hey fellow imuans/ex-imuans
am trying to put together a small book/notebook/handout about testimonies from imu students.. as in what is their God-defining moment when they are in imu, whether through ecf, or pivoting moments of your spiritual growth in imu.
hopefully the content will be more than just "God is good" "i feel God" "i feel goosebumps" "God help me thru exams" "God gave me an A" "God help me find my thumbdrive" so on so forth.. hpe it will be testimonies of life changes events! try to explain in such a way how your testimony can point others to God/show others who God is/allow others to experience God like you do... basically POWERFUL TESTIMONIES!
it is something we wanna book it so that whenever new juniors come imu/who visit our church/during freshie party we can give a copy to them and say to them "this is how God move & touch lives in imu"...
please type it out in word and send it to me @ jonism85@gmail.com preferably not more than an A4 size..
thanks a bunch!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
Drawing Near
I've started reading a book by John Bevere called Drawing Near.
The first chapter is titled The Greatest Invitation Of All Time.
Some interesting points:
What do Exodus 3:3, Mark 6:48 and 1 Sam 3 have in common?
"So Moses thought, 'I will go over and see this strange sight-why the bush does not burn up.' "
"He saw the disciples straining at their oars, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them,"
1 Sam 3 about God calling Samuel 3 times before Samuel responded.
God calls, yes. In each of these verses, Moses, the disciples, Samuel, turned aside to answer the call of God.
Ex 3:4 " When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush..."
Mk 6:49 "but when they saw him walking on the lake, they....cried out"
The author hypothesized that the encounters above would not have happened had Moses not turned aside, or if the disciples did not call out to Jesus, or if Samuel had decided sleep was more important.
It costs something to turn aside to follow God's call. Putting aside the cares of the day, whether its gathering lost sheep, or fighting the storm, or just going back to sleep, and turning aside to encounter God, is something which God values.
"Draw near to me and I will draw near to you" James 4:8
The first chapter is titled The Greatest Invitation Of All Time.
Some interesting points:
What do Exodus 3:3, Mark 6:48 and 1 Sam 3 have in common?
"So Moses thought, 'I will go over and see this strange sight-why the bush does not burn up.' "
"He saw the disciples straining at their oars, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them,"
1 Sam 3 about God calling Samuel 3 times before Samuel responded.
God calls, yes. In each of these verses, Moses, the disciples, Samuel, turned aside to answer the call of God.
Ex 3:4 " When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush..."
Mk 6:49 "but when they saw him walking on the lake, they....cried out"
The author hypothesized that the encounters above would not have happened had Moses not turned aside, or if the disciples did not call out to Jesus, or if Samuel had decided sleep was more important.
It costs something to turn aside to follow God's call. Putting aside the cares of the day, whether its gathering lost sheep, or fighting the storm, or just going back to sleep, and turning aside to encounter God, is something which God values.
"Draw near to me and I will draw near to you" James 4:8
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