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i simply live

I Simply Live
Hillsong

SAY THE WORD
AND I WILL SING FOR YOU
OVER OCEANS DEEP I WILL FOLLOW
IF EACH STAR WAS A SONG
EVERY BREATH OF WIND PRAISE
IT WILL STILL FAIL BY FAR TO SAY
ALL MY HEART CONTAINS
I SIMPLY LIVE
I SIMPLY LIVE FOR YOU

AS THE GLORY OF YOUR PRESENCE NOW
FILLS THIS PLACE
IN WORSHIP WE WILL MEET YOU FACE TO FACE
THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS WORLD
TO WHICH YOU CAN BE COMPARED
GLORY AND GLORY
PRAISE UPON PRAISE

YOU BIND THE BROKEN-HEARTED AND
SAVE ALL MY TEARS
BY YOUR WORD YOU SET THE CAPTIVES FREE
THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS WORLD
THAT YOU CANNOT DO
I SIMPLY LIVE

I SIMPLY LIVE FOR YOU

Recently, I have been singing this song so much. Never fail to touch my heart.
Praise God. The morning prayer meetings last week has been awesome. I have really been spending more time worshiping God. The part that always touch my heart in this song is the line:

IN WORSHIP WE WILL MEET YOU FACE TO FACE

What a beautiful line.. And how very true. Its always during worship that I felt so much closer to God and can hear His voice and warmth so deeply. Praying and reading the Bible, I do them too but, for me personally, music and worship is the thing that really draws me closer to God.

Recently God also have been speaking alot about having faith in Him in finances.

In 1Kings 17, Elijah prayed that famous prayer that stopped rain for 3 years. And there was a huge drought and famine across the entire land, but in 1 kings 18, after 3 years, Elijah went and challenged Baal's prophets. 1 vs 450. And when it was Elijah's turn. This is what he did:

Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come here to me." They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD, which was in ruins. Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, "Your name shall be Israel." With the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs of seed. He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid it on the wood. Then he said to them, "Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood."

"Do it again," he said, and they did it again.
"Do it a third time," he ordered, and they did it the third time. The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.

At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: "O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. Answer me, O LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, O LORD, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again."

Then the fire of the LORD fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.

When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, "The LORD -He is God! The LORD - He is God!"

This is an amazing story. There was drought in the land and the most precious thing on planet earth was not Gold or Diamonds or precious stones. It was water!!! But when Elijah build the altar of God, he build it with not just wood and stones. He added water into the trench. The Bible says a hole big enough to hold 2 seahs of seed.

1 seah = 2 Gallons. 4 Gallons = 18 Lt of water. Thats four bottles of these:Can u imagine pouring that much water into a trough and asking God to burn up the bull? Siao right? Impossible, Literally soaking wet leh... But then God came through and the people saw the reality of God and turned to Him.

And Elijah said to Ahab, "Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain." So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.

"Go and look toward the sea," he told his servant. And he went up and looked.
"There is nothing there," he said.
Seven times Elijah said, "Go back."

The seventh time the servant reported, "A cloud as small as a man's hand is rising from the sea." So Elijah said, "Go and tell Ahab, 'Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.'

45 Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain came on and Ahab rode off to Jezreel.
After that it begin to rain and prosperity begin to pour down. This story really inspired me to give my precious to God.

Arise and Build

Long week

Wow.. Its a super long week. So many engagements, things-to-do, breakthroughs, and mountain tops. Learned so much in the entire week.

Haha! Last week has really been awesome.
Did some photoshoots, learned guitar, taught guitar, played for other cell group. And also wanna thank God for my financial breakthrough. Truly God is powerful and listens to prayers. =)
Weewoowee..

But this week, its also going to be super long and stretching. But all things are possible through Christ who strengthens me.
Looking forward to this coming week. =)

Guitar Lesson With Poh

Weewoowee.. I am currently learning guitar from a teacher. And yes, this is my teacher!

Teo Poh Heng, affectionately called Poh by CHC members.

This is something that I really wanted for a long time and have always visualised and prayed for it! Thanks Amelia! Haha! =)

Poh is just amazing la! Even a simple guitar class always carries a powerful revelation. Today the thing that I was most impacted when he said this:

"Many people who learn scaling (notes that ascend or descend by family notes or scales) always go for speed rather than accuracy and precision. They can play very fast, but often miss a note or two in between. It becomes a habit. When it becomes a habit plus the speed which they are playing at. They will never become great guitarists. Unless they break it and relearn everything."

No matter what some people say about other guitarist who are better or what, I would say, Poh is STILL THE BEST!!! Sometimes we see him play in church when he is leading Praise and Worship, we think that for Poh, he can only strum. Tsk tsk tsk... You should see him play the electric guitar. Floored us to the ground la.. You must see him play in the flesh, live and in colour, before you can fully appreciate his playing. Haha! Awesome!

His teaching style is awesome too. Learned alot about teaching from him! He is just awesome! =) Like what Poh taught today, I am going to bring people into my world, through my playing, into God's presence.

New Breakthrough

Man..
I need a new breakthrough. Most things are stable in my life now. But I don't just want stable. I want prosperous living. Excellent Living. Going to pray and fast for it. Too Stable.. Too stagnant

I am seriously going to fast the kind of serious-fast-when-you-get-serious-with-God-and-then-you-fast kind of serious fasting. Fierce. Super fierce.

And as a matter of fact. This few verses are now surely but not too slowly becoming the conviction of my life

You lazy fool, look at an ant.
Watch it closely; let it teach you a thing or two.
Nobody has to tell it what to do.
All summer it stores up food;
at harvest it stockpiles provisions.
So how long are you going to laze around doing nothing?
How long before you get out of bed?
A nap here, a nap there, a day off here, a day off there,
sit back, take it easy—do you know what comes next?
Just this: You can look forward to a dirt-poor life,
poverty your permanent houseguest!
- Proverbs 6:6-11

Double fierceness...

"Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called sons of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

-Matthew 5:3-12

Triple Kill by God..

Yes the Sermon on the Mount.

We have so much information, first-class preaching, Great sermons. But what matters most is the application. Soap is everywhere, but it is useless if we keep them lying around. Yes, we do not change overnight. But it takes discipline.

Phil Pringle says:

The world lies at the feet of the disciplined. Everyone dreams. But only the disciplined will accomplish theirs. A dream without disciplines is the pathway to frustration, anger, and deep disappointment. Even a dream from God has no guarantee it will come to pass. Success of the dream demands discipline. Start disciplined, stay disciplined, finish disciplined. Disciplines are the way of life. Morals, finances, attitudes, emotions, relationships, work, devotions; all require discipline to be healthy and successful.

Patricia Fripp says:
You do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.'

I am trying, really trying! Thats why I will be fasting more. =) Pray for me! Don't be too merciiful on me. Thx Kenneth! You reminded me! =)