I wanted to wake up a bit later than what I normally do since breakfast would only be served at 8a.m. But instead I woke up at 6.30a.m. I quickly went out to the balcony of the chalet to check whether the whole mountain was visible and this was the view I got.
Tried to sleep again before waking up to get ready to have a shower and to wash my hair. By the time I finished shower, it was time to go to the dining hall for breakfast. When Shelley Chew saw that my hair was still wet, she said I was crazy to shower and wash hair so early in the morning.
I invited Elder Fung to say grace since my voice is too soft without the microphone.
I did not eat much again. :( So unlike me. *sigh*
Canaanland Celebration started slightly later than scheduled as the worship leader Andrew Tai and the worship team were practising.
Kenny Lim was the facilitator and after prayer, offering and announcements, he passed the microphone to Rev. Lee.
Rev. Lee spoke for a while before passing the time to Ps. Steven.
During the Second Session, Ps. Steven shared on the following.
How Not to Forget
Trying to remember, trying not to forget.
Always pay to remember if we are to keep our heart to the very end.
We lost the sense of who we are.
God is the one who gives us the ability to produce wealth.
The devil continually tries to turn our life.
It is so easy to forget where we come from.
Out of gratefulness, we serve God.
1. Be intentional about holding on the truth.
The Benedict monks set 7 times a day for prayer. They recite psalm and leave the world to concentrate on God. They discover they need every hour to remember God.
Contemporary Christian got the theology/doctrine but not the practice.
We need to tap continually to the truth. Stay in the passion/priority of God
Do not be at the end of life, when we come to be face to face, He will say to us, ‘How come instead of welcome’.
God is a desire God. God does not have Plan B.
Never abandon/sell the truth away. The truth will set us free.
2. Purposely reduce the constant noise in our life.
There is more to life than work.
Our life is full of urgency.
We need to unplug from busyness. We need to be being, not doing. God looks for the inside, not to the outside. It is not importing in, it is exporting out. Be at peace on the inside.
Children are great examples of knowing how to rest.
Try to release the noises in our life.
God will not judge us on not what we do but why we do.
3. Have a way to size what God is speaking.
Align your thoughts. Good to talk to yourself. Allow you to tap into God.
We need the inner strength.
Huge difference in knowing about God – knowledge versus
Knowing God – intimacy. God is to be experienced.
To have constant in tune with God.
God was generally angry with
The will of God is as much in the process as it is in the outcome. God took Moses’ deliberation in His counsel.
Experience comfort – Comforter
Experience miracles – Invisible
Engage Him in our lives in far greater and possible dimensions.
Mary treasured up all the things in her heart. Luke 2:19, 51
Journalling reminds us not to forget.
More than half way through Ps. Steven’s sharing, the newly engaged couple David Lam and Joanne Chew arrived to join us. They brought along the guitar for Andrew Tai to play as well.
After Canaanland Celebration, Ps. Steven brought some books for sale. I bought three of them as follows.
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