TESTIMONIES . REVIEWS
Friday, June 20, 2008
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Its so amazing!
God is so amazing!
Recently, brothers and sisters around me have been bothered by some life choices, including myself, for my uni life. i blogged abt it and a brother replied that it helped in his life situation. i managed to chat a little with him over MSN and he showed me the following:
Risks in Faith: Where God Guides, God Provides
2008/20/08
And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19 (NIV)
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If God tells you to do something, he will give you the energy, talent, resources – whatever you need – to do it. Where God guides, he provides.
In 1979, I was finishing seminary in Texas when God said, “I want you to go to the Saddleback Valley and start a church.” There were two problems with that: I had never been a senior pastor, and I didn’t know anything about the Saddleback Valley; I’d never been there, and I didn’t know a single person there.
But my wife, Kay, and I decided to take a risk and launch out in faith. We loaded a U-Haul truck and moved with our four-month-old daughter to the Saddleback Valley.
We arrived during rush hour in January, 1980. I grew up in a town of fewer than 500 people, so when I saw the jam-packed freeway, I thought God had chosen the wrong guy.
But where God guides, God provides. We stopped at a real estate office and I met Don Dale. I said, “My name is Rick Warren and I'm here to start a new church. I need a place to live and I don’t have any money.”
Within two hours, Don found us a condo with the first month rent-free. Don also became the first member of Saddleback Church. Saddleback’s first service was in our home with just seven people – my family and Don’s family.
God began bringing others to join us in planting a church. And in April of 1980, 205 people streamed up the ramp at Laguna Hills High School for our first public worship service. It was amazing. I thought, “God! You have provided! This is the place we’re supposed to be.”
Kay and I believed in the dream and the vision that God gave us for the Saddleback Valley, and we followed that dream, even when it involved risks. If you’re going to live by faith, you’re going to have to take some risks. In some situations, you’ll wonder if God is going to come through. But keep believing – because where God guides, God provides.
It is amazing. it was as though Gos was speaking to both of us. This whole experience has been such an encouragement to me!
God is so amazing!
Recently, brothers and sisters around me have been bothered by some life choices, including myself, for my uni life. i blogged abt it and a brother replied that it helped in his life situation. i managed to chat a little with him over MSN and he showed me the following:
Risks in Faith: Where God Guides, God Provides
2008/20/08
And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19 (NIV)
*** *** *** ***
If God tells you to do something, he will give you the energy, talent, resources – whatever you need – to do it. Where God guides, he provides.
In 1979, I was finishing seminary in Texas when God said, “I want you to go to the Saddleback Valley and start a church.” There were two problems with that: I had never been a senior pastor, and I didn’t know anything about the Saddleback Valley; I’d never been there, and I didn’t know a single person there.
But my wife, Kay, and I decided to take a risk and launch out in faith. We loaded a U-Haul truck and moved with our four-month-old daughter to the Saddleback Valley.
We arrived during rush hour in January, 1980. I grew up in a town of fewer than 500 people, so when I saw the jam-packed freeway, I thought God had chosen the wrong guy.
But where God guides, God provides. We stopped at a real estate office and I met Don Dale. I said, “My name is Rick Warren and I'm here to start a new church. I need a place to live and I don’t have any money.”
Within two hours, Don found us a condo with the first month rent-free. Don also became the first member of Saddleback Church. Saddleback’s first service was in our home with just seven people – my family and Don’s family.
God began bringing others to join us in planting a church. And in April of 1980, 205 people streamed up the ramp at Laguna Hills High School for our first public worship service. It was amazing. I thought, “God! You have provided! This is the place we’re supposed to be.”
Kay and I believed in the dream and the vision that God gave us for the Saddleback Valley, and we followed that dream, even when it involved risks. If you’re going to live by faith, you’re going to have to take some risks. In some situations, you’ll wonder if God is going to come through. But keep believing – because where God guides, God provides.
Taken from Purpose Driven Life 2008, www.purposedrivenlife.com
It is amazing. it was as though Gos was speaking to both of us. This whole experience has been such an encouragement to me!
Once I went Malaysia with my mum, brother and sister. We were at this place where we had to stamp our passports. It was really crowded and there were no proper queues, so everyone was practically squeezing and forcing their way through. My mum, being the kiasu type, just forced her way to the front and left my brother,sister and me behind, feeling totally lost. Then I looked around and I saw this little girl trying to squeeze her way to the front. Her dad stopped her and said, “Don’t walk so fast, you will get lost. Just stay close to me and we’ll get out together.”
This was a really sweet scene and somehow I knew God wanted to teach me something from this. A few weeks ago, my dad lost a lawsuit. I knew many problems will start surfacing and life will be tough for a year. This scene seemed like a preparation for what is to come but I couldn’t figure what it meant.
fast forward >>>
Mum and dad were quarrelling over financial matters and I was very upset because I thought of what my family would have to go through this for a year. The next night during cell, I finally figured out that like the father in that scene, God was asking me to follow Him, trust Him and He will bring me out lo. I don’t have to be competitive in this competitive world, I don’t need to have many possessions, I don’t need to chase after worldly things. In the process I may get lost, and I may leave behind people very dear to me. Just hold God’s hand and we will get out together lo.
Now, I’ve gone through 4 months+ out of that one year and God has been very good. =]
"But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."- Jeremiah 17:7-8
Keli, Member of renai since 2002
This was a really sweet scene and somehow I knew God wanted to teach me something from this. A few weeks ago, my dad lost a lawsuit. I knew many problems will start surfacing and life will be tough for a year. This scene seemed like a preparation for what is to come but I couldn’t figure what it meant.
fast forward >>>
Mum and dad were quarrelling over financial matters and I was very upset because I thought of what my family would have to go through this for a year. The next night during cell, I finally figured out that like the father in that scene, God was asking me to follow Him, trust Him and He will bring me out lo. I don’t have to be competitive in this competitive world, I don’t need to have many possessions, I don’t need to chase after worldly things. In the process I may get lost, and I may leave behind people very dear to me. Just hold God’s hand and we will get out together lo.
Now, I’ve gone through 4 months+ out of that one year and God has been very good. =]
"But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."- Jeremiah 17:7-8
Keli, Member of renai since 2002
"that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous."
Matthew 5:45
God has truly impacted my life because I have learnt to accept people for who they are. In the past, there is unspoken differences among the different groups of people I come across and I had varying treatment towards them.But now, I understand the beauty of viewing all of them with the same attitude and have found greater pleasure in doing so.
Matthew 5:45
God has truly impacted my life because I have learnt to accept people for who they are. In the past, there is unspoken differences among the different groups of people I come across and I had varying treatment towards them.But now, I understand the beauty of viewing all of them with the same attitude and have found greater pleasure in doing so.
Cherlyn, Member of Renai since 2005
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