Radical Conference just ended in less then 12 hours ago, war with the devil begin to start in everyone, REVOLUTION begin in everyone.
For sermon, what really spoke to me was the first session on saturday which is also the third session. Pastor Preston spoke about us able to give life and bring death to people, like the story in Luke 22:47-52, Jesus disciple pull out his swords and struck down the ear of servant of the high priest. Like us, many are always pulling out our sword, i cant say that my hands are clean, i cant say that i never speak death to others, i cant say that i had not "killed" anyone before. My hands are stained with blood, much more blood then what you can expected, for one thing i can say is that its not from church, but outside, i "killed" many outside, injured many. Even my very own "sister", i spoke deep fearing death into her, i "killed" her once. You know, many are hurt here, but like what Pastor Preston say, "Everybody hurts, but nobody quits", i cant say i never quit before, i cant say i had hold on to God. There were times when i seek drinking, i went into drinking and many more, but thankfully, there were always people around me place by God to help me sustain through what God say through their mouth, like Cheryl, June, Sis Wanping and Sis Karen. They were the few that would really be the 4 people in Luke 5:17-26, they would bring me to God and not away when i am totally down, when i am totally broken, when i am totally weak and unable to take another step, when i am totally "injure" to carry on anymore, like what Pastor Preston said, when you are down, the crowd can bring you anywhere, what more the paralytic man in Luke 5:17-26 when he cant even have the choice to move, he can only go where others bring him, but for us its not physical but its emotional, spiritual and even mentally. Who does not get hurt in life? Like what Pastor Preston said, some people get bitter, some people get better, are you getting into bitterness or better? Like this story he shared bout the firefighter whom went into the falling building and save 5 lives, when the reporter ask him how he felt bout being a hero, he said"I'm not a hero, its just my job". Like him, when everything is crumbling down, he still go and pick people up, thats a real hero. When everything in their life is crumbling down, they still go in and pick you up amongst all the agony, pain and hurt, thats a true hero. Pastoral Team, they are the one, Leaders, they are the one
We can bring Joy to people or bring pain to people
We can bring life to people or bring death to people
We can bring hope to people or bring despair to people
Somehow, there is this thing inside me telling me many need help, like the song in casting crown
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Does anybody hear her
She is running
A hundred miles an hour in the wrong direction
She is trying
But the canyon's ever widening
In the depths of her cold heart
So she sets out on another misadventure just to find
She's another two years older
And she's three more steps behind
Does anybody hear her? Can anybody see?
Or does anybody even knows she's going down today
Under the shadow of our steeple
With all the lost and lonely people
Searching for the hope that's tucked away in you and me
Does anybody hear her? Can anybody see?
She is yearning
For shelter and affection
That she never found at home
She is searching
For a hero to ride in
To ride in and save the day
And in walks her prince charming
And he knows just what to say
Momentary lapse of reason
And she gives herself away
If judgement looms under every steeple
If lofty glances from lofty people
Can't see past her scarlet letter
And we never even met her
He is running
A hundred miles an hour in the wrong direction
somehow God is telling me, many are waiting for their hero to ride in, someone to help them, someone to sustain them and protect them now, but who God? Who? Give me the eyes to see, i am willing to go into it, like the song ready now by planetshakers, God I say I'm ready now, show me the person and i will go.....
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