Now I Can (Part 1)

All things happen for a reason... and I'm walking this journey with God above. Learning once again His Grace and patience in my life.

Reading Joshua and Judges lately does help to know my God is a Victorious God, and nothing will be too difficult for my God. Yep.

So... a quick update, and an awesome video at the end you ALL got to watch.

Been reading Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer since Thursday. Been wanting to read it but never got the chance. Finally, Evelyn lent hers to me.

Way to go... what a nice time to read it.

And now for the best part of this entry.. you will watch something God inspired and totally out of the box. Yes... Go for God, Jin.. and Vanness!! :) I love you both, my brothers in Christ... I always think back to those days before we came back to God... and now we're all in Christ. God is good. :)

Yes.. I'm writing as though we were the greatest of friends, but we're not... but, I'm still happy to see how God has used them both so much in my life personally... before and after I became a Christian. God is Awesome, and we'll meet in Heaven one day. Or maybe before that.. if God permits!

Another Moment

The Swig

For a moment today, as I was driving home from Toowong after my shopping at Coles, and the car came to a stop at the traffic light outside Sizzlers... I stopped and marvelled at the prior encounter, and the shepherding session prior to that. This was ridiculous. My mind seemed to have become the devil's playground. The devil must have found my mind fun to toy and play with... and seems to be sitting on my swing of emotions, slide of fears, stairs of ambitions....

When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.

- Luke 4:13

Then, I wondered...

Why is it that each time I raise the white flag of surrender, the battle seems to begin? Shouldn't the battle usually stop when the white flag is raised in a war?

Maybe... I raised the flag to God... The God of Victory. That's where I pledged my alliance.
I didn't raise the flag of surrender to slavery. That's why the enemy's army isn't very happy... I guess.
 
And then a revelation in the shower...

But if my God is for me, then who can be against me?

The Army of God... who shall defeat?

With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies.

- Psalms 108:13

My Gratitudes

Many thanks to ShinYee mam and Elysaa for their timely advices today... I'm waiting for a spiritual breakthrough to happen...

I walk by faith... each step by faith!

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

- 1 Timothy 6:6

Need your prayers, so if you drop by... you know you can always shout out to Daddy! :)
 

Really... God, what are you doing?

Each time this happens, I find it funny. But... right now,

In Your Power, command Your protection over me...

'Cause figuring You out is totally impossible....

Silly of me to even have tried.

You're awesome God.

Finding Myself

Oh Shannon where have you been?

I've been in the kitchen.. yes.... doing some baking...

I've been in the limelight... yes... doing some entertaining...

I've been in the room... yes... doing some reading...

I've been in the field... yes... doing some labouring..

I've been in the gap.. yes... doing some bridging...

I've been in the hole.. yes... doing some reflections...

I've been everywhere... yes... losing my focus.

I've been to the Sanctuary... yes... finding my Strength...

I've been on my knees... yes... surrendering again.

God... be the Driver of my life. Tell me and I'll obey... not try to obey.

Knowing the Truth is meant to help.

So, let the Truth shine, so darkness can be exposed.

Therefore, open up to the Light.

Pray till we break through

Everyone is called to stand in the gap and pray.

Though I'm not specifically called in the intercessory ministry.... I feel a need to pray.

Lately, there's been so many things happening... in my ministry, in the lives of my friends around me... in my family.... so many things, even in Shannon's little world of emotions, there's been ups and downs.

Some times the fear of failing really strikes... not just in my life, but failing to handle what the Lord has entrusted me to carry, some times... is scary. But I'm rest assured what God has for me is for good and for a purpose.  Jesus said, take HIS yoke! His yoke is easy... and His burden is light!

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

- Matthew 11:27-30

Trusting God for the things I have no control over, but only a burden to lift them up in prayer.
For those under my care... for those dear to me.... for a sister to receive emotional healing... for a relative to receive physical healing... for family members to come to know Christ.... for a brother's breakthrough grow so history does not repeat itself... for a sister to see her obstacles broken down one by one... for my dear friends' salvation... for a break through in faith and influence in the marketplace... for the sensitivity to hear the Lord... for so many things...

There is something great for the Church at this point in time... that's why the warfare is even stronger. But the enemy will not hold us down... Ps Lance once said, "Spiritual warfare is not what the enemy does to us. It is what we do to the enemy!"

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

- Romans 8:37-39

Good night friends. I'm gonna pray and sleep early tonight.

Take care and let's unite in prayer!

I have learnt what it means to obey...

Have I really learnt it?

I have learnt escaping solves nothing...

So it's time to face and get real.

But know Daddy is with me to fight this battle!

Concluding WAC2010

After almost 4 months of hard work, WAC (Working Adults Conference) has finally concluded with a blast!

Seeing all the delegates blessed from WAC2010 is such a joy to my heart and all the committee members.

It's really been the first church event I've organised, and it's been a learning curve. The last time I organised something so huge was in 2005 - Return of the Warriors..

But I know the experience is so different. Because God was in this, and so much lessons were learnt. And also to learn to put up an event with humility, covered by His Grace... is been such a great journey to have taken.

It's been also great to sit under the Word of God brought forth through Ps Jeff from Hope Singapore. The first times I've heard his preaching was when I was in Singapore for a holiday this recent Christmas. But to hear him preach in WAC2010 has a different meaning. I'm so glad to have been blessed by the message God has entrusted him to bring forth to the congregation, and even to hear the Truth being brought forth boldly. Many of us had to come to a place of being real before God, and just wanting to do it the RIGHT WAY of making God the Source of our Influence in our lives.

I've also learnt to discover and develop my giftings from God through this whole season... and I'm still in the journey of discovering where God wants me to use them... I guess it'll be a time where God mould my character so I might faithfully and fruitfully handle them well.

Having to run around the event endlessly, but yet still being greatly blessed by this whole event, both personally and spiritually has been one of the greatest gift to me. And yet God wasn't done in blessing me - I was blessed with a wonderful lucky draw prize - a Jamie Oliver Pasta Maker. Whao... and to think I was the person bringing the gift and dip out.... lol, God is funny. :)

Oh well, I think I can have a good break now... and spend some great quality time with God.. ah...

For now, I'mma meet God in my dream. :)

There may be many things I still gotta learn..

One of that is to learn to say 'Thank You'...

And not take others for granted.

So... Let me say Thank You now... cuz I didn't.

And hope I get the chance to again.

But God, You know that whole thing.....

It's puzzling. But You're in control. So I surrender... again.