Faith
Today, I had to go to school and we had BB CARES. We had fall-in, and as I was leading the Company in prayer, it threatened to rain, and eventually started raining. So I prayed and asked the Lord to grant us good weather for the rest of the day....seems improbable especially when the rain just kept getting heavier and we were all formed up in the squads in the parade square, but God is good. The weather was GREAT! Perfect in fact, as it wasn't even sunny and hot. In fact, while it was raining, the sun came out, and the rain soon went away.
Flashback: last night, at prayer meeting
I just shared with the other two people at the prayer meeting, that when we pray, we must have faith. (Ezra 8:21-23) When we pray, we need to claim upon what we know God is, and trust Him to be faithful to answer our prayers. I also shared about what happened on 30th June during the fire conference:
Further flashback: 30th June, at FIRE Conference
Testimony 1: I felt that the Lord wanted me to be at FIRE conference. So after CCA in school, I rushed home to change before I rushed to the Indoor Stadium. I remember that I left my house at 7:20pm, and desperate to get a cab. I was walking out towards the other main road to see if I could get one. I was desperate, and I asked the Lord to get me there. Unexpectedly, I met this Malay guy whom I could vaguely remember. He said that he met me during a camp I organised for my school last year. He asked where I was going, and I said Indoor Stadium. He said he would send me, and I was just stunned.
Anyways to cut the long story short, he sent me to the Indoor Stadium, I went in and met with Sandy, Denise, Chinhui and Joshua. Sandy and Denise moved seats cos there were no more seats and they came to sit with me. I was thinking of going to the toilet and grabbing a bite, but one second after I reached my seat, the worship started. God is so amazing!
Testimony 2: Sandy mentioned that she wanted to pray and claim healing of her neck in Jesus' name. So we worshipped the Lord, heard the sermon and all, and when Reinhard Bonnke asked us to pray, I just remembered that Sandy wanted prayer for her neck. So I tapped Denise on the shoulder and said, let's pray for Sandy. I went over to her left and Denise was on her right. [fast forward a few weeks] Sandy testified that she had been healed. She had gotten off her medication and she did not feel any pain for her migraine and her neck when she was supposed to. In her testimony, she shared specifically that I was on her left, and Denise was on her right.
Why was this so important? Sandy had been asking the Lord to heal her and the Lord showed her the vision of what happened more than 2 years ago when the three of us went on the Reverse Bungee at Clarke Quay. Her slipped disc problems started shortly after that. On the Reverse Bungee, I was on her left and Denise was on her right. Coincidence? I don't think so. I have the faith that the Lord is able to heal Sandy and has healed her. To God be all the glory!
This blog is written with the intent to praise the Lord and to give Him the glory for all that He has done, and is still doing and is about to do in our ministry.
Back to prayer meeting....we asked to Lord to raise up more youths and leaders who will seek His face in our ministry. It is so important, especially when we do so many things and are in teh danger of running on our own strength and even running off in our own direction. May He continue to lead us and guide us.
One more thing, is that as we shared, God was speaking to us about the importance of His Word in our ministry. For transformation to take place, we need to begin to take God's Word seriously. God's Word must be preached faithfully. Without the Word, there will not be any transformation. May the Lord begin to change our ministry and grant us a greater hunger and thirst for Him and His Word!
That's all for now. Sorry if I sound incoherent as I'm really tired. Time to stop.
-jiemin
Flashback: last night, at prayer meeting
I just shared with the other two people at the prayer meeting, that when we pray, we must have faith. (Ezra 8:21-23) When we pray, we need to claim upon what we know God is, and trust Him to be faithful to answer our prayers. I also shared about what happened on 30th June during the fire conference:
Further flashback: 30th June, at FIRE Conference
Testimony 1: I felt that the Lord wanted me to be at FIRE conference. So after CCA in school, I rushed home to change before I rushed to the Indoor Stadium. I remember that I left my house at 7:20pm, and desperate to get a cab. I was walking out towards the other main road to see if I could get one. I was desperate, and I asked the Lord to get me there. Unexpectedly, I met this Malay guy whom I could vaguely remember. He said that he met me during a camp I organised for my school last year. He asked where I was going, and I said Indoor Stadium. He said he would send me, and I was just stunned.
Anyways to cut the long story short, he sent me to the Indoor Stadium, I went in and met with Sandy, Denise, Chinhui and Joshua. Sandy and Denise moved seats cos there were no more seats and they came to sit with me. I was thinking of going to the toilet and grabbing a bite, but one second after I reached my seat, the worship started. God is so amazing!
Testimony 2: Sandy mentioned that she wanted to pray and claim healing of her neck in Jesus' name. So we worshipped the Lord, heard the sermon and all, and when Reinhard Bonnke asked us to pray, I just remembered that Sandy wanted prayer for her neck. So I tapped Denise on the shoulder and said, let's pray for Sandy. I went over to her left and Denise was on her right. [fast forward a few weeks] Sandy testified that she had been healed. She had gotten off her medication and she did not feel any pain for her migraine and her neck when she was supposed to. In her testimony, she shared specifically that I was on her left, and Denise was on her right.
Why was this so important? Sandy had been asking the Lord to heal her and the Lord showed her the vision of what happened more than 2 years ago when the three of us went on the Reverse Bungee at Clarke Quay. Her slipped disc problems started shortly after that. On the Reverse Bungee, I was on her left and Denise was on her right. Coincidence? I don't think so. I have the faith that the Lord is able to heal Sandy and has healed her. To God be all the glory!
This blog is written with the intent to praise the Lord and to give Him the glory for all that He has done, and is still doing and is about to do in our ministry.
Back to prayer meeting....we asked to Lord to raise up more youths and leaders who will seek His face in our ministry. It is so important, especially when we do so many things and are in teh danger of running on our own strength and even running off in our own direction. May He continue to lead us and guide us.
One more thing, is that as we shared, God was speaking to us about the importance of His Word in our ministry. For transformation to take place, we need to begin to take God's Word seriously. God's Word must be preached faithfully. Without the Word, there will not be any transformation. May the Lord begin to change our ministry and grant us a greater hunger and thirst for Him and His Word!
That's all for now. Sorry if I sound incoherent as I'm really tired. Time to stop.
-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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But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions -- it is by grace you have been saved. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith -- and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God -- not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
- Ephesians 2:4-5,8-10
