Weren't you blown away by that title?
I figured that since we had a title in Tong Tong language last post, now it's time for another language!
Okay pop quiz.
The title is in:
A. Iban.
B. Sarawak Malay.
C. some imaginary language I made up.
D. English!
*think*
*think*
*think*
*okay i get it you're just scrolling down without thinking*
*or worse, you're scrolling down all the way to the first photo because you only look at photos and not read the words*
The answer's B!
It means "Last Saturday was awesome".
What made it awesome?
Okay so there was pre-service prayer led by a beautiful lady:
Sarah Khoo!
Prayer points included:
1. ourselves
2. service later on
3. healing for the not-so-well people
Moving on.
This week the 5-minute toilet break won't be mentioned in the post.
...oh. oops.
7:30p.m. and:
Worship was led by Pr Victor.
It was great.
Announcements soon followed, and since our favourite announcer Ming Yen is now talking loudly in KL, we had:
the also loud, Sharon Leow!
who never runs out of things to talk about, no exception while doing announcements, because there were plenty that week, including:
1. Mission trip to Phang Nga Bay, Thailand - 29th May till 10th June. Only for 15-year-olds and above. Interested, please ask Pr Victor for more info=)
2. Angpow donations for House of Hope kids - pass them to Eunice Lee.
3. Vacancy! For this blog. Yes the one you're reading right now. We need writers and photographers. Interested? Say something on the cbox, or e-mail firebrands.irri@gmail.com (NO SPAM!). If all else fails, meet me. thanks!
4. Wave Challenge 2011 is going to be on the 26th (tournament day at Balik Pulau stadium) and 27th (prize giving night at Methodist Girls' School) of March. Here's the guy in charge:
Gary Lee.
If you're interested (it's really really encouraged that you join in!)
1. Floorball Men: Gary
2. Floorball Ladies: Sarah Khoo
3. Captainball: Khai Hern
4. any other sport: talk to Gary
5. (so many announcements right.) Revo Garden @ St. Xavier's! Here's the representative:
Mr. Isaac Huang
T-shirts in support of Revo Garden SXI (to fund the project) are on sale! Like the cool one he's wearing. Do ask him for more info:)
......fuh. time for a breather.
*inhale*
*10 secs*
*exhale*
Because you need that deep breath to brace yourself for God's Word that night, brought to fireBRANDS by the inspiring and ever-encouraging man:
it's Jason Chan!
It was an impactful message.
The question: Is there something holding us (fireBRANDS) back?
So we start with Simon Peter.
Peter was a guy who was slow to think, but fast to act/talk. Like how he stepped out of the boat without thinking and walked on water (although shortly after he started drowning after he realised what he was actually doing).
He was always the guy with something to say, but many times without much thought. Eg. in Matthew 16:
21From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
22Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!”
23Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
And he was also that man who denied knowing Christ thrice.
Peter was a man of flaw. He cut a man's ear when Judas and his men came to arrest Jesus.
But in Acts 1:8,
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
During Pentecost, after Jesus's crucifixion, Peter spoke - this time he spoke not without thinking, but with the power of the Holy Spirit - and 3,000 were saved (Acts 2:41).
THREE THOUSAND.
By the way, it's the same guy. It's Peter.
But an encounter with God changed him.
As how God used Peter, God can use us.
soo, what is stopping you??
Are you gonna allow Him to take control, or will you make excuses?
Don't let the little things around you affect what God placed in your heart.
Whatever burdens you have in your heart, let it go. Like Jesus said, "It is done." Repent, and do the things of God.
Because the difference between Peter and Judas? One repented.
