The Planter's seed

My dear cell group,

Just wanted to share with you quite a great change in my life. I attended an inter-varsity worship session last thursday, and since then a little more of God's destiny for me has been revealed.

The worship session was much alike to our Saturday Youth service, except that it was not as charismatic (being a non-denominational fellowship). However, it was the first 'proper' service that i had actually managed to attend since i landed. I had tried another before that, but it was kinda methodist and very conservative, not moving at all.

So yeah the service was quite refreshing for me, just enjoying God filling up my life once again, praise & worship was great (albeit awfully short), and the sermon was very powerful. In fact, the sermon stirred up sumthing very strong in me. Through deep and intensice prayer i felt God was really calling out to me to get up and do sumthing more for His kingdom.

The message i received was that the greatest form of worship transcended denomination, human strength, thrones, powers, authorities, even human limitations. The greatest form of worship lay simply in living out our lives fully as godly men and women, so that we may be a testimony to the world, of the Lord's love and grace. However, it did not simply stop there, for no one lights a lamp and puts it under a bowl. Our lives in emulation of Christ were to bring those around us to know God and to enjoy His agape love. It did not even necessitate active evangelization, for in our daily lives' sayings and doings, evangelism was already actively at work in the Spirit.

I felt so empowered with a sense of purpose, and just suddenly realised there were qte a few singaporeans around me who were seekers/doubters. And i must resolve to be the salt that encourages them to thirst for God. Amen.

Together with a christian brother i found in Jeremy (a full-time singaporean student here who has had experience leading inter-varsity cell grps), we hope to eventually bring those singaporeans around us to know God and to encourage these seekers/doubters to seek the ultimate answer, the alpha & the omega, the unchanging loving God.

Indeed i guess this revelation may shock you guys abit, and indeed i am lacking in experience and even my bible knowledge. I'm doubling up on my bible study, i implore you my brothers and sisters to pray for me, for God-given wisdom that i may find the best ways to befriend them and slowly expose them to God, for increasing fellowship with Jeremy (for whom we seem to be each other's god-sent).

Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." This verse brings me alot of comfort and assurance, that though i'm a newly 'renewed' christian, that similarly i can still bring others to a mature and close walk with God. Hallelujah!