Tuesday, June 05, 2007

The Stairway to heaven


Hey all!
I heard from some people that for TWO weeks the announcements segment was rather.... QUIET.... hahaha now you know....(if you were guai guai at service)

Ah yes... lemme share with you about being overseas! I felt so close to God cause... it was like being over the mountains and the seas!!!!
hahaha.... ok sorry... too lame...

ANYWAY, I wanted to share with you about the impact that hit me while i was there...
On the 2nd day when i went out to meet people to share the gosple, something just struck me real hard.
I wasn't just going there to talk to people simply because i had to meet quota. But it was because i was meant to carry the heartbeat of God. and what was the heartbeat of God? It was to have people to live eternally with him.

When i took a step back to watch the people, I realised that each person whom I didn't speak to, they had the weight of facing eternal death on their hands.
So it was no longer about just planting a church...
No longer trying to grow in numbers...
Not even about trying to give myself an impactful testimony from the mission,
but simply to share the love of God to the people without hope.

I mean, the people I met were not hurting, they were not the ones who are poor and in need. They had friends, they had religion, and they were contented. hence the only thing I could share with them was the reality of heaven and hell.
Hence it was the reality of the ONE WAY we know that drove me on...

So this day i challenge you too!
Go forward and testify to your own friends!
It's not about just seeing ignyte grow, i mean i would love them to join our service, but even at the end of it they want to be discipled in another church, it's OK! Some sow, some reap.
Basically our ultimate goal should be just to extend the priviledge of heaven that we have, to the people around.

Heaven extends far too wide for just you and I to occupy the entire space.
Catch the urgency!
Bring in the harvest!

Love ya!
Michelle