At Yakun in Tiong Bahru Plaza and was going to sit at the only window seat left, all ready to share my testimony and watch the morning crowd start their day but then decided to take a seat on the inside nearer to the counter. I was glad I did that because in walked a little girl with her dad and the joy on her face of finding her favourite window seat empty, I knew I made the right decision. It had already made my day.
It has been an amazing 4 months in SOT, School of Theology. There was no shortage in learning and encounters. Every day is a new day with new things to experience, to discover of self and of the Lord and we see how when one is willing, we can continue to grow from glory to glory. Our God is an amazing God and He will not shortchange us as long as we seek Him, we shall find, ask and it shall be given, knock and it shall be open. Many things are easier said than done and this is one of those things for me because it is given according to our faith. God only requires one thing from us…our complete faith in Him to do all things for us.
There is so much I want to share and I do not know where to start but I woke up this morning and knew I had to share this for I know it will be an encouragement to many. To have 3 amazing encounters with the Holy Spirit in a week – how can I not share? :D
This week was spent with Pastor Mike Connell who leads a great ministry of healing and every session was just a wonderful move of the Holy Spirit in the whole hall. He led me to my baptism of the Holy Spirit at my very first meeting with him at one of our Sunday services. Read about it in one of my earlier posts.
First amazing encounter: My deliverance
Pastor did his first deliverance on the 2nd day and I was not expecting anything dramatic but then I reacted the moment he went on stage. I bent down and refused to move from where I was seated. My team mate dragged me out because she realized there was something that needs to be settled, something the Lord needs to do in me, something that needs to be cleared for me to move on. I screamed and resisted all attempts to lead me in prayer, not knowing why. I knew someone was saying the prayer on my behalf just at my ears and before I knew it, I fell to the ground and stopped struggling. It was like ropes were cut off and I was just lying there like a child in her mother’s arms. I felt God’s love fill the whole of me and I just wanted to be in His arms forever. He has freed me from bondages I didn’t even realize was there…or maybe bondages I have decided to ignore or chosen to avoid. Something I have chosen to forget but He knows what is good for us. He sees our destiny while we see only the “now”. As long as we look to Him, there is nothing He cannot do for us.
Second amazing encounter: My divine healing
I was starting to feel feverish with body aches all over on Tuesday afternoon, with loss of appetite and all I want to do is lie down and sleep. So I slept a lot on Tuesday, tried to read my assignment book but failed to do much. Come Wednesday and the fever came, the body aches got worse and it was a torture to be walking around but I knew I just had to get myself to school. Amazingly at ministry time, the aches disappear and I was able to give some sisters a hug after their deliverance and to help say a prayer for them. But immediately after, I will need to find a chair to slump in. Wednesday afternoon was spent much like Tuesday afternoon – failed attempt at accomplishing much for assignment – just wanted to sleep. A revelation for me then, I have been abusing my body which is God’s temple and where the Holy Spirit dwells, with the late nights and early mornings, not eating when I need to and not drinking when I have to. I have been attempting to do things my way. Now I will have the rest that I need which is necessary for doing greater things in God’s Kingdom. I made my way to school on Thursday morning and I could hardly sit up straight and wondered why all the sleeping was not working!! My wonderful team mates prayed for me and when they asked if I felt better, I was not much better to say “yes” so I said…”ok lah”. Then went home after lunch to sleep and told myself I have to wake up at 5.30pm to prepare for a class that I have in the night. Amazing, amazing and amazing…at 5.30pm sharp, I was awoken not by my alarm clock which did not go off but by a cool, gentle, refreshing breath of air passing across my face just above my lips, like someone just gave me a gentle awakening call to a brand new day. It was so cool, so gentle and so refreshing, I attempted to blow at myself but of course I failed. I can only blow outwards, not across my face and it certainly was not cool, gentle and refreshing. There was no wind, no fan and it was just so specific like someone came close and gave me gentle breath of fresh air. I wanted to just lie down there and wait for it again but I knew I had to wake up. That’s when I realize my body aches and fever – GONE!! I was able to go teach at my class, come back home to watch the last episode of my then favourite Korean movie and finish my assignment. Wow!! I love you Jesus…Praise God for His grace in healing me and thank my team mates for their prayer in faith. The Holy Spirit gives divine health and power...I have received divine healing.
Third amazing encounter – the power of His love for us
Ever had anyone who can agitate you so much by just his presence? I have someone like that and he appeared in front of me on Thursday night. He did not say or do anything but I felt agitated. Immediately I stopped doing what I was doing and started to pray because I refuse to let the feelings manifest in me. I prayed that the Lord will give me strength to get it out of my system. As I continued praying in tongues, feelings of agitation left and at one point I felt love has replaced it. Then I realized that if there is this gateway for agitation to come in, it can also be a gateway for God’s love to go out. So I continued to pray for God’s love to fill me so abundantly that it will overflow and that the doors of the gate will be just one way for His love to flow out through me and that there will be no space for any ill feelings to come in. I prayed and prayed until I know the Lord has done what He needs to do with me and at that moment, I could go up to that person, give him a hug and there was just feelings of love and nothing else. I close my eyes and I can see God pouring His love into me and through the gates of my heart, it flows from me to the person I am hugging and I know he will experience God’s love for him. He may not know it now but he will know because God’s work has already started and He will not stop until it is done. Nothing is greater than His love for His children.
All that happened this week was possible because by His grace, He delivered me and I cannot thank Him enough for that.
Thank You, Lord, for Your grace. Thank You for creating a new me. Thank You for all that You have done for me, for the great exchange at the cross.
He sees what we do not see and knows what we do not know. Have faith and in Him all things are possible because He is the creator of everything.
10:45 AM;
to love You from the inside out
