okie...I FINALLY finished choosing my songs...phew...I seem to take a longer and longer time to choose my songs nowadays....I think I am getting fussier..especially for tomorrow...cos there're so many new people in care group....and we talked about trying to push the people during worship since all our people are so phleg.... so that they can achieve a higher level of worship and a closer intimacy with God...okies..so tomorrow's songs are

1. God Is Good
2. I Love You Jesus
3. You Are Awesome In This Place
4. Great Is The Lord

Please God..be with me during P&W..dun let me freak.....and let me truly worship you in Spirit and in truth...and not worry about how badly i sound croaking away up there.....

So what did I do for the rest of the day....met Boon Harn..did the lessons with her..managed to convince her to go for membership class even though she's not gonna get baptized...have decided to do 18 lessons with her from now on..cos she really needs to know more.... she didn't really understand the concept of church membership..but I believe God can change her.... in some ways, i understand her apprehension...it is a big change coming from a traditional church to a pentecostal one..culture shock in a sense....it will take time....definitely.....and a lot and a lot of prayer....

I think back on the time when i first came last year and when i was first introduced to all these concepts.... well...it took some time for things to settle in..not so much about membership and baptism..but the baptism of the Holy Spirit, the speaking in tongues, the praise and worship..... thus i have absolute faith in God that He can help her...

After that....bummed around for a bit...hid in the bed cos it's getting super cold...read Yvonne's Women Weekly..I just love trashy women's mags....the food inside looked so good cos I was so hungry..then Ruth came home...Yvonne told her I was hungry and wanted to go Hoa Tran..so Ruth was like go lah! So the 2 of us went to Hoa Tran while Yvonne and Swee went shopping at Kmart..cos got sale..had wanton mee..after listening to Chung Wei talk about wanton for so long...the charsiew wasn't fantastic tho...and as usual..Ruth was commenting about my complete lack of sense of direction

So talked to Ruth over dinner about Rachel and Boon Harn..she was teaching me to plan for Rachel...like how to get her involved and all....like how they got me involved...hmmm..... think I will really get Lilea and Rachel involved in reception.... cos in a way..it's the easiest way for both myself and them..since i already do it and i always need help doing it. Said I would train one of them to collect nametags for me after service..hehehe..since nowadays it's getting harder and harder to do.....

Came back....had shepherding....FINALLY got taught a lesson..on Christian speech..i was laughing the whole way...Ruth was asking me if I was high or what...cos seriously...this has been a big issue of late in church....the way we are always asked to be edifying in our speech...there was this scary point that was made in the lesson....

"But I tell you that men will have to give an account on the day of judgement for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."
~ Matthew 12:36-37

After that..I was like..ok..I think I need to keep quiet a little more....

But seriously, words do hurt..frankly, over the years..I have been more hurt by the things people say rather the the smacks I've received. It doesn't help that I normally ponder over what people say to me and the way it was said....but yeah..words are powerful weapons..really really need to start being careful with my own speech...

Another thing I read today that really hit home...

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.


Got this from today's Daily Bread. I really believe that we CAN rejoice in the Lord in all circumstances...we just need to see things from a different point of view...drag ourselves out of our own little morose, self-pitying world. Life isn't that bad really. That's what I've discovered since my last mel period.

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
~ Philippians 4:4

Though the fig tree does not blossom
And there be no fruit on the vine
Though the produce of the olive fails
And the fields yield no food
Though the flock be cut out from the fold
And there be no herd in the stall

Yet will I rejoice in the Lord
Yet will I rejoice in the Lord
The joy of the Lord is my salvation
God the Lord is my strength

Make My Life A Sacrifice
;7:09 AM

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