sample it

Today Lucy, Wes and myself landed back on Australian soil after 12 full on awesome days in Singapore.

But in about 7 hours Wes and myself will be flying off to Papua New Guinea to visit family so although I am little cut that i can’t come back and share my guts out I am (like May shared at prayer tonight) am seeing the opportunity in the obstacle.

so for the next 2 weeks I am going to concecrate a good amount of time to reflection and prayer for direction in my personal and ministry life.

But here is just a sample of our missions trip to Singapore:

the full post will come in 2 weeks time.  Thank the Lord the net is dial up speed ay =D

Consecrated to Prayer & Reflection!

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Flee

At church last Friday we launched the new sermon series Dirty Sexy Money.  Torch preached up a storm on pursuing holiness and fleeing from not just temptation but the devil himself.  Amongst this I had a quick reflection on something that happened in the week.

I won’t go into detail but through succumbing to a temptation I had been fighting for a good while I litterally saw how sin poisoned my life… throughout the day all I could think about was when I could jump the fence into the sin which in turn put me on edge and … angry.  I saw myself becoming fidgety and jumpy.  I was anxious and worried and consumed with myself.

after the whole incident … once again feeling stupid for not obeying God’s many many MANY warnings I sat before God and said… “why… did this happen?  I am so … GAH…”  But as i reflected upon not just the sin itself but what it did to me physically spiritually and emotionally… i was not only disgusted but gained a revelation on the poison of sin…  I relfected back to when this sin was a full fledged problem and i realised why i acted the way i did… and it is because of this sin….

So in a strange way i am glad that this happened… because without it i wouldn’t have this new weapon to fight sin with… but what i am even more thankful for is that God was gracious enough to not just forgive me but teach me something through this!

I am not strong enough to fight the devil… so God give me strength to

FLEE FROM THE DEVIL!

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6 days…

in 6 days and counting down a bunch of us will be

to

to attend

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quirks

ok, so for a while now i’ve tried notice the lil quirks i have.  honestly although i have eye for observing others quirks i to little shift that focus back onto myself.  So in the journey to discoverying what makes me, me… not always good but is me none-the-less i have noticed a couple of things

1.  I always (or feel like I always) have to brush my teeth straight after i shower.  No matter what time of day it is.  Once i even brushed my teeth when i woke up, had brekky went upstairs to have a shower and unconciously i went and started brushing my teeth after.

2.  I struggle to fall asleep (and this is when i physically and mentally make the decision to sleep) if there are still family members still awake in the house or awake and out and im not watching tv

3.  I can and mostly will shuffle through my ipods ’shuffle song’ list for the entire bus or car trip to find that one song i want to listen to even though i could just go straight to it.  Yeap ive shuffled from UQ back home… and reached the song just while im entering the driveway

4.  if i need to procrastinate.. trying to rip tissue paper so the it rips horizontally rather than vertically in the centre is entertainment enough for me… seriously try it, it never rips cleanly!

Ok so there’s a lil bout me. hmm sleep time! (haha everyones gone to bed, a habit i need to kick to the curb!)

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from no understanding to understanding

Ok so I said there would be a post about the preisthood and entimes seminar and I’ll be honest… me and blogging just haven’t been getting along like we used to!  I think i saw the error of my ways… yea i abused my blog with procrastination…

BUT i want to blog stuff of value not of complacency and … stuff  SO here are my seminars summed up 2 ways

firstly | The initial thought (not the most spiritual)

secondly | The God moment

Preisthood Seminar

The Initial thought | Oh, so that’s how the old testament is relevant to the new testament.  So I guess it really is important

The God Moment | God… you are amazing and I can’t believe how easy i’ve got it now.  If i had to go through all that tabernacle stuff … God im sorry for taking you for sacrifice!  Every step required of the preist is still relevant to me but in a less physical way.  Thank you Lord

End Times Seminar

The Initial Thought | These notes are really intense… I hope i can stay awake

The God Moment | I may not know what will happen to me in the end but God right now I’ve learnt the true meaning of fearing you as the almighty and powerful God but yet i am completely gobsmacked by the amazing grace!

Ok off to work

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