On my bed talking with the Holy Spirit this morning, I didn't want to get up...it's so good to simply rest before Him.
Had lunch with my dear wife; on the way to Bakersfield, Sammy and I went down to Starbucks to get some coffee. I saw this Starbucks worker putting ice on her face, I asked her what happened; she told us that she just got her wisdom tooth extracted and her face is swollen. We offered prayer to her after sharing a testimony with her and her co-worker at the counter. Just stretched out my hand on the other side of the counter and prayed. Simply prayed for her and believe that God has healed her by now.
Got tired after coming back from Bakersfield; visited V's family...God, would You capture V's heart now?
Finally got home around 11:30pm...tired but happy.
Jesus, You rock...!
Friday, August 29, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
Las Vegas Mission Trip 2008
ok...so we went to Vegas again.
9 of us, me/Annie/Alice/Jennifer/Shinny/Joy/Aaron/Eric/Andy headed Vegas on Thursday afternoon, we were all hoping to arrive early for the Vegas buffet...hmm...maybe just me.
We arrived and enjoyed the buffet at Paris, which by the way wasn't that great; totally destroyed my expectation. I wanted sushi. :(
Friday morning, 9 of us were worshipping around 9:30 am; Aaron was on the djembe (hand drum) and Andy was playing guitar, totally freestyle. We worshipped for over 1 hour until some young friends from Vegas BOL walked in.
In the afternoon, the Holy Spirit totally changed our schedule, we ended up doing Harp & Bowl for hours. I think our Vegas friends got hooked on that. Taste and see that the Lord is good, eh?
We sang for almost 2 hours of Harp & Bowl with Annie/Aaron/Andy (triple A) and sort of showed them what to do; it's their first time, some were shy but still tried. Good job, Vegas revivalists!
In the evening, more Harp & Bowl style worship (again only guitar and handdrum); by this time, they felt the anointing already (one girl ran out started crying without knowing why). We worshipped a bit more after Aaron shared his testimony; I was going to wrap it up, but that girl who was crying earlier then said "God wants us to go City Invasion at Fashion Show Mall." I was very encouraged by her; so I obeyed. It was around 9:30 pm, we all went to Fashion Show Mall and shouted "Jesus is my best friend!" then we divided into small groups and city invading. First lady whom we talked to wanted us to pray for her co-worker's daughter who is having breast cancer; as we were praying, God gave us the word of knowledge that this lady is suffering from backpain. I asked her if she has any back problem/paiin, she said yes; we prayed for her back and tested out healing. She felt better but refused for more prayer after the second try. God is good and loves her so much. Other groups have cool testimonies too.
So second day, for a hour we sang without any instruments and lyrics cuz we are the instruments and lyrics of God. Just let God play the strings of our hearts!
Alice shared that morning; she did a fantastic job demonstrating the heavenly Father's love.
After lunch, we did Harp & Bowl for another hour with the Triple A team. Eric/Joy/Jennifer taught City Invasion (Healing and Treasure Hunt) - Good job, guys! Very well received!
So we all went out around 4 pm and came back at 5:30 pm. Here are some of the crazy stories.
1. Jennifer and her teammates (forgot who they were...sorry)
They prayed for a lady in a supermarket and she walked out of her wheelchair. That totally shocked her and her husband. They found their treasures too!
2. Andy, Julia of Vegas and oops...forgot the names...
Julia spotted a limping lady trying to walk to the bus stop; she went up and prayed for her, the lady got better then Andy walked over to her and offered more prayers. At the end, she started running and dancing and jumping to the street corner and back; they were all shouting "Hallelujah" at the bus stop under 110 degree weather in Vegas. The lady was going to go to a prayer meeting called "dunamis" hoping to get healed but she was extremely late for the meeting. Little did she know, the "dunamis" came to her at the bus stop. Isn't God good or what?
3. Joy and Sharene
Sharene prayed for a lady at WalMart; the lady was so touched so both the lady and Sharene were crying at WalMart. Isn't that fun?
4. Annie and her teammates found the treasure (treasure means vision/pic or word of knowledge they receive prior to the city invasion) but the treasure didn't want her to pray for him. There are many more testimonies but I can't remember all of them now...>.<
5. In the evening worship, I felt God's presence, angelic visitation/dancing, fire, electricity, etc. Many felt the same things. One young man from Vegas, David felt his spirit left his body and he was taken to heaven and saw angels and the heaven. Isn't that cool? God is soooo good.
6. A word of knowledge (healing miracle for an immediate family member) from the first night got confirmed; God will surely heal Mrs. Chen!
7. Vegas youth shared in front of the adult congregation, some adults cried as the young ppl cried. Young ppl start calling themselves "Revivalists", and they are going out praying for ppl next week. Awesome!!!
8. Me and Aaron, we just had fun praying for ppl and got prophesied over by a lady, Myra, in a electric scooter at WalMart. To give is to receive...upside down Kingdom yo...!
That's what I remember now... God is good all the time! So basically we just went to Vegas to celebrate what God is doing; it's ALL about Jesus!
9 of us, me/Annie/Alice/Jennifer/Shinny/Joy/Aaron/Eric/Andy headed Vegas on Thursday afternoon, we were all hoping to arrive early for the Vegas buffet...hmm...maybe just me.
We arrived and enjoyed the buffet at Paris, which by the way wasn't that great; totally destroyed my expectation. I wanted sushi. :(
Friday morning, 9 of us were worshipping around 9:30 am; Aaron was on the djembe (hand drum) and Andy was playing guitar, totally freestyle. We worshipped for over 1 hour until some young friends from Vegas BOL walked in.
In the afternoon, the Holy Spirit totally changed our schedule, we ended up doing Harp & Bowl for hours. I think our Vegas friends got hooked on that. Taste and see that the Lord is good, eh?
We sang for almost 2 hours of Harp & Bowl with Annie/Aaron/Andy (triple A) and sort of showed them what to do; it's their first time, some were shy but still tried. Good job, Vegas revivalists!
In the evening, more Harp & Bowl style worship (again only guitar and handdrum); by this time, they felt the anointing already (one girl ran out started crying without knowing why). We worshipped a bit more after Aaron shared his testimony; I was going to wrap it up, but that girl who was crying earlier then said "God wants us to go City Invasion at Fashion Show Mall." I was very encouraged by her; so I obeyed. It was around 9:30 pm, we all went to Fashion Show Mall and shouted "Jesus is my best friend!" then we divided into small groups and city invading. First lady whom we talked to wanted us to pray for her co-worker's daughter who is having breast cancer; as we were praying, God gave us the word of knowledge that this lady is suffering from backpain. I asked her if she has any back problem/paiin, she said yes; we prayed for her back and tested out healing. She felt better but refused for more prayer after the second try. God is good and loves her so much. Other groups have cool testimonies too.
So second day, for a hour we sang without any instruments and lyrics cuz we are the instruments and lyrics of God. Just let God play the strings of our hearts!
Alice shared that morning; she did a fantastic job demonstrating the heavenly Father's love.
After lunch, we did Harp & Bowl for another hour with the Triple A team. Eric/Joy/Jennifer taught City Invasion (Healing and Treasure Hunt) - Good job, guys! Very well received!
So we all went out around 4 pm and came back at 5:30 pm. Here are some of the crazy stories.
1. Jennifer and her teammates (forgot who they were...sorry)
They prayed for a lady in a supermarket and she walked out of her wheelchair. That totally shocked her and her husband. They found their treasures too!
2. Andy, Julia of Vegas and oops...forgot the names...
Julia spotted a limping lady trying to walk to the bus stop; she went up and prayed for her, the lady got better then Andy walked over to her and offered more prayers. At the end, she started running and dancing and jumping to the street corner and back; they were all shouting "Hallelujah" at the bus stop under 110 degree weather in Vegas. The lady was going to go to a prayer meeting called "dunamis" hoping to get healed but she was extremely late for the meeting. Little did she know, the "dunamis" came to her at the bus stop. Isn't God good or what?
3. Joy and Sharene
Sharene prayed for a lady at WalMart; the lady was so touched so both the lady and Sharene were crying at WalMart. Isn't that fun?
4. Annie and her teammates found the treasure (treasure means vision/pic or word of knowledge they receive prior to the city invasion) but the treasure didn't want her to pray for him. There are many more testimonies but I can't remember all of them now...>.<
5. In the evening worship, I felt God's presence, angelic visitation/dancing, fire, electricity, etc. Many felt the same things. One young man from Vegas, David felt his spirit left his body and he was taken to heaven and saw angels and the heaven. Isn't that cool? God is soooo good.
6. A word of knowledge (healing miracle for an immediate family member) from the first night got confirmed; God will surely heal Mrs. Chen!
7. Vegas youth shared in front of the adult congregation, some adults cried as the young ppl cried. Young ppl start calling themselves "Revivalists", and they are going out praying for ppl next week. Awesome!!!
8. Me and Aaron, we just had fun praying for ppl and got prophesied over by a lady, Myra, in a electric scooter at WalMart. To give is to receive...upside down Kingdom yo...!
That's what I remember now... God is good all the time! So basically we just went to Vegas to celebrate what God is doing; it's ALL about Jesus!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
holy tornado
Just came back from Prayer Mountain again yesterday...Yes, I went back with Sammy and Jennifer this time. It is always "fun" when we drop everything and just pray.
I was practicing my "holy smack" and "holy increase" when I first got to Prayer Mountain. Basically "holy smack" is for fighting the enemy and "holy increase" is for our personal or family spiritual growth. I prayed for Annie's to receive God's "holy increase"...haha...God is good!
So...Sammy and I slept in the chapel because we really wanted to pray whole night. I was sleeping on a pew but some stupid bugs came and visited me; I was half asleep and half awake, I tried to pray but I felt cold. I stood up and looked around, found that Sammy was missing but his sleeping bag was still there laying at the altar. I immediately got into the sleeping bag when I couldn't find him in the chapel. oh wo...God is good.
I tried to pray more, but I was out. I think it was almost 3 am or something. I then had a dream; it's so real and intense.
In the dream, we, Impact, are all sitting in airplane cockpit type of chair; but we are in a tall building (don't' know how tall it is, but tall). All the sudden, there is a tornado hitting all the buildings around us; the power of tornado is tremendously destructive, it wipes out everything it touches. Then the tornado hits our building and I see the wall is torn down and all of us are being blown out as we still sit on the chairs. Some of Impact people got sucked into this emptiness/vacuum of the tornado; some still sit in the chair with their seat belts on. Finally we land safely, but I begin to run as the tornado is chasing me; I then see a tall oak tree, I grab so tight I don't want to let go. Physically I could feel the wind and felt that I was being lifted up as I was laying in the chapel. The tornado is swirling around me and tends to suck me into the emptiness/vacuum; I then shout out "In Jesus' name, I command you to stop." for many times. I don't want to let go nor being sucked into the tornado. I keep on commanding the tornado to stop in Jesus' name. Suddenly the tornado becomes a person, the son of man, and He says "I am Jesus. Because of your dedication and persistence or something, I am going to make a new covenant with you." Then He disappears. In my dream, I begin to look around; everything is destroyed, not much of it is left and I find some gemstones and gold right by the oak tree. Annie shows up and collect the gemstones with me. Then I woke up.
It was so real...I kept on saying "OMG! OMG!..." when I opened my eyes. wow...what an experience. I thought of Misty Edwards' dream too; they are somewhat similar.
God is good.
I was practicing my "holy smack" and "holy increase" when I first got to Prayer Mountain. Basically "holy smack" is for fighting the enemy and "holy increase" is for our personal or family spiritual growth. I prayed for Annie's to receive God's "holy increase"...haha...God is good!
So...Sammy and I slept in the chapel because we really wanted to pray whole night. I was sleeping on a pew but some stupid bugs came and visited me; I was half asleep and half awake, I tried to pray but I felt cold. I stood up and looked around, found that Sammy was missing but his sleeping bag was still there laying at the altar. I immediately got into the sleeping bag when I couldn't find him in the chapel. oh wo...God is good.
I tried to pray more, but I was out. I think it was almost 3 am or something. I then had a dream; it's so real and intense.
In the dream, we, Impact, are all sitting in airplane cockpit type of chair; but we are in a tall building (don't' know how tall it is, but tall). All the sudden, there is a tornado hitting all the buildings around us; the power of tornado is tremendously destructive, it wipes out everything it touches. Then the tornado hits our building and I see the wall is torn down and all of us are being blown out as we still sit on the chairs. Some of Impact people got sucked into this emptiness/vacuum of the tornado; some still sit in the chair with their seat belts on. Finally we land safely, but I begin to run as the tornado is chasing me; I then see a tall oak tree, I grab so tight I don't want to let go. Physically I could feel the wind and felt that I was being lifted up as I was laying in the chapel. The tornado is swirling around me and tends to suck me into the emptiness/vacuum; I then shout out "In Jesus' name, I command you to stop." for many times. I don't want to let go nor being sucked into the tornado. I keep on commanding the tornado to stop in Jesus' name. Suddenly the tornado becomes a person, the son of man, and He says "I am Jesus. Because of your dedication and persistence or something, I am going to make a new covenant with you." Then He disappears. In my dream, I begin to look around; everything is destroyed, not much of it is left and I find some gemstones and gold right by the oak tree. Annie shows up and collect the gemstones with me. Then I woke up.
It was so real...I kept on saying "OMG! OMG!..." when I opened my eyes. wow...what an experience. I thought of Misty Edwards' dream too; they are somewhat similar.
God is good.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
thank you...
I receive.
Got another check from other person via mail. I was surprised about the amount on the check. It's total enough to pay off some of my debts!
Thank you, dear prayer partner for standing along side with us.
Thank You, Jesus.
I receive.
Got another check from other person via mail. I was surprised about the amount on the check. It's total enough to pay off some of my debts!
Thank you, dear prayer partner for standing along side with us.
Thank You, Jesus.
I receive.
Monday, August 11, 2008
money is on the way...
Didn't my Koren spiritual mother say money is on the way?
First check came when I was still in the prayer mountain...isn't God great or what?!
Annie and I got a check from someone who doesn't even know us that well; I didn't tell her about what I am going through recently. It is the God of "What is it?" (Manna means "what is it?")
I receive. And more is coming...
He is always faithful.
First check came when I was still in the prayer mountain...isn't God great or what?!
Annie and I got a check from someone who doesn't even know us that well; I didn't tell her about what I am going through recently. It is the God of "What is it?" (Manna means "what is it?")
I receive. And more is coming...
He is always faithful.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
I am home.
Came back yesterday from the Prayer Mountain. 4 of us, Samuel, Shinny, Tiffa and myself went to the prayer mountain on Monday; it was a 5 days trip, we fasted for 4 full days only on water. Did much self-reflection, rest and meditation. After all, I believe that the group receive something fresh from the Lord.
Fasting not so much of a spiritual ritual to me. I fast not because I am bargaining with God or asking Him to give me more blessing. It's surrendering myself, my heart, my will, my soul and my body to Him. It's more of setting my time apart just seeking His face and His presence.
During this trip, on Wednesday I was very irritated by a bank that kept on calling me because of my late payment; I need His extra grace to pay off my debts, I don't mean to pay late I am just not home now. My friend at Mattel called me and gave me a job lead; he wants me to go try out this position at Mattel again; I said, Ok, I will as soon as I get back home. In my heart, I already made up my mind to go back to the marketplace...perhaps it's time to face the "reality", eh? Sigh... I cried in my heart... Is that it God? Is that ALL you can do, Jesus??
Wednesday night, I got a call from Ruth, the daughter of my Korean spiritual mother; she told me that my Korean mom who prays for me everyday had a vision about me earlier. In the vision, God told my Korean mom to tell me not to be afraid and timid.
She said, "Don't be afraid. Stay in this path now, don't go left or right. God is in you midst. Don't' go back to the marketplace. Money is on the way. You are going to train many missionaries and disciples for nations. Disciple them, they are going to be a great army for Jesus. Don't be afraid." I had tears rolling in my eyes when I heard it; God is soooo good. He always comes in the best timing. His name is Jehoval Punctual. He is a faithful God!
That answered three things, one - we are on the right path, two - don't go back to the marketplace and money is on the way, three - School of Disciples is a must. Amen!
I receive. By faith.
Fasting not so much of a spiritual ritual to me. I fast not because I am bargaining with God or asking Him to give me more blessing. It's surrendering myself, my heart, my will, my soul and my body to Him. It's more of setting my time apart just seeking His face and His presence.
During this trip, on Wednesday I was very irritated by a bank that kept on calling me because of my late payment; I need His extra grace to pay off my debts, I don't mean to pay late I am just not home now. My friend at Mattel called me and gave me a job lead; he wants me to go try out this position at Mattel again; I said, Ok, I will as soon as I get back home. In my heart, I already made up my mind to go back to the marketplace...perhaps it's time to face the "reality", eh? Sigh... I cried in my heart... Is that it God? Is that ALL you can do, Jesus??
Wednesday night, I got a call from Ruth, the daughter of my Korean spiritual mother; she told me that my Korean mom who prays for me everyday had a vision about me earlier. In the vision, God told my Korean mom to tell me not to be afraid and timid.
She said, "Don't be afraid. Stay in this path now, don't go left or right. God is in you midst. Don't' go back to the marketplace. Money is on the way. You are going to train many missionaries and disciples for nations. Disciple them, they are going to be a great army for Jesus. Don't be afraid." I had tears rolling in my eyes when I heard it; God is soooo good. He always comes in the best timing. His name is Jehoval Punctual. He is a faithful God!
That answered three things, one - we are on the right path, two - don't go back to the marketplace and money is on the way, three - School of Disciples is a must. Amen!
I receive. By faith.
Monday, August 4, 2008
School of _________!
Ben Wong came to Impact on Sat night...
Guess what? It was a God's timing. I was resting at church when pastor Andrew Tsai called; we chatted for 20 minutes or so, then he told me that pastor Ah-Ben is in OC helping NLCCOC. I told pastor Andrew Tsai that Ah-Ben never returned my emails so maybe he doesn't like me or what! j/k... Anyways, I still got Ah-Ben's number and decided to call him right away. Ah-Ben picked up and told me that he is in Temple City. I got excited and asked him to have a cup of coffee with us; so me, Annie, Aaron, Ah-Ben and pastor Marc went to the Starbucks near Impact.
I say...it's God's timing because I've been thinking about starting a School of Disciples but have no ideas where to begin with. As we all know, Ah-Ben is a coach and a mentor in ministry and mission; I asked him to help us. There I realized that it was a "wrong" move; cuz he really challenges me and I did set a "holy" trap for myself and Impact. It's God's divine moment; God totally set me up for it. His name is Jehovah "Trickster", and I love Him so much. Haha...
So after a short conversation with Ah-Ben, I know that I can't escape what God wants Impact to do; I kept making a fool of myself if I tried to come out with more lame excuses before Ah-Ben.
Pastor Ah-Ben promises to come and help Impact to set up our own School of Disciples; he even wants to call it D.D.D. (Dangerous Deadly Disciples). Ah-Ben's ppl are going to restricted areas (if you know what I mean) next year; places that may get them killed and locked up. Am I ready to be coached by this "maniac" Jesus Freak? oh ya...bring it on, Ah-Ben.
So...Impact is going to start her very first School of Disciples; it's a ONE year FULL time program, simply it means we drop school/work for one full year just to experience God's faithfulness and serve Him. It's like taking a year off to join Army; so instead of going to Army in the US or Taiwan or China, Korea, etc, we take a year off to join Jesus' Army. We are starting in Oct, 2008.
Do you DARE to take a year off to see what God can do through you?
Be a Jesus Freak!
Guess what? It was a God's timing. I was resting at church when pastor Andrew Tsai called; we chatted for 20 minutes or so, then he told me that pastor Ah-Ben is in OC helping NLCCOC. I told pastor Andrew Tsai that Ah-Ben never returned my emails so maybe he doesn't like me or what! j/k... Anyways, I still got Ah-Ben's number and decided to call him right away. Ah-Ben picked up and told me that he is in Temple City. I got excited and asked him to have a cup of coffee with us; so me, Annie, Aaron, Ah-Ben and pastor Marc went to the Starbucks near Impact.
I say...it's God's timing because I've been thinking about starting a School of Disciples but have no ideas where to begin with. As we all know, Ah-Ben is a coach and a mentor in ministry and mission; I asked him to help us. There I realized that it was a "wrong" move; cuz he really challenges me and I did set a "holy" trap for myself and Impact. It's God's divine moment; God totally set me up for it. His name is Jehovah "Trickster", and I love Him so much. Haha...
So after a short conversation with Ah-Ben, I know that I can't escape what God wants Impact to do; I kept making a fool of myself if I tried to come out with more lame excuses before Ah-Ben.
Pastor Ah-Ben promises to come and help Impact to set up our own School of Disciples; he even wants to call it D.D.D. (Dangerous Deadly Disciples). Ah-Ben's ppl are going to restricted areas (if you know what I mean) next year; places that may get them killed and locked up. Am I ready to be coached by this "maniac" Jesus Freak? oh ya...bring it on, Ah-Ben.
So...Impact is going to start her very first School of Disciples; it's a ONE year FULL time program, simply it means we drop school/work for one full year just to experience God's faithfulness and serve Him. It's like taking a year off to join Army; so instead of going to Army in the US or Taiwan or China, Korea, etc, we take a year off to join Jesus' Army. We are starting in Oct, 2008.
Do you DARE to take a year off to see what God can do through you?
Be a Jesus Freak!
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