Never viewed that song in this light before.
And finally. The song that impacted me the most.
<Unknown Band - You Are So Faithful>
Like the sun that rises everyday
You are so faithful,
Lord You are faithful
Like the rain that you send
And every breath that I breathe
You are so faithful, Lord
Like the rose that comes alive every spring
You are so faithful,
Lord You are faithful
Like the life that you give
To every beat of my heart
You are so faithful,
LordI see the cross
and the price You have to pay
I see the blood
that washed my sins away
And in the midst of the storm,
through the wind and the waves
You'll still be faithful
You'll still be faithful
If the stars refuse to shine
And time is no more
You'd still be faithful
You'd still be faithful, Lord
And well my pepsi in my bottle kept leaking. Pfft. Took two tissues to clean it up.
And Shawn brought 2 friends from Barker.
I realise one is my very old friend from ACS(J). Seth Ong. We remember him fondly as (S.O.) (with negative connotations).
Finally the mission - Goer video didn't have glitches.
SERMON.
By this guy known simply as.
Mr Tony.
Well I'll tell you a bit.
Brannigan told me his dad went for this guy's seminar before.
Says he has a speech problem. A little slurred, as though he had a harelip.
His daughter was killed in an accident, or something like that.
He's a missionary.
So apparently this guy is appropriate in ending off missions month.
From the start we know he's comical.
"A lot of people ask me why I'm shorter than my wife."
Anyway. He starts off with his life experience.
Firstly, he was a Chinese.
He invited spirits to possess him.
And he hated Christians.
He hated the Bible.
He thought it was fake.
Then in Sec 3 he was staying in a dorm.
His mum had given him $120 for a month's expenses or something like that.
And so he had $5 left when it was time to go home.
One $5 note.
Folded neatly into a square.
And it was his last day.
And so on the last day he was all eager to go home and buy the ticket, which was $4.50.
And he LOST the money.
Haha at this point he went hysterical.
No money, no ticket.
No ticket, no free ride.
So he got a few of his friends to look all around for it.
Then they couldn't find it.
So in the end they went to 'hide' (rest) under a tree.
So he went far far away.
And decided to try Jesus.
And he didn't want to see people praying.
And haha he thought Christians were stupid for.
1. praying into empty air
2. closing their eyes while praying (people close their eyes and walk into walls/poles. Haha)
And so he fired off a quick prayer, cos he didn't want people to see him praying.
And he didn't want to knock into anything.
So he was like.
He bowed his head. Came off the stage. Closed his eyes. And prayed.
"Jesus, if you are real, show me where my 5 dollars are."
QUICK ONE.
And hahaha he stops right in front of someone.
And his head bowed, his eyes closed.
Then he opens his eyes.
Then they go big.
"The $5 were right under my feet!
Then I said, no, it couldn't be.
But yes, it was.
There my $5 was, neatly folded into a square. Couldn't be anyone else's."
Hahaha.
We loved him.
He called lifefloats DONUTS.
Hahaha. The whole congregation went hysterical over this.
But he drove in his message well, amid life experiences that were so funny they made even the most serious laugh.
The Bible gives 4 voices of God.
1. Heaven. Says, go and spread the good news.
2. Hell. Says, please go and spread the good news to my loved ones. I don't want them to come here.
(And, of course, "If you know I was going to hell since you believed in Jesus, why didn't you tell me?)
3. Inside you. The Holy spirit says, please go. (And here he asked. Do you know why the world is so dark? Simply because, all the light of the world *pause* has gathered in all the churches! So these churches got a lot of lights! You shine at me I shine at you (: )
Hahaha. And then he goes, so spread the light!
Another one. We fast forward 200 years, for we know we'll all be in heaven.
Then we'll have a PLMC meeting in heaven.
And we'll look down on Singapore.
And 200 years from now PLMC will have multiplied.
Then can count.
PLMC. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7...all over (Haha here we all laugh like mad.)
And 4. The world. It says, COME. COME and tell me the great news.
Anyway. We loved his speech.
He made 2 appeals. One, for those who wanted to say, "Here I am, Lord. Send Me." Like Isaiah. I was compelled to stand. The second was for new believers. Those who wanted to believe.
No closing song, oddly enough.
From here on I shall refer to this special someone as Trevor, to protect his identity.
He doesn't want it to be revealed.
While everyone was leaving he told me he wanted to accept Christ.
To be honest, I'd never done the prayer with anyone before.
When I said it I was 5.
But I got down on my knees anyway since he didn't feel like going to the pastor.
And somehow conviction came into me.
I led him well, I will admit. Thank you God!
And well he went to tell Ryan. So the two of us were happy for him.
Ryan nearly bowled me over.
Then he approached Pastor Kay Leong.
Then he and Mr Tony prayed for Trevor.
I stood by respectfully while Rachel asked me some questions.
I love today, totally! It's the first I've ever done.
THE FIRST.
He will always be special in that way.
And so after they were done I asked Mr Tony and Rev Kay Leong how to guide him.
Well he gave me several tips.
1. Assurance. Continue to assure that he is accepted by Christ. It's known fact, but for new Christians they need food.
2. Teach him how to pray. Important important important.
3. Get him to do devotions. Tell him how to get God's word from the Bible. For God's word will never die.
4. Meet up with him once a week to ensure that this is done.
And then they prayed for me.
❤
Heh. Anyway. Then we went down.
Tricia was the number 1 to approach me.
Well, cool. She gave me the Never Stop CD. Which I'm listening to now.
And said hi to JiaWen, who surprisingly came today.
Well, they took out their cameras and...I got flashed 10 times in total today.
My eyes currently have 10 faint blotches when I shut my eyelids.
Hmpf.
And then I hang around Tricia and co. Heh.
Talk to about everyone. Surprisingly, little of Heather.
Some of Cleo. haha. She asked Ryan to walk her somewhere. How romantic. (x
Debb was laughing everytime I got flashed. Hmpf.
Anyway the walk down to the bus stop was eventful.
And I was drinking the remainder of my Pepsi when 81 came.
SO Junyi thoughtfully flagged it down for me, and JW helped me with my blazer. Thanks!
Trust the Lord to make a bad day good.
