Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Firstly I'm sorry for not posting from the 1st to 5th December. Here's why. On the 1st, i didn't touch the computer at all and from the 2nd to the 5th i went for church camp.
Going to my first youth camp is very different from what you experience in the normal church camps. The worship is different from our upper primary worship. This youth camp has been a wonderful experiences with many stories to share. The worship for the youth group is different from our primary section. Why? Our youth group has a band that will play the background music and there will be a lead singer, while in the upper primary group(which i'm still in) uses the iPod to play the songs.
At the youth camp, there are games for us to play, Captain's ball using fruits(mandarin orange, tomato, banana), and other games which will make you really dirty. But the games were really fun. As this is a church camp, we obviously had theme talks by our Pastor-in-charge Rev Malcolm Tan. His stories were funny and godly. There were 2 workshops. The first workshop was about the Holy Spirit. The second workshop was a choice between 1)The In filling of the Holy Spirit, 2)Being A Second-Hand Christian.
I went for the first of the two choices which is the filling of the Holy Spirit. When you listen to the talk shared by a fellow member of the christian staff, you think that well, it is quite boring. Then suddenly, after the talk, there was worship. It was a time to worship and also a time of prayer. It was our personal moment with God, one on one. I thanked him for what he has done for me in my life.
Then the speaker said, "Those who want the Holy Spirit to be in your heart, please rise."
I saw people that would already have the Holy Spirit in their lives but they just stood up. So I stood up. There was this feeling. A feeling that it was as if God was holding me tight and that the Holy Spirit was going into my heart. It was a very touching moment that i cannot explain with words. The feeling was too touching that i just cried. I just couldn't stop crying. When i wanted to stop crying i couldn't. It was like being showered with love by the Holy Spirit. You know, you could just ask for the Holy Spirit and the Spirit will be in your life(if you believe in Jesus). I asked for the Holy Spirit. I know that it is in my life. But i didn't feel any this feeling before. I was prayed for and i asked God to be given the spiritual gift of sharing the word of God to others. After I was prayed for, i sat down. Soon my cousin, who was just beside me, came to me and prayed with me. I was so happy and touched. If you were in my shoes, i bet you would've cried as well. After that, the singer on stage that was leading worship sang "How Great Is Our God"(You can listen to the song which is at the MV section). If you were there and heard that song, and accepted the Holy Spirit into your life, you would really say, how great our God is. I cried and cried and cried. But it wasn't in sadness but in joy. My cousins, sister accepted the Holy Spirit.
This was the day when we woke up early in the morning at 4.45am to prepare to watch the sunrise at East Coast(which we didn't see due to the rain but it didn't affect us). We worshiped God. Later that day we had the last supper, which lasted till 2am but i slept at 1.20am. That day was a really important day of my life. It was a glorious day.
During the camp i learned a few new songs, some of which are at the MV section. They really describe how powerful God is, but God as we all know is a God with absolute power(power with no limits). I feel very fortunate to be able to write these things on my blog. I am really blessed. My dad says that i'm blessed because of the number of friends i have, my maturity and other blessings... The camp has changed my life. If you want to experience something like what i experienced, join your church's camp(if they have one). Okay i got to go now
Lokey Boy @ 12/06/2006 11:35:00 PM.
