2013 March Higher Ground Session Recap

This is apart of the Ice-breaking session held during the session. If you weren't there, YOU DEFINITELY MISSED THE FUN..!!

The second Ice-breaking session!! if I am not mistaken, this game is called "Wrecko"..hahaha

This is Yan Wen, the Worship Leader for that night. We can really sense God's presence throughout the worship session and thank the Lord for all the blessing poured unto us that night..Amen :D

    Elder Mundee, the speaker for the 2013 March Higher Ground Session. His message was just awesome...all the youths were excited about the way he preached.

These are the March babies!!! Happy Belated Birthday, guys :D May God pour out His love unto    you all. Amen :)

                                                                       Group Photo!!!!

Christian Fellowship

Hi guys!!!! There will be a CF (Christian Fellowship ) session this coming Sunday :D Here are the details about this event :

Date: 24 March 2013

Time: 2.30 pm

Venue: Kuantan Presbyterian Centre (KPC)

The speaker for this event is Elder Peter Cheng from Kuantan Presbyterian Centre (KPC). We hope to see you there to listen to the message. It will be a great event for us to learn more about our mighty God!!! Get ready for the good news!

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2013 March Higher Ground Updates...!!!!

Yo..!!!!!!! Here are the updates on the coming March Higher Ground Session... :D

The speaker will be Uncle Mundee, emcee is Jeremy Chew, as for the Worship Leader is Yi-Yeong and the Game Master will be Yan Wen and Julia How. Make sure to attend this special event and be prepared for the great message from the speaker! It's gonna be SUPERNATURAL..!!!

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Matt Redman - 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)

                                     

Psalms 103 : 1
Bless the LORD, my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name.


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A love story

One day, I woke early in the morning to watch the sunrise. Ah the beauty of God's creation is beyond description. As I watched, I praised God for His beautiful work. 

As I sat there, I felt the Lord's presence with me.. He asked me, "Do you love me?" I answered, "Of course, God! You are my Lord and Saviour!" Then He asked, "If you were physically handicapped, would you still love me?" 

I was perplexed. I look down upon my arm, legs and the rest of my body and wondered how many things I wouldn't be able to do, the things that I took for granted.

And I answered, "It would be tough Lord, but I would still love You." 

Then the Lord said, "If you were blind, would you still love my creation?" How could I love something without being able to see it? Then I thought of all the blind people in the world and how many of them still loved God and His creation. So I answered, "It's hard to think of it, but I would still love you." 

The Lord then asked me, "If you were deaf, would you still listen to my word?" How could I listen to anything being deaf? Then I understood. Listening to God's Word is not merely using our ears, but our hearts.

I answered, "It would be tough, but I would still listen to Your word."

The Lord then asked, "If you were mute, would you still praise My Name?" How could I praise without a voice? Then it occurred to me: God wants us to sing from our very heart and soul. It never matters what we sound like.

And praising God is not always with a song, but when we are persecuted, we give God praise with our words of thanks.

So I answered, "Though I could not physically sing, I would still praise Your Name."

And the Lord asked, "Do you really love Me?"
With courage and a strong conviction, I answered boldly. "Yes Lord! I love You because You are the one and true God!"

I thought I had answered well, but God asked, "THEN WHY DO YOU SIN?" 

I answered, "Because I am only human. I am not perfect." "THEN WHY IN TIMES OF PEACE DO YOU STRAY THE FURTHEST? WHY ONLY IN TIMES OF TROUBLE DO YOU PRAY THE EARNEST?" 

No answers. Only tears.

The Lord continued: "Why only sing at fellowships and retreats? Why seek Me only in times of worship? Why ask things so selfishly? Why ask things so unfaithfully?"

The tears continued to roll down my cheeks. 

"Why are you ashamed of Me? Why are you not spreading the good news? Why in times of persecution, you cry to others when I offer My shoulder to cry on?
Why make excuses when I give you opportunities to serve in My Name?" 

I tried to answer, but there was no answer to give. 

"You are blessed with life. I made you not to throw this gift away. I have blessed you with talents to serve Me, but you continue to turn away. I have revealed My Word to you, but you do not gain in knowledge. 

I have spoken to you but your ears were closed. I have shown My blessings to you, but youreyes were turned away. I have sent you servants, but you sat idly by as they were pushed away. I have heard your prayers and I have answered them all."

"DO YOU TRULY LOVE ME?" 

I could not answer. How could I? I was embarrassed beyond belief. I had no excuse. What could I say to this?

When my heart had cried out and the tears had flowed. I said, Please forgive me Lord. I am unworthy to be Your child."

The Lord answered, "That is My Grace, My child." I asked, "Then why do you continue to forgive me? Why do You love me so?"

The Lord answered, "Because you are My creation. You are My child. I will never abandon you. When you cry, I will have compassion and cry with you.When you shout with joy, I will laugh with you. When you are down, I will encourage you. When you fall, I will raise you up. When you are tired, I will carry you. I will be with you till the end of days, and I will love you forever." 

Never had I cried so hard before. How could I have been so cold? How could I have hurt God as I had done? I asked God, "How much do You love me?" 

The Lord stretched out His arms, and I saw His nail-pierced hands. I bowed down at the feet of Christ, my Saviour. And for the first time, I truly prayed.

Article source : http://www.wordlibrary.co.uk/article.php?id=251

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YOYOYOYO !!!!!

2013 March Higher Ground Session...!!

Details are out..! Higher Ground Session is BACK!!! :D It has been a while since the last session. Therefore, make sure to come and join the fun as well as to learn more about Him. It will be fun :D

Date: 16th March 2o13
Time: 7.30P.M.
Venue: Grace Charismatic Center (GCC)

Further details will be updated from time to time here. We will be very happy to see you there :D



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Charlotte Hunt: Damaged Goods

  Charlotte Hunt shares her testimony with 700 Club producer, Audra Smith.

“I’ve kind of always had that feeling like I was damaged goods; that I was worthless.”

“My childhood started out pretty rough. I was sexually abused by 5 members of my family and 2 neighborhood boys. I was physically abused by my mother and emotionally abused. I still had that feeling that something is wrong with me.” 

“We went to church, but I knew the family that I saw at church wasn’t the family that I was living with at home. It was just the place that you go and you pretend. I learned that I and I carried that on through most of my life.”

“I got into theatre, the arts, and music really early. For me, it gave me an opportunity to escape. I could pretend. On stage I could be anybody that I wanted to be. I could act and then I found out, I could be somebody that I wanted to be offstage. I could pretend to be a good girl. I could pretend to be strong. By performing, I could be loved.”

“Before I got into college, I was in jazz. I was doing jazz clubs. I got into musical theater, talent shows and community theatre. I got discovered with modeling and got into that very early. I was doing all these things. I was getting worth. I was getting acceptance. But the problem was… it wasn’t enough. It was like this drug, but I kept needing more.”

“And so, I got into the men – a lot of men – to try to find love. But then I was finding that there weren’t enough men that were filling that up. There was still that emptiness.”

“I remember going to a pastor and I just had some questions. His reply to me was, ‘Charlotte, I know a little bit about your family and I’m sorry to tell you, but you are damaged goods. God’s never going to use you.’”

“I remember that I had two separate feelings. One was relief. It was relief that finally I had an answer. ‘That’s what I am. I’m damaged goods.’ The other feeling was, ‘I’m furious.’ Not at that pastor. I was furious with God. I was furious because it was once again, ‘You, God just like everybody else. All You are about is my performance.’”

“At that point, there was a prison wall up. At that point, it was BLAM! ‘Nobody will get to my heart, not you, not anybody, and especially not God.’”

“I started having feelings of suicide. After seven times of trying to commit suicide, I was so angry at God. I blamed Him for the abuse. I blamed Him for why my life wasn’t working. On top of all that, He wasn’t letting me die. The least, if He was a loving God, at least He could let me die.”

“The morning that I woke up after a seventh failed suicide attempt, after of taking a bottle of sleeping pills with a Nyquil chaser, not only did I wake up, but I didn’t even get a good night’s sleep. I was mad because I remember waking up going, ‘GOD! Either You have got to let me die or You’ve got to show me how to live because this is just not working.’”

“That wasn’t the wakeup call for God, but that was the wakeup call for me.”

“I can’t explain it, I don’t know if anybody can explain what happens, but something had changed in me. It was the beginning of a road of redemption for me. In that road of redemption, I found that the only place I was able to find my identity, my hope, my worth, my acceptance, and my love was in Christ.  It wasn’t until I realized that is where my only hope lay that I found my wholeness.”

“I learned how to dream again, to learn about loving again, opening my heart again, learning how to receive again and to take down those walls again. Praise God that He has allowed those damaged goods to be placed in my life for His glory.”  

“None of those things were ever exclusions to His potential, to His love, and to His purpose in my life. My story is not about the damage or the damaged goods in my life. My story is about how He has used the damaged things in my life to bring about hope.”

Article source : http://www.cbn.com/700club/features/amazing/AS69_charlotte_hunt.aspx

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