Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Just came back not long ago from the leader's meeting at JW. And I'm super duper excited about the things that are going to happen!!!

The last part of the service was a surprise for everyone, at least for my friends. We thought we are going to go home early today at 925pm when Pst Charles Whitehead finished speaking to all of us. Then we were told to take a 5 minutes break before Pst Tan shared even more things to us. It's really awesome and great and you can sense the seriousness in his eyes. The fire that's burning deep within, knowing that as he shared this revelation with us, something is going to happen.

I caught the fire, coz i know im soooo excited now that im not doing my readings or going to sleep. Thinking and thinking about the things that Pst preached. Yea!! Im feeling high! One thing that really impacted and convicted me was that we really need to pray this year. Prayer is the key that will bring forth the revival we all desire. And like what Pst Eileen said after that, this is like a wake-up call to us.

I still remembered the days when I really prayed for every child in my group by name. I even wrote down individual needs of my children. I started doing this during the days when I just became a leader. It was the passion to see revival that made me do it, and true indeed, God brought forth the increase. Even now for my Bedok group, I've been praying for the parents of my children. VL208 has 3/4 of the children who attends Expo service and the fate of my attendance lies heavily on the parents to bring their children along. There was this period of time when the parents are attending service without their children. And thus my attendance wasn't that good. But i prayed and believed, that God would give me my breakthrough. And as of Jan 2008, my attendance has been doing well, even hitting a high of 42 for one of the weeks.

However, I do have to admit that I pray only when things are not doing well. And this year, I want to make a conscious effort to pray for ALL my children.

My vision this year is to create an Impact. And to do so, I know that I can't do things alone. And like what Pst Tan said, let's not saddle our helpers with all the admin work. Challenge them to rise up, to make a difference. To take up ownership of the children, of the family of the children. This year, I will raise up new leaders. Leaders who can do the things that I do, or even better. Leaders who have the passion and a heartbeat that's in tune with God and our vision.

I always believed in this when I first became a VL. It's PASSION, that will bring forth the REVIVAL!

I'm sooooooo higgggghhhhhhh..... no need to sleep liao....... harhar.. PRAY PRAY PRAY!!!
L1v1nG 4 JeSuS at Tuesday, January 22, 2008