i hv learnt so so much in a saturday.

perhaps fr huabeng's. his last min revision gave our class some confidence i would say. a lecturer tt's all ready to impart..n not jus doing his job or vocation as an educator. nope. he's doing all these..all cos its his..

Passion.

i hope i got tt right. at least i feel so. he is someone who is passionate about nurturing young OTs a.k.a us. i like his ever objective attitude.

n he mentioned about customizing today. tt as generation passes, students have become consumers instead, and tt lecturers r made to 'customise' a service to students.

i ve learnt much fr svc too. n guess wad? svc was about..

"When we Customise GOD".

so apt.

and i was so very impacted by the sermon today. n i supposed many others were too.

it wasnt a all so nice, telling u of God's blessings kind of sermon u know..it sounded rather scary..n it DID instill a God fearing attitude in me.

why so? all because i think i m also guilty of customizing God too in the process as i live my life.

Many times, we want a "God" that is "light" to carry, "user-friendly" and "predictable". in this generation, analogous to what huabeng mentioned, the new generations have being 'conditioned' for immediate gratification.

hence, customization begins.

we fail to wait on God's silence. we often give up too soon. too very soon..

Have i interceded for someone frequently? more than prayers for myself? how can i easily forget the power of intercession!

many testimonies were shared, and my heart was gripped with awe for Him. really. it cant be coincidence. it must be Him.

Pastor Dinah was sharing how this sister was getting out of the house, preparing to go for a unit event.. that was about 6pm in the evening.

as she walked, she felt an intense stirring in her heart..to pray.

and hence, she pray for the obvious, that the unit event will be a success and that it will run smoothly..

but still, the stirring did not go away...it was with her all the way till 10 at night, when the event has already ended.

and so..she walked..and felt a great prompting in her heart to pray for her friends who have went for missions in Lima Peru. this time that she interceded..it was 10pm Singapore time.

she interceded for them like never before..and it was only till she wake up the next morning, did the burden wear off.

n 2 days later. she got an email.

fr this sister, who is in the Peru church planting team.

n it wrote to her, that on Saturday (which was the day she interceded), in the morning at 9 am (peru is 13 hrs behind Singapore time.) , she, together with Julian as the driver and others had a near to death experience.

this particular sister smelled smoke and was shocked to see the car on fire when she turn back. and so she screamed for Julian to stop. and Julian quickly drove to the edge of the dusty little road.

"Get out!!" she screamed. and they hurried down and tried to extinguish the blazing fire with the dust on the roads, together with a few helpful passers-by.

the fire was so huge tt it could only be extinguish when the police and everyone came with the extinguisher.

n aft investigations, Julian n team were told that the car could have exploded should he continue to drive a bit more.

Power of intercession. i no longer believe in coincidences.

instead of us customising God..

allow God to customise you instead.

Yuhan joined us for the very first time today! u know..this sense of excitement is buzzing within me so much? i look forward to serving with her in the ministry..and i know tt God has great plans for her.

had a good time chatting with her..sharing and i was really encouraged by her sweet spirit. open and honest conversations, which i felt strongly. i love conversations like this, when u know tt theres openness despite not knowing each other that well. but it felt very covenanted. the feeling is amazing.

and i thank GOD for sustaining me till so far. really. it has not been easy. but i give thanks to Him that His grace is sufficient for me..He gives me strength.

help me g.r.o.w. looking forward to breakthroughs. :)