The Glory of Zion

"Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
2 See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you.
3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
4 "Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the arm.
5 Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with joy; the wealth on the seas will be brought to you, to you the riches of the nations will come.
6 Herds of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah. And all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and incense and proclaiming the praise of the LORD.
7 All Kedar's flocks will be gathered to you, the rams of Nebaioth will serve you; they will be accepted as offerings on my altar, and I will adorn my glorious temple.
8 "Who are these that fly along like clouds, like doves to their nests?
9 Surely the islands look to me; in the lead are the ships of Tarshish, [a] bringing your sons from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor.
10 "Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Though in anger I struck you, in favor I will show you compassion.
11 Your gates will always stand open, they will never be shut, day or night, so that men may bring you the wealth of the nations— their kings led in triumphal procession.
12 For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly ruined.
13 "The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the pine, the fir and the cypress together, to adorn the place of my sanctuary; and I will glorify the place of my feet.
14 The sons of your oppressors will come bowing before you; all who despise you will bow down at your feet and will call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 "Although you have been forsaken and hated, with no one traveling through, I will make you the everlasting pride and the joy of all generations.
16 You will drink the milk of nations and be nursed at royal breasts. Then you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
17 Instead of bronze I will bring you gold, and silver in place of iron. Instead of wood I will bring you bronze, and iron in place of stones. I will make peace your governor and righteousness your ruler.
18 No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
19 The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.
20 Your sun will never set again, and your moon will wane no more; the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end.
21 Then will all your people be righteous and they will possess the land forever. They are the shoot I have planted, the work of my hands, for the display of my splendor.
22 The least of you will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will do this swiftly."

-Isaiah 60

During the youth retreat weng gave me this word from the Lord and I was greatly encouraged by it. Aikky just gave me a lovely present - its a book titled "Teaching to change lives". Aikky is a dear bro who always let me drive his car around. I felt very excited as I began reading, and the Lord reminded me of Isa 60 as He helped me visualize how successful I would be at my career & how many would sought after my favor tat I would use my success to turn them to the Lord. It was a very encouraging vision. I understd tat the Lord not only gave me a passion for the media, he also gave me an anointing to teach. And I pray that what was written in Zec 8:23 will be fulfilled in my life... that "In those days ten men from all languages and nations will take firm hold of one [christian] by the hem of his [coat] and say, 'Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you." Amen.

-Roar

my encounter w the holy spirit

Pastor Khong preached one of his shortest messages last sun. It was also the coldest svc i went for. It literally rained the whole day right from early morning. Just imagine 9 am inside hall 10 and outside rain rain rain; i was shivering even b4 he preach abt holy spirit. Then all the leaders have to go in front to receive the baptism of the holy spirit - see, become leader good rite? 1st to go in front to receive holy spirit's baptism. Anyway, the moment I reached the stage, my bottom half started shaking like nobody's business - it must have looked really funny, like happy feet. I shook until pastor came and laid hand on me; and i fell down; after which i stopped shaking so much. WHile lying there on the floor i saw a vision of 2 full blocks (twice the size of D1) before me. As I pondered about what this means, the holy spirit said,"From now on, I'm you good friend." Next I visited the Cross. As I looked upon it I could feel God's love deep in my heart. The ministry was still going on and I continued to drink of the holy spirit as i laid there. I cried as I re-visited the Cross. I enjoyed the presence of the holy spirit as he told me to ,"just rest." I told him that I'm lying down for quite long already, but he said he wants me to remain a bit longer. Then I asked him if i should enter teaching. He showed me a word 'Edutainment.' I understood what it means.

Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive.

-Roar

Firstly i would like to thank god as 2 of my friends accepted christ, and another rededicated her life to god. Well to me and to those who knows my friend well. They would agree that one of them accepting christ was a miracle and i believe God will show them the love of a father the way he showed us.
Well, today's MoL was not so bad. Everyone i invited turned up. Even though there were delays here and there. Like i said earlier about my friends and roarham mentioned them in his post also. Really happy that it happened. Hope they will come for service next week and join our cell. Really wanted to buy the magic set that was on sale there but too bad i do not have enough money atm. I'll just have to order it throu stanley. O well better start saving up for it haha. Watching MoL the 2nd time i could at least see how some tricks work but i am still amazed at how fast his hands were. We got better sits this time. At least the screen was infront of us haha. Well the youth camp is coming up soon, till now i am still not sure if i can go for it or not as my aunty is spending the last week in sg for the next few days and my mum has activities lined up for the family i think. Hope god tells me what to do. Well getting late already so i am going to bed now. haha.
_Ben_

MOL 16 Dec

ROAR!!! Guess wad?! Pple are late as usual!!!! - qian bian -

Hmm but i discovered that the love of God was very strong as Pastor and Priscilla shared their testimony and I believed many pple had been touched. 3 of ben and sharon's frens raised their hands to receive Jesus for the 1st time. One is oledi a christian & the other is very open. Guys, I just want to affirm all of you for your effort & faith & I hope u understd i'm trying my best to connect with everyone that came down. As much as you would love to engage your own frens, allow me to also know them ( isn't it for them to know who ur spiritual father is & wad ur spiritual family is like in the church? Isn't our community attractive enough?) Yet I sense many of you have not learnt to tap on this advantage, which is why u struggle to bear fruits. You must spend more time with me, talk more with me, tell me more abt your life, bring me out with your frens so when harvest time comes, we dun have to do everything from scratch n pretend to know each other for a very long time! I've made enough mistakes - enough to finally understand the power of the spiritual family. And i believe many lives are won tonite bcuz we took time to pray. Prayer helps us to engage in spiritual warfare which releases the power of God over the forces at work in the lives of pre-believers. The struggle is still there bcuz many lives are waiting to be consolidated (don't forget we're shooting for 100% consolidation!)

Finally, if u regard me as your spiritual father, then imitate me as i imitate christ.


-Roar