If you went to Dido a few weeks ago we had a fast for Japan. And there was planning and praying before this night started. Just figuring out the logistics and stuff. And iunno, I guess I began praying for lost souls in Japan and wondered if it would be cool if God actually answered my prayer over someone else's soul. And during Dido, man...we did pray for non Christians. All of us...even if we didn't know their faces or names.
I believe our prayers were answered after receiving a Global Update email. Here is an insert/ summary:
Basically, it's about this one young man in Japan, like early 20s, who met one emotional care worker and basically after seeing the kindness of the Christian. He had a 3 hour talk with him and decided to accept Christ.
Still need to reflect a bit more on this and hope we can all do the same.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
My Dream: Worship
Hey guys, this blog i just wrote and realize it's on the same topic as Nathan's song. I thought it'd be an appropriate repost.
- Enoch
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
My Dream: Worship
So I had a dream this morning. I was a DJ and I was choosing songs for people to dance to. After picking out of the small album of CDs I found myself running out of songs. I was starting to wonder how other people do it. I was wondering what songs I could pull from the small selection. I was wondering why this was so hard. Then my partner looked at me and said, "Why don't you just tell me what songs you want?" I replied, "But we might not have that song." He replied, "We can always download it, just pick good songs."
I paused and realized for a moment, I'm not sure what songs I even want. After realizing the number of possibilities and the freedom I began to choose songs and it as great. It was soo good that everyone was dancing and having fun. Then the dance floor turned into a stage and david copperfield was there and he was dancing and doing magic tricks. They weren't so much tricks. It was more that he made things appear outta nowhere. It wasn't just things that were cool, it was a personal thing. He was teaching a couple how to dance and he pulled out a guitar and the man recognized it as his old guitar that was gone a long time ago. He began playing and him and his wife were dancing. Then the stage began to fill with people all receiving something personal and began to sing. One choir got up there and began singing, "If you had the chance, why wouldn't you bring your show to the center..." As the repeated their song i saw a quartet standing at the side. It was Gabe Lam, Joel from the viet church, jeremiah from my softball team and one other person (I'm not sure who). I could see that they had their instruments and sheet music, but they were standing off to the corner and I thought about the song being sung and wondered why they weren't singing. Then i realized they were just waiting for their turn. In the big party where everyone is already singing and dancing, they are waiting for their turn as they stand at the side quietly. I begin to sing to them and grab their music stands and instruments and then I wake up.
It's a cool dream, eh? I'm really happy I had a chance to write this out too. The first bit is about me and my own heart. It pains me to see people get stuck in an artificial boundary. There is such freedom in knowing that our God is infinite. If we'd only connect to his heart we'd realize that there is an infinite potential for us to be used by him. No longer stuck because we don't have enough songs and not enough ability, he is like the internet and can provide all the songs we'll ever need. Even more so, God is also David Cooperfield and not only invites and teaches people to dance he gives them more so they can worship and even more than that, we begin to sing new songs that invite others to forget their reservations and the comfort of standing on the sideline and we empower them to come to the centre, the throne, the very presence of God and worship.
This is our God.
- Enoch
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
My Dream: Worship
So I had a dream this morning. I was a DJ and I was choosing songs for people to dance to. After picking out of the small album of CDs I found myself running out of songs. I was starting to wonder how other people do it. I was wondering what songs I could pull from the small selection. I was wondering why this was so hard. Then my partner looked at me and said, "Why don't you just tell me what songs you want?" I replied, "But we might not have that song." He replied, "We can always download it, just pick good songs."
I paused and realized for a moment, I'm not sure what songs I even want. After realizing the number of possibilities and the freedom I began to choose songs and it as great. It was soo good that everyone was dancing and having fun. Then the dance floor turned into a stage and david copperfield was there and he was dancing and doing magic tricks. They weren't so much tricks. It was more that he made things appear outta nowhere. It wasn't just things that were cool, it was a personal thing. He was teaching a couple how to dance and he pulled out a guitar and the man recognized it as his old guitar that was gone a long time ago. He began playing and him and his wife were dancing. Then the stage began to fill with people all receiving something personal and began to sing. One choir got up there and began singing, "If you had the chance, why wouldn't you bring your show to the center..." As the repeated their song i saw a quartet standing at the side. It was Gabe Lam, Joel from the viet church, jeremiah from my softball team and one other person (I'm not sure who). I could see that they had their instruments and sheet music, but they were standing off to the corner and I thought about the song being sung and wondered why they weren't singing. Then i realized they were just waiting for their turn. In the big party where everyone is already singing and dancing, they are waiting for their turn as they stand at the side quietly. I begin to sing to them and grab their music stands and instruments and then I wake up.
It's a cool dream, eh? I'm really happy I had a chance to write this out too. The first bit is about me and my own heart. It pains me to see people get stuck in an artificial boundary. There is such freedom in knowing that our God is infinite. If we'd only connect to his heart we'd realize that there is an infinite potential for us to be used by him. No longer stuck because we don't have enough songs and not enough ability, he is like the internet and can provide all the songs we'll ever need. Even more so, God is also David Cooperfield and not only invites and teaches people to dance he gives them more so they can worship and even more than that, we begin to sing new songs that invite others to forget their reservations and the comfort of standing on the sideline and we empower them to come to the centre, the throne, the very presence of God and worship.
This is our God.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Fox interviews + Diary of Jane
A couple interesting vids I came across on youtube~ Tell me what you think.
- E
Also, New Post on my blog
"Diary of Jane"
http://enochtang.blogspot.com/
Monday, May 16, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
You are my strength
Well I've been kind of swamped lately with work for the last couple weeks and I guess i happened to stumble upon this song and thought it was really cool. It's really calm and soothing, but I guess the lyrics really speak out loudly to me. Especially one of the verses preceding the chorus, "I keep on falling short, Please be my strength...cause I don't have any more". I guess i find it kind of beautiful and kind of encouraging too, cause it's an earnest plea just for God to take over, especially when being swamped with stuff - God does carry us through time after time again.
-Jon
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