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Wednesday, March 23, 2005
The synergy conference, on the whole, was kind of refreshing. It’s been awhile since I last went for a conference. During this period of time, I realized that when what God meant when He said worship in spirit and in truth. Not only that, God desires heartfelt worship. All these can be found in the bible but what I am trying to point out is that we should always be desperate in our worship. The more desperate we are, the stronger the Holy Spirit can be felt. Weird huh? Actually it makes perfect sense. By having this ‘desperate’ factor, we declare that we are nothing, and that God is our everything. If that’s the case, we let God take control of our lives.
Most of the workshops covered topics that were repeated in church many times already but its good to be reminded once again. I believe that God will speak to us during every sermon or in this case, workshop. It is the same as reading the bible while doing QT. I could do the same passage 4 times but each attempt, God pointed out different things to me. Thus, when we attend sermon or workshop, it is crucial to ask God to review to us whatever that He wants to tell us. Having a ‘I know all these facts already’ mindset is a very negative attitude. We should never allow such thoughts to cross our mind. In contrast, all of us should have a heart of expectancy in order to allow God to minister to us. As long as our hearts are open, God will move in.
There were countless encounters with the Holy Spirit throughout the conference. The most prominent one was obviously being slained (is that how u spell it?). I was very much tempted to stand up when the preacher who has the lingo of ‘on fire’ asked the youths whether they want to have the prophetic gift or something like that. Anyhow, God challenged me. How will it benefit me if I get slained? Will I love God more? To me, experiences like this will stay within me for a lifetime. I just need one to know that God is real. Having too much of it might have an adverse effect. I fear that having too much of experiences will make me go after the feeling rather than God himself.
The concert was nice. All that jumping and praising God seemed so fun and stuff but above all, it’s hard to focus too. When I worship, I need to feel connected with the Holy Spirit. It has been like this since the first day that I accepted Christ. Whenever I am connected to God, I will either feel very hot on the inside or that there will be a layer of heat surrounding me on the outside. During the concert however, for the first two days, the feeling sort of faded off after the second or third song. I tried everything, raising hands, praying, jumping, and confessing all my sin etc. nothing works! Some time after that, there will be people getting spiritual attack. The same thing happened in Thailand (mob trip). At one moment, all of us were worshipping God and then suddenly, an invisible wall prevented me from connecting to God. Back to what I was saying, spiritual attacks are real. To counter such spirits from finding trouble with you, we have to empty ourselves before God and let Him live in us. Having a footstool in our lives is as though having a space for the devil to live in. no matter how small it is, the devil will use it. When that happens, the Holy Spirit can’t reside in us anymore because we become unclean. Spirits, under normal circumstance will flee when they hear the name of Jesus. Yet, people who held on to their grudges or what so ever strengthened the devil. It gives them a reason to stay on you because you allow that to happen. Fortunately, Jesus already died for our past, present and future sin. As long as we confess daily to God and REPENT, we should be pretty safe. If you are still unsure whether you have confessed everything, ask the Holy Spirit to search your heart. If you are willing, all things are possible. THERE’S NOTHING MY GOD CANNOT DO1!
+++11:06 PM+++
Jesus is Love
The synergy conference, on the whole, was kind of refreshing. It’s been awhile since I last went for a conference. During this period of time, I realized that when what God meant when He said worship in spirit and in truth. Not only that, God desires heartfelt worship. All these can be found in the bible but what I am trying to point out is that we should always be desperate in our worship. The more desperate we are, the stronger the Holy Spirit can be felt. Weird huh? Actually it makes perfect sense. By having this ‘desperate’ factor, we declare that we are nothing, and that God is our everything. If that’s the case, we let God take control of our lives.
Most of the workshops covered topics that were repeated in church many times already but its good to be reminded once again. I believe that God will speak to us during every sermon or in this case, workshop. It is the same as reading the bible while doing QT. I could do the same passage 4 times but each attempt, God pointed out different things to me. Thus, when we attend sermon or workshop, it is crucial to ask God to review to us whatever that He wants to tell us. Having a ‘I know all these facts already’ mindset is a very negative attitude. We should never allow such thoughts to cross our mind. In contrast, all of us should have a heart of expectancy in order to allow God to minister to us. As long as our hearts are open, God will move in.
There were countless encounters with the Holy Spirit throughout the conference. The most prominent one was obviously being slained (is that how u spell it?). I was very much tempted to stand up when the preacher who has the lingo of ‘on fire’ asked the youths whether they want to have the prophetic gift or something like that. Anyhow, God challenged me. How will it benefit me if I get slained? Will I love God more? To me, experiences like this will stay within me for a lifetime. I just need one to know that God is real. Having too much of it might have an adverse effect. I fear that having too much of experiences will make me go after the feeling rather than God himself.
The concert was nice. All that jumping and praising God seemed so fun and stuff but above all, it’s hard to focus too. When I worship, I need to feel connected with the Holy Spirit. It has been like this since the first day that I accepted Christ. Whenever I am connected to God, I will either feel very hot on the inside or that there will be a layer of heat surrounding me on the outside. During the concert however, for the first two days, the feeling sort of faded off after the second or third song. I tried everything, raising hands, praying, jumping, and confessing all my sin etc. nothing works! Some time after that, there will be people getting spiritual attack. The same thing happened in Thailand (mob trip). At one moment, all of us were worshipping God and then suddenly, an invisible wall prevented me from connecting to God. Back to what I was saying, spiritual attacks are real. To counter such spirits from finding trouble with you, we have to empty ourselves before God and let Him live in us. Having a footstool in our lives is as though having a space for the devil to live in. no matter how small it is, the devil will use it. When that happens, the Holy Spirit can’t reside in us anymore because we become unclean. Spirits, under normal circumstance will flee when they hear the name of Jesus. Yet, people who held on to their grudges or what so ever strengthened the devil. It gives them a reason to stay on you because you allow that to happen. Fortunately, Jesus already died for our past, present and future sin. As long as we confess daily to God and REPENT, we should be pretty safe. If you are still unsure whether you have confessed everything, ask the Holy Spirit to search your heart. If you are willing, all things are possible. THERE’S NOTHING MY GOD CANNOT DO1!
Jesus is Love