Going Gear 5 with God

There's been a lot going on in my life lately. A lot, does not mean a lot of events. But yeah, God doesn't wait too long when He chooses to use someone! Hehe.. But yes, here's an update you have to read!

Right after I posted my previous entry, God began His work. For some reason, like I mentioned a month ago in my previous entry, that God was speaking something to me through JMa's preaching. That was a Saturday.

That night I responded after watching the video - can you see the power of media? Jaeson Ma doesn't need to be here to preach a message from God. God has anointed him and given him this gift of using the media as his pulpit to preach the good news!

Look, here I was crying, "Yes, God. Use me!"

So... there went Saturday night. Little Miss Shannon climbs into bed, hugs Daddy and goes to sleep.

Next day, at church....  I went up at the end of the service during the altar call. And I can't remember what I went up for now, but the person who prayed for me instead gave me a prophetic word and encouragement! God spoke a vision through her:

I was holding a tool and digging the soil. It feels like I've been hitting the hard rocks and my tools are about to break and I don't seem to be getting anywhere with my labour. Even to a point where my tool was exhausted and broke! But God is telling me to persevere and hold on! Because God will provide me with a new tool! And then I will see the rocks began to break open and the receive whatever is in there for me!

Guess what? Doesn't that sound like the vision that God gave me early in the year? Yeah, it has been on my Facebook all these while since the year began: "Embracing the treasures of 2010. Yes... Treasures hidden below hard soil... :) Faith, Hope, Love - LIVE and RUN!"



Amazing! Let me tell you what the prophetic word revealed!

Hitting Rocks
It has been really hard meeting the expectations of the videos that I was asked to create, I was already hitting rocks as I decided that this was what God has called me to. But I believe God was also teaching me faithfulness and perseverance! Which was very much the prophetic word that was given! I was really encouraged to hear the word... and also to embrace my heart as the prophecy told of what was to come. Anticipation!

I had a dream...
I felt the anointing of the Lord come upon me and God was enabling me to do what He has called me to. God used a person as a vessel, and through that person He gave me that anointing. It was an affirmation, a tangible empowerment and an experience that I knew that the message in the dream had already come to pass.
Tuesday 20th, I wrote in my Facebook status that day:
"....and he said, 'come closer', and with a strong and mighty breath, it felt like he blew the Spirit unto me... there was empowerment, joy, strength, gentleness, peace and warmth."

First part of prophetic word came to pass - My tool broke
A couple of weeks passed, and the software I was using to create my videos for the Working Adult Conference expired. There I was sitting in my room, staring at my computer, knowing it wasn't good. The deadline for the video was drawing near.. but I had no software to complete it! The software costs AUS$1700++, where was I to find such a software!!
Wednesday 21st, my Facebook status wrote: "portion of tool just broke... waiting for Providence..."

I sat there a couple of days... asking around for the software, asking who would provide me one... seeing the days go by... not knowing how I could continue the work entrusted to me....

Second part of prophetic word - Tool Provided by God
Thanks to God's grace, someone told me that any full time student can get it for a student price as long as they have a minimum 2 year degree course. So Kuzi agreed to help me out despite not knowing much about computers! The amazing thing is that I got the package shipped to me within 1 day and it got verified within 12 hours.

A miracle! Why a miracle? Because there was so much complications within the process, too much that I can type here. I couldn't register Kuzi's email, and there was 2 emails linked my account. Kuzi was receiving emails for 'Shannon', and I didn't want to lie that I'm Kuzi.... etc etc.

Cut the long story short, God provided...!! Because.... the software is right here with me!!!

Thursday 29th April, my Facebook status wrote: "The prophetic word came to pass... my tool was broken... God provided. I got a new tool! the work continues.. :)"

Third part of prophetic word - receiving what was in there for me
I began the next part. Endless nights of toiling in this field. Ok, don't take that literally. It was not a field, but my room. Sleeping around 2-4am over a couple of nights to finish the multimedia for the Working Adults Conference. When it finally finished, there was that sense of accomplishment within. It wasn't easy at all! But it was such a great feeling... This was my feeling, totally. "It felt so awesome I actually completed what seemed like the FIRST MAJOR kingdom assignment ever entrusted to me, and God has been with me throughout the time of making it!"

The day I submitted my video to the Church, I got an email asking if I would like to join WAM's media department where I can be trained to take the skill to the next level. Words will not express how elated I felt. To me, it's an honour, not to feed my pride, but to know that my work is appreciated. And at the same time, it's a great affirmation to me what God has placed in my heart. To me, this whole media industry has always been 'taking small steps at a time, not knowing where I will head'. In the past, I did it without God. Now, I'm doing it with God...

I look back to where I was a month ago, and where I am right now.... This was definitely God. And definitely, looking back beyond 1 month... or even to last year, where I decided to entrust this burden for the media industry wholly to God.... it's all about surrendering what is really precious to us... isn't it!

But God didn't take it away!! God took it and refined the skill.... God took it and remoulded my heart... God took it and washed it's impurity! And now God has placed the new tool in my hand, much better than before.... because He has given this gift to me, not to use it the way I intended to... but they way He intended to! Only the Maker knows the purpose of each and every creation!!

Where is the video? You will see it at Church this Sunday. :) I'll post it up only after it has been screened at Church. :)

Shin Yee, Nicole... yes, God has surprised me. And I'm still awaiting more surprises!

And doing what God wants me to do is really exciting... and I also learn to fully rely on Him, because He is the creative director of my soul! Hee...

The next video that I've been currently working on is the Student Conference - Unleash.

And then another one soon...

I don't know where it's going to go ya know... but I'm just learning to be faithful, learning to persevere.

I won't say I'm faithful... because I have heaps to improve and learn on what being faithful is... In fact, I am so far from being faithful... and I know my weakest link is faithfulness. But I am definitely having a faithful God who is teaching me faithfulness through His faithfulness. :)

6th May, my Facebook status says: "Faithfulness is the KEY to unlock the doors God has promised He'll lead you to. =) Revelation!"

Thank You Lord... for everything. I'm still finding my way... learning to be faithful with the little I have..

So yeah, I've been really busy. And was talking to Kuzi about how busy we were! And her's a contribution of a positive view about being busy! Here goes:

Being busy does keep temptations away.

It's good to be busy... because when King David wasn't busy when he was supposed to be busy....

Yeah, you know... He stayed back during spring when kings go to war...

Walked around his house....

Looked out of his house.... and knowing he was already looking at the wrong place...

He saw her bathing... and then used one sin to cover up another sin.

Haha.. that's a bit random. But it makes sense doesn't it! Hee..

Ok, I'm going to sleep le.Thanks for reading and praying! :) Hee...

God bless you!

God's plans rock and He is sovereign.

I'm just sitting back and relax.

No, I'm also labouring as He calls.

But... I'm enjoying this whole journey....

And you know, the life lessons and all.......

The sense of humour my God has......

Yes yes, what are you doing God?

The Media Wave - Calling of the Artisan by JMa

God is definitely using the media to touch lives. I can't help but say whoever has a heart for the media industry, you got to hear this message. If you don't, then I hope you do see what God is going to do in this current generation.

This message is so powerful and real in my life. That's because I was having the same revelation and passage during my quiet time yesterday morning. And today, after I watched this sermon, I was affirmed.

Here goes:

At the last “Kingdom Come” in Los Angeles I gave a message on “The Calling of the Artisan” from Exodus 35, 36… watch this youtube flip cam sermon part 1-8. This message is a clarion call to those who have a calling in the arts, media & entertainment field. It is key to understand that God can not create culture without the “artists” creating on earth as it is in heaven. The Spirit of God fills artisans to create, influence and shape culture for His glory. Watch this messages series, be inspired, and know that God has given you a gift to create, innovate and infiltrate culture with His creativity personified through you! Read more here...







He talks about Jin in this part of the clip.

Journey of Rediscovering

My 2nd major production... together with Atieno and Kuzi.

May God use this media to touch many hearts. :) I think you'll need a Facebook account to watch it!
Comments in facebook? hee~~~ much appreciated.

Take Authority!

I was speaking to a sister who was going through a toughest time in her life.

It seemed as though all doors were closed and she had thoughts of giving up, and even spoke dejecting words and murmured about suicide. There I was at her house, and felt called to pray for the whole house. I was hoping there would be other brothers and sisters around to assist me, but God reminded me it was Him in me, not man! It will definitely be good to have bros and sisters around.. but in times where it's just you alone, believe it, God can do amazing things too!

So, I prayed against any spirit that was causing stress, depression or suicidal thoughts upon her and asked for the Holy Spirit to fill her house, her room and her being.

That was just my simple faith and I believe God opening the door for me to understand more of Him and also allowing me to see what He was going to do in the next few days.

Day 2, she emailed me saying how ultimately depressed she was and wanted to see me after work. I rushed to her place again and we had a long talk and tried to find both practical and spiritual solutions for her case. I was amazed because God had given me words to speak and courage to command. And I never was so firm yet able to minister through gentleness and authority. It was definitely the Holy Spirit!

Anyway, at night when I sent her home, she suddenly mentioned that my prayers the night before worked. For in such a long time, she hadn't been able to sleep due to the endless worries and troubles she had. But that night, she slept so well.

It was awesome.

Day 3 - I visited her again, and she said she was so encouraged and inspired after speaking to one sister who helped her in her work. She then told me how awesome God has been in her life, and she actually slept till 11am that day.

I'm still following up on her but I can see that God has used this situation to teach me how to show sincere love, and love with His love. God helped me to see things and people that matter to Him. And also showed me His intention when He wants to bring someone closer to Himself. Yes, and ALL GLORY TO GOD!!

We all have the authority to command the enemy to LEAVE and GO AWAY. We ALL have the authority in Christ Jesus. It's not just for people who are pastors, leaders or called in the deliverance ministry. Jesus said to His disciples, "...In my name they will drive out demons..." (Mark 16:17b)

Children of God, soldiers of Light - TAKE AUTHORITY!

Yeah... right after that incident, I read Jaeson Ma's blog which he personally experienced a similar incident, his friend wanting to commit suicide... I'll post it here for you to read:

Sometimes you just never know when someone may really try to take their own life. At 4:30AM I received a blackberry messenger message from a friend in Asia that was cutting herself. Not only this, but she was hearing multiple voices in her head telling her take her life. She got to the point where I had to call her, when I did, she was crying hysterically and screaming over the phone in desperation. I immediately realized this was more than just a mental breakdown, but this was spiritual warfare. I began to pray for her and bound every evil spirit attacking her mind in the name of Jesus Christ.

The Bible makes it clear that as a believer we have power to bind and loose. We have the power to cast out demons (Mark 16:15-18) and to heal the sick body, soul and spirit. It got pretty intense, but I began to pray out loud and I bound the voices speaking to her, she began to tell me that she felt something, a presence choking her and she could barley breathe. That is when I prayed and commanded whatever was tormenting her to come out in Jesus name…. read more here.

It was a lesson for me. And I learnt a lot through this incident.. and am still learning.

God has been really humbling me and taking me on a journey... and at altar call at Church on Sunday, I received prayer and a vision from a leader who spoke exactly what God was doing in my life.

I'm so encouraged and blessed... At the start of this year, I placed the vision God gave me for the year on Facebook... this is what it says, "Embracing the treasures of 2010. Yes... Treasures hidden below hard soil... :) Faith, Hope, Love - LIVE and RUN!"

The vision was a portion of what I'm doing through as I'm getting to the treasure below... too much to share here, but I'd love to share with you if you asked me! :)

Thanks for reading... and may this post bless your heart!

Take authority:

Pray - draw close
Command - see deliverance and healing

Here I am again...

Laying it down... surrendering...

If it'll happen as you show, then I will wait...

At least I'm blessed for who I am... that I can wait. :)

OC2010

So... OC2010 is over. Whao.. as usual, I'd be doing a writeup on my experience...

I'm now sitting at home instead of being at work cuz I've been down with flu-ish symptoms. Argh.. the nose that doesn't stop, the forehead that feels heavy and stuffed up... the sore throat that makes swallowing difficult, and the body aches that makes you just wanna lie in bed.

I think it marks a good time for me to get some rest too. Thank God I don't have much to do at work today. So I'd better rest up for today, and go back to work tomorrow, because I'll need to do some more serious experiments tomorrow.

OC2010 experience:

Shekinah Performance

I guess my OC experience began a month before OC2010. I have been involved in Shekinah for the past 2 years now that I've known God, and it's so mind blowing to see where God has led us over the past years. I haven't been with Shekinah for a long enough time, but in these 2 products that I've been involved with them, I see God stretching me.

So when I signed up for this, I didn't know I'd be getting a role in the contemporary dance group. Neither did Belle. But as things progressed, I had to learn a set of contemporary dance moves from Anna, a professional full time dancer. Whao, I was so stretched from where I was.

So many times I wanted to give up, as I felt I wasn't as graceful and technical as the other 2 girls. But time and again, I heard God say, "Don't give up." The performance blew away. Awesome. God's glory and presence was there...

Beyond just the performance, I witness miraculous healing occurring through the production. Some of our team members were injured and sick. Ps Lance had a gift of healing and he took us through praying for these people and they were all miraculously healed instantly! And guess what... on the day of the performance, my thigh muscle froze and I fell during the morning rehearsal. I couldn't do the moves that I had to do in my performance anymore.

This came a time where I was personally able to experience the same healing! Ps Lance and everyone on the set came and prayed for me... and each time they prayed, the tightness reduced and step by step I was able to receive that healing, and I could bend my knees again!

Praise God!

There was also a time where the whole team just rested in the presence of God backstage while the intercessors came and prayed for us. It was amazing as one of the intercessors actually saw a vision of me holding 2 rods and performing some moves.. and she mentioned that God had given me strength and beauty to be able to worship Him.

I then asked her if she saw me during the rehearsals, she said she didn't. Whao... amazing... the intercessor was from New Zealand too, so no way would she have known that I did Wushu too...

But that really blessed my heart and I had the assurance from God to bring my dance and performance as an act of worship unto Him.

That's a very brief summary of my involvement and experience in the Shekinah production.

Next up...

Serving:

There was altogether 4 days of the convention. The first 2 days I spent hours and hours with the Shekinah team and it was honestly, tiring. But it was a fulfilling experience. I also got to see a lot of other people who gave up their time of leisure during their free time to be behind the scenes during the whole period of the convention. All the sacrifical hearts.... they were all so amazing.

I found so much joy serving.... the 2nd two days of the convention, I was rostered on Security. In the midst of my tiredness, I actually started off with a pretty bad attitude. But God corrected my attitude and later in the afternoon, I actually felt more peace and joy serving.

Sunday evening was awesome. The presence of God was so strong in the place, even during the prayer session before the main session. I was partly worshipping God and partly serving as security but despite being 'distracted', God's peace fell upon me and I felt joy and peace just standing there.

As the worship begun, I went back to my lifegroup and had a great time of praise and worship with them. During worship, the presence of God was so strong and some people manifested. Being the security I had to be there to help out and at the same time, I felt the same feeling of the infilling of the Holy Spirit I felt during last year's OC2009.

The same filling I had when the Spirit filled me, I had when I was helping the girl who manifested. This ministry of deliverance has been my heart beat and I felt God somehow spoke to me through this incident. God also gave me strength and encouragement not to give up serving Him... as I was contemplating on doing so due to all the tiredness.

His Grace and His Strength is sufficient for me.

I realised I always have these thoughts about giving up when the going gets tough. Thank God for my nature that I seldom will actually give up. But the discouragement can so bog up my mind and being so much sometimes I feel utterly depressed and unproductive.

Even in the times when I was preparing for the short film for Shekinah's competition, I felt so much like giving up...

God has taught me so much prior to OC2010 and even during the convention.

And... now that the convention is over.. God has also taught me a lot of other things... and He's still not done with me!

Ah...

I wish I had some pictures to show.. but I don't cuz I didn't take much photos during the whole convention as I was backstage most of the time.

OC2010 is truly a different exeprience that I've had compared with the other two OC that I've been through. I can't say which is better, but they are all definitely different experiences. And it doesn't stop here... I'm back to in the world... but taking Heaven to Earth! Hahaha.... back from the transfiguration, I'll always say.

Now... I kind of remember a vision I had when I was a new believer... God gave me a vision of the transfiguration.... and allowed me to know, that even though the mountain top is good... we have to go back down... and do the work of God.

Ah... ok.. I'm about to fall asleep now... back to resting!

Have a good day everyone. :)