A Day With The Lord

A day spend with the Lord.... and it all started after attending a plenary sessions from the recent IDMC conference last weekend. And in response to one of Edmund Chan message, decided to make a date with the Lord & commit that day to Him. And finally had the chance to do it today on my off day! And certain feel refresh dwelling in His Word & being in His awesome presence today! =)

Macritchie...

(Spend the first 45mins at this bench before it started to rain!)

(Started of my quiet time reading from 1 John 3:21-24)

Selwyn Hughes- God- "on the inside"

^"21 Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God ²² and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him. ²³ And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. ²⁴ The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us." 1 John 3:21-24

The Holy spirit comes to a christian, not simply to inspire him, but to indwell him. It was not always so. In Old Testament times, the Holy Spirit came upon men to endue them with special power for specific purposes- then He would depart and return to heaven. This is why the Old Testament prophets longed for the day when the Spirit would dwell with men, not to fulfil a temporary purpose, but to abide permanently.

That day has come. Since Christ's victory at Calvary, and the subsequent outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the Spirit is here to reside- and preside. As we obey the commands of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Spirit witnesses to our hearts that He lives in us.

(the view from my bench...)

In that time, sat down and ask God for His Agenda & Word for me today... And God responded quite immediately... "the Word & Truth is already in your Heart, Trust in my Spirit leading. and words from Romans 8:16 came to me in assurance of that".... He than reminded me to "Lay yourself aside, Trust in my leading..."Dwell in the Truth"... And as I was starting to enjoy that conversation...

It started to rain heavily... and ran for shelter at a hut just below the hill...

Under the Shelter...

(Under the shelter of the rain, started to write more stuff & listen to God, before it got really humid & uncomfortable & ants was actually bitting my leg...so decided to change location... and head for the bus stop)

Took a bus & train down to NEX at Serangoon ...

And decided to continue my date with Jesus at Mad Cafe where there was this afternoon tea time offer. =)

(Got a tea time meal in a cosy corner of the restaurant. And this was where decided to read the book of Matthew. And as I read from Matthew Ch 1 to Ch 14...Fresh new revelation of His gospel just came alive!)

After those readings...continued more time of listening to God and jotted more revelations of His Truth!...

As I pondered more on His responses, started ask questions about the camp comm, YM Camp & God just led me to a few verses & Truth from His Word just kept coming right after another, and even a frame work of his thoughts came as I drew it down as seen in the (photo).

After that wonderful conversation.. decided to go for a new location, and headed to the library, and continued asking him questions about the ym camp prayer meeting on sunday... and God just led me to more verses... And after that decided to complete the day doing my Precept Homework! =)

(Ended the rest of the time doing my Precept homework day 2! And ended the evening refresh feeding from his Word! =)

What an enjoyable date with Jesus today! =)