'When you change, everything can change.'
This is something a lot of people caught during the G12 conference and it has never been more real to me.
I am a first generation Christian in my family and it is often difficult to stand strong because of the many persecutions I face at home. My whole family believes in Buddhism. As if the generation gap between my parents and I was not bad enough, the difference in faith made it worse altogether. All along they cannot accept the fact that I have already converted and deep in their hearts, they cling onto a hope similar to mine- that is to convert the other party to the same faith. This is very evident in my home.
A huge wooden Buddha statue was placed in my not-very-big room, on it hung numerous pendants of idols. From the start, I knew better than to voice out my negative feelings towards the arrangement because my parents are very authoritative- being the traditional Chinese family. So I kept telling myself that “it is okay” but deep down in my heart I know this has shook my faith. It was just disturbing having to wake up seeing the statue and going to bed facing it too. What can I do but to pray?
During the Delirious? worship concert, everyone went forward to worship including me. The music was super loud, and I found myself soaked in the whole atmosphere. But God brought my mind back the situation at home; I started crying out to God. Taking advantage of the loud worship and music, it gave me courage to shout onto the Lord and ask Him to come and change things at home because I am so sick and tired of the constant. I told God I will not stop shouting unless He come and do something, anything in my home. Indeed, God did something.
After the end of conference, I received a message from my mum. It read 'When are you coming back? I've got a surprise for you in your room.' At first, it did not really appeal to me, in fact I started to reflect if I have done anything wrong, like “my phone-bill went out of hand again" or "I left my room in a mess this morning?". When I reached home, I immediately went to my table to look for any phone bill.
Surprisingly, there was none. It took me a few minutes to realize that my room was rearranged. And the big wooden buddha statue was removed! It was removed without involving any fights or quarrels, but by mere grace, prayer and faith. I was so shocked and pleasantly surprised for I know this surprise came not from my mum, but from God. He answered my prayer! I did not shout in vain! I praise the Lord for everything He has done, from the bottom of my heart and I am sure He is doing something in each and every person's life, its only whether we want to let God or limit God. Do not ever decide for God by limiting your faith or ceasing in prayer because He is the Almighty King!
Paulina
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After going through so many days of listening to the Holy spirit, and hearing from many anointed men/women of God speaking, we've come to the last day of G12 conference. whereby Pastor Cesar preached about living in God's divine purpose. And one sentence that he made on that sunday really spoke to me. He said that whatever God has for us, we cannot see it through our naked eyes.
And that really spoke to me. Many times, when we choose to look at God's divine purposes and plans for us using our naked eyes, we will tend to ask God why is it this way and why can't it be that way. But when we choose to look at it from God's perspective, our spiritual eyes, God's words, we will know that God has a plan/purpose to prosper us and not to harm us. A plan to give us a hope and a future.
I really asked myself, questioned God, asked my friends, even grumbled to my schoolmates about the fact that I did not manage to get a CapitaLand scholarship. The background is this, about September last year, CapitaLand shortlisted some of us from my course and I am also part of the team.
At that point of time, i really thank God for this divine chance to ease my family burden. And I really prayed hard for it. But the moment i knew that i did not get that scholarship, my heart sank. I start to question God why gave me this chance and yet take it away?
But after last sunday's sermon, as i was reflecting upon it (Yes, i still think about it some time) I realized that i was looking at a very superficial level of that opportunity. I neglected the experience I've gained from that interview (in front of a panel of 'jugdes')
Today, i just came back from my second interview for my internship program. And i dare to say that i believe i did better this time and with so much confident as compare to last time. Continue to pray together with me because i believe God is using me in a deeper measure.
Praise the Lord!
Chuanlian
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Many issues were covered on Day 2 and definitely, God has been faithful and spoken to me through many of the sessions. One of which that really impacted me was when Sarah went on stage to preach on the Spirit. It was really inspiring to see a 17-year old young lady being that ambassador for God!
Being at the crossroad of choosing which courses I should apply to my advantage, her message was timely to guide me in my decisions. The Spirit is the one that gives us purpose, and hence, in the process of deliberation, I have to align my thoughts to the spirit, to my purpose God has for me on earth.
On top of this, in the later session, Pastor Claudia also preached on finding the star, that destiny God has set for us. Sarah also shared that the spirit gives us strength. Indeed, I trust and hope in the Lord that He will empower me even in such times where I feel hopeless in my situation.
Be blessed,
Kristine
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God spoke to me that day about when Pastor Cesar said that many of us often was holding onto Jesus, who is pure and holy, yet at the same time holding onto our pass sins and earthly processions. And because of this we cannot enter into God's kingdom. Pastor Cesar also said that the way to enter into God's kingdom is to let our pass sins and earthly processions go.
This part spoke to me a lot because it made me realized that i cannot hold onto things that does not belongs to the kingdom of God. And by holding on to it, i cannot enter the kingdom of God and I cant enjoy the fullness of God's grace and mercy in my life. Not only that, the devil will also continue to attack me because i did not let go of my pass sins. Also, the continuous action of dwelling in my pass sins will not allow me to grow as fast as God wants me to.
In all, i am still learning how to let go of my pass sins and to set my eyes onto the Lord, our God.
God Bless,
Jialing.
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