Answered prayer

I thank God for answering my prayers. In school there is a boy who always bully me and make up lots of stories about me until i couldn't stand it. So I Pray to God:

Dear God,

Please help this "boy"

I pray that you will stop him from making stories about me

And I pray that he will change to be a better person

After a week, I could see changes in him.....

God will always help us 

Jesus,Beautiful Saviour

Jesus Beautiful Saviour:

Jesus, beautiful saviour,
God of all majesty,
Risen king,
Lamb of god,
Holy and righteous,
Blessed redeemer,
Bright morning star

All the heavens shout your praise,
All creation bow to worship you

How wonderful, how beautiful,
Name above every name, exalted high
How wonderful, how beautiful,
Jesus your name, name above every name, jesus

I will sing forever, jesus i love you, jesus i love you

Concert - Don Moen - How Great is Our God

My 3 Little Friends..... Eliza,Trinity and Camerone Chin

Aren't they so loving?

Eliza and her beautiful smile!

Trinity say cheese!

Camerone and his Thomas and friends train

Eliza and her smiley face

This are my three little friends....... aren't they cute?

Songs of Praise

Hey everyone,

I would like to share this song with you all written by Don Moen:

All We Like Sheep:

Lyrics are:

All we like sheep, have gone astray

Each of us turning our own separate ways

We have all sinned and fallen short of Your glory

But Your glory is what we desire to see

And in Your presence is where we long to be

O Lord, show us Your mercy and grace

Take us to Your holy place

Forgive our sin, and heal our land

We long to live in Your presence once again

Taking our sickness, taking our pain

Jesus the sacrifice Lamb, has been slain

He was despised, rejected by men, He took our sin

Draw us near to you, Father, through Jesus Your Son

Let us worship before You, cleansed by Your blood....

 I like this song and it touches me everytime I sing it........

We always have to pray to God, our Heavenly Father.........

He is always there for us everytime...... we are down..... He's also the one who comfort us..........

God was the one who died for us on the cross and forgive us for all our sins........

Sometimes.... when we are in trouble.....we don't know what to do... like the lyrics said:

"Each of us turning our own separate way"

Do you asked yourself why? why?

So tell God that you want Him to forgive you for your sin and you wanna live in His presence once again!

AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

My Trip to Singapore on the 30 July-1 August: Festival of Praise and Special Worship Seminar With Don Moen

  On the 30th August-1st July,15 of us from Trinity Methodist Church,Kuching went to Singapore to attend the Festival of Praise concert by Don Moen and Planetshakers. We also attended the special worship seminar by Don Moen at the Heart of God's Church.

Don Moen

Me,Don Moen,Aunty Kara and Flora

Me,Don Moen, Aunty Kara and Flora

I learnt lots of useful things from the seminar. It was fantastic! Don Moen is the best International Worship leader!




Here are the tips that Don Moen gave to us:




Firstly, tips on songwriting:


1. What Makes a Great Song?


a. Memorable melody/lyrics


b. Good "hook"


   1. Words that define "hook" would be:


       a] Catchy
       b] Truth
       c] Emotional
       d] Accessible
       e] Original
       f] Universal theme


 C. Examples:


   1. Lord I Lift Your Name On High
   
      a. Hook is the "gospel'


   2. Open The Eyes Of My Heart


       a. A universal prayer


   3. Shout To The Lord


      a. Scripture
      b. Melody is "rangy"


2. How to Write:


 a) Get your thoughts out of your heart onto paper, tape of hard disk.


  
     a. Don't worry about rhymes at this point/ editing


 b) Think of what you want to say to God


     a. Write it down. State it simply


       i) Examples: I Love You Lord
                         I worship You
                         I want To Be Where You Are
                         Thank You Lord


     b. Sit in an empty church


        i) What lyrics comes to mind?
       ii) What do you feel you want to say?




     c. Take advantage of great teaching


      a) Great teaching will stir up Your gift


         i) Hillsong
        ii) Read great books like The Bible!


     d. Keep a journal


        a] Write down your random thoughts and prayers


     e. spend time working on your craft
     
         a] Nashville is a good example of people devoted to the craft of 
             song writing


    3. How To Make A Good Song Into A Great Song


     a) Write the song 3 different ways:


          a. Don't settle for the first thing
            b. Sing it the way you'd say it
            c. Try your song out on some friends, your choir director or church


                Example: Fresh Fire- Took months to compose


           i) Listen to what they say!
      


           d. Watch the response of people


           e. Make changes where necessary. Let your audience help you write
   
              - able to learn from mistakes
              - get their opinions




        B. Keep Writing!!! [rewrite/ match music] 




Worship Leadership:


Five questions I always ask:


1. Who is the Audience ?


    a) Men's bible study
    
    b) conference [special music]


    c) Youth group


    d) Traditional or contemporary


     1. The important thing is to remember to be yourself in every situation. 
         [God anoint who we are]


****
- understand your audience
- gain the trust of audience
- If you are confrontable, then the audience will be. Don't be affected
   by appearance.




 2. How much Time Do I Have?


     a) 10 minutes? 30 minutes?


     b) Respect your time limit
         
          - Serve the pastors, not what we want to do, serve the community!
          - Given 10 minutes use 9 minutes
          - Don't go over your limits


3. What are The Expectations of the Organizers ?


    a) Transition music between speakers ?


     - Example: How Great Is Our God: sing in key of C is too low so sing in 
                         key of G


     b) Deep time of worship, allowing time for the Holy Spirit to move ?


4. What are My Expectations ?


   a. Psalm 22:3.... God inhabits our praise !


   - In whatever situation, 9 or 2000 people turn up, GOD will come.


5. What Are God's Expectations ?


     a) With every opportunity to lead worship, God has a purpose and plan


     b) Find out what it is !


         1. Fellowship with His creation


         2. Worship is a dialogue, not a monologue. Give God a chance to 
              speak.


** 
- When everything goes wrong, someone came and it's a powerful night. - - It's all about God, not us.
- Without God's presence there is nothing!


       3. Salvation, healing, deliverance, provision, etc. All these things should 
           happen as a result of being  in God's presence!




 Creating a Flow In Worship Service:


Lead People to come into God's presence/ God will do rest


1. Where to Begin ?


    a) Many people assume the pattern is to start fast and end slow.


    b) Psalm 100:4 tells us to "Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His 
         courts with Praise".


    c) This doesn't dictate tempos, but a certain attitude of the heart.


***
Worship is when God is touching people's heart


He does not lead but He let us participate in His Plans




"God, what do you want me to do?"




2. Worship is More Than Music


    a) What is Worship?


        1. Prayer, testimony, preaching, serving,encouraging, giving, lifestyle


    b) The "liturgy" of praise and worship:


        1. Does your congregation know what's going to happen next?


    c) Try shaking it up !


         1. Work with your pastor's on this = Sermon + Worship


 3. Anticipate How a Song Ends


    a) What kind of mood is it setting ? [the tempo]


    b) How does the next song begins ?


    c) Make transitions as smooth as possible -Key of C to G


       1. A good bus driver doesn't make any quick moves. No abrupt turns


    d) Tempos and Keys


         1. Make sure they work for the audience !


         Eg. Right song but wrong key




  4. Allow the Holy Spirit to Move:


    - worship through your rehearsal


     a) Follow His lead........ listen


     b) Move on after waiting..........




  5. Don't finish In The Flesh What God Began In The Spirit [doesn't get to 
      the point where God "fine" you for worship]


      A. Amos 5:21-24




*****


Do not live in fear of Man






     
        
              










                      

Here and There

It's been a month or so.... that I've not updated my blog...... 

Went to Perth during the three weeks school holiday......

On the 15-16 of June we had our choir workshop in church............ Ms Wong taught us how to sing............ and  Daily Devotion led by Pastor James......... and of cause the food that Aunty Kara cook!