Another Great Week Has passed.

Last week was a super hectic week, but nevertheless, a good week.

On wednesday I met up with a local architect who told me that we approached them at the right time, and the product that I was marketing was something they were looking for. Got to pray for favour as we were a little late in submitting the samples to them as I was away in Malaysia for a Biz meeting.. Hope that despite that, they will still recommend out product to the developer.. anyway, after that met up with Raymond and some of his colleagues for dinner at suntec.. had a good time.. and one of them is going to be coming back to church!! IN time lah.. most importantly.. no pressure.. our walk with God is individual. everyone must make their own choices.. my CGL always say.. no pressure, no pressure.. haha.. we all had a good time together and thankful to Raymond for asking me .. hahha..

On thurs, drove up to Kl for a biz presentation which went very well.. met up with the biggest facade contractors in Malaysia and they were quite impressed with what they saw. So thank God for that.. cos if you guys dunno, the ceramic materials that I'm selling is like the louis vuitton or Gucci and Prada of ceramics... so it's good but expensive.. dun cater to the normal crowd.. but praying that God to give us a biz breakthrough in Malaysia... I really believe that as we seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness.. all else will be added to us.. i believe the biz opportunites that the company is getting at the moment is coming as a result of the heart to win the lost, and the faith action of bringing them into the House of God....

Dad cum Boss hasn't exactly been like super happy with me for several reasons which I should not mention.. but it's been tough.. but I guess he was silently pleased with the presentation in KL and the knowledge that I have with our products.. but like any typical Chinese Dad.. not a word of praise or encouragement...haha.. but it's ok.. i know he loves me.. it's like this unspoken thing between a chinese family father and son.. you know?

On saturday, I went for a makeup cellgroup in Bedok.. and I met these 2 teenage guys, newcomers..they were really open and friendly and stuff.. we had a great time talking about everything... and I felt that God was using me to integrate them into the House of God, although i was not in that CG, i did all that I could to make them feel welcomed... it's not about which CG right? It's about people.. i've seen lots of people in Church when u tell them so and so is a new friend from another cell, they just ignore them, cos it's not their "CG" friend.. Argh!!! come on!! wake up!!! you've got it all wrong man... really wrong..

Sometimes during big days and you go all out to invite friends to come for the service or your members invite their friends to come for service, and when the friends are here, some of the members just sit there and talk to the other members, completely ignoring the new friends, why will people believe that the House of God is full of loving and caring people?? When they travel all the the way, sometimes to Jurong, just to be ignored.. and ostracised by the very people who's God has told them to love one another as Jesus loved them... Ok, of course I'm only talking about a minority and my members are not like that.. ( I'm being Nice)

Opps I was supposed to be talking about the goodness of God hoh...hehe.. anyway.. I was on my way to meet Raymond, Emily and my dear for dinner, then at Bugis, I bumped into another friend that used to attend church for a while but not anymore.. I invited him to join us for dinner as he knew ray and joelle.. a few days before I met him, it just happened that I was doing some research on Digital Cameras.. and looking indepth at some of the newer cameras and features.. When i met this friend, we shall call him mr A.. haha. anyway.. Mr A had been doing research as photography was his passion.. and immediately, we hit it off and went on and on about cameras for the longest time.. haha.. but I realised that it was by no coincidence that somehow I was reading up on the very same digicam model that he was looking at .. it was a God incident.. I really thank God for that as it was a miracle to first meet him , then have a chance for all of us to fellowship during dinner.. and even arrange an outing in 2 weeks time where our members can continue to sow into his life.. God is good!!

Sat was a long day.. after the dinner, I had to go to Bruce's house to do a presentation for wil n Jess's wedding next weekend.. I'm the 2nd photograher.. stress ah.. hahha..anyway back to the presentation.. bruce was initially using Flash to create the presentation.. but we figured that we were running out of time.. so at 3am in the morning.. we aborted whatever we had done and switched to Powerpoint.. haha.. I left his place around 5am inthe morning as I had to be at church later in the morning to attend service with another 2 friends..

It was a good service from 1130am to 130pm.. after that we all went for lunch at chinatown where my cgl, his lovely wife and baby zac went too.. it was a good time of fellowship as well and I'm praying for them to be integrated .. not becos my cg will have 2 more members.. but becos I know that their lives will be changed .. and they will be so much happier living a more purposeful life full of love, hope and Joy!!!

after that went over to Bruce's house to carry on working on the presentation.. we finshed at 2 plus am in the morning .. it was not fantastic.. but i guess, it was above average for amateurs lah...haha.. took a cab back home... and went to sleep around 3 plus.. spent so much money on cabs and midnight cabs these 2 days.. argh.... but I sowed into the offering, so believe GOd will bless me financially!!

This week is going to be an extremely long week.. long... tonight i will finally get to spend some time with Joelle.. did not get to spend anytime with her the whole weekend.. sigh.. sob..
Tuesday night, bible study.. wed thurs I will be in Kl again.. hopefully i will be back in time for some wedding planning for the groom and his entourage on thurs night.. fri night service... sat wedding program starts around 6 in the morning till past midnight on sun.. argh... super packed week.. and yes. I still have to work.. haha.. will need God's strength more than ever this week.. haha.. will miss underwater hockey again though.. ok.. now to eat my lunch which is turning cold..

Treasure every moment you have to do all that you can ... you can never relive the past.. So live life to the fullest!!! I hope I can watch the incredibles today.. anyway.. have a great great great week ahead!!! Remember, the Joy of the Lord is your Strength!!!

A Great Week has passed but a better one is coming...

A great week has passed.. I'm so thankful to God for all that has happened.. so so thankful for the past week.. you might be thinking, what happened? Was I blessed with a car? Did i get a financial bonus? No, nothing like that, what happened last weekend, no amount of money can buy...

So what did happen? 3 of my friends came for service... 3 people who have not been coming to church for sometime came for the weekend service... I prayed to God for them to come for the service, I prayed day and night, fasted for them, believed in God that they would come.. and they did.. God is always faithful.. that I have no doubt..

It was not their attendance that mattered, what mattered was did they have an encounter with God during the services?. Out of the 3, I can say without a doubt in my heart that 1 of them had an encounter with God, I believe the flickering fire in her was ignited again, burning so strongly after the end of the service, I could sense the passion n desire to know Him all over again.. All the prayers, all the sowing into her life was worth it..Thank you Lord for touching her ... Now comes the hard part,for her to keep the fire burning.. But i'll continue to pray for her, continue to believe God for greater breakthroughs for her.. I'm so thankful.. for i know a life was changed on sat night..

of course i was deeply impacted by the message as well, how could i not be? How could anyone who believes in God not have been touched, inspired and motivated by the message? But it is not how I feel that matters, it is what I do now, after hearing the message that matters..

I' m not sastisfied with bringing 3 friends for a big day, how can I be, when I know that so many people around me do not know the Lord, I need more of His anointing, i need more of His presence in my life, I need more of His Love to love others...

I probably invited close to 30 people, only 3 people came.. of course there is a time and season for everything and everyone.. but I realised that I lacked the urgency, I lacked the love for the lost, I was so caught up with my career, my private life, that I neglected the work of the Lord, I neglected what was so precious to Him and to me.. I'm sorry Lord.. but I'll not just stay sorry, i tell myself that I must have the fruits of repentance, and so it begins..

For too long, I've allowed myself to dwell in the defeats of the past.. but no longer shall it be so.... from last week, I told myself that it was going to be a new beginning, I've put on my running shoes, I've started on the race of faith... again..

Everyday is another day to reach out to a new friend, to try to meet the needs of people around me.. God will give me the grace to do all that I need to do.. His Kingdom come, His will be done..

There are so many needs in the CG that needs to be met, I pray that God will give me the wisdom to meet the needs that I can, to prioritise... I will always remember what Bro Victor shared," How can your members bring friends and how can a CG grow if the needs of the members are not met?" Indeed, the priority will be to build up the members..

China....a Missions Explosion... words spoken by an Apostle to our church, a Wave of Healing... Words that I will claim in my heart.. a prophecy for the church.. It will come to pass.. when the man of God has spoken, it will come to pass..

This week begins on a tuesday, I will invite 2 of my friends back to church again this weekend..december is coming... i want to win souls for the Kingdom before the year ends.. and I'm believing in God that He can use me to do that..

Had a good time of fellowship with Pastor Ryan and Sherene on Sunday at the airport before he left, was good to hear about the situation in Kuala Lumpur and the challenges that they face.. made me appreciate our church even more..

God is good, I've sent out 7 letters to some architects last friday and today I've already got a confirmed appointment with 1 architect firm to promote my company's latest range of product. God indeed is faithful, as we seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, He will sure take care of all our needs..

I remembered Pastor Ulf sharing on sat how miserable people are without the Lord, especially those that have tasted the goodness of God before in their lives.. I remembered when I was far away from the Lord, how miserable I was .. all the activities, all the holidays, all the luxuries in the world that u can indulge in can never compare to a moment in His presence.. indeed all I want is Jesus ... when I have Jesus in my life, indeed, I have everything..

Thank you Lord for your faithfulnesss even when I'm unfaithful...