Give Thanks...for His love endures forever.
"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever"
Amidst the business of Christmas and the start of the new year, i've finally found some time to write about what God has done since YM Camp. It has been a great camp, one in which the Lord taught many people about the deeper things of God, one in which many youths gaves their lifes, and, hopefully, surrendered to the Lord. It was also the time when the Lord revealed some dark things which had been hidden for a long, long time in some of our lives. God revealed to us the secret places that we had to surrender and I believe many of us took our secret place and made an altar to the Lord that day.
Right after camp, before I knew it, we were off to Thailand. It was my first trip leading a team, but I did feel a sense of anxiety and I was certainly stretched to the max, because at one time there were three teams and I was really all over the place in coordinating them. I was really stressed and the Lord did show me the ugly side of me. How true it is when the Lord wants to do His work of grace in us, He will reveal to us the sin in our human nature. I struggled alot with my impatience and my need to be in control. Well, i really didn't enjoy it, but I just had to press on. I guess my reward came when I saw how the Lord had worked in the lives of many of us on the trip. It was a real blessing. And it took some time to sink in after I came back to Singapore. The year trying to get YMOVE moving was really tough, but it's like, now, there are so many youths excited about missions, I don't have to worry about being stretched in the way I was this year. Indeed, " 'not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the Lord." It is very humbling indeed to see that the Lord has raised up a people who are jealous for His name.
Today, at service, we were praying as usual. I asked God to touch our youths with his love, and at about that moment, the person at the piano was playing 'Jesus loves me'. God's love overwhelmed me as I was reminded of His He had spoken His love to me before through that song, and how we were trying to teach the Thai children to sing it when in Lopburi. How much we are YM really need to know the love of God! It is just so amazing! God has been speaking almost immediately in response to prayer lately and I believe that He is speaking to many more individuals in YM. We need to share about the reality of God and seek Him while He can be found!
On a personal note, the year has begun well for me. For the first time in my life, I am learning what it means to enjoy God's favour at work and in my life. It is truly blessed to be in the shado of His wings.
His love endures forever.
jiemin =)
Amidst the business of Christmas and the start of the new year, i've finally found some time to write about what God has done since YM Camp. It has been a great camp, one in which the Lord taught many people about the deeper things of God, one in which many youths gaves their lifes, and, hopefully, surrendered to the Lord. It was also the time when the Lord revealed some dark things which had been hidden for a long, long time in some of our lives. God revealed to us the secret places that we had to surrender and I believe many of us took our secret place and made an altar to the Lord that day.
Right after camp, before I knew it, we were off to Thailand. It was my first trip leading a team, but I did feel a sense of anxiety and I was certainly stretched to the max, because at one time there were three teams and I was really all over the place in coordinating them. I was really stressed and the Lord did show me the ugly side of me. How true it is when the Lord wants to do His work of grace in us, He will reveal to us the sin in our human nature. I struggled alot with my impatience and my need to be in control. Well, i really didn't enjoy it, but I just had to press on. I guess my reward came when I saw how the Lord had worked in the lives of many of us on the trip. It was a real blessing. And it took some time to sink in after I came back to Singapore. The year trying to get YMOVE moving was really tough, but it's like, now, there are so many youths excited about missions, I don't have to worry about being stretched in the way I was this year. Indeed, " 'not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the Lord." It is very humbling indeed to see that the Lord has raised up a people who are jealous for His name.
Today, at service, we were praying as usual. I asked God to touch our youths with his love, and at about that moment, the person at the piano was playing 'Jesus loves me'. God's love overwhelmed me as I was reminded of His He had spoken His love to me before through that song, and how we were trying to teach the Thai children to sing it when in Lopburi. How much we are YM really need to know the love of God! It is just so amazing! God has been speaking almost immediately in response to prayer lately and I believe that He is speaking to many more individuals in YM. We need to share about the reality of God and seek Him while He can be found!
On a personal note, the year has begun well for me. For the first time in my life, I am learning what it means to enjoy God's favour at work and in my life. It is truly blessed to be in the shado of His wings.
His love endures forever.
jiemin =)
This prayer blog is started to help us in Wesley Youth Ministry have a collective journal of God's dealings with each and every one of us. In time to come this blog will be a testimony to God's faithfulness to YM, as we look back through the months and the years and see in hindsight how the Lord has been working in and through us.
If you feel that you have anything to contribute to the blog, to give thanks to God for answered prayer, to encourage the body of Christ, or share what God has been speaking to you through prayer and QT, please email your entry to jiemin11@singnet.com.sg and include your name as you would like it to appear on the blog.
God bless you!
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