dear abigail - thanks for the song and your words.

keep praying to god and tell him the desire of your heart to be a witness for him. he will reveal to you one day your "abilities" - keep walking close to him.

i will be praying for you too.... (smile)

Here I Go Again (Casting Crowns)

Father, hear my prayer
I need the perfect words
Words that he will hear
And know they're straight from You
I don't know what to say
I only know it hurts
To see my only friend
Slowly fade away

So maybe this time
I'll speak the words of life
With Your fire in my eyes
But that all familliar fear
Is tearing at my words
What am i so afraid of?
Cause here i go again

Talking 'bout the rain
And mulling over things
That don't live past today
As i ditch around the truth
Time is not his friend
This might be my last chance to tell him that You love him
Cause here i go again

Lord, Your loving soul
You gave Your only Son
If people just believed
He would never die
How then will he know
What he has never heard?
Lord, he has never seen
Mirrored in my life

So maybe this time
I'll speak the words of life
With Your fire in my eyes
But that all familliar fear
Is tearing at my words
What am i so afraid of?
Cause here i go again

Talking 'bout the rain
And mulling over things
That don't live past today
As i ditch around the truth
Time is not his friend
This might be my last chance to tell him that You love him
Cause here i go again

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Well i guess that most christians today face a common fear whilst witnessing and telling pagans the gospel-the fear of being dejected or made fun of. Strangely i have never experienced this fear in my life- although i am not that sucessful in bringing people to know Christ-and i don't know why either.

Maybe because i need a miracle, i don't have the before and after optic nerves or stuff like that. I have been very fortunate all my life and was born and bred in a Christian family my whole life. It may be a good and bad thing.

The good thing is that i think i have a more intensive knowledge of the bible than some my age as a result of my upbringing. Dicussions about spirituality and religion have become quite the norm. Children with non-christian parents might sometimes feel akward when touching on such subjects.

The bad thing is the witness part. I don't really have a before and after the introduction of Christ, so it is hard to tell people of my personal journey with Christ.

Well, i have to go now so,

Until next time!

pray for our friends that they may come to know jesus

abigail says her friend (school classmate) may be visiting bcc this sunday after asking her for a long time.

good news! but let's pray for this friend everyday from today - her name is Sujin.

let us remember when we are inviting our friends to come for any church service or activity, we are going into a "warfare". we are going to face obstacles put in by the one who does not wish people to come near god.

so we have to start praying. pray for the holy spirit to go before us - to "straighten the path" - convicting the heart of the person we are praying for, removing things that may hinder - these are what we cannot do on our own because we cannot see nor have control over them.

be specific in our prayers. pray exactly what we wish god to help us in.....

and TRUST - have faith - in your prayers. if you have any doubts, commit them to god the minute it comes into your mind. doubts can be very destructive - pretty hard to get rid of them most of the time - they are so real. so give them to god to help you deal with them and learn to let god keep them away from you.

any other friends to pray for?

The Way I Was Made

Caught in the half light, I'm caught alone

Waking up to the sunrise and the radio

Feel's like I'm tied up, what's holding me?

Just praying today will be the day i go free

I want to live like there's no tomorrow

I want to dance like no one's around

I want to sing like nobody's listening

Before I lay my body down

I want to give like i have plenty

I want to love like i'm not afraid

I want to be the man I was meant to be

I want to be the way I was made

Made in Your likeness, made with Your hands

Made to discover who You are and who I am

All I've forgotten help me find

All that You've promised let it be in my life

-Chris Tomlin

What if His People Prayed

What if the armies of the Lord
Picked up and dusted off their swords
Vowed to set the captives free
And not let Satan have one more

What if the church, for heaven's sake
Finally stepped up to the plate
Took a stand upon God's promise
And storm those rusty gates

What if His people prayed
And those who bear His name
Would only seek His face
And turn from their own ways

What would happen if we prayed
For those raised up to lead the way
Then maybe kids at school could pray
And unborn children see light of day

What if the life that we pursue
Came from a hunger for the truth
What if the family turned to Jesus
Stopped asking Oprah what to do

What if His people prayed
And those who bear His name
Would only seek His face
And turn from their own ways

He said that he would hear
His promise has been made
He'll answer loud and clear
If only we would pray

If My people call by My name
If they'll humble themselves and pray
If My people call by My name
If they'll humble themselves and pray

-Casting Crowns

Free, at last?

Wow! Hurray!
Free at last for the rest of the year? I mean, free from exams?
Hurray again!

Do make good use of the rest of the year before next year comes again with its sessions of studies and assessments (sorry, have to go back to reality).....

Remember to give thanks to god for all "good things".

Have we lost our hearing?

Once there was a man who dared God to speak.

Burn the bush like you did for Moses, God.

And I will follow.

Collapse the walls like you did for Joshua, God.

And I will fight.

Still the waves like you did on Galilee, God.

And I will listen.

And so the man sat by a bush, near a wall, close to the sea

and waited for God to speak.

And God heard the man, so God answered.

He sent fire, not for a bush, but for a church.

He brought down a wall, not of brick, but of sin.

He stilled a storm, not of the sea, but of a soul.

And God waited for the man to respond.

And he waited...

And he waited...

And he waited.

But because the man was looking at bushes, not hearts;

bricks and not lives, seas and not souls,

he decided that God had done nothing.

Finally he looked to God and asked, Have you lost your power?

And God looked at him and said, Have you lost your hearing?

Max Lucado [A Gentle Thunder]