.Saturday, June 12, 2010 ' 2:09 PM Y
"But I also have another purpose.
I want to speak to City Harvest Church.
Because as God has brought us to about 32,000 over people, as we come to this place in our spiritual journey as a church. I want to speak to my members for a moment. I just want to say this. I'm very proud of all of you here in City Harvest Church. And maybe as your pastor, maybe I have not said enough, but tonight I want to say it.
I really, really do love you.
I love you for all the sacrifices that you've made to God. I love you for all the hours that you have put in to serve God, and to serve one another and to serve the vision of the church. And I love you for making a stand for your faith, especially if you are a youth, a young person here, I know it can be scary to make a stand for your faith. Very often, you feel very lonely. We have this great church today, not just because of Pastor, but because of you.
And if I have not said enough, I want you to know, Pastor and Sun, we really, really love you.
Let us keep on loving one another. Let us keep on loving God. And let's win this world not just by our programs and our events, but by the love of God in our heart, that is shed abroad by the Holy Spirit. You are the unsung heroes of City Harvest Church! That's why we're here today. It's because of Jesus. Because of You!
I want you to sing to one another. Because of you.
And Pastor here wants to sing to you, City Harvest Church. Because of you, I've found a purpose, a destiny for my life. 21 years ago, when we started, I mean we were nothing, we were nobody but you came and surrounded me and today we are able to live such an exciting life.
Because of you."
Kong Hee
Asia Conference
28 May 2010
No one loves us more than he does.
.Monday, June 07, 2010 ' 9:11 PM Y
Was reading through those blog entries 5 years ago and I realised God has been such an important part of me since then.
Post on fasting the first time:
"1st time ever in my life i hf fasted. hmm.. stil nt reli use to it. will stil be tempted by food. by i'll turn my physical hunger to spiritual hunger. somehow i felt im growing more n more in Lord. gt tis hunger to noe more of Him n dwell in His presence. oso went for wow todae. hmm.. nt bad. a min cell grp. but oli noe a few ple there. ha. somehow gt tis tot inside me. since my church pastors r willing to go to e extend to sacrifice during their sch days, we can do e same. moreover wow is alr a platform tt is set up. jz nid to gather more ple n revival will come to tj one day. will be gg for tjc-chc prayer meetin on fri. hope it'll be an enlightening n freshing one. =)"
Post on emerge 05:
"im suffering fr some post-emerged conference symtoms. i jz miss tt church conference. i miss queueing up in e carpark. picnic-ing in e carpark. pushing along e stairs n up e bus. dissapointment when cnt squeezed into e audi. lots n lots more. everythg. most impt i miss gods words. anw im readin tis book recently titled "top 200 most probing qns".. it was enlightening. i jz look forward to church svc evydae... i longed for His presence. =)"
Post on some prayer:
"Father, I surrender to You completely now. I yield everything to You- my body, my soul, and my spirit, my family, my studies, my finances, my relationship, my weaknesses, my strengths, my past, my present, and my future, everything I am, for all eternity. I ask You Lord, to give me a repentant heart for all the things I've done to grieve You, all my sins, my iniquities, my coldness of heart, and my lack of trust. I ask You to empower me to turn around, to go the other way, they way that pleases You. Holy spirit, I welcome You into my life right now. I praise You and love You. I ask You to help me receive the things I've asked for from the Father through Jesus. Help me to come into fellowship and communion with You, for I really don't know how to myself. Make me fully aware of Your presence and enable me to hear Your voice. I promise to obey. Lord Jesus, anoint me with the Holy Spirit as I obey and learn. Give me Your power to touch those around me and those You will bring across my path. Show me what to do next. And help me never to neglect Your fellowship. I pray in the name of Jesus my Lord. Amen. "
Post on my dream to be a social worker (far from that now! Haha):
"im certain of my path now. wad e future holds for me is held in God's hand. i've visions n dreams. for myself n e society. most imot for the kingdom of God. im pretty sure i wana go into the social work arena to mk myslf available to those in need. i dun nid any nid for approval for my passion. tts e worng kinda drive. the prove of desire is to pursuit. tts reli sth tt i wld wan to fufil in this life-to impact individual's life. sth tt i hf passion for determines my purpose. when my talents n passion intersect w the nids of the society.. therein lies my purpose. n im sure tt the deeds of this life are the destiny of the next. wadeva my future holds.. its e best tt God will give me."
How pure is that love. How untainted. How unconditional.
You have always been an anchor of my soul. Love you Jesus.
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.Saturday, June 05, 2010 ' 12:36 AM Y
If my blog is a book, it would have turned yellow and dusty. And probably missing. Haha.
So I'm here to inject life once again! Yeayea. Hmmmm let's talk abt my take on the Chc saga.
Chc is more than a church to me, it's a family, a place where hearts are united and lives are shared. This is a place I found my being, discovered self. This is the place that pastor kong has fathered me, besides my abba father. We live in a generation where our parents are still stuck in the traditional way of parenting, providing pocket money and a few nags here and there. In my view, our parents, or maybe my parents, didn't really parent me, but simply played their roles as dutiful parents who ensure food and education for me. Parenting requires the total development of a child. But nobody talk to me about moral values, character development, believing in who I am etc before I came to Chc, a place I called home. My views on such issues were simply based on my very own self-conjured view of things and I guarded myself with my own effort called self-discipline. Though I was an exceling student in school and maybe a role model, I never had one.
When I first came to Chc, honestly, I was overwhelmed by the presence of God as a p6 student! I teared uncontrobly and I duno why. I just knew that someone loves me very much. I backslided and came back a few years later, n I realised I don't really like how things were done when I was abit older. Everything felt so commercialize and modernized, which made me felt uncomfortable. I dun understand why pastor's wife had to be a singer, why must I give, why must I attend cg, why must I buy the $10 bible study book, why and more whys. I started to feel that maybe this is not the place.
To give God a chance, or rather myself a chance, I got myself to commit fully to all the church activities for a month, and therafter evaluate and decide to stay or leave. So I was fully immersed for a month and this one month changed my life totally. I realised this church is not a church which u can understand and grasp just by being an on looker. Like what ST said in the headline: not an usual church. U can only experience the richness and the life of it when u consider yourself as a member of this place. I stayed not bcz of any friends, but simply for the word of God, which pastor kong explained and expounded on every verse so clearly and make it so applicable for me. I would never know the bible at such deep level if not for pastor kong.
Pastor kong is not just my pastor, he is my father, my role model, my brother and my friend. Though there might be external or even internal dispute abt him, I choose to be loyal to the man who fed me, taught me, guided me and lead to self-actualisation. Comments against pastor kong on fb hurt and offended me just like how u would too if someone said the same to your own family members. People simply don't understand what Chc means to the 33,000 people, the people in Asia and the people in the world. Like one fb post says, Chc needs pastor kong, Asia needs pastor kong. Likened to avatar, he is simply the tree of the community.
We are not promoting idolism or any personal fame here. But simply, we promote unity and gratefulness. I believe many are given the opportunities to serve like pastor kong, but they chose to live a more comfortable and safe life. Pastor kong simply obeyed.
So if u are on-looker reading this, I welcome u to come join us and experience this family together before u cast any judgement.
If u are among us and not for us, I encourage you to stir up your gratitude and believe tgt with us.
Pastor kong and Sun will always have my support. I love this house.
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