A Blessed Journey (16/1/06)

Indeed the decision of going out to KL was the right decision that was made last Friday (13/1/06). It was a rejuvenating and refreshing trip. God has been blessing me all the way through.
But after today, I truly praise God for this decision that I truly knew that it was the right decision.

Friday was a long and tiring day to me. Even as I traveled on the bus out to KL, I was still asking God if this was the right decision I’ve made, as (I guess) I was also needed in my hometown.
Yet I was so glad to meet my friends, Peter and Jean, who generously offered their home for me to stay in this trip. As I always do, I helped them to bake taufufah as soon as I reached their house, for the cell group fellowship tonight in their house. I was so glad to bless them with my skill in baking this, although I was not the one who bought the stuff.
I thank God for the success of the bake, as I was a bit worried at the first place because it took too long for the Soya bean juice to be boiled, until the original volume of the juice was reduced. But thank God that the taufufah still turned out to be soft.
After freshened myself, I accompanied Peter to pick some members of the cell group over to his place. I thank God for the opportunity to be there as a help to Jean, to accompany Peter for the pick-up, in place of her, because she was pregnant and tired. I was also glad to hear the news that she was pregnant.I praise the Lord for giving me this opportunity to meet the new cell group members that night – Robin and the family, William and the family, Alice, Vivien and a few more international students. I enjoyed the time of worship and sharing. I thank God that He spoke His Word to the group through me that night. I wasn’t so sure about sharing forth the word at first, but as the heavy anointing of the Lord fell on me and my hands and feet started to tremble, I released forth the word during the quiet session of the worship – Be thankful in every situation. No one responded at first, but in the sharing session, Robin admitted that the word spoke into his heart and it was supported by another member, Chih Chin. I thank the Lord for His greatness and for speaking forth His words into our lives.
I also thank God for bringing me there this day, as there were lots of food and cakes that were prepared that night. As we shared the food, I also got many compliments for the taufufah and there were two cakes that night – one was baked by Chih Chin (Chocolate cheesecake) and another one was bought from Secret Recipe (Banana Chocolate) by Peter – to celebrate those who were born in January.
We finished the cell group at about 1230am and by the time we reached home after sending people home, it was almost about 1am already. I thank God for sustaining me through the day.
Saturday started with breakfast. I managed to wake up earlier to do my quiet time early in the morning. After that we (Peter and his whole family and I) went out for a late breakfast at a mamak. After the breakfast I followed them around to the office and the hospital for Jean’s appointment. After some munch for late lunch, Peter sent me to Sunway Pyramid. I walked around and shopped around for my stuffs. I praise and thank the Lord for enabling me to buy all the things that I bought today (to bring over to Australia) – facial masks, a backpack that I have been eyeing last few weeks, some socks and underwear, and some tees – both for CNY and also to be brought to Australia.
After the shopping, I followed Peter and the family to the church for the Saturday night celebration in DUMC. I truly missed the church so much. I thank God that Pastor Moy How still remembered me. I also manage to meet a few of my friends, whom I wanted to meet this trip out – Uncle James and Auntie Grace.

Sunday was another exciting and adventurous day. We were scheduled to do home and office blessing and cleansing in the afternoon. I had the privilege to be involved in this home and office cleansing of our two new brothers – Brother William’s workplace and Brother Robin’s house – as they dedicated their business and home to the Lord. I truly praise the Lord for their faithful and obedient hearts to take this great step of faith. They removed all the “unclean things” from their property and we destroyed those things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was my first time doing such a victorious work. I believe that God has great blessings in store for you and your family, as you take this step of faith, in obedience to His words was my words of encouragement to them, as the Lord put it in my heart. They were truly encouraged by these words and before we departed, we exchanged contacts to keep in touch with one another. I truly thank the Lord for showing me such favor. I also thank the Lord for enabling us to connect with one another so easily through this few days visit. Truly I believe God is moving mightily within their lives.

I went out for a short visit to the AYA center to meet my friends there on Monday morning. After the visit to SS15, I took the bus over to Summit and shopped around in the mall and in Salvation book store. I thank the Lord for His favor that He enabled me to get some shirts from the Thailand fair stall at quite a good price. I have been looking around for baju Melayu and I couldn’t find any, until the Lord blessed me today with this Thai shirt, which resembled Malay culture, at quite a good price.
After that, I dropped by Salvation warehouse to get some postcards and also to enquire about a book by Joyce Meyer, How to Hear From God. Again God showed me favor, that there was only one last copy of the book that was available at the counter, waiting to be sold. God again blessed me that the lady at the counter, Indra, was willing to sell me the book at the member’s price, although my membership had expired and I didn’t have it with me at that moment. She told me that I was the first customer for that day and that I must be the one for whom the Lord has kept the last book at the counter. I left the store with joy and happiness and thanksgiving, for all His blessings unto me.
I went back to Peter’s home after that. Peter and Jean brought me out for lunch, before they sent me off at the LRT train station. On the trip to the station, Jean prayed for me, for a smooth journey and also for the Lord’s blessings and guidance in my study lives. I was glad she prayed for me, as I just had an hour to travel over to the bus station to catch the bus at 4.30pm. The Lord blessed me in the train trip that I was just on time to board the trains. I reached the bus station 15 minutes before the departing time, able to buy the ticket just on time. I believe God heard and answered the prayer. Praise the Lord for the smooth journey.
I reached home safely a few minutes before 8 and was glad to see my parents and my grandparents at home. My grandpa looked so much better and stronger since after the stroke a few weeks ago and I was glad to be at home to care for my father, as he just started on the high blood pressure tablets. I thanked the Lord for giving me this opportunity to serve in my family and to help them measure their blood pressure constantly.

As I pondered through my day, I praised the Lord for helping me to make the right decision on Friday. With a heart of expectation, I truly believe that the Lord is doing great things in my family and leading my way everyday. Praise the Lord! Hallelujah!

Making A Difference (3/1/06)

I found myself so alert and difficult to sleep last night. As the big clock in the living room hit its bell at 1 am, I was still awake. Guess should be the thick Chinese tea that I drank in the supper or maybe there was something God wanted to tell me. I took the opportunity to do my devotion reading for today, Dec 3, in the early of the morning. The title for the devotion today was “Making A Difference”.
As I read it through, God spoke some words of encouragement to me personally, through the devotion material.
Would you dare to believe that God, who called you to Himself and equipped you with His Spirit, could work mightily through you? Have you made a connection between the time and place in which you live and God’s call upon you? ...... He placed you precisely where you are for a purpose.
Daniel did not let the temptations of his day interfere with his relationship to the Lord.
Are you allowing God to use you to make a difference in your generation?

These were the words that spoke to me so deeply and personally.

In the supper last night, after the trip back from Ipoh (visiting my grandpa), my auntie, Dr Tan (and uncle are the supper gang/ “kaki”), spoke forth a word into my lives, which was both the answer to my prayer and also a word of encouragement to me. As we shared our situation with them, she told me that (not the actual quotation) God has truly placed me here for a purpose at this time, TO BE A COMPANION TO MY FATHER.
I had been asking God since two days ago whether to follow my dad and keep him a company OR to follow my grandpa and stay with him in Subang Jaya, with my grandma, as he does his body checkup in the hospital.
As I pondered upon this, God spoke forth His answer to me in the supper last night through my auntie – to be a companion to my father at this moment of time. God also assured me of this by letting my dad voiced out his opinion about whom I was to follow – that he wants me to follow him.
I was so touched and grateful, as I was given this opportunity to help and to serve in this “mission”. My auntie also added, “Don’t think that you are not important. Your presence here and your coming back home is important.” These words have given me great encouragement and passion to serve with more love.
After the supper, God again spoke His words of encouragement to me when He spoke to me in the devotion, Making A Difference, early this morning, when I couldn’t sleep.
By then, I made the decision to follow my daddy in the trip and to keep my dad a company, as my mom stayed at home to look after the house this trip.
I truly praise the Lord for speaking to me in a mighty and wonderful way, and also for keeping us strong as we go through this time of trial together. I believed that there is and will be a breakthrough around the corner, as the God of Breakthroughs works in our lives. PTL! Hallelujah!

Part II
I followed my dad to Ipoh in the morning, after breakfast. We went to the hospital to help grandma and grandpa before discharge, with help from Auntie Chooi Ling and Uncle Dar Wen.
After that, we traveled straight to Subang Jaya and, thank God, that we had a smooth journey, although grandpa was having diarrhea. After a 2-hour journey, we met Uncle Cher Wen and Auntie Kelly in Subang Jaya, and had grandpa admitted into the hospital, preparing for a brain scan. Praise the Lord for the smooth processing, and my dad and I left in the evening.
I was grateful to be able to be a companion to dad at this moment. Though not much help I can do, I believe that my presence (being with him by his side) had spoken all that are needed in this moment.
Before we slept at night, I received an SMS from my aunt saying that the scanning had been done and result showed that everything was OK. I praised the Lord for this favorable result and I believe there are more blessings and breakthroughs and favors in the days ahead of us. PTL!