None But Jesus

Hillsong United: United We Stand ~ Brooke Fraser

In the quiet, in the stillness
I know that You are God
In the secret of your presence
I know there I am restored

When you call I won’t refuse
Each new day again I’ll choose

There is no one else for me
None but Jesus
Crucified to set me free
Now I live to bring Him praise

In the chaos, in confusion
I know You’re sovereign still
In the moment of my weakness
You give me grace to do Your will

So when You call I won’t delay
This my song through all my days

There is no one else for me
None but Jesus
Crucified to set me free
Now I live to bring Him praise

All my delight is in You, Lord
All of my hope, all of my strength
All my delight is in You, Lord
Forevermore

Truly O Lord, in the quietness and stillness of my heart, You have shown Yourself as the Mighty God, the one who love me and embrace me, hold me and never let me go. Even when I fail, many countless times, Lord, You still gave me grace. In You I delight and rest. In You I put my hope and strength. In You I have found myself. In You I have gained all, because You have set me free. There is no one else for me, none but Jesus.

1 Kings 19 (NKJV) v11 Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the LORD.” And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake; v12 and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.

Barbeque!

Yesterday was great. We had barbeque at church, for the first time, if I'm not mistaken. Managed to invite over 100 people to this seeker meeting -- good turn out in such a short time. Prayers are sent up to heaven and I'm 101% sure God really answered all of our prayers: good weather, good turnout, good response, good coordination and organising, etc etc etc.

We started cooking the food at 7.30pm, a little late, but nonetheless was able to cook relatively fast to feed the people. But everyone was kind of famish, so there was a break at 9pm, everyone went in for the video, followed by altar call and ministering. Video show was about Todd Bentley sharing testimonies and healing power of God -- great message. Ministering song: Because He lives -- beautiful touching song.

Meanwhile, a handful of us who remained outside continued to grill the chicken wings, cook sausages and toast garlic bread. I'm pretty good at thawing the sausages and toasting bread over the barbeque fire now, haha... Supply looks good to be able to feed the people again when they finish ministering inside, or so I thought at first. Well, it turned out that when the people come out they were still rather famish and in seconds (yes, mark the word seconds) all the food were gone and we were back to a kind of frenzy to cook as fast and as much as possible to keep the supply going. XD Though it was kinda slow because the fire is running low fast, I suppose the people are happy with the overall organising and it was all very well done because everyone had enough.

I think on our community side, some of them must have been touched by the message, but some of them I heard slept through the video because they couldn't really understand what was shown. Well, may the Holy Spirit still touch them and give them dreams. XD. Yea, really need to work on them, not just befriending them still, keep asking them how they are with their studies and all... God give us wisdom!

After all that, we started cleaning up, and boy it was a very messy cleaning up! I don't think I've ever seen the pantry area as dirty and muddy as it was last night. And trying to get the burnt stuff off the barbeque wire, ooohhh... it was tough. At one point I was thinking, God, please let us have a bigger toilet and pantry area! XD. So after washing all the oily cutleries and utensils and tools etc, we washed the toilet too, cos there was just too much mess. Oh, by the way, I was already covered with layers of sweat, smoke, ash, barbeque smell, mango cordial juice, oily water, etc at this point. XD Good, I needed some splashing to get off that sticky feeling.

But yea, over everything, I was extremely happy to be helping out. And with the kind of turnout, whooh, it's just a great sense of achievement for all of us. May the Lord continue to let the knowledge of His glory fill the earth, as water the sea.