Aloha Pasir Ris, Sea View Terrace 3
9th-11th Sep 2007
all 15 of us. =)Holy is the Lord God Almighty.
God is love.
The retreat theme was fellowship and the body of Christ.
I totally, fully, completely and thoroughly enjoyed myself at this retreat bcos God was in the house!!!! All of us felt His holy and sweet presence that brings forth so much of His great peace, joy, forgiveness and love. As i prayed with my brothers and sisters in Christ, i just sensed the Holy Spirit telling me God is love. God is love. Just 3 words, yet it was enough to fill the whole room, enough to fill all of our hearts, enough to forgive all of our sins, enough to cause a total surrender of our lives to His will. God's holy presence also caused a few of us to sob. His holy presence had a cleansing effect. i was reminded of my sins and how i have not fully surrendered to God all that i have. In His holy presence, as i thought of how i have treated God and how i've hurt Him, i just felt so much grief that i began to sob.
For one, i have not been practising tithing 10% of my income. And two, it has been a very long while since i last sat down and really do my daily quiet time or devotion. Long i mean like around 1 yr. The preaching by Ps Lip Yong pointed out these areas of my life which i have been shortchanging God. By the time he finished the preaching, my eyes were already moist. I know what he was talking about, bcos i saw that i was like the ones whom he described. Then as we began to round up the service with worship and prayer, i was sobbing uncontrollably... I was feeling very guilty for having treated God this way, and thinking of the many times when i have hurt Him. And then the most amazing thing happened.
Ps Esther came over and prayed for me and what she said sounded unbelievable. She said to me "God says He will provide for you. (Then she quoted this bible verse) -"If you, then, though you are evil, knows how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him." -Matt 7:11
You know what i did when i heard that?
I sobbed even more! I did not understand and cannot comprehend why God would want to provide for someone like me who dont tithe to Him and who dont do my quiet time daily. On what basis was i deserving? I wasn't even deserving of that kind of providence! I dont even qualify, what more deserve a promise like that. Yet as i sobbed i sensed God just cleansing me, i sensed His holy presence very tangibly correcting me, forgiving me..and surrounding me with His love.
"Where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
-Rom 5:20-21
truly i don't deserve what God has for me.
Yes i am a sinner but God's grace is greater.
I don't have to live in my sins, i can choose to live in God's grace.
You don't have to live in your sins, you can choose to live in God's grace.
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WE HAD SO MUCH JOY BCOS GOD WAS IN THE HOUSE AND WATCHING OVER HIS BELOVED CHILDREN!!!!!
The CHICKENS dance! HA.
Caleb-our resident photographer being shoot.
Lynn- Our Ms BubbLY
Eddie- His best side. HA.
Ps Esther!!! Her most pretty pose!
RA-rated!!!!
Lynn and Meiyin.
We are beautiful.
Jondave's most awake pose.
Daniel's ethnicity is showing..
Meiyin was happy!
Lynn and i combine forces ah..
oh..beauty and the beast(s).
HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHA. we had so much fun! All Glory to God!!!
all 15 of us. =)
The CHICKENS dance! HA.
Caleb-our resident photographer being shoot.
Lynn- Our Ms BubbLY
Eddie- His best side. HA.
Ps Esther!!! Her most pretty pose!
RA-rated!!!!
Lynn and Meiyin.
We are beautiful.
Jondave's most awake pose.
Daniel's ethnicity is showing..
Meiyin was happy!
Lynn and i combine forces ah..
oh..beauty and the beast(s). 
