Worship Set for Sunday 13/04/08

1) Blessed Be Your Name

2) Through It All

3) He Will Carry You

4) As The Deer

Theme: Assurance from God

I believe it wasn't a coincidence that the songs I planned for last Sunday's worship fell in line with the sharing of Habakkuk for that day. I felt quite affirmed after I practiced my worship with Olivia and then read the lesson plan. But truth be told, it was really hard for me that weekend to practice worship (Olivia can attest) because when we met up to practice at my place, i had just ended at 24hr exam paper which i was doing at home. no joke kids, 4pm on friday to 4pm on sat. and i didnt sleep for 24hrs. plus i was quite sure that i was going to flunk the paper. yet as we practiced the songs, i felt a sense of inner peace, that no matter what happened in the exam, or what my results were, i know that the Lord is always there to carry me through the pain, the anxiety and the sadness. 

hence this was the message that i felt that God wanted me to share with the youths on Sunday. there are many of us going through our own difficulties or stresses in this season of exams and entering polys, so i guess some reassurance from God was in order. granted that it was abit messy in the beginning coz the youths are used to standing, and my game didnt work out (:P my bad) i just prayed in my heart for God's presence to fill the room and for He to minister in His own way. and i trust that some have been ministered to. i confess that i feel extremely inadequate then i see that the youths are not responding, or are just paying lipservice to the words of the song. it gets me down. but then again, i thank God that they're even at YM to begin with and continue praying for their hearts to be changed. 

I also testify that God totally gave me a cramp-free worship that morning because prior to 9am, i was having difficulty standing up to practice with Olivia, and immediately after my worship, my cramps came back again and it was so bad that i had to sit down and subsequently go home. God is good! all the time!