Sunday, January 07, 2007
i've got so so much to be thankful for. funny really, coz as i talk to different pple on msn now, more and more comes to mind. suddenly, the verse i kinda just breezed by as i was preparing for BS last night comes to mind about "always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ" (Eph. 5:20a). perhaps even funnier was how i didn't check my email last night coz i got back real late after supper and got straight down to working on BS till 2.30am...then found out that cg time would be used for prayer. haha oh well...at least i can be thankful that....i don't have to prepare it for next week? haha but more importantly, i'm thankful that i didn't have to deliver today's BS coz a few of my cg members cldn't come today and i want to challenge the entire cg.i'm thankful for the half an hr of prayer we had during cg today...i struggle with praying with my cg coz so often there are these long lapses of silence...or pregnant silences as job calls them. but it's something i believe God wants us to do a whole lot more of. so having a time of unrushed prayer during the first cg session of the year was great! : ) and i'm really looking forward to the 24/7 prayer slot with them and with ade. i know that as we pray, God will work in our midst, and i'm excited.i'm really thankful for how i think God's gonna be challenging and working in my cg this year. i believe it's gonna be a year where they are each challenged to go deeper, reach out, pray more, be set apart, and hear Him speak.i'm thankful for how the older girls met up tonight after service for dinner. haha was kinda more like supper but it was a good time of sharing. been arrowed to plan the next one..haha so yeah...i'm glad for the fellowship, accountability, and sharing of hearts and lives :)i'm thankful for today's sermon on realigning our priorities, the responsibilities and role i have as a shephard over my sheep, and the strong and clear call that went out on the big rocks we need to settle in our lives. thankful too how God challenged me thru the sermon and thru the sharing of the girls about my giving. the call to live more simply, give more freely, and trust Him to provide.i'm thankful for how i didn't have to bid for a single module this sem. haha and how lav and i may really agree on the same LKY module.i'm thankful for how God's been speaking so so clearly everyday as i take time to read and internalize His Word. decided i should finally finally read the entire Bible once thru. always give up around Leviticus or so..i'm embarrassed to admit that i've never read the entire Bible once thru...so i'm determined to this year. and so far, it's been an awesome experience. remember grumbling when church first withdrew all QT material..felt so handicapped without my Encounter with God...but now i enjoy QT so much more when i just meet with God and let Him speak to me thru the Living Word. and tho i'm still kinda worried about how i'll make it thru the drier bits of family trees and laws and specifications, toille reminded me just about how Uncle Kenny's sermon on the Genealogy of Christ was one of our favourite and how we can be sure that God places these bits in the Bible for a reason...and i'm eager to let Him show me. and i think toille may be joining me on a Gen-to-Rev qt journey so i'm def glad for the company and someone to share daily lessons with :)and i guess i'm just so thankful for how God's been speaking so so clearly in my life. :) ok now it's time to turn in...not coz there's church tmr...i mean there is lah, just not our own service. gonna embark on visiting churches tmr since sun mornings are now free :) starting with my parents' church tmr. haha i know it'll surprise quite a few...my dad included. heh
and eunice ends here :
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