Sunday 10 July

Woke up early this Sunday. 7.15am I was awaken. Today I am leading worship in the church svc. Took a bath, change, ate breakfast and left for church. Reach there by 8am. The rest of the team reached shortly after. Gary on the drum, Kevin on the bass, Amelia on Clavi and support singing and me on the guitar and mike. Today the theme is abt Praying in the Spirit. I specifically chose songs that talks about the Holy Spirit. But i didn't know exactly what i had to say or pray. I tried thinking up something to say the nite before but i was just too tired. So I told God that He will tell me what to say. And really thank God because somehow or rather, He gave me confidence even though i dun know wat to say. And as the worship flow, He just bit by bit revealed to me and i just speak. Though there's still for improvement in my language and how i express my self. As for the worship itself, I thank God tat even though with minimum musicians, we were able to carry off and lead the people into God's presence. Though I still not proficient enough to play and lead. Just too hard for me to focus on the guitar, the singing, the leading at one time. And somemore, i'm such a beat-less person. Haha! But still i thank God for His grace. And also thank God for Gary and Kevin who are so professional in their instruments which help to lift up the worship. And also i want to thank God for bringing Amelia into the team. At such a young age, she is already so confident and so motivated to want to worship God. And I'm definitely proud to have her in the team. She is so serious and committed in her role. When she couldn't hear herself in the mike, she will insist with good attitude that she wants to be heard. Praise the Lord!
Then our Senior Pastor, Rev. Wong, touched on today's theme, Praying in the Spirit. To summarise everything, it means to be connected to God 24 x 7 thru the Spirit. In everything tat we do, we keep ourself link with God. It can be done in words, tongues or even silence. We pray to God with our knowledge of language. However there's a limit to our expression in our language and that's when praying in the tongues help us to be more free to express our feelings to God. And also there are times even in our silence we can be connected to God. Just a sign can also be an expression to God if our sign is directed to God. Then there was a time of ministering where Rev Wong brought the congregation before God and encourage them to pray to God with words, in tongues. And many people were touched to tears which somehow brought joy in me (not that i enjoy seeing pple crying but rather joy in seeing God's hands at work) And many people have encountered a new experience with God. Praise be to God!
After 2nd svc worship session, the team and some of the youths went to CGH to makan. Then after meal went back to church and when the svc ended, me and some of the youths (Joanne, Si En, Xin Ling, Jamie)went to Tampines Subway for a snack. Bought 3 cookies for myself and a large drink which we share. And while chatting with them, I can see that the girls are very mature in handling certain issues. I thank God that they could be sensitive in certain issue and dun just brush the issue aside but rather wanting to change the situation. After that, we went our separate ways. I went home and sleep.