Made a public declaration that I am His forever.

I got baptized TODAY!! YAY!! hurrahs!! The Lord just made today so special for me. First, He showed me that He will always bless me even if I had disappointed Him, with the 8/10 grade I got for a test that I studied with only a 10% effort. Next, He affirmed me of my faith in Him. That He will not let my father go. In faith of the Holy Spirit, I wrote a note to him last night, with Matthew 18:12-13,:-

' "What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.'

I believe God had touched my dad's heart with this very verse. I don't know how I got to read this verse but I'm certain that God had wanted me to tell my dad this verse. I had not expected my dad to even come to my baptism ceremony because he had declared that he would not when I first asked him. I was so worried that my mom would be late and even miss my baptism, and let alone come with my dad!! I was so so touched by God that He really brought my dad to my ceremony. And I was so glad that my dad could witness for himself His daughter being baptized and share her testimony in front of so many people, and I hoped that the Holy Spirit would even have reminded him of his own baptism ceremony many years ago, and more importantly, to remind of him the reason why he made that choice to get baptized. And I'm also so happy that my spiritual sisters ran up to me and gave me such a huge big sunflower, it surprised me so much and I was delighted to receive their love for me. Indeed, God is good for He never lets me down and slowly but surely, He is telling me, that my dad will return as the prodigal son to His father.

God is listening to you always.

"God if you still speak to people, speak to me. I will listen and do my best to obey"

I read this in Sylvia's (from YA Mountbatten Club) blog.

A young man had been to Wednesday night Bible Study. The Pastor had shared about listening to God and obeying the Lord's voice. The young man couldn't help but wonder, "Does God still speak to people?".

After service he went out with some friends for coffee and pie and they discussed the message. Several different ones talked about how God had led them in different ways. It was about ten o'clock when the young man started driving home. Sitting in his car, he just began to pray, "God...If you still speak to people, speak to me. I will listen. I will do my best to obey."


As he drove down the main street of his town, he had the strangest thought to stop and buy a gallon of milk. He shook his head and said out loud, "God is that you?" He didn't get a reply and started on toward home. But again, the thought, buy a gallon of milk. The young man thought about Samuel and how he didn't recognize the voice of God, and how little Samuel ran to Eli. "Okay, God, in case that is you, I will buy the milk." It didn't seem like too hard a test of obedience. He could always use the milk. He stopped and purchased the gallon of milk and started off toward home.

As he passed Seventh Street, he again felt the urge, "Turn Down that street." This is crazy he thought and drove on past the intersection. Again, he felt that he should turn down Seventh Street. At the next intersection, he turned back and headed down Seventh. Half jokingly, he said out loud, "Okay, God, I will". He drove several blocks, when suddenly, he felt like he should stop. He pulled over to the curb and looked around. He was in semi- commercial area of town. It wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst of neighborhoods either. The businesses were closed and most of the houses looked dark like the people were already in bed.

Again, he sensed something, "Go and give the milk to the people in the house across the street." The young man looked at the house. It was dark and it looked like the people were either gone or they were already asleep. He started to open the door and then sat back in the car seat. "Lord, this is insane. Those people are asleep and if I wake them up, they are going to be mad and I will look stupid." Again, he felt like he should go and give the milk. Finally, he opened the door, "Okay God, if this is you, I will go to the door and I will give them the milk. If you want me to look like a crazy person, okay. I want to be obedient. I guess that will count for something but if they don't answer right away, I am out of here."

He walked across the street and rang the bell. He could hear some noise inside. A man's voice yelled out, "Who is it? What do you want?" Then the door opened before the young man could get away. The man was standing there in his jeans and T-shirt. He looked like he just got out of bed. He had a strange look on his face and he didn't seem too happy to have some stranger standing on his doorstep.

"What is it?" The young man thrust out the gallon of milk, "Here, I brought this to you." The man took the milk and rushed down a hallway. Then from down the hall came a woman carrying the milk toward the kitchen. The man was following her holding a baby. The baby was crying. The man had tears streaming down his face. The man began speaking and half crying, "We were just praying. We had some big bills this month and we ran out of money. We didn't have any milk for our baby. I was just praying and asking God to show me how to get some milk." His wife in the kitchen yelled out, "I ask him to send an Angel with some. Are you an Angel?" The young man reached into his wallet and pulled out all the money he had on him and put in the man's hand.

He turned and walked back toward his car and the tears were streaming down his face. He knew that God still answers prayers.

What a wonderful Sunday it was.

Last Sunday, I got to praise and worship God again in front of a large congregation. It was so much fun and I felt nothing but honoured to be able to do so for the second time in a row. Even though I was so nervous at first (funny thing I was not as nervous the first time), the nervousness just slipped away as I praised His glorious name. Before we went onstage for the duty, I was talking to my tribe sister, Samantha. She was telling me that she was applying to all 3 universities but said that she didn't get ideal results for her A levels. I was telling her not to worry and I could sense that there was so much anxiety in her. I wanted to assure her that the Lord will definitely help her no matter what but I could say nothing. After the worship was over, we went back to our seats for the sermon. As Ps Khong was preaching, I was frantically flipping through the Bible for a verse to minister to Samantha. Finally after 10 minutes of searching and by the grace of God, I found it! Jeremiah 29:11.

"For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you."

I prayed for her and blessed her with this verse that the Holy Spirit was asking me to tell her. After praying, I opened by my eyes and was so surprised to see that tears were flowing down her cheeks. I honestly didn't know that my prayer would have such an effect on her and I only wanted to tell her what God wanted me to tell her. And I thank God that He used me as a vessel in this situation because I could imagine how it'd felt like to be in her position.

And I thank God for His divine appointment for me to get to know Jiali, whom I didn't have such a good impression of. But now I know that she's a really nice girl. And I thank God for that sunlight He shone on me when I came out of Hall 9, like He was telling me, "I'm shining on you, my warrior of LIGHT".

I will dance, I will sing, to be mad for MY KING!!

It's true! I've done it last Sunday. And I'm gng to do it once more this Sunday!! Amen!! Cos I've really enjoyed singing and dancing for Him even though I was doing it in front so many people. In fact, I must thank God that I've come to know another bit of myself. Initially I had some qualms about standing in front of a large congregation and worshipping God. But He brought me through cos once I stood on that platform, no more fear could hold me. No more intimidation cos all I wanted to do was to really just sing and worship Him! To even bring glory to Him so that my people could see that happiness He has brought to me! And I'm so glad that I can do it once more. How great is that?

For it is through Christ who strengthens me - Philipians 4:13.