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Times Of Refreshing..

8:43 PM

30/10

hehe..today speedlight service was so fun!!hmm..indeed..the joy of the Lord is our strength..this entire mth of Oct, theme for speedlight is "JOY"!woo hoo!!AMEN!!

cell grp was held in the "tentage" behind the church..haha..can see that all of us were almost cooked..LOL..

we started cell by having a round of sharing..Rachel and I shared that we thank God for the lessons that we had learnt thru the book "When boy meets girl" by Joshua Harris..i read the books 4 times..the 1st time i read it, i took 2 to 3 days to finish it..for me it is quite fast lah..then this shaney said, "i took 4 hrs to finish it!!" im like....... -_-""""""""" although i read it so many times,i dun find it boring..in fact, each time i read it, God convicted me of diff things..this time round as i read, God convicted me of the biblical roles of woman..i was REALLY convicted..abt submission(although the book din really talk much abt it) and the high calling for women..

last time..as young as i mayb, im the rebellious kind..when parents say something, i wun follow unless i really think that they are rite..ok..to put it in better terms..i think thru what they said..if it is wrong, i wun do or follow..if it is rite, i will do and follow..sometimes their intention is gd, but the things that they tell me to do is wrong..and that, i wun follow also..so i think last time, i got cane quite a few times..muahaha..but still, wun change my mind..mayb im abit stubborn?haha..ya..

so when after i came back to Christ, i have a big prob obeying Him..i think i was really rebellious and prideful at the age of 16.. i dun allow God to change me..really..until one time, when i was in an arguemt with my ex tutor..then she told me straight that i nit to change..and i have to allow God to change me as well..direct words always work on me..not beating around the bush..haha..then slowly, i allow God to do His work in my life..im still in the changing and learning process..i guess it will take quite a bit of time..cos it is abt peeling away so many of the "old" layers..what i call "onion-peeling" process..it is painful..but i learnt..

at the age of abt 17, when i read the part of the bible that says "Wives, submit to your husbands"..im like.................this is not fair!!!!!!why shld we submit??!haha..but as i read the bible more and a pastor preached on that, i realised my thinking was wrong..wives are told to submit to their husbands in the same way the church is to submit to Christ. Either way, it is submitting to a higher authority..It doesn’t mean they lose their own self or life..but rather they are obeying God and begin to find out who they are in Christ.. Submission does not make a wife weaker or less precious to God..A wife is equal in value,dignity and worth as her husband but different from her husband in function..as a wife submit to God, she is submitting to Christ..and if she respects her husband, she will submit joyfully..

and i think husbands have a greater responsibility here..husbands are called to love their wives as Christ loved the Church and gave himself for it!They give most of their day working a job to feed, shelter, and clothe their wives and children..This is a great sacrifice..Just as Christ nourishes and cherishes the Church, so men ought to nourish and cherish their wives..Women are merely called to be in submission, men are commanded to love, cherish, nourish, and give their lives for their mate..Which calling would you rather have?

haha..i think the book re-enforce the command to submit..and the bible renew my mind again and again..ok..this post sounds abit "too far fetch"..it is like," eileen you are only 18 and talking abt such stuff"..well,above are just head knowledge..i'm not married yet..so i dun have a husband for me to submit to..well..so now, i guess it is training time for me..to learn to submit to leadership now..to support the brothers and sisters-Christ..of cos im not talking abt to treat and submit to the brothers in my life now like my husbands..that is...................WRONG..but it is to keep in mind that im submitting to Christ by submitting to leadership..

it is like a parallel of a vice president and a president..the vice president provide suggestions, support, opinions and ideas to the president..it is great that the president listen to the VP..but ultimately, the decision maker is still the president..not the VP..although the VP do play an active role in the decision making process..so the wife is like the VP..and the husband is like the president..

okok..i can see your slpy faces le..haha..i shall stop le.. =P

today's cell teaching on "WORSHIP" by shaney was very insightful..i was very ministered by God thru him.."God is spirit, and His worshippers must worship Him in spirit and in truth." i din know that there is such a deep meaning to worship..it is very interesting..i think next time when shaney teach rite, i will tape down what he said man..really powerful..

and oh..he going for his napha retest again later..wah man..great determination..haha..a few days ago, he was quite upset that he got no money to buy Roberto's bass guitar..and i was telling him on msn like to pay Roberto back by instalmts..but then shane felt bad..haha..he said, "PRAY!"..haha..im like..haha..ok..quite true..if we ask God for bread, God wun give us stones..and he really trusted God that He will provide..guess what??!!!in the 1st place, his parents dun want to buy for him..but in the end, shane's dad bought him the guitar..it cost$1300..haha..but it was kept away cos of his A levels..so poor thing..the guitar will be like "so near yet so far"..haha..but praise God that shane's prayer was answered!woohoo!!

and then, cerelia leaving for thailand on monday at abt 6pm and coming back on sunday nite..sianzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..im going to miss her..imagine cant talk to her for 1 week?? =( she will miss the hari raya outing..both of us love to go and explore diff kinds of food..without her,i feel something is missing..LOL..haha..well..i told my mum cerelia is going thailand and i asked her whether she need anything..then my mum said that she want those cheap cheap T shirts..LOL..her budget is abt $10 for 3..cerelia said, "you tot thailand is a 3rd world country ah?"LOL..i was luffing away sia..so funny loh..and of cos..i asked cerelia to help me get some stuff from thailand too..how can i miss the chance man..haha..girl..have a safe and blessed trip with your family..i will miss you..LOL..

"You should be known for the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God."

1 Peter 3:4(NLT)

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