rediscovering eden
Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the bright and morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours
Who Am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love
And watch me rise again
Who Am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me
Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear
I am Yours
who we are
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Thursday Urban Life!
Boss : Daniel Koh aka Dugong
Part of PlanetUni
Planet Shakers City Church, Melbourne, Australia
important dates
IMPORTANT: CHURCH SERVICE TIMES HAVE CHANGED TO 3PM AND 5.15PM AND PRAYER MEETING AT 2.15PM!
15 Feb, Fri - John Wee's 23rd!
17 Feb, Sun - Church @ Dallas Brooks Centre. 3pm and 5.15pm. Prayer meet at 2.15pm. Pastor Russell speaking! VISION SUNDAY!!
21 Feb, Thurs - OUR VERY FIRST URBAN LIFE FOR THE YEAR! Venue to be confirmed. 7.30pm.
23 Feb, Sat - Beatrice's 20th! (wow, so young. haha)
24 Feb, Sun - Church @ Dallas Brooks Centre. 3pm and 5.15pm. Prayer meet at 2.15pm. Pastor John Cameron from Arise Church Wellington speaking! ANNIVERSARY SERVICE!!
2 Mar, Sun - Church @ Dallas Brooks Centre. 3pm and 5.15pm. Prayer meet at 2.15pm. Pastor Matt Fielder speaking!
6 Mar, Thurs - 2nd Urban Life of the year. Derek's apartment @ 409 Concept Blue. 7.30pm. WELCOME PARTY!
9 Mar, Sun - Church @ Dallas Brooks Centre. 3pm and 5.15pm. Prayer meet at 2.15pm. Pastor Russell speaking!
11 Mar, Tues - DNA, Inner Champion and Kingdom Purpose courses starting! 7.30pm @ Melbourne High School, South Yarra.
For the peeps back home over the Summer Hols
Summer Urban Life (Malaysia, Singapore & Melbourne) information can be found @
http://www.planetuni.com.au/urbs.htm
posts and updates
Monday, February 18, 2008
-02:32
Heyyaaa...
Sorry its beeen awhile since I last posted, but today, something the pastor said at my church really caught my attention.
'
If you ask a person who refines silver,
"How do you know when the silver is fully refined?"
He'll tell you that it's done when you can see your reflection in it.'=D
God is always cleaning us up.
And He'll only be done when He can see Himself........
in us.
Love,
Bea
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
-00:48
Hey guys! Hope you guys have been great... I know I have been, even though I have to be away from home (Malaysia in case some of you don't know), I feel as though I AM at home right now in Melbourne! :)
I know it's been forever since I've posted something... But I really felt that I needed to post this up - which was the sermont Pastor Sam preached just 2 days ago. It really touched my heart and I don't want you guys who weren't here to miss it. Because it really moved me.
Okay, basically the title's called Giving Yourselves Completely to God. It is just a very simple thing. We should all know that God loves us so much that He gave His only Son Jesus to die for us right? But deep down, do you truly know that God? Do you actually have that kind of relationship with Him?
Romans 6:12-14 "Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness. For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace."
(And more for deeper reading: Psalm 69:9, Matt 19:16-24)
Are there areas in your life and heart where you have locked away and thrown the key away? It may be that hurt or pain or suffering or sin or whatever it may be, don't hold it back. God sent Jesus to die for us for a reason. He wants to take away all our burdens. Not some, but all!
Matt 7:21-23 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ' Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!"
This may sound weird to you. At first, Jesus died for us and shows how much He loves us. But at the same time, He doesn't recognise us. He even said He never knew us. Why?
It is because we never actually had that relationship with Him. We may be serving in church or "doing things" for God and be so involved, but still don't have that intimate relationship with the Saviour.
We want to be a church which believes that Jesus is our everything. He is all we've got. We shall be a church who doesn't want position or recognition or whatsoever - we just want to be close to Him. It is all about having a whole-hearted devotion to Him.
Now read this many Scriptures (if you truly love Him, you would want to) :-
Eph 2:4-5, Phil 2:9-11, Romans 5:8, Isaiah 26:3, Eph 1:6-7, 2 Cor 5:21, 2 Cor 3:17, 1 Cor 1:9, Eph 5:1-2, John 15:15-16, Gal 4:6-7, Isaiah 43:2, John 10:27-29, 2 Cor 9:8, Psalm 107:9, Phil 4:19
If you have read them all, your heart must be filled with joy. And at the same time, there is that ache in your heart - because you have learnt to acknowledge how much He truly loves you. And that we ache to be closer to Him.
What more can you ask for? What more could we possibly need?
Just give ourselves completely to Him. Every area of our lives - our relationships, finances, thoughts, studies, our homes our possessions and everything and anything.
This is just a challenge for each of us. Okay, don't take it as a challenge. Do this only because you want it. You want it so much - to be close to God. And to depend wholely on Him only.
This will be an incredible year for us. I believe that there is so much in store for us. It will bea year filled with seeds, plants and even fruits! :) COME EXPECTING!
Hugs everyone!!
Loves,
Ai Ling.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
-23:27
Ethiopian Woman Raised from the Dead after 12 Hours—Tells about Heaven
Aimee Herd (January 29, 2008)
"I came back, because it was the will of God for me to live with my children. But I would be very happy to go back there. Now I have seen when a Christian dies, he goes to a better place…."
Fatuma Shubisa(Ethiopia)—Fatuma Shubisa, had married an evangelist, and had converted to Christianity from Islam. But the Ethiopian mother-of-nine fell sick and, after some time, she was found to have passed away by her mother who had come to care for her. (Photo: CBN)
There was great mourning in the small village of Alelu, as Fatuma's death was made known among friends and family members. But word of Fatuma's passing also reached the ears of a Christian missionary named Warsa Buta, who was in the area.
Acting on a promise he says the Lord gave him the day he was saved—that God would raise the dead through him—Buta sought out the deceased woman.
A non-Christian crowd gathered as Buta the missionary continued to pray over Fatuma's sheet-covered body. They asked, "Why is this Pentecostal man praying over a dead body?"
Warsa related what happened next, "I had faith the Lord would work through me. I prayed as Peter prayed. 'Fatuma, be raised. I ask you in the name of the Lord. Come to life.' When I prayed that prayer—'Fatuma, rise in the name of Jesus'—she sat up in the bed."
It had been 12 hours since Fatuma had died.
"…Immediately I found myself in my body," explained Fatuma, "I sat up in my bed and started asking, 'What is this? What's happening? What's going on?' Then everybody was surprised. Some were commenting, 'A Pentecostal man can call back a dead soul to a body? If this is real, then we all will become Christians.' And they were shouting."
During the time she was deceased, Fatuma apparently experienced some wonderful glimpses of Heaven, and of family members who had gone before, which she talks about on the CBN video report.
Watch this amazing account on video by accessing the link provided.
http://www.cbn.com/media/index.aspx?s=/vod/DR10v2