Today, though I was falling asleep during service, I did catch some important parts of Major Pascoe's message (with the help of some of mum's outline!). They made me do some thinking.
What I learnt today:
1. We do not need to fear because we have a wonderful God!
- He's mighty, and gracious. He's my Saviour, my Teacher, my Lord, my Friend.
2. Praising God
- It is not positive thinking
- It is not psyching ourselves about God
- Praise in our certain hope in Jesus
- Praise in our knowledge of Jesus
- Praise in the blessings He has lavished upon us.
3. Ephesians 1:17
- "I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father may give you the Spririt of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better"
- Wisdom -> not something held in the mind. It is a life of humility, understanding the true nature of things. It is not like the wisdom of the world.
- Revelation -> God's revelation is like a spotlight to take away the darkness and sins of our lives and to help us to walk in the light.
- When we receive wisdom and revelation from God, it is to know Him better. When we begin to live a life of wisdom and revelation, we begin to know the Lord better!
Read from Ephesians 1:3-23 - Knowing Jesus better
My musings for the day:
1. What is faith?
- It means faithfulness to God
- It is loyalty to the Lord, Jesus Christ
- It is sticking with the Lord through thick and thin in all cirumstances
- It also means personal surrender to God.
- Intimacy with God is not about holy handouts. It is characterized by steadfast faithfulness.
2. What is prayer for?
- We pray to encourage each other and to show our sincerity to each other. We pray to let the person know that we will support him/her.
- It does not mean that when we pray, God will answer the prayer. (that would be like superstition - you must do this, then you will get what you want or you mustn't do this, or that will happen to you)
- We are not praying so that we can show power. It will be like commanding God to show Himself. Who are we do that?!
3. The eyes of our heart.(Ephesians 1)
- "Heart" in Hebrew means the seeds of your mind (thoughts). It involves our emotions, our will and our deep mind.
3. Call
- Our call: to a particular destiny He has created for us. Destiny of love.