Praise and Worship that night was led by Mary Chu.
Before Rev. George Ong began his third session, he wanted to sing us a song. He said he normally does that on the last night of a retreat. He said when he called the name of the person, the person was requested to stand up. He also said the lyrics may not be true of the person he was singing about.
(At this juncture, I was thinking if he was going to sing out each person’s name, all of us would be there the whole night before he could share on the third session).
Andrew Tai assisted him on the guitar while he himself was also holding a mini guitar, which he is famous for while his wife Kwee Siew held the microphone for him.
He called Sharon Lai’s name first I think before he started singing, followed by Rev. Lee and Mary Chu.
I was surprised when I was called after that.
xxxxx, she’s good in admin, (very precise)
She likes to watch kungfu flicks. (totally untrue)
Chorus :
There’s so much fellowship,
There’s so much fun and food,
We must go now,
Go join a cell group.
Then he called Kenny Lim and ended with Michael Hing.
We were all laughing so loud and whistling as well. Everyone had a good time.
Rev. George Ong shared on 2 Timothy 4: 6-18
Make My Life Count (Apostle Paul’s life)
1. The Finality of One’s Life (v. 6)
This cannot be avoided. Go, going, gone. Life is fleeting.
James 4:14
Death is no respecter of a person/anyone.
God cannot change our past but He can redeem our past.
You can’t change the years behind you but you chart the years in front of you – George Ong
2. The Finishing of One’s Life (v. 7)
Paul left a legacy of a fighter, finisher. ‘I finished the race’.
Better to have a great finish than have a great start and did not finish well.
Run the right race God has marked out for you. Christians are tired because they are running their own race.
Don’t run the rat race. If you win, you will still be a rat.
Some people stopped their race because:-
1. Failure
2. Fear
3. Tragedy
Paul had the hardest time among all the apostles but he did not give up/quit. 2 Timothy 4:16
3. The Finale of One’s Life (v. 8)
He was looking forward to the anticipation of his reward.
We can rejoice because we are going home.
If you are truly heavenly minded, you will be of earthly use. Live well and end well.
It ought to be the business of everyday to prepare for our last day – Matthew Henry
Don’t finish our life with regret/shame. Begin well and finish well.
After that, Rev. George Ong called the young people to the front for prayers. Then he called the above forties for the same. Alice Hiew could not hear properly and so she told Andrew Tai to line up. Andrew quickly looked for Rebecca with Isaac to go to the front with him. While this was going on, all of our heads were bowed down and our eyes were closed. When we opened our eyes, there was Andrew and family standing in front. I was thinking when did Andrew get promoted to be above forties. Haha
The last person to be called up to the front was Mr. Tay. (He is the husband of Tuang Pei Yun, the projectionist during our Canaanland Celebration every Sunday. She became a believer last year while her husband is not a believer yet.) Rev. George Ong explained that he may be putting the church in a difficult position for calling Mr. Tay to go out to the front. He said he has the faith that it was the right time for Mr. Tay to become believer. A great round of applause went out when Mr. Tay agreed. We rejoiced with angels and heaven for his soul being saved that night.
After that, instead of having group discussion, we had birthday celebration for Angie Lo and Jordan Quek, both birthdays fall on the next day and also for Mr. Tay for his new life in Christ.
Since Choo’s birthday was on a day before, she also went up to take a photo with the cake. We also sang the birthday song for her.
After a time of fellowship, Choo and I went back to our room to have a hot drink and chit-chatted before going to dreamland.
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