Multiplying Christ like people - Will God use me more in that area?

Yesterday was Day 1 of our Church conference 'EXPONENTIAL' Multiplying Christ like people. It was a good time where Ps Wilson was really reaffirming the hearts of the current mentors and also inspiring the future mentors to rise up as well.

It has been such a privilege to serve together with my core team, they have made serving God so much more fun and enjoyable. Today was the start of the guys coming together to develop both their spirit and physical man! It was so encouraging to see Jason, Wenyu, Josh and David meeting with myself to do a short run and 20 counts of star jumps at the Regatta Citycat Terminal. After waking ourselves up with the run, we went on to pray.

I really hope that this would last longer, just that some of the guys live a little further, thus it might be hard to do it on a daily basis, but at least on a weekly basis would be great as well!
In our prayer together, we prayed for:

• God to increase in us as we decrease.
• God to help us surrender our 'idols' in our lives
• God to help the guys in Judah 4 rise up even more to lead and serve the unit
• the upcoming IES July orientation that we'll see 2 groups of guys coming in. firstly guys that are not Christians but have hungry and ready heart to listen and accept the grace and forgiveness of God into their lives, secondly Christian guys whom God has built a strong foundations of convictions that will not weaver who are ready to serve God as His mouth piece together with us on IES.

And at the prayer, I also made a great discovery, that David is a really talented guitarist! He just started learning less than 1 year and he can already play songs like 'Hosanna'!! Praise God for raising up another guitarist!

After all that God has sparked off in the hearts of the males in the group, I really pray that the fire will continue to burn even stronger until the coming of Christ! Thanks guys!

Let the Race begin ...

I used to sail, run and play table tennis competitively during my schooling days. I enjoy every bit of it, including the strenuous training that leaves me like a dead dog and aching for days no end. I love the games, the races and especially the adrenalin of it, especially Sailing. Before I experienced the greatness of standing in the presence of God, praising Him jumping up and down (I can't beat my dear Hub for that), i thought sailing through the winds must be the best feeling in the world. But, i wouldn't deny that i loved sports and loved the fact that i was fit and had close to boundless energy. I came across some inspiring stories of many sportsmen and women, many of which had limitations or similar backgrounds as I do. Having laid down sports and exercising for a long time, they picked it up again and went beyond their imagination. One said that our human capabilities are beyond our imagination, we are merely restricted by our minds. Although i cannot deny the gradual deteoriation of our physical bodies, i believe too that my body as the temple of God could function a whole lot better being fitter. And my mind could function a whole lot more by stretching it to greater limits. I think Paul makes a lot of point about our spiritual journey as a race, and i once heard too that its a marathon race that keeps running, stretching and persevering. I recalled just a short 2km run last Saturday and the huff and puff i had. i thought i was going to choke to death. My mind was filled with discouragements and i thought i could never get back again. It must be an encouragement from God today to have read those stories. I must have registered once again of God's interest in building perseverance in me that will develop character. I think I will put on my running shoes again, at 27, it's never too late.