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| Please don't laugh at me hahaha...I know my English is bad....
go to the link below.....and see my video..haha...
http://judahfive.blogspot.com/search/label/cover
below is the script...but I didn't follow it exactly.
Hi Guys, my
name is Robin, I come from HK. I am from this lovely and supporting group of
J5, And I am doing veterinary science in UQ, for those who do not know what
that is, that means doctor for animals, Today I would like to share even how God have changed my life, but
before I start my story, I would like to tell you a little bit about the education system in HK. In HK, there are 7 yrs of
secondary schooling, and at the 5th
year, which is form 5, there are a
period of open exams called HKCEE, which is similar
to O level, and then, if your result is satisfactory to proceed, there is an A
level at the end of the 7th year. And for my case, although I tried very hard, I still wasn’t good
enough to proceed to Form 6, I was just a little behind the standard and for
that reason I wasn’t able to continue my study in the
same school, I didn’t want to study in other secondary school because that is
not going to be a good option as I could only get into schools that are
worse than the one I used to be in, and I reached a point where I decided to
just start working instead of continue on studying, but thank God for my
wonderful mother, she pursued her attempt, and she tried every sources just to
get information to find a way out for my situation.
With God’s blessing, she
managed to find UQ foundation which was willing to offer my enrolment in Brisbane. And that’s why I am in Australia today, And through that I
entered Uni one year earlier than my other friends in HK, isn’t that amazing?.
And after 1 yr or so, some friends of mine who have been attending Hope Brisbane Christian Church, which is this church,
invited me to live group. At 1st I didn’t want to go, but my dear
friends kept inviting me, so one day I decided to just give it a try JUST becoz
I feel bad rejecting him so many time, and, this is the interesting
bits, because of my poor English back then…….I accepted Christ without truly
understanding what it really means….so of coz I didn’t continue to join them
and didn’t go to church, however, about 1 yr down the track, God put me in a
situation where I was filled with heart-brokenness and regrets. I was walking
from my house, which was in St.lucia, to coronation drive bikeway with tears on
my face, and that day was when God started to turn my life to Him. And a brother
I met in LG b4, whose name is Rayson, he is my dear shepherd now btw, happened
to drive pass me and he felt a prompting from God to go back and find me, and
amazingly, somehow he knew I was at coronation drive bikeway!! He was waiting
in front of me and He came to talk to me, and I talked to him about my
situation, I felt so much better after talking to him, and since then I started
to give open my heart to God. And from that day onward God kept directing me to
Him, the most significant experience with God was at
OC 2007, a convention which is organised by our church, I truly experienced
God’s love and His presence was so strong, I remember, I couldn’t stop crying
during that particular worship night, and from that point onward, I start to
come to church regularly and decided to follow Him wholeheartedly.
I want to
finish off my testimony with
this verse, jeremiah 29:11,” For I know the plan I have for you, declares the
Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you hope and a future.”
brothers and sisters, this verse truly is God’s promise, which is never
failing, He planned all these things to happen in my life, from 5yrs ago, where
I had no choice but to come to Australia to study, from someone who couldn’t get into any Uni in Hk, to someone who is
doing this specialist courses in UQ, and Praise God He helped me through my
degree, (I am in 4th year now by the way), and to where I was
walking in Coronation drive bikeway and God changed my life, and. Everything
was in His plan, and as the verse have said, it is for our good, to give us
hope and a future, therefore, bro and sis, you might be complaining about your
situation right now, but I encourage you to trust in God’s plan because it is
always the best for us!!! Thank you!
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| In the past 2 months, I have been so fully packed with stuff.....school stuff......church service dinner stuff....etc.. For those who do not know, I was asked to help organising this year's afternoon service service dinner, it is completely something new to me, because i have never organised events, and this event involve about 300 ppl......yet I praise God, that i have such a good team to work with, I learnt much from everyone of them, and praise Him, that the dinner went smoothly, and so far, the feedback was good, it's not by our works, but God's grace and His power that it went so well~!! Hahaha......my friends in HK must be thinking that I am so weird, talking about this Christian stuff all the time......but God is so real in my life that I can never deny Him, because He set me free from sufferings, and protected me from potential accidents, and provided me with almost everything I needed, and I can see that my life have been so blessed when I walk with God. This is the reason why no matter what happens, I will still put church as my top priroity, I am not saying that I can ingore everything else, things like friends, study, family, etc, is indeed very important, but I believe that as I focus on God, He will help me to do what's right in His sight, and what's right in His sight? serve Him even though you have exam the next day is right, you can always trust Him that He will help you with your exams if you sacrifice your time to serve Him and His people, again, I am not saying that you don't need to study, I am saying that you should manage your time well, so that you can be well-prepared for exam and yet be able to serve God at the same time. One of my experience is, in the last month or so, I have had some exams, yet I have been so busy, but as I serve the Lord, God gave me good results! I got more than 90% in my exam, it have never happened to me before in my whole uni life. It is nothing else but God! hahaha And now I am facing another "time crisis" I need to complete 3 assignments and study for 2 tests in 5days time.......2 assignments are 3000 words long.....I am really trusting Him for it as it's simply impossible to be done without the strength from God.......hahaha enough typing.........go back to my assignments..... | | |
| you guys have got to watch this. Although she is blind, but God still gave her such remarkable ability to touch lives, how much more can we do given that we have a healthy, normal body? Do not underestimate what we can do to influence others( in a good way). Psalm 139:14 (New International Version)14 "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well."
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Although i am not good with words i'd still choose to share this lesson God taught me. Yesterday was P&W practice for our livegroup, and as you all know it is exam peroid, however, i have still spend a lot of time practicing, trying my best to make it work, then when the time comes to the actual practice with the team, i failed to meet the standard the leader wants, i felt so discouraged and i almost lost temper, it's not because of what people said to me i believe, but because of the time i have spent seems to be in vain, i went home discoraged, sad and hurt, although my fellow bro and sis encouraged me, it wasn't sufficient to stop my heart from bleeding.
That night I wasn't able to sleep until late, so i spent time thinking and thinking, i asked God, "why?", "Am i not doing it with all my heart? Am i not doing what you want me to do? Am i not doing it for you?, i cried out to God from my heart, i said "God, i want to give up, no matter how hard i try, i am just not good enough....i might just stop serving you in guitar, I might just take a break from Livegroup...and have the time spent in other things..." but then suddenly in my head, this thought came in, "If I run away and give up now, I am truly not doing it for God...." So i continued thinking....until a point where i felt so stressed that I went to read my bible, i went to the website biblegateway, and the verse of the day was from Thessalonians, so i opened the Thessalonians chapter 5, and the 1st verse that came into my sight was verse12, and i read on until 15, it says "12Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who work hard among you, who are over you in the Lord and who admonish you. 13Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. 14And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone. 15Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else." through this verse I understand that God knows how hard you have worked for Him, and he didn't say respect those who did well, but instead he said respect those who work hard, so result isn't the most important thing God's looking for, it is the heart that God sees, and God as well reminded me later on of this verse, 1 Corinthians 15:58"58Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain." Therefore, do not be discouraged in times like this, things won't always work out, but as long as we have done our best, we are right before the Lord!
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This is a good story and is true, please read it all the way through Until the end! (After the story, there are some very interesting facts!):
I am a mother of three (ages 14, 12, 3) and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was Sociology. The teacher was absolutely inspiring with the qualities that I wish Every human being had been graced with. Her last project of the term was called, "Smile." The class was asked to go out and smile at three people and document Their reactions.
I am a very friendly person and always smile at everyone and say hello anyway. So, I thought this would be a piece of cake, literally.
Soon after we were assigned the project, my husband, youngest son, and I went out to McDonald's one crisp March morning. It was just our way of sharing special playtime with our son.
We were standing in line, waiting to be served, when all of a sudden everyone around us began to back away, and then even my husband did. I did not move an inch... an overwhelming feeling of panic welled up Inside of me as I turned to see why they had moved.
As I turned around I smelled a horrible "dirty body" smell, and there standing behind me were two poor homeless men.
As I looked down at the short gentleman, close to me, he was "smiling". His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of God's Light as he searched for acceptance.
He said, "Good day" as he counted the few coins he had been clutching. The second man fumbled with his hands as he stood behind his friend. I realized the second man was mentally challenged and the blue-eyed gentleman was his salvation. I held my tears as I stood there with them.
The young lady at the counter asked him what they wanted. He said, "Coffee is all Miss" because that was all they could afford. If they wanted to sit in the restaurant and warm up, they had to buy something. He just wanted to be warm).
Then I really felt it - the compulsion was so great I almost reached out and embraced the little man with the blue eyes. That is when I noticed all eyes in the restaurant were set on me, judging my every action.
I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to give me two more breakfast meals on a separate tray. I then walked around the corner to the table that the men had chosen as a resting spot. I put the tray on the table and laid my hand on the blue-eyed gentleman's cold hand. He looked up at me, with tears in his eyes, and said, "Thank you." I leaned over, began to pat his hand and said, "I did not do this for you. God is here working through me to give you hope."
I started to cry as I walked away to join my husband and son. When I sat down my husband smiled at me and said, "That is why God gave you to me, Honey, to give me hope." We held hands for a moment and at that time, we knew that only because of the Grace that we had been given were we able to give. We are not church goers, but we are believers. That day showed me the pure Light of God's sweet love.
I returned to college, on the last evening of class, with this story in hand. I turned in "my project" and the instructor read it. Then she looked up at me and said, "Can I share this?" I slowly nodded as she got the attention of the class. She began to read and that is when I knew that we as human beings and being part of God share this need to heal people and to be healed.
In my own way I had touched the people at McDonald's, my son, instructor, and every soul that shared the classroom on the last night I spent as a college student. I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn: UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE.
Much love and compassion is sent to each and every person who may read this and learn how to LOVE PEOPLE AND USE THINGS - NOT LOVE THINGS AND USE PEOPLE. | | |
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