Recently I was pondering about my life and I was reminded about The Great Commission that Jesus had given to his disciples. I remembered Pastor Ben often said in the past that if you were to cut a Hope member, he will bleed Great Commission. That was to show how committed Hope member is to The Great Commission. I am wondering whether this is still true now. Will I "bleed Great Commission"?
As a christian, I want to follow Christ and I want Christ to be my master and head. I want to be a disciple of Christ, someone who will obey his commandments and live out his teachings. So I am tasked to fulfil The Great Commission in my lifetime. What does that mean? I am to make disciple who has close relationship with God. I am to teach him/her everything that Christ had taught. It is not just about sharing gospel, it is about continuous sowing, teaching and nurturing.
We are living in the beginning of the end times. If tribulation were to come tomorrow, can my disciples/flock go through it? Can I go through it? The tribulation mention in the bible sounds extremely terrible. Hanhui describe it(during the last WFL) as a time where we might have to choose between our life or Jesus, our fingers or Jesus, our nails or Jesus etc.
I think it is easy for me to say that I can give up my life for Jesus but when I imagine my fingers, nails, eyes or similar kind of torture that I have to go through for Jesus. Can I really hold on to my faith and belief? Or will I give it up to preserve myself?
During the Prayer meet on last Fri, the first and second prophecy encourages me. I was getting discourage but God wants me to know that nothing is more important than to know the fact that He loves me and nothing is more important to Him than to know I love him. I can be joyful always and not to feel discourage even when I don't see fruit in ministry. And the second prophecy talks about The Great Commission. It is exactly what I have been thinking about. It inspired me to do my best to help my sheep, cg and myself to grow in our convictions about God and his teachings and also about the Great Commission. These are the last words of Jesus before he ascend to Heaven. It must be important.
"Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I will be with you always, to the very end of the age. " Matt 28:19-20
May 18, 2009
May 13, 2009
Updates
It has been a long time since I last blog. Now for the updates. For this period of my absence online, I have went through my national service (second last one!!), first paint ball experience, sickness and my first WFL teaching experience.
My national service was a relaxing one. Most of it was preparation and conducting of ranges. There is a change to how the range is to be conducted. Now it is more war-like. Compare to the previous range, this is closer to reality if we really engage enemy. I am glad and proud of such improvement. I hope to see more of such initiative to build up our soldiers to be ready to protect our country when the button is pressed.
Thank God I got marksman (because of team effort) and silver award for my IPPT! My exercise regime works!! I wonder whether I can get Gold next year. Haha.. sounds impossible..
Probably because of the national service, I went to Danga mall with friends and we played archery and paint ball. There isn't much things in Danga mall but archery is quite cheap at RM50 for 150arrows. We had a good time of shooting. And shawn, yeu ann and myself went ahead for paint ball. My first experience there and I ate paint ball within the first 5 min of play. My opponent team was a veteran team. When they are in position, poping my head out means immediate KO. My team were unable to make much advance and we lost. After that, we have a mini game among ourselves and it was quite fun. Yeu ann earned a couple of war scar from Shawn. Next time I will ask more people to go for it. All guys outing to DANGA MALL for PAINT BALL!! haha.. Instead of DOTA, Let's do some real damage in a game of paint ball..
I had fever before I started work again after my national service. In view of the swine flu, I went to consult a doctor to be sure. Thankfully, it was nothing as serious. I was able to resume my work with 1 day of MC. I went to the polyclinic for my consultation. I was glad that the episode of SARS has helped our health care officers to be more ready to handle this new threat. Forms are handled out to be filled, temperature were taken, stickers were given, masks were given as well and a designated area for registration and consultation was given for people like me with symptom of swine flu. Because of this, I took a relatively shorter waiting time for my turn. Praise God.
I had my first teaching session in WFL. It was a humbling experience. I was nervous and appear disorganise and not confident about what I teach. My time and class management wasn't good too. I was really discouraged after that but thank God for my co instructors who were there to give me feedback on what I can do better and what I have done well. I learnt alot from them. My wife gave me alot of support and encouragement along our trip back. She did a good job in easing my heart. Frankly I did think that I am not cut out to teach and wanted to give up teaching in WFL or to large group totally. But to admit defeat isn't what a victorious christian should do and it is a privilege to serve the LORD. I wanted to continue to improve myself to teach better. If I am lacking in knowledge, I will read more. If I am weak in delivery, I will teach more in smaller settings and practice more on my own. Thank God that I have a wife who teach everyday. I can get some tips from her as well. When the privilege comes again, I want to be ready to serve my LORD better. =)
Ok that's all for the moment.
My national service was a relaxing one. Most of it was preparation and conducting of ranges. There is a change to how the range is to be conducted. Now it is more war-like. Compare to the previous range, this is closer to reality if we really engage enemy. I am glad and proud of such improvement. I hope to see more of such initiative to build up our soldiers to be ready to protect our country when the button is pressed.
Thank God I got marksman (because of team effort) and silver award for my IPPT! My exercise regime works!! I wonder whether I can get Gold next year. Haha.. sounds impossible..
Probably because of the national service, I went to Danga mall with friends and we played archery and paint ball. There isn't much things in Danga mall but archery is quite cheap at RM50 for 150arrows. We had a good time of shooting. And shawn, yeu ann and myself went ahead for paint ball. My first experience there and I ate paint ball within the first 5 min of play. My opponent team was a veteran team. When they are in position, poping my head out means immediate KO. My team were unable to make much advance and we lost. After that, we have a mini game among ourselves and it was quite fun. Yeu ann earned a couple of war scar from Shawn. Next time I will ask more people to go for it. All guys outing to DANGA MALL for PAINT BALL!! haha.. Instead of DOTA, Let's do some real damage in a game of paint ball..
I had fever before I started work again after my national service. In view of the swine flu, I went to consult a doctor to be sure. Thankfully, it was nothing as serious. I was able to resume my work with 1 day of MC. I went to the polyclinic for my consultation. I was glad that the episode of SARS has helped our health care officers to be more ready to handle this new threat. Forms are handled out to be filled, temperature were taken, stickers were given, masks were given as well and a designated area for registration and consultation was given for people like me with symptom of swine flu. Because of this, I took a relatively shorter waiting time for my turn. Praise God.
I had my first teaching session in WFL. It was a humbling experience. I was nervous and appear disorganise and not confident about what I teach. My time and class management wasn't good too. I was really discouraged after that but thank God for my co instructors who were there to give me feedback on what I can do better and what I have done well. I learnt alot from them. My wife gave me alot of support and encouragement along our trip back. She did a good job in easing my heart. Frankly I did think that I am not cut out to teach and wanted to give up teaching in WFL or to large group totally. But to admit defeat isn't what a victorious christian should do and it is a privilege to serve the LORD. I wanted to continue to improve myself to teach better. If I am lacking in knowledge, I will read more. If I am weak in delivery, I will teach more in smaller settings and practice more on my own. Thank God that I have a wife who teach everyday. I can get some tips from her as well. When the privilege comes again, I want to be ready to serve my LORD better. =)
Ok that's all for the moment.
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