Playing for Sunday...

Today was just a good experience getting to play my instrument for worship, I think God told me to actually give it all I got, God just told not to let my music distract me too much, as I concentrate to please and glorify God. I hope that I can learn how to express my emotions and my passion for God not only to just give God his worth but to also bless other people. I think maybe today I concentrate about my timing a lot, I must learn to play with the band. compliment each other. Well, Sam said I compliment his piano well, so I hope I can remain or improve...

I was reading Tim Hughes ' Passion For Your Name' the night before, I really learnt that its not about just singing songs on sunday service but the most important thing is when you are out there, how is your worship shown. It always reminds me of David about worship, he didn't just sing worship songs with his harp but he always show his worship out there, when he was young till he was king. People mess up at times, like David, he just immediately repent. Wherever he went, He was always thinking about God, even when he became a king, his heart was always humble. I think if I was becoming king I'll just be proud of myself and will expect people to bow down and worship me, but for David, he was opposite. He will dare to worship in front of the public, he won't be scared if he got embarassed. That is what I call All For Jesus!

Another point about the book is we always just lose our passion for God, it will just dry up and we will feel it. If we have been Christians for a long time we can so easily fall into this. We've heard the stories thousands of times, we've sung the songs and prayed the prayers, and now nothing really suprises us. There is a hymnwriter William Cowper wrote in 1769, 'Where is the blessedness I knew when I first saw the Lord? Where is the soul-refreshing view of Jesus and His word? Romans 12:11 says, 'Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervour, serving the Lord.' Zeal means being full of life according to internet dictionary and spiritual fervour basically means spiritual appetite I think... Let your religion be less of a theory, and more of a love affair. For this reason we need to pray for more revalation. Sometimes we let ministry distract us from God and we always think that by doing religious things is we love God. Well, its wrong. The only thing that will is God-given revelation of who he is.

(Luke2:41-48)
"His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing."

Why did Mary and Joseph failed to notice that Jesus wasn't with them for so long? Were they bad parents? I think this is because they were in the rush and stress of organising everyone to return home after the festival, Mary and Joseph took their eyes off Jesus. They assumed he was in their company. The truth is that at times our relationship with Jesus is not good, we are all distracted by school, work, ministry and etc. The point is we should always be keeping our eyes on Jesus.

Brother LT was more of teaching than preaching today, he was talking about why homosexual is wrong. Basically because God made man and women to be together like Adam and Eve. God didn't made man and man or women and women but is man and women.

(1 Corinthians 10:17) But I want to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of women is man, and the head of Christ is God.