Monday, November 24, 2008

haha. i realised that i varied so many of my passwords for various accounts that i cant remember which is for which. bummer. i really need to get them written down in my wallet or smt.

anyway. Asia Conference was over. i must say its been a great experience. Sometimes i feel that some of us as believers, we dont have the discipline to dwell long enough in God's presence for Him to reveal anything to us. so i guess 5 days of being thoroughly soaked in his presence is an excellent kickstart!!

for one. God kept speaking to me about the people out there. i have always felt a great burden for people that have great potential but waste their lives away or people who are great at achieving all they wanna achieve but in truth, but lack purpose and direction in life. it burdens my heart and i feel pain everytime i think of them. i really feel this heaviness in my heart. cus to me, theres so much more. and i always think of this lyric in Stacy Oricco's song More To Life "There's gotta be more to life than chasing down every temporary high to satisfy me". i always never thought much of wad God implanted in my heart but throughout the conference, the Holy Spirit really renewed my mind especially on insulation and penetration, and impacting the person to change the community he or she is in. and i guess i wanna give it a good go for once.

oh and btw. just wanted to talk about all the stuff i read on STOMP about the Benny Hinn thing. i believe that most of the people there who post stuff are christians who dont support Benny Hinn cus of all the stuff that we hear and read on the net. I am first to admit that i have read all these stuff as well and doubts have also lingered in my mind about this man, but the truth is all these are second hand information, and we have no insider info, neither can we truly judge based on wad we hear and see. but having been to 3 of his services in the last 4 years. i guess wad i can relate my personal experience. the first two services i have been to have been good. the third one i would say was not too bad myself. in his services, wad i feel and know is indeed a move of the Holy Spirit. this is seen by loads of people including those around me like my frens and girlfriend falling in the power of the Holy Spirit. i myself have felt a strong heating sensation and well as uncontrollable shaking in my legs. while some of these may sound very far fetched. for me being to various churches and being from a tradtional church for 15 years of myself before i started attending city harvest, i guess i have been through enough points of views and perspectives and practices to know how experiencing the holy spirit is like (even thou i still do have a long way to go), so in his services there definitely is a move in the spirit in terms of healing and people experiencing the holy spirit in a real way.

however, i had reservations about some of the stuff that he was preaching and saying. but like it says in the word

"Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies. Test all things; hold fast what is good."

i guess even men of God arent necessarily the most perfect. we all know that only Jesus was tempted in all ways but yet was of no blemish. if you and i make a mistake, no one would bother as much. but if a popular preacher or celebrity or pop star makes a mistake. these kinda stuff are immediately thrust into the spotlight. so all i have to say is that, we have to learn to discern what is right from wad is wrong. just cus u make a mistake in the things u say. it doesnt make u a bad person. its just imperfect nature. but at the same time, we have to differentiate and know wad we can accept and practice and what we cannot and at the same time open our hearts to receive so we dont 'quench' wad is truly from God.

its not easy. thats why we pray, read the word and spend time in with the Holy Spirit. so that in wisdom and in discernment. we know wads going on. thats why Christianity is a relationship and not a religion. just a side note. if something is really from God, it can be found throughout the entire Bible and as u pray about it, u feel the peace of God. heh. dont let anything stop u from receiving wad God wants u to receive in a Benny Hinn or in fact any service. Just discern. God bless and cheers!!

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