Sunday 10 November 2002

taking a PHAT break from studying for ochem.

so i want to dye/bleach/streak my hair red. any suggestions? though there are more downsides than upsides. maybe one day when i'm moody or something and feel like doing something drastic like pierce my cartilage and dye my hair, my parents, especially my dad would freak if he saw my cartilage peirced.

eva dinner was alrite, there was no one to evangelize to. it was just tony and justin ('cause it was at their apartment), eric, christina and me. i've been missing contact on fridays, kind of want to go out one of these days, when it's not raining. :P i was looking at my list of friends, and my closest friends are christians (haahaa i almost typed christinas, which is true too haahaa) Anyway, yeah I'm evaulating my friends and wondering why is it like this? during class or lab or discussion or whatever, i don't usually talk about personal stuff with my classmates which is a really good place to make friends, but i think i'm comfortable enough not to extend my circle of friends, but that's not good. my life needs to be a constant witness to those who don't know Him even though my life is far from perfect... yeah i've been realizing a lot of my weaknesses lately...i need to work on being less egocentric and more Theocentric or peoplecentric or something, i need to work on having good conversations with people getting to know them better, asking probing questions and being able to answer them myself to establish good friendships...i need to strengthen my prayer life, my reliance on God but then again, it's not me who changes me.. it's the Spirit who changes me... being moldable, changeable, having a child-like heart, child-like faith and a child-like mind and yet being as shrewd as a fox...

so at eva dinner justin asked this question: "what about sfc would you like to change" and i answered that the worship would be filled with life, people move to the music, they're smiling, clapping, standing up, singing raising up their hands.. being uninhibited in their worship to the God who created them" and justin said, you have a point, but the worship leaders are the examples and should lead in such a way.. so i've been thinking about it
Praise night is coming up...God has answered so many prayers already.. I have a prayer request for Friday, too... that our corporate worship as well as individual worship would be like david worshipped, shouting and dancing to the LORD... none of this self consciousness because true worship isn't scared of what the person next to you is gonna say about you standing up or moving to the music or raising your hands you know?
Abba Father, you are infinite, all powerful, all knowing and you deserve so much more than what we sing, play or give to you. Lord, please forgive my irreverence coming into your presence, into your sanctuary, Lord I pray that you'll change me, humble me. Lord I thank you for creating something so beautiful as music, that mere disturbances in the air could create such beautiful melodies. I pray that we would use this gift to your Glory, that it would be used to encourage to reach out and to be a reflection of the Love that sent your Son to the cross. I pray for this friday. I pray that people would sing for joy with all their heart that they would praise like the author of Psalm 47 praises. Lord I pray that your Spirit would be there that the worship team and I would worship with all our hearts to smile, to sing as if we were excited children, that which we are, Lord. You alone are worthy of our praises. In Jesus Name...

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