Jesus… You are my hero!

ohmygoodness ohmygoodness!

i had the craziest 45 mins of my life thus far

okay.. background: functions was going to give us NDH  for the next few weeks.. BUT they pulled out last minute this week and by the time i found out and tried to make a booking with the University, it was too late for UniRoomBookings to organise everything. SO for 45 mins we were left with NO venue. MURoomBookings just told us to have the meeting cancelled…. so i panicked (i wished i didn’t) but i did.. and i called JonC and TtheP… and we had thought of alternatives… but were met with “sorry, we’re all booked out…”

so in the midst of waiting and making phone calls, i started to really pray and focused.. and put some worship on.. and then a thought came -HolySpirit [rem. living by the Spirit] and i just started to remember the times that God came through for us and i told God that i believed He is more than able to come through for is this time round…

so the thought was to explore trinity college: i got the number off the website and called the conference booking management- praying that it was possible we use the EvanBurgeRoom. so i spoke to the guy and guess what?! We can use the EvanBurge Room- it has about 100-150 capacity and it is available this Friday from 5.30pm to 10.30pm and as i spoke to the building conference manager who is a Christian from a local church, we had a friendly chat about OCF and he asked me what church i was from and stuff.. and the flippin’ fantastic bonus was because we were a Christian Club, he gave us a DISCOUNT!!!!  it is way cheaper than a lecture hall.. and i think more condusive space AND IT IS ON CAMPUS.. and yeah he says it is even possible we booked it regularly.. PRAISE GOD PRAISEGOD!

i don’t know what else to say. i am in awe

i  look back and remember what i was singing during my QT this morning:

“My Jesus is able to calm the seas when they rage

My God is the answer in my weakness He reigns”

Amen

p.s my devotional today was 2 Corinthians 1: 1-11… talk about put-into-practice

8 We think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters,^{[ b]} about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it. 9 In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God, who raises the dead. 10 And he did rescue us from mortal danger, and he will rescue us again . We have placed our confidence in him, and he will continue to rescue us. 11 And you are helping us by praying for us. Then many people will give thanks because God has graciously answered so many prayers for our safety

p.s. reminder- live by the Spirit

robbed no longer

the past week was crazy to say the least… coming back from a superGod-packed atmosphere of incredible word, worship, powerofGodinaction and miracles should have left me pretty pumped and ready to take on the world

but then it hit- the nauseated feeling, the heaviness, the cloggedupness, the wanting to just curlupinbedforeverandnotseeanyone… yup! i got sick like majorly and i was upset because i had thought, “this isn’t how it is supposed to be!?!?!what in the world was happening?”

and so going through the motion of going to classes and trying my best to recover/not be seen in such a defeated state drained me completely (not to mention that the closetofreezingtemperature did not help much)…

in the beginning, i thought i had the “license” to feel this way (of course, blame Sydney and traveling and lackofsleep, etc) and i had begun to accept the victimised feeling and taking on the other “baggage” that came with it… and that probably was what set me on a downward spiral that lasted about 5 days until the grace of God knocked me over on the way home

once again, i was reminded it wasn’t my strength, it was His

once again, it wasn’t my life, it was one already (and again) surrendered to Him

once again, it wasn’t me who took away the sin of the world, it was Him

once again, it’s all about Him

once again, i am humbled

humbled because, once again He rescued me and picked me up… nothing that i deserved at anypoint- ever

humbled even more because He opened my eyes to what His BIG plan always was

humbled most-est because He still extends the invitation to be part of the adventure

no longer will i be lied to, no longer will i accept the lies that the enemy says that contradict what the Father has already said. i’m back with the power of the Holy Spirit and no longer will i tolerate the less-than-fullest-life because His word tells me He has come to give LIFE and LIFE TO THE FULL

bring it on. my time is not up yet.

Jesus and i are back

latida..

i had a PraiseGodHallelujah moment today- Mieken told me that Functions has allowed us to use CDH for free!

wow im awed

and today! (yes today!) we reached 15 people in Student Union and there are more coming…

i’m fantabulously awed

ThankYouJesus.iloveYousoverymuchly

what’s next..

and to think.. if we have not gone through this we would never have experience this portion of His faithfulness and be more enriched by this experience You DO know what is best!

balance- take 2

OhGodYouareSoPrecious!

im so very blessed by theMentor-she is superly awesome and i love the way she speaks into my life. she is definitely a gem! the words she spoke were the ones i believe that i need to like to hear it for this season. and what is more- the book she recommended was superawesome so far..

and did i mention IP was superfantabulous? it is like the height of the ministryoftears.. God was so present! His presence was just…….

how do we empower people to pick up their cross-take responsible of their relationship with God?

how do we maintain our role as an usher to the King and not the main program?

how do we love more?

how about balance?

hmm.. i think one thing that truly matters is like what theMentor said “serve out of overflow… not even out of just 80%…” more time to spend with God.. to ‘jealously guard that.”

so many lessons! so exciting.. Jesus is KING!

weather affects mood…and yet….

ugh. the crraziness of weather… why the nice, gloomy after-rain weather when im in uni trying to stay awake during the lecture AND make sense of what the person with the mic is trying to say… i really pray for BRIGHT weather now and maybe just a tinge warmer since i was running a bit late this morning.. yup in the 8am lecture craze… 8am to 1pm.. 4 lectures… 1 very exhausted-uni-student-on-a-warmer-lecture-seat  :p

yet i will press on because You have called me here and Your word for today says in You, i am MORE THAN A CONQUEROR! i will get thru today and love it..  oh, i pray for the strength to get me through the day… with Your grace….

and i so thank You for the song!!!

“Pray”

I know that you think you can’t pray after that mistake
but I know it’s the only way you can make it better
And I know situations get too much for you to take
and you feel like you’re gone break and it makes you say

[Chorus]
I can’t take it
When will things get better?
I’m so frustrated, but it’s gonna be okay cause
you’ve got someone in your corner
Who’s gonna be there for ya
Just fall on your knees, say a prayer and receive

When the world feels like it’s on your shoulders (I pray, you pray, we pray)
When your life seems like its upside down (I pray, you pray, we pray)
When your lonely nights are getting colder (I pray, you pray, we pray)
I pray, you pray no matter how dark the day

I know you think you’ve gone too far and you waited too late
But I know that He loves you and there’s no love greater so
And I know that it’s hurting and you want your pain to end
And you feel like you can’t win and it makes you say

[Chorus]

Our Father which art in heaven
Hallowed be Thy name
All you gotta do is say

and this one

Yours is the Kingdom, the power, the glory forever -planetshakers