this is church life...?

Why would people leave their church after investing such a long in their "spiritual" homes?

It saddens me when I hear that believers are leaving their "home church"... I can understand that there are no perfect leaders and no perfect churches. To me personally, a church is like family. You can have a big family, like the Italian Mafias... they would "disagree" with outsiders but they love their "brothers".

Follow the vision that God gives to the leader, unless the leader is not following the vision anymore. Love never fails.

NO! I want that!

No! I can't find anything.

Can I just get that? Pressing in? Grrr......

long day

I drove down to San Diego... now I am tired. Thanks, James! :-0

Sunday was great. With Evan Money sharing, God really showed me something that is our messages need to be simple but profound. I am excited to see that GodChasers Network is making history. Over 20 some leaders gather together under the same roof, some from BOLCCLA, some from Impact; as we gather together and shared hearts, I began to realize how much God wants to use this group of people. I want to be part of it too!

Although we were missing some leaders from other Bread of Life, I believe that the unity is undivided among the core-leaders. We made a covenant among the leaders; we shared dinner together (pizza). This is a divine covenant! haha... amen!

James shared something cool during the meeting, but somehow I forgot about it now... guess I am too tired now.

Anyway this is first youth leader's gathering in the history of BOL, USA.

GodChasers! Rock on!

tears

I need to unlock my heart more and more. I have not had tears for almost 7 days. God, would You touch my heart again?

People are talking about their nightmares and

God, I want more of You.

love always protects

Love always protects.

We talk about LOVE as Christians.

We think we know LOVE.

All of us want to receive LOVE.

God is LOVE.

God's LOVE causes Him to die passionately on the cross.

God's LOVE secures us in eternity.

Our eternity starts at the minute we are born.

Eternity with LOVE, or without it.

God's LOVE sets us apart from harm.

God shows up. LOVE shows up.

LOVE was presented this past Monday night.

We saw it. Felt it. Received it. Then gave it away.

Do you have the LOVE that protects you?

Leading people to Christ is fun!

Seriously... it is fun and exciting when leading a person to Christ.

The key is, share about God's love and demonstrate God's power!

So tonight I finally got to hang out with this guy, who I have wanted to hang out for a while. During dinner, I started talking about God and stuff. Anyway I just needed to get my points across with this guy.

After sharing about God's love and the gospel of Jesus Christ, I sensed that the Lord wanted me to give him this word of knowledge. So I did. He then started sharing about his life and words I gave him. At the end, he said, no one knew about this. Well I said, it's God. He loves you.

Next, I asked him if he wanted to accept Jesus. "Yes" he said.

One person at a time, hallelujah!

Your Kingdom come, God!

fear

Fear...

I have not had a sense of fear for a long time. Some people are going through tough times; they even try to hide themselves from the Lord (of course it doesn't work!). Anyway, my heart cried with them but I felt powerless to do anything for them. It's not my field to plow, I think. At least I tried. But I did pray a prayer that I wanted to feel how they feel; so that I could better help them. So God answered my prayer.

Annie and I are running very low financially this month. I had no cash to even put gas in the car this week. I was driving on an empty tank literally from Monday to Wednesday. The gas gauge showed below empty for 3 days but I was still driving from Arcadia to Cerritos then back to Arcadia on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the tank already showed empty for 2 days but I had to go down to Fullerton from Arcadia. I was worried while driving down to Fullerton. I don't know how to get back home... I don't want to push the car home... so I prayed.

One prayer - "Lord, please clear out the traffic like You divided the Red Sea." On Tuesday night as I drove back, the traffic was horrible on Fwy 605; I was afraid that on Wednesday it would be the same too.

Another prayer - "Lord, let the angels push my car back home. In Jesus' name."

As I was driving back, all the sudden, fear came around me. I was "afraid" that I couldn't go home. The feeling of insecurity surrounded me and I couldn't think positively about God. I was worried. Nevertheless I began to pray in tongue and praised God loudly in my car, but I couldn't feel the car was moving any faster.

While praising God, God reminded me of my prayer for those people who are going through tough times. He told me that this "fear and insecurity" is what some people are feeling; they are worried about their now and then. It's really about money.

I had no money to put gas in the car this time. Honestly my faith is being tested. God doesn't test the evil; God tests the good. Because I am created to be good, that's why God tests me! I thank God! Stay strong! Stand firm! God is good! I believe in Jehovah Jireh.

To those who are going through tough times...

I understand why you want to run away... when I found out about A.J.'s condition, I wanted to run away from God too. I was speechless toward my son's situation. It was not easy.

It costs me a son to know this truth... Instead of running away from God, I chose to run to Him. I overcame. You can too. Start running to God now.

When we ask God for more faith, God gives us more trials to exercise our faith muscle. That means we will face more obstacles and challenges! That's how our faith is being increased!

God, You are so wise!

season of a turning leaf

Today I found out what it means about being sensitive of which season you are in. I learned it from Evan. After he shared with me, I've come to realize that this is a season of equipping now. SOD has slowed down for the past 2 months after my return from Africa; I felt like I needed to stop for a while and Evan needed to catch up with some readings. Today after the chat, we both feel like it's time to commit to the schedule again. I have peace and ready to go forth.

God prepared the earth for us. When the season is right, the first man was created. It took God millions of years to make sure the earth is livable. The point is... we usually prepare the food and cook for hours but we only spend average 20 minutes to eat the food we make. God prepares us.

Also like weddings, the bride's parents spend average $20,000 on a wedding ceremony; the bride spends a year planning for the wedding, but usually it takes average 20-30 minutes for the ceremony to take place. God prepares us like He is preparing a wedding! Come on! That's a great insight, Jack!

When the season is right, God makes things possible.