Focusing on God this holidays....

Dear bro n sis,are you praying for the welcoming activity? Do you seek God everyday? Whatever your answers are, I really pray that all of us can focus on God n still pray for the welcoming activity continuously. It's not easy to stay focus on God during the holidays... maybe we are DISTRACTED by working, watching tv, online playing games,goin out wif frens and so many other things..I know coz I'm distracted myself...

Sometimes we say we love God,we sing tat we love Him, but look at what we use our time for most of the day....Do we even think abt God most of the time? I feel guilty already.

Maybe we can try this. When we wake up in the morning, say: "Good morning God. Thank you for today." Yes, this may sound crazy...but this is wat a Reverend told us in his preaching. A simple act of saying Good morning to God n thanking Him is an act of showing tat u CARE n think abt Him..It helps us to FOCUS on God as the day STARTS. Focusing on God does not necessarily need to be durin our devotion time only. In fact u can praise God n say thank you to God anytime of the day. Say Good nite too. JUST SAY ANYTHIN U WANT TO HIM!!Communicate!!

And if we feel LAZY to read the bible, try this..reading the bible after ur lunch or dinner. Most of us got nothin to do after lunch or dinner, right? Instead of switching on the tv straight away after lunch or dinner, try READING THE BIBLE. You can just read the bible for min 15 minutes...

At least OPEN the bible n flip through..haha..I know how hard it is to open the bible at first. The bible can be on my table and I can STARE at the bible n it STARE back at me but still feel lazy to open it n read. So try this method....This is a suggestion from Jia Yaik,hehe...It works for me, maybe u guys can try. All these may seem difficult at first, but who knows once u start,it will be easier. And maybe u can use this time for devotion and prayers too.

Ok,I hope I am not boring u guys with my sharing, but let us try together. Pray to God to pull us back when we drift away from Him k? Coz if we hav the desire to draw near to God,He will draw near to us also.

Jeremiah 29:13
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Remember that we are goin to be a testimony to the juniors next sem..How are we goin to tell our juniors abt God,how are we goin to shine for Him if we dun even hav a good relationship wif God ourselves??

Anyway,here are the prayer items for this week. Plz pray once u read the prayer items to avoid forgetting abt it later or feeling lazzy to pray... ^_^

1. Pray for our IVCC vehicle.
Well, we are not buying the Avanza 1.5 auto after pastor discussed with the other zhang lao in a church meeting last week. Now we are still lookin for an Avanza 1.3 manual. So keep praying to God that He will provide a vehicle for us according to His will.

2. Pray for Pastor Lee.
She is goin to be very busy next semester because she needs to prepare a lot of things. So pray that God will grant Pastor Lee the strength and good time management in preparing things for our church. Pray that God will grant her rest when she feels tired and grant her wisdom so that she can continue to preach God's message.

3. Pray for welcoming activity preparation work, for all the leaders and cooperation of the team members.

Welcoming night--pray can find suitable actors/actress for the sketch, pray for a good script that will bring out God's message.

Welcoming camp--pray that the game master will hav ideas to put messages into the games. Pray that all team members still keep in contact with one another durin the holidays to discuss wat need to be done.

Pray that God will give us the strength n wisdom to finish the preparation work in time.

4. Pray that God will provide juniors who are non-believers and believers with all kinds of talents n skills,(what kind of juniors do u want our church to hav? Just pray to God abt it) and are willing to stay back in IVCC to serve the church, not just joining the welcoming activity only.

5. Pray for Teck Meng's father and his family.
Pray that God will open up Teck Meng's father's heart to receive Jesus into His life. Pray that God grant strength n courage to Teck Meng's father to fight the disease. Help Teck Meng n his parents to trust in God durin this difficult situation.

6. Pray for the Myanmar's cyclone victims and Sichuan's earthquake victims.
Pray that enough food, water n medicine supply can reach to the victims and more people can be saved. Pray that they will get to know Jesus and trust in Him durin this difficult time. May God's love n peace surround them.

1 John 5:14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He HEARS us. And if we know that he HEARS us--whatever we ask-we know that we HAVE what we asked of Him.

So lets persist in praying together. DONT stop praying n believe in the power of prayers!!! Your prayers are important!! Ganbatte everyone!!!