Jeremiah 17:7-8
Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,
And whose hope is the LORD.
For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
City Harvest Church
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Sunday, February 4, 2007
It has been a power filled weekend for me!
Hah. Pastor Dr. Ulf Ekman come down to City Harvest to preach this weekend.
He was great!
On friday night, he talked about generational blessings. Indeed, if there are generational curses, there must be MORE generational blessings because where sins abound, grace abounds even more! Our God is a God who loves to bless and we are the Blessed Ones! We are Blessed!
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Here's a song by one of my favourite singers - Rachael Lampa - called Blessed:
I may never climb a mountain
So I can see the world from there
I may never ride the waves
And taste the salty ocean air
Or build a bridge that will last a hundred years
But no matter where the road leads
One thing is always clear
I am blessed, I am blessed
From when I rise up in the morning
'Til I lay my head to rest
I feel You near me
You soothe me when I'm weary
Oh Lord for all the worst and all the best
I am blessed
All along the road less traveled
I have crawled and I have run
I have wandered through the wind and rain
Until I found the sun
The watching eyes ask me why I walk this narrow way
I will gladly give the reason
For the hope I have today
You've given me joy
You've given me love
You give me strength
When I want to give up
You came from heaven
To rescue my soul
This is the reason I know, I know
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Nice song right?? Heh. Must go download and hear k!
In yesterday's service, Dr Ulf talked about the Fire and Fear of Missions with the focus on China. In the last part of the service, he started praying and prophesized over our Church as we stepped in China. He also made an altar call for those people who sensed that God is calling them to go into the missions field.
For me, I was quite reluctant initally to go down because I'm the sort of person who loves comfort and is afraid of the unknown. However, the moment Dr Ulf prayed and broke the spirit of fear, something in my spirit was released and I started crying. I knew at that instant that I need to go down to the altar call but I was still struggling within me. Thank God I made my decision after a few seconds - to follow God wherever He wants me to go - and I went down to the altar call.
Dr Ulf has great anointing! People just fell down under the power of the Holy Spirit when He prayed for them or simply walked past them! There was such outpouring of the Holy Spirit over the whole church! As I started praying at the altar call, I saw a vision that made me cry as I felt the burden in my spirit. I saw this group of young children in rural China, looking up into the grey sky asking, "Where is the real God?!" Then I felt my spirit pleading with God to tarry Jesus' second coming so as to give the China people a chance to know and receive the Gospel. Then I saw the outpouring of the Holy Spirit over the whole of China as if the floodgates of Heaven just opened above China. I don't really know what that means but I know it does mean something. Hah.
As I was making my way back to my seat after the altar call, a girl caught my eye. She wasn't very pretty, just a average looking Jane, but she is certainly anointed as she is a Cell Group Leader. As I looked at her, suddenly I heard and saw this words, "She will be your wife". I freaked out a bit. Hah. I guess only time will show whether that will come to past or not. Oh wells.
This morning, Dr Ulf talked about unity in the body of Christ and the new Charimastic movement that the Holy Spirit is about to do! It is really cool as Dr Ulf talked about the different movements of the Holy Spirit in the past that resulted in different denominations of churches worldwide. =D
Deo Volente prayed to God at 7:29 PM
