If you sin, you have to face the consequences. However, when we pray, we intercede and have the privilege of being the defense attorney in mercy. We can plead for God’s mercy.

God has to exercise judgment if no one pleads mercy.

God desires to exercise mercy. His love seeks for an intercessor to intervene.

John 14:13-14,John 15:7,John 16:23-24,James 4:2,Luke 10:19

We pray so that we can pray for His will to be brought to earth, just as it is in heaven. God begins working when we start praying. God wants us to pray for His will in fulfillment. Whatever we ask for which will glorify Him, we can consider the deed done. Just leave the timing and season up to God.

Revelations 8:3

Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand.

There isn’t one prayer, which has ever been wasted.

God loves us so much that he keeps all our precious prayers in a golden censer. That really spoke to me because I have been falling short and become tired and weary after praying the same prayers day in and day out for four years. But I know they will come to pass and I shall leave the timing up to God. How comforting it is to know that my loved ones will come to know Him all just because I have prayed and made that request to God!

Ezekiel 36

God says “I will” so many times. He has such great plans to prosper His people.

But in...

Ezekiel 36:37,
Thus says the Lord GOD: “I will also let the house of Israel inquire of Me to do this for them: I will increase their men like a flock.”

We have to ask God in prayer for the nations, loved ones and schools before He can give them to us!!! He is waiting to bless us, He is just waiting for us to ask Him!!!!

Take care people:)

Love love,Li Lin

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