Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Yoz everyone!! Sry again this few days hvnt been posting.. Last friday I jus recovered abit.. Thn Sat went to church.. Althou I was the oni guy tat went in for service with Sab n Evelyn, I din regret goin.. I love the service, the Presence of God was so strong.. On sunday, I went for the service with the same sermon agn.. It's so strong!! C5 sat at the 3rd row.. A few of us were hvin tears in our eyes.. Pastor How almost canot controlled his too.. Although the same msg as VBS was preached, the Presence is still touching when felt again.. I can listen to it a thousand times, the same anoitin still flows.. The spirit of sacrifice is still floodin the whole room, touching ppl's lives.. I will try to bring out wat Pastor How preached.. I duno y but I jus love God n my Pastors so much no matter wat happens.. =p They had sacrificed alot for us.. Pastor How had given up his million dollars business to set up heart of God church, Pastor Lia given up her Jounalist job in The Straits Times to be full time in church n build such a great church to bring us to where we are in our lives now.. Let's imagine, 10 yrs ago, Pastor How decided to disobey God n took his father's million dollar business, Pastor Lia decided to continue her Journalist in The Straits Times.. Where will heart of God church be now? Where will all the broken hearts, messed up lives, the current leaders be now? I m jus very grateful for wat my pastors had done.. They had given up so much, for wat? Answer is simple, they want to build a church tat the future generations can turn to.. A church where warm can be felt.. Where loved can be felt so strongly.. Others might had told pastors "Hey, tk ur father's business, be rich, when u are much older, retire early n build a church.." But my pastors did not heed their misleadin advices.. They want to giv their best yrs of their lives to God.. Tats wat I m goin to do.. They are my role models.. I want to be like them.. Pastor Kong started young too.. Now biggest church in the entire nation, the whole of Asia.. Every great churches in the world are built by the power of the spirit of sacrifice.. I can give u 1 example of a true story of the largest chruch in the whole world.. U can check it out if u think I m lying.. Pastor David Yonggi Cho, pastor of Yoido Full Gospel church in South Korea, it contains about 1,o00,000 attandance each week.. Many years ago, pastor Cho wants to built a church tat can hold up to a million ppl.. At 1970s, the currency of Korea tied with the States.. Suddenly there was a huge financial crisis.. Many ppl got bankrupt and lost their jobs.. Due to tat, the offerings and tithings of the church dropped n continued dropping.. The contract for the construction was signed n there is no way back.. But, they dun hv enough money to pay the workers.. Therefore, the workers stopped working.. Wat's left at the site is jus mud n some unfinished metal railing supports.. Pastor David Cho was so depressed tat he almost attempted suicide.. One day, he decided to hold a prayer meeting at the unfinished site.. when everyone was praying, suddenly, one old lady walked up to pastor Cho, with tears flowing out of her eyes uncontrollably, n said "Pastor, Let me contribute to the building fund of this church.." All she was holdin in her hand was jus a pair of metal chopskicks n a metal bowl.. "These are wat I used to eat my meals everyday.. I want to give it up to u to sell it for a few pennies n contribute to the building fund," she said.. Pastor Cho replied "Sister, I canot take ur items.. These are all u hv for ur daily needs".. She said "Pastor, I m old n dying soon.. I dun want to meet God without giving to the church anything.. I can put my meals on old pieces of newspapers n eat using my hands.. Please let me help the church in anyway I can.." At tat moment, Pastor Cho cant help but cried too.. Thn the presence of God jus fell to the place.. One businessman stood up in the midst n bought the metal chopsticks n bowls with USD$1000.. Frm tat moment, many others started pledging their possession.. The building was built not long later.. Now it's the largest church in the world.. When I heard the story, I was so touched tat I had tears in my eyes.. Pastor How oso almost cried but he had to control.. While typing this post, I can feel the same presence n tearing.. Ppl out there who are reading this post, imagine this.. If tat old lady did not step up to give tat metal chopsticks n bowl, the buildin would not hv been built by now.. In a church without the spirit of sacrifice, they are jus an ordinary organisation, the pastor may jus be a motivational speaker at the most.. Pastor How had sacrificed alot for us.. I jus want to say again, Pastor Kong, Pastor How n Pastor Lia.. Thank you very much!! Apart from God, I love u all the most.. I duno how to pay back for wat u had done in my life.. It's cos of u guys, I m doin much better in life.. I want to thank God too.. If not for Him, dun even think of changing my life, cos if not for Him, I wouldn't even be alive today.. I love You, God!! =D Tats all.. I will post again..
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