GOOD MORNING EVERYONE! Aww man.. I just got DRUNK last night man! Hey, please don't get me wrong. I didn't got drunk on some johnny walker, whisky or anything like that but I got DRUNK IN THE HOLY GHOST! C;
Yesterday's special service in church was indeed very SPECIAL! It was a service like never before in all my years of attending church! Pastor Victor(from the states) is really an anointed man of God who just goes with the leading of the holy spirit. And he sure has a way to get our attention and make us REAL EXCITED for what God has in-stored for all of us!
Every now and then in the midst of his message, He'll get us to tell our neighbor something- "We're going for a ride!" "God don't want to change your diapers anymore."(this is a funny one) "Its tapping time!" And then He'll ask us to go around and give one another a great HIGH FIVE! Hahah! He's really fun!
One part of his message that really caught me was when he shared from Daniel 3:16 onwards. It was when King Nebuchadnezzar had asked everyone in the land to bow down to the image that he has set up and the 3 men of God stood firm and refuse to bow down. Then came verse 15 when King Nebuchadnezzar challenged the 3 of them asking what god will be able to rescue them if he were to throw them into the blazing furnace. And in verse 16-18, they replied saying that they need not defend themselves but the God that they serve will rescue us and they also said that even if God does not rescue them, they'll still not bow down to the image. What great faith man.
I believe thats the attitude we need to have when we're in times of difficulty or crisis, it really doesn't matter if things will work out the way we want it to. If things work out the way we want it, we ought to praise God. And even if it does not, we're still gonna praise God. Because just like that 3 guys who've already surrendered the situation to God, we can be assured that we're in the good hands of God already if we've surrender everything to Him. Whatever the outcome maybe, He knows best for us! We may not understand why God allow things to work out that way at the point of time, but later on when we look back I'm sure we'll look back and say, "Hey thanks man God for allowing that to happen so that You can bring me to where I am today!" And what's more, God don't change if our circumstances change. He is the same yesterday today and forever.(look at the image on top) We may be in a 'jia lut' situation, but guess what? HE'S STILL GREAT! For that, we can still praise God! =D
Oops. sidetracked a bit. So at that point when the 3 guys responded that way, the king Nebuchadnezzar was really furious and ordered the furnace to be heated 7 times hotter and to throw them in there.(v19-20) And how Pastor Victor interpreted this part was really funny. Pastor Victor said that at the moment the king Nebuchadnezzar ordered the furnace to be heated SEVEN TIMES, the KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS rose from His throne and must be saying, "Did someone mentioned my NUMBER?" Pastor Victor put in a way where God was saying something like that-"thats my call to rescue my children!" Hahah! ohyea. You guys know why NUMBER 7 was God's number? For those of you have yet to know, from what I know its because God created the world in 6 days and on the SEVENTH day, He rested! C:
So what now? The soldiers threw that 3 fellas into the SEVEN times heated furnace. It was so hot that the flames killed the soldiers who carried the 3 fellas. Its rather comical, the 3 fellas haven't die but the soldiers die already. hahaha! And now, guess what king Nebuchadnezzar saw? He saw FOUR men walking in there! Woah! Trust me man. When you PUT YOUR TRUST in the Lord, He'll never fail you! I can testify for that! He never fails to amaze me!
I think I better stop being so 'loh soh' if not you guys won't read my blog liao. HAH!
The greatest highlight of yesterday's service was this-
During the altar call, Pastor Victor spoke to the hindu(the only non-believer) that came and He decided to give his life to Jesus at that very moment. Pastor Victor then asked someone to bring out a pair of scissors to cut off that hindu string on his hand. At first I thought he might turn defensive and give pastor Victor a punch of anything like that. But he willingly allowed the string to be cut off! Woah! I guess he's really making the decision to be like the 3 fellas to not bow down to other gods anymore but only to the ONE TRUE LIVING GOD! Praise God man! I thank God I made that decision years ago too. If not I wouldn't be living in this exciting life that God has in-stored for me! Thanks man God! C=
Coming next friday, Pastor Victor will be coming again, please let me know if you're interested to come hear him out yea? :) Come and discover what God has in-stored for you!
Another great news! PASTOR VICTOR is conducting our YOUTH CAMP in September! ALRIGHT MAN! LETS ROCK! :D
