I have been looking back recently. Looking back at what the Lord has given me in Vancouver. And boy, its a lot. But what I am really amazed at is how many prayers He had answered. Since I came, or well, after summer, I have increased my prayers a lot. And I know what it means to have a prayer life. I have a burning burden to pray for a lot of things, and sometimes I feel like I dont have time to pray everything I want to. So I develop a system, that I would pray for a different "category" everyday. But I still do pray for stuff that I value most everyday. When I looked back, it really hit me. God has been answering so many of my prayers. I was really touched, I had tears in my eyes. God has so much to give me, He is just waiting for me to ask. The more I pray the more I know how to deal with these things that I pray for. The more I pray for brothers/sisters, friends, family, the more I feel like I care for them, and love them.
God is amazing. He truly listens. In fact, He inclines His ear, and His whole heart.
However, one thing I feel I am lacking is praying for myself. I feel like I still have a whole lot to improve on. I really want to be used by God to influence the world, but I need to be more ready.
Leadership. This is one thing that has popped up a lot lately. In a person's life, there is always a time that he/she must be a leader. Therefore leadership skills is something that everyone needs. Right now I feel like I am lacking so much in this area. I feel like I have to step out of my comfort zone to be a leader...and its making me feel...not comfortable? lol. This is one thing that I have to start praying for for myself. I am glad at SFU training, we are learning to become a leader. I just need to not be afraid to step out of what I am comfortable with. I really want to improve for the Lord. I know He will train me.
Another thing I have thought about lately are other Christians. A lot of my closest friends claim to be Christians, and of course I feel blessed to have friends that share most of my morals/values with me. But now, I feel like I have entered deeper into God's heart, and have tasted His abundance. And I feel the need for other Christians to enter into these truths. Or else, their Christian life would still be just mediocre. The Lord had accomplished the perfect salvation so that we may live this life with Him. To have abundant life. I want everyone to have a chance to taste His abundance...and be addicted lol...I hope you know what I mean.
Violin shared again on Wednesday about Discipleship. One thing she said really stuck in my mind. That there are many Christians in the world, but not many disciples. This is true. Disciples are devoted to God with their whole lives.(and this is just one point). But so many today are only "Sunday Christians" (to be honest, I was one in one point of my life) only being devoted to God whenever there is church, or whenever they read Bible or do their "devotions". We need to be devoted to God our whole lives. Not just for that little period of time. But throughout the whole day. Through everything you do. I pray that more Christians will know how to be a true disciple, and to be the closest to Him, to enjoy His all, so that they may insist on devoting their whole life to Him. Because it is totally worth it.
There's actually more that I want to share...about what I gained today....BUT This is getting really long and I have to sleep. This is like my week compressed into a couple of paragraphs haha.
If you have read this whole thing, then you must be really interested in, and care about what I had to say, or you are just bored haha....or procrastinating =P
Either way, thanks for reading.
P.S.
Haha sorry this will be really short, God gave me a rainbow yesterday! It was really bright and big. Before I saw it, I was pondering on how I can always rely on Him for anything...and when I went outside and looked up I saw a long and beautiful rainbow. This is His promise to me.
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