I've been on facebook, and i've been teaching, and i've been celebrating my mum's and my birthday, so that explains somewhat my absence...
i've been meditating on my Christian heritage and also the power of God (again).
More on these coming up soon.
Thursday, 15 November 2007
Saturday, 27 October 2007
process
There are several things the Lord had been showing me to do in the past weeks... I've made up my mind to obey, but it's still a process of developing, following, getting into the habits, putting unwholesome thoughts and words aside, etc. But it is easy-er when I yield even as He speaks to me... I believe He is preparing me for things ahead.
There's so much i want to do, so much God has put in my heart to fulfill, in terms of my purpose in life, His plan for me. In other words, my destiny.
But i need to continue to be consecrated unto Him!
There's so much i want to do, so much God has put in my heart to fulfill, in terms of my purpose in life, His plan for me. In other words, my destiny.
But i need to continue to be consecrated unto Him!
just obey
Two days ago, during prayer school, again, the power of God ministered to me "powerfully" (hehe, for want of a better word) - well, in a very strong manner, then...
The instructor was talking about waves of anointing that came upon the students in a bible school he was teaching at in another country. They received healing, refreshing as the Lord's power just fell upon them. He stopped teaching and just allowed the Lord to minister to the students.
Whilst the instructor was still sharing, and then later ministering to the alumni at the prayer school, God's passion began to burn within me, firing me up. He showed me his very heart for the lost, the nations. Tears just ran down my face. I felt heavy with the anointing. Even as i'm writing this, the same anointing is upon me.
During this time, i received an impression (it came from within my spirit - not really visual; just a knowing) of me laying my hand on another lady. As i continued praying, the name of another lady came to me, and i knew i was supposed to pray for her.
Just after prayer school, i went to the first lady (by this time, i had also discovered on looking around that the second lady had left) and just laid my hand upon her. She thought i was saying hi, so she looked at me with a big smile. I think i told her something like: "just receive, the Lord told me to do this". With my hand upon her shoulder blade, and with her hand on my knee, we sat next to each other in silence - maybe sometimes speaking in tongues a little, and softly. The presence of the Lord was manifest again in and around us. Heavy. Sweet. I think it was just 5-7 minutes. We could have lingered longer, but it was enough. We went to lunch, with others, and we could still sense His presence. We said as much, towards the end of the lunch, when we stopped to reflect.
I met the second lady in school the next day, just after the first hour of lessons. Again, it took probably just 5 minutes to pray for her. 2 verses of scripture came for her. The presence of the Lord came and we drew refreshing and what we needed of the Lord - which is everything, but for that moment, it was just fresh manna for the day. She thanked me. I told her i was just being obedient to the Lord, what He showed me to do. She smsed me later to say that one of the 2 verses was something the Lord was showing her at present. I was reminded of a third verse which i smsed her back with.
Later that day (the day of the prayer school), i was chatting with someone over the msn regarding church, and the anointing again hit me when we were speaking about ministry stuff which she needed help with. When i agreed to do something in obedience to the Lord, and in submission to her leadership in that area, i told her i felt the anointing. initially, she thought i was joking, but just a while later, she said she felt it too. Wow! Amazing! His presence transcends internet connections.
But of course!! :D
The instructor was talking about waves of anointing that came upon the students in a bible school he was teaching at in another country. They received healing, refreshing as the Lord's power just fell upon them. He stopped teaching and just allowed the Lord to minister to the students.
Whilst the instructor was still sharing, and then later ministering to the alumni at the prayer school, God's passion began to burn within me, firing me up. He showed me his very heart for the lost, the nations. Tears just ran down my face. I felt heavy with the anointing. Even as i'm writing this, the same anointing is upon me.
During this time, i received an impression (it came from within my spirit - not really visual; just a knowing) of me laying my hand on another lady. As i continued praying, the name of another lady came to me, and i knew i was supposed to pray for her.
Just after prayer school, i went to the first lady (by this time, i had also discovered on looking around that the second lady had left) and just laid my hand upon her. She thought i was saying hi, so she looked at me with a big smile. I think i told her something like: "just receive, the Lord told me to do this". With my hand upon her shoulder blade, and with her hand on my knee, we sat next to each other in silence - maybe sometimes speaking in tongues a little, and softly. The presence of the Lord was manifest again in and around us. Heavy. Sweet. I think it was just 5-7 minutes. We could have lingered longer, but it was enough. We went to lunch, with others, and we could still sense His presence. We said as much, towards the end of the lunch, when we stopped to reflect.
I met the second lady in school the next day, just after the first hour of lessons. Again, it took probably just 5 minutes to pray for her. 2 verses of scripture came for her. The presence of the Lord came and we drew refreshing and what we needed of the Lord - which is everything, but for that moment, it was just fresh manna for the day. She thanked me. I told her i was just being obedient to the Lord, what He showed me to do. She smsed me later to say that one of the 2 verses was something the Lord was showing her at present. I was reminded of a third verse which i smsed her back with.
Later that day (the day of the prayer school), i was chatting with someone over the msn regarding church, and the anointing again hit me when we were speaking about ministry stuff which she needed help with. When i agreed to do something in obedience to the Lord, and in submission to her leadership in that area, i told her i felt the anointing. initially, she thought i was joking, but just a while later, she said she felt it too. Wow! Amazing! His presence transcends internet connections.
But of course!! :D
Saturday, 20 October 2007
shaken and stirred up
I've been shaken by the power of the Holy Spirit, and i'm stirred up for the things of God. The physical body can hardly contain the presence and the power of the Lord and yet, the Holy Spirit chooses to dwell in us. There is within me a renewed burning passion to accomplish the things of God. It's hard to describe in words what has taken place in my spirit during this week.
There's been an impartation during the meetings i attended earlier in the week, and it seems to me as though there is a step up in the spiritual realm.
Yesterday's prayer meeting was a powerful demonstration of God's power and love. God's presence was so strong, and the gifts of the spirit were in operation: Tongues and interpretation, and words of knowledge and wisdom were released. There was a burning in my heart, and i'm sure more than one of us felt the same thing. One fell under the power. Another was baptised in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues.
All glory to Him!
There's been an impartation during the meetings i attended earlier in the week, and it seems to me as though there is a step up in the spiritual realm.
Yesterday's prayer meeting was a powerful demonstration of God's power and love. God's presence was so strong, and the gifts of the spirit were in operation: Tongues and interpretation, and words of knowledge and wisdom were released. There was a burning in my heart, and i'm sure more than one of us felt the same thing. One fell under the power. Another was baptised in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues.
All glory to Him!
Wednesday, 17 October 2007
soaking
I've been soaking in Him, taking in all I can of His presence, experiencing His power, and drawing from His Life (ZOE) and nature.
I am enjoying the messages i heard for the last two days. Today is the final day! The speakers are down-to-earth, straightforward, tell-it-like-it-is people. They have nothing to prove, nothing to hide, and sincere with no hidden agenda. What-you-see/hear-is-what-you-get.
It's been so REFRESHING(!!) for my spirit, and, i believe, my soul too.
More today, Lord!
I am enjoying the messages i heard for the last two days. Today is the final day! The speakers are down-to-earth, straightforward, tell-it-like-it-is people. They have nothing to prove, nothing to hide, and sincere with no hidden agenda. What-you-see/hear-is-what-you-get.
It's been so REFRESHING(!!) for my spirit, and, i believe, my soul too.
More today, Lord!
Sunday, 14 October 2007
it is time
This trifle of a song came to me during service today as we were praying - i'm not too proud of the tune as it sounds like an old pop song (hehe - nothing against pop songs unless they contain suggestive lyrics...), and it's very raw. Yet there was an urgency about what i was singing, helped by the unique rhythm of the drums and music the band was playing.
i believe the words were inspired (mostly anyway) by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke to me...an answer to our earlier prayers just that morning (but birthed out of my concerns over the past few months) regarding the church leadership and ministries. My husband and I were praying for the church using the Epistle to the Ephesians (which contained Paul's concerns and desire for the church(es) in Ephesus:
1:16-23 -> knowing and understanding our calling, how God sees us, and what God has given us through Jesus;
3:14-20 -> being established and strengthened in and by the love of Christ, and knowing that His plans and purposes far exceed our expectations
4:7-16 -> how the church is given gifts and callings so the members can be equipped to help one another, and to preach the good news
The lyrics are as follows:
It is time. Is the church ready to move?? Does the church even want to move?
It is His desire to have the church complete and mature in Him, and to do the work of the ministry which is the ministry of reconciliation of man to GOD.
It is my desire to see the church move.
i believe the words were inspired (mostly anyway) by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke to me...an answer to our earlier prayers just that morning (but birthed out of my concerns over the past few months) regarding the church leadership and ministries. My husband and I were praying for the church using the Epistle to the Ephesians (which contained Paul's concerns and desire for the church(es) in Ephesus:
1:16-23 -> knowing and understanding our calling, how God sees us, and what God has given us through Jesus;
3:14-20 -> being established and strengthened in and by the love of Christ, and knowing that His plans and purposes far exceed our expectations
4:7-16 -> how the church is given gifts and callings so the members can be equipped to help one another, and to preach the good news
The lyrics are as follows:
It is time to move up higher
It is time to seek His Face
It is time to reflect His Glory
It is time to follow His Ways
It is time to rise up in Him
It is time to praise His Name
It is time to read and know His Word
It is time to proclaim His fame
It is time to seek His Face
It is time to reflect His Glory
It is time to follow His Ways
It is time to rise up in Him
It is time to praise His Name
It is time to read and know His Word
It is time to proclaim His fame
It is time. Is the church ready to move?? Does the church even want to move?
It is His desire to have the church complete and mature in Him, and to do the work of the ministry which is the ministry of reconciliation of man to GOD.
It is my desire to see the church move.
Thursday, 4 October 2007
the heating plant of the church
I managed to find the following excerpt about the power of prayer. When i read it again yesterday, my spirit leaped, burning with intense passion, and tears threatened to spill out of my eyes... really... i'm not being dramatic... thinking: "Yes, this is how it should be!"
I remembered reading it in April or May this year, and i was reminded by the Holy Spirit to share it in a class i was going to teach yesterday (this was just a few hours before the class). But i could not find it on the internet as i could not remember who it was, and kept on looking for the wrong person. The two other persons i searched were ALSO prayerful and powerful men of God!
Finally, just an hour before class, i asked my husband whether he remembered who it was that had 700 men praying in the basement before and during his meetings. It took him just 3 seconds before he replied (he's the one with the better memory): "Spurgeon".
I googled that and here it is...
"A group of seminary students decided to visit Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, to hear the "Prince of Preachers," Charles Spurgeon, and hopefully discover the secret of his spiritual power. An elderly man greeted them as they walked in and asked, "Would you like to see the church's heating plant?"
"Stacks of coal and dirty pipes in a dark basement were among the last things that the students wanted to see, but out of respect they followed him down into a large open room where they saw over 700 people in earnest prayer for the meetings of the day.
"This," said the wise old man (aka Spurgeon), "is what heats this church." Judging from the thousands who sought and found Christ at the church, God blessed where He was invited."
I remembered reading it in April or May this year, and i was reminded by the Holy Spirit to share it in a class i was going to teach yesterday (this was just a few hours before the class). But i could not find it on the internet as i could not remember who it was, and kept on looking for the wrong person. The two other persons i searched were ALSO prayerful and powerful men of God!
Finally, just an hour before class, i asked my husband whether he remembered who it was that had 700 men praying in the basement before and during his meetings. It took him just 3 seconds before he replied (he's the one with the better memory): "Spurgeon".
I googled that and here it is...
"A group of seminary students decided to visit Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, to hear the "Prince of Preachers," Charles Spurgeon, and hopefully discover the secret of his spiritual power. An elderly man greeted them as they walked in and asked, "Would you like to see the church's heating plant?"
"Stacks of coal and dirty pipes in a dark basement were among the last things that the students wanted to see, but out of respect they followed him down into a large open room where they saw over 700 people in earnest prayer for the meetings of the day.
"This," said the wise old man (aka Spurgeon), "is what heats this church." Judging from the thousands who sought and found Christ at the church, God blessed where He was invited."
saturate me with your anointing
Healing School today was also awesome!! God's presence just saturated the entire place, and His compassion flowed in, through and out of us. The speaker focused on the anointing, and the anointing of the Lord "showed up".
There's this song that's been ringing in my heart today... it was my favourite song for some time two years ago when i first learnt it. The keyboardist played it today at the end of Healing School - so apt. My husband said that the song came to him when the speaker began to preach about the anointing:
I want more, Lord, not for myself, but to bring glory to You. Your anointing DESTROYS the yoke (bondage, oppression, pain, sickness, sin, disease, fear, hate, etc.). Destroy means crush, obliterate, completely remove with not trace of ever having existed!
Saturate me with your anointing, Lord.
There's this song that's been ringing in my heart today... it was my favourite song for some time two years ago when i first learnt it. The keyboardist played it today at the end of Healing School - so apt. My husband said that the song came to him when the speaker began to preach about the anointing:
Saturate me with your anointing
Saturate me in your presence
I've gotta have more of your anointing
In my life
Saturate me O Lord today!
Saturate me in your presence
I've gotta have more of your anointing
In my life
Saturate me O Lord today!
I want more, Lord, not for myself, but to bring glory to You. Your anointing DESTROYS the yoke (bondage, oppression, pain, sickness, sin, disease, fear, hate, etc.). Destroy means crush, obliterate, completely remove with not trace of ever having existed!
Saturate me with your anointing, Lord.
Sunday, 30 September 2007
a brief glimpse
Prayer school was awesome this whole week!
It's been growing in intensity the last few weeks, focused on spending time in building a relationship with our heavenly Father, seeking His face and His ways. We had also been learning about the Holy Spirit and how He helps us in our prayers, not only showing us how and what, but strengthening and sustaining us in answer to our prayer. Romans 8:28
This last week we focused on His plans and purposes for our lives, and His passion and compassion for those who are lost. We spent time in prayer for the nations and peoples who still do not know Him, as well as for family and friends who have yet to come to Him or who have turned away from Him.
On Tuesday, after we had spent about 10 minutes interceding for those who were lost, there was just this period of 5-10 minutes after prayer that we just soaked in the presence of the Lord, quiet and sweet. The very air was thick with His glory. Refreshing...
The Lord spoke to both my husband and me, giving a brief glimpse into our next step.
It's been growing in intensity the last few weeks, focused on spending time in building a relationship with our heavenly Father, seeking His face and His ways. We had also been learning about the Holy Spirit and how He helps us in our prayers, not only showing us how and what, but strengthening and sustaining us in answer to our prayer. Romans 8:28
This last week we focused on His plans and purposes for our lives, and His passion and compassion for those who are lost. We spent time in prayer for the nations and peoples who still do not know Him, as well as for family and friends who have yet to come to Him or who have turned away from Him.
On Tuesday, after we had spent about 10 minutes interceding for those who were lost, there was just this period of 5-10 minutes after prayer that we just soaked in the presence of the Lord, quiet and sweet. The very air was thick with His glory. Refreshing...
The Lord spoke to both my husband and me, giving a brief glimpse into our next step.
Sunday, 23 September 2007
reaching the remote places
We are grateful to God for favour and good fellowship with the believers in our recent trip. We heard testimonies of God’s goodness, guidance and provision for the local believers/ministry workers as they went into villages and other remote places in the different states to teach and preach and heal, just like what Jesus did when he was on earth.
One of the leaders we met shared that his team had to travel 3 days to reach a particular village in another state, including 12 hours on a bus, a boat and walking. After spending a few days there, they went on to another village, mainly by walking.
Another shared that she, together with a very young child and 2 other adults, took more than a day (24 hours) to reach her destination by train and walking. It was her and her child's first experience on the train which had only one "car" for passengers - the rest were for goods. So, the various and many passengers had to squeeze (like the Japanese on the express train, except that this car was not air-conditioned, and this was not an express train!!) in the not too large compartment, and stand for hours. Delays were common, so the journey was longer than was actually necessary. Her toddler was slightly traumatized by the proximity to strangers, and was extremely uncomfortable in the heat and motion of the train.
At each of these places, they taught the Word of God. The believers in these remote places were so hungry for the Word of God that they clamoured for more teaching and insisted on continuing in the teaching and learning of the word into the night and even into the wee hours of the morning. Though they hardly slept, the Lord strengthened the leaders for the work and ministry of the Word to these believers. They came away, even more convicted of the call of the Lord: they will be returning to the same villages and others like them to continue to establish the believers in the Word.
Let's pray that the Kingdom of God will advance into the "uttermost parts of the earth" without any hindrances and with ample provision and resources!
One of the leaders we met shared that his team had to travel 3 days to reach a particular village in another state, including 12 hours on a bus, a boat and walking. After spending a few days there, they went on to another village, mainly by walking.
Another shared that she, together with a very young child and 2 other adults, took more than a day (24 hours) to reach her destination by train and walking. It was her and her child's first experience on the train which had only one "car" for passengers - the rest were for goods. So, the various and many passengers had to squeeze (like the Japanese on the express train, except that this car was not air-conditioned, and this was not an express train!!) in the not too large compartment, and stand for hours. Delays were common, so the journey was longer than was actually necessary. Her toddler was slightly traumatized by the proximity to strangers, and was extremely uncomfortable in the heat and motion of the train.
At each of these places, they taught the Word of God. The believers in these remote places were so hungry for the Word of God that they clamoured for more teaching and insisted on continuing in the teaching and learning of the word into the night and even into the wee hours of the morning. Though they hardly slept, the Lord strengthened the leaders for the work and ministry of the Word to these believers. They came away, even more convicted of the call of the Lord: they will be returning to the same villages and others like them to continue to establish the believers in the Word.
Let's pray that the Kingdom of God will advance into the "uttermost parts of the earth" without any hindrances and with ample provision and resources!
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