when all things that surround become shadows in the light of You-
today was an... exceptional day. after cm lots of people were feeling really sian and stuff, and dint wanna go for the teachers' meeting. most of us went in the end la, to listen to prophet rusty russell preach. (blogging for the sake of zhangs who dint go haha) so we had like praise and worship then he started preaching. it was kinda scary at first. preached for like 5 min then suddenly called amandia up: "this young lady here, what's your name? come up." then he just prayed for her and told her what God told him. i was like, wow.
next was gillian, and i could tell she was really touched. =) then joseph and caleb. then he asked rebekah to go up. after she went in front, it went smth like this:
rusty asked if anyone had a pain in his left thigh, and james said he did. so rusty told rebekah that she was gonna receive the gift of healing (!!!) and led her in praying for james. the pain which lasted for the whole day left completely. whoa. she was really shocked la. xD then rusty prayed for her and said stuff that made me gawk. "friends that want you to prove their friendship to them arent real friends. they're not worthy of you anyway, so God wants you to break away from them and surround yourself with real friends." it's like what she's been struggling with for sooo long, and after countless prayers she finally received this blessing. becky if you're reading this please know that God has reserved you for His purposes for a veryyy long time-He told me how special you were since last december. IM REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU GIRL!! *hugs*
after becky was yvonne i think, then joanne: "God says you're a princess." woot. xD
next he asked gabriel to go up, and gabriel-see, God's noticing and taking care of you so dont worry anymore! =) haha and then trent, and sam chao. rusty said samuel's gonna get the gift of knowledge. smth like prophesying. like he'll know things about people even though they dont tell him cos God's giving him 'inside info'. haha so cool la!! and sam dont say it's hard to believe it k it's such a wonderful gift. whee.
then he told all of us to stand up and start singing and worshipping while he prayed for each of us. and he said God just gave him olive oil to annoint us with on his hands-the oil just.. appeared supernaturally. (wonder after wonder) he came round to pray for me, and the moment his hands touched my head, i felt like my mind was being tossed and whirled around. like "WOOSH". i completely lost my leg strength and just fell on the floor after resisting for like 5 seconds. >.< okay sorry Lord. haha.
God had to reassure me a few times not to worry cos i was like shaking and trembling on the floor like i'd just been electrocuted. there were some personal stuff going on in my head while i was on the floor, so i cant really post it up here but i'll just say that His glory just made me totally surrender myself in His presence again.
i got up after that, and just sat there in the middle of the worship; too dazed and stunned to do anything but stare into space and lean on aunty lynda. then the shaking subsided gradually and i thanked God for what happened while i was on the floor. (now i know that the shaking and trembling is the Holy Spirit's manifestation, so this time i wasnt that scared.) i felt so released, so refreshed, and so.... new. it's like im this newborn baby experiencing the world for the very first time over. and i feel. so. HAPPY!!!
pardon me for my lack of vocab but that's the simplest and best way to describe it i guess. =D
im still feeling 'shaken up' haha. like i'd just taken a ride on the roller coaster.
well im done now, and glad i am that i decided to go. back to homework. xD TA!
we'll be blest because we came.
i took a break;
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