Saviour, He can move the mountains
my God is mighty to save, He is mighty to save
forever, author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave

- mighty to save, hillsong united

sung this song in church today, together with a moving sermon by pastor kayhuat. it was odd because his sermon wasn't a fantastic exposition on the divinity of Christ. it was really the testimonies which struck, and clement chow poured his heart into leading worship. to me at the end of it all, i felt that i had encountered God. which is one of the main reasons why we go to church every sunday in the first place. and you know the interesting bit, when pastor k.h first started preaching his sermon today, i was like huh? where's he getting at... shouldn't he be expounding on perhaps why over church history, reasons why people rejected the divinity, and then trump it up with sheer truth. and i couldn't see where he was getting at, think the crowd was too, when he asked a question like 'now do you believe' -pretty much silent- but realising that if i allowed such thoughts to continue, i'll probably just drift off into space without hearing the rest of it. and so i asked God to remove whatever prejudice i might have formed already.

gosh, maybe i shouldn't blog such stuff. okay, edited pastor's name with the . in between in the hope that pesky search engines won't list my blog if people search for his name. oh yes seriously pastors names appear in blogs! haha, i know cos i tried before, melvinhuang's pretty popular.

oh ya i better post this here. folks, i lost my phone. never lost a phone before, so this is a first for me. still can contact me at my same old number which i obviously won't post here. if you know me you should know my number.

give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. -2 thessalonians 5:18

despite wanting to get the phone back, and calling my number many many times. you know when you know you've lost something, there's this immense feeling of lost, that sheer emotion. and then you grieve, and perhaps even scold and get frazzled internally. well, i didn't, so fellow lightstickers our last lesson on 'experiencing the peace of Jesus' in this... that came so naturally. was still quite excited about the race, and i think i cheesed grace off. not the best person to run a race with, and i do apologise! i guess i shouldn't assume you know economics stuff despite being an economics student.

so i give thanks, even with my lost phone. and no worries, if you're like grace, i've got no explicit videos or pictures in my phone.

anyway back to the main topic. most of the time God can't help us because we don't believe He's mighty enough to deliver us, to save us. or maybe we do, but we just don't think He'll do it for us. but He would... and contrary to what the whole world might tell us, it's our biggest gain to believe in this. as much as i struggle with it, to be truly honest, gosh the ways of the world are enticing! and the thought of doing the world on my own sounds much better than surrendering all to God. i don't know why i'm always drawn back, i don't know why... because God is a God of compassion, because He cares, and you know the list can go on infinitely because He beyond our imagination, beyond what we can possibly describe.

and to Him we ascribe all glory and praise.

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