JUST DO IT!

Well, i'm back from my RL288 Retreat and it has indeed been a pretty fun weekend. Learned much about listening and surrendering in order to go deeper throughout the retreat. Then, Pastor Dough Lambert shared a msg on listening and Obeying GOD.

I realised that many times i have been fearful of just stepping out in faith or i would think that what GOD is saying to me is probably not from HIM. But the simple fact is, no matter wrong or right, if your heart is sincere and you obey, GOD will bring good out of it!

Further, was really touched when jason came and prayed for me after service and he prayed a prayer to encourage me in my teaching(which i get a bit stressed about). When i asked if GOD prompted him, he said yes. So Praise be to GOD!

So basically what i learned today is JUST DO IT! HEAR AND OBEY!

Healing

I have a colleague who sits next to me and his name is Roland. Well, yesterday he mentioned to me that he had pretty bad throat and was coughing. So i asked if i could pray for him(i don't think he's a Christian but he has prob been to Church before) and he said alright.

So i just said a very short prayer and asked GOD to heal him. I did not think very much about it but less than 5 mins later, he came back and told me that his cough was gone! HALLELUJAH! I told him to just thank GOD and i myself am thankful that GOD has used me in such a way.

Hopefully, i can ask him to Church soon!

Victorious living

Really felt that the message yesterday during service spoke to my heart.
Although i'm quite sure Ps melvyn has preached this message and i've heard his points 'countless' times before, there was just a big reminder about the two points and a deeper understanding.

To lead a victorious life we need:
1. Sonship- to remember that GOD loves us unconditionally, which means not whether we fail or succeed, GOD still loves us. for it's not who we are are what we do but What HE's done and Who HE is.

2. Surrender- every area of our lives to GOD, which is easier said then done. And only by the HOLY SPIRIT are we able to die to ourselves each day.

To be stressed or not to be, that is the question

Well, i've just finished a week of teaching and actually the time does past pretty fast. But that's not the point. The point is that at the start i was really stressed being in a new environment and all and because i wanted to give a good impression.

Yet, during midweek, i realised that i should not be so stressed but just give it to GOD. Now that doesn't mean i don't work hard but it just means i have NOTHING to WORRY about no matter the circumstances. It's very easy to say, 'hey trust GOD and everything is all right' but do we really live it out? It's not that easy after all.

We prefer to hold on to the belief that some things GOD won't get right and only by our own strength we can make a difference. But it's simply not true because when i gave it to GOD and stopped being stressed out and worried, my day went by much easier and i was definitely more relaxed.

i hope i always remember and do my best to give all my worries to him not just by paying lip service but by word and action. For it's not by my strength but HIS!

Monday

i think that sometimes students are not the only one that dread school. teachers do feel the same way at times. lol

Anyway, after a really long and exhausting day(to me), really able to emphatise how yong howe and shirley feel after they had a long long long day and still have to prepare for cell. I know that they'll be tired but now i truly understand how tired they feel.

oh well, better get back to marking papers...

Relief Teaching

I'm relieved to be teaching. Really thank GOD to have been able to find a 'permanent' relief teaching job. So i'll be teaching english at henderson secondary for 1/2 a year. Don't really know if i'm fully up for it but i'm just gonna give my best and trust GOD for the rest!

'HE gives us far more we can ever ask for or imagine.'
Really felt that was what GOD's been trying to tell me today that no matter what we ask or our own plans, HE's already preparing something bigger and better and all we have to do is trust HIM all the way!

It's really amazing because before i went to sleep last night, i felt prompted by GOD to live my handphone on. As i always turned off my phone when i sleep, i really thank HIM that i left it on because Henderson called me at 0745. so PRAISE BE TO GOD!