Romantic Decor
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Candles
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Five Course Meal for Two
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Music of Love Songs
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IMPACT Scrapbook
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Hearts Full of Love & Gratitude
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Truthful Prayers & Blessings
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Hugs & Kisses
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Jack & Annie
= Surprise Appreciation Dinner
Special Thanks to...
Johnny/Alice/Enoch/Jasmine & Jay/George & Amy/Andy & Shin/WAVE/Eric & Joy/Jason & Allison/
For initiating the appreciation surprise, brainstorming and planning the whole event TOGETHER on MSN and facebook, buying the materials for the meal and the gift, making the delicious food TOGETHER, decorating the yard TOGETHER, taking memorable pictures, drawing portraits, playing romantic music, making the scrapbook at church TOGETHER, and last but not least, hiding it so well from Jack & Annie TOGETHER! =p
Big thanks to the entire IMPACT crew!! Without any of you, we could never pull this off!!
Did you guys realize we were super UNITED through this event? <3
WE DID IT!!!
..... and it was GOOOOOD!!! xD
-sala<3
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Friend of God
Shin my dear, congrats!!! *hugs* Welcome to our family of Christ! ^____^ Yay I got another sister now~ bwahahaha! Let's encourage each others along our walks with Jesus, and keep each others accountable, yea? By the way, your clip really really encouraged me. I almost cried when I watched it. You might not feel like it, but ever since you've accepted Him, you've done so many things that encouraged so many of us who are old Christians! Keep up the good works Shin!! I can already see you up there and preach in front of hundreds of people and glorify God with your life! You know Moses? He was really bad at speaking, but remember God always uses the seemingly weak people. :) Love you<3
Before my dad comes, I knew already what was gonna happen when I share with him about God. Rejection and attack. And BINGO! I was right. I can't stand it, I won't accept this! God, You said when one person accepted You, the whole family would get saved. So standing on Your promise, I believe that my dad has already been saved! Thank You Jesus! It's just not the time yet. Eventually he would accept you, and be even more radical than his daughters! Before dinner, I was playing the IMPACT 2nd year DVD. We started to share with the family about signs and wonders that we've experienced and how real God is. My dad said that back in the days when he used to practice martial arts, he stretched the 韌帶 of his right feet and it caused pain all the way up to his knees and his thigh. He asked, in a mocking way, that if God can fix that, to make his 韌帶 shorter. Alice and I said, of course God can do that! So we and our uncle, who's also a Christian, laid hands on his feet and prayed for healing and restoration of the 韌帶. We praised God for the healing in our prayer, believeing that He has done it already. Afterwards we asked him to test it out, turns out it wasn't completely healed. My dad was chuckling and saying, "Oh see, it didn't get healed." As if he was waiting for it NOT to get healed so he can prove something. Me and Alice were so sad, our hearts ached for him. Why can't he just tenderize his heart and let God encounter Him? Alice asked him, "Have you ever experienced God?" When he said, "No." I just couldn't stop my tears from bursting out. He has just turned 50 a while ago, and in these years, he has NEVER experienced God, NEVER encountered His goodness and love. Especially when he is my dad, the person I wanted to see saved the most! After the talk Alice pulled me into our room and we prayed for daddy. Then, I saw an image of Jesus sitting on the bed right next to me, putting his arm around my shoulder comforting me. He is really sad as well. How can I forget? I'm a friend of God, and He will always be there for me. If I got Jesus, I don't have to worry about anything! If there was no Jesus, God could still be punishing people because of their wicked ways. Thank You Son of God, for Your blood, the cross, Your compassion, and Your mercy and grace for all of us. I shall not worry about my dad's salvation, I believe God listens to prayers and remembers all of our tears. Praise You Jesus for You have saved my family and passed on the blessings and anointing from generation to generation. Thank You my Lord!
-sala<3
Before my dad comes, I knew already what was gonna happen when I share with him about God. Rejection and attack. And BINGO! I was right. I can't stand it, I won't accept this! God, You said when one person accepted You, the whole family would get saved. So standing on Your promise, I believe that my dad has already been saved! Thank You Jesus! It's just not the time yet. Eventually he would accept you, and be even more radical than his daughters! Before dinner, I was playing the IMPACT 2nd year DVD. We started to share with the family about signs and wonders that we've experienced and how real God is. My dad said that back in the days when he used to practice martial arts, he stretched the 韌帶 of his right feet and it caused pain all the way up to his knees and his thigh. He asked, in a mocking way, that if God can fix that, to make his 韌帶 shorter. Alice and I said, of course God can do that! So we and our uncle, who's also a Christian, laid hands on his feet and prayed for healing and restoration of the 韌帶. We praised God for the healing in our prayer, believeing that He has done it already. Afterwards we asked him to test it out, turns out it wasn't completely healed. My dad was chuckling and saying, "Oh see, it didn't get healed." As if he was waiting for it NOT to get healed so he can prove something. Me and Alice were so sad, our hearts ached for him. Why can't he just tenderize his heart and let God encounter Him? Alice asked him, "Have you ever experienced God?" When he said, "No." I just couldn't stop my tears from bursting out. He has just turned 50 a while ago, and in these years, he has NEVER experienced God, NEVER encountered His goodness and love. Especially when he is my dad, the person I wanted to see saved the most! After the talk Alice pulled me into our room and we prayed for daddy. Then, I saw an image of Jesus sitting on the bed right next to me, putting his arm around my shoulder comforting me. He is really sad as well. How can I forget? I'm a friend of God, and He will always be there for me. If I got Jesus, I don't have to worry about anything! If there was no Jesus, God could still be punishing people because of their wicked ways. Thank You Son of God, for Your blood, the cross, Your compassion, and Your mercy and grace for all of us. I shall not worry about my dad's salvation, I believe God listens to prayers and remembers all of our tears. Praise You Jesus for You have saved my family and passed on the blessings and anointing from generation to generation. Thank You my Lord!
-sala<3
Friday, December 21, 2007
Dreaming for IMPACT
For the entire week, I've been dreaming every night. And oddly, all of the dreams were about people in IMPACT. (I guess we just hang together too often) On Tuesday night I told Jack about my dream the night before, and he told me that Joy dreamed about something that's similar to it as well. In the dream, people were chatting and just hanging around at the church. It was a typical Sunday after the Sunday service. However, the only difference is, our church has become this huge building, with spiral staircases and I know for sure that it's more than two stories tall. I was so glad that even though our church got so big, the cores are still so close with each others. Well, after I told Jack about it, he shared his concern about how exactly can we prepare ourselves ahead of time that, when God provides us with this huge place and large amount of people, we would be ready. Something to really think about.
For Water Rangers, I think I am going to change that name sooner or later. In 2008, since IMPACT's vision is "Kingdom Inheritance", I have prayed for Water Ranger's vision, and it is going to be "Royal Encounter". Experiencing and learning the kingdom, kingship, and royal lifestyle of God's Kingdom. Basically getting familiar with their Father King's business. "We are the princes and princesses of our Father's Kingdom in heaven!" So, our whole year's focus would be on this, and all the events and messages centered at this.
We should dream big right? This is one of my dreams...
Water Ranger will have a New Year celebration on the first Saturday afternoon of 2008. Which is 1/5. We start the party at 1:30pm and I am thinking about hosting it at a park. Possibly Arcadia Park or the Temple City Park. Other suggestions? We are going to have fun activities including facial painting, balloon animals, puppet show, balloon shooting, jumping castle, and so much more! Also, there will be food boosts, selling hot dogs, corn dogs, nacho cheese, cotton candies, burgers, coffee, hot chocolate, cookies, brownies, and other snacks and drinks. And, at the end there will be giveaways, giving out some small gifts (with W.R. fliers included in) to wish everyone a happy new year! In the middle of the celebration, I will introduce our ministry to the parents, telling them our vision and goals, and invite their kids to W.R. We will also show them a video clip of what we have done in the past at W.R. and exciting events coming up in the year of 2008. Getting their contact information and do follow-up inviting to future events.
Something like that... We will for sure have a celebration of the new year, of course, a smaller scale than the one I described above. But I believe, that goal is reachable, in both finance and people. The celebration will be at church, everyone is welcomed. Invite your little cousins, younger brothers and sisters, even your friend's youngsters. There will be snacks and drinks, balloons, family games, and little gifts for every new friend, and all the kids! Introducing the kids to their Father King in heaven. Yay! Give the girls tiara and the boys crowns. Cute! >w<
I haven't open up my Bible and study it recently. I feel my spirit crying in hungry for the Bread, but for some reason, there's always things that hinder me from getting my hands on the Book. I know. Excuses. It is not enough to just worship/praise Him with music. No! Our spirits need more than that! So help me Lord, my spirit is willing but my body is weak. However, when I'm weak, You make me strong. :D
-sala<3
For Water Rangers, I think I am going to change that name sooner or later. In 2008, since IMPACT's vision is "Kingdom Inheritance", I have prayed for Water Ranger's vision, and it is going to be "Royal Encounter". Experiencing and learning the kingdom, kingship, and royal lifestyle of God's Kingdom. Basically getting familiar with their Father King's business. "We are the princes and princesses of our Father's Kingdom in heaven!" So, our whole year's focus would be on this, and all the events and messages centered at this.
We should dream big right? This is one of my dreams...
Water Ranger will have a New Year celebration on the first Saturday afternoon of 2008. Which is 1/5. We start the party at 1:30pm and I am thinking about hosting it at a park. Possibly Arcadia Park or the Temple City Park. Other suggestions? We are going to have fun activities including facial painting, balloon animals, puppet show, balloon shooting, jumping castle, and so much more! Also, there will be food boosts, selling hot dogs, corn dogs, nacho cheese, cotton candies, burgers, coffee, hot chocolate, cookies, brownies, and other snacks and drinks. And, at the end there will be giveaways, giving out some small gifts (with W.R. fliers included in) to wish everyone a happy new year! In the middle of the celebration, I will introduce our ministry to the parents, telling them our vision and goals, and invite their kids to W.R. We will also show them a video clip of what we have done in the past at W.R. and exciting events coming up in the year of 2008. Getting their contact information and do follow-up inviting to future events.
Something like that... We will for sure have a celebration of the new year, of course, a smaller scale than the one I described above. But I believe, that goal is reachable, in both finance and people. The celebration will be at church, everyone is welcomed. Invite your little cousins, younger brothers and sisters, even your friend's youngsters. There will be snacks and drinks, balloons, family games, and little gifts for every new friend, and all the kids! Introducing the kids to their Father King in heaven. Yay! Give the girls tiara and the boys crowns. Cute! >w<
I haven't open up my Bible and study it recently. I feel my spirit crying in hungry for the Bread, but for some reason, there's always things that hinder me from getting my hands on the Book. I know. Excuses. It is not enough to just worship/praise Him with music. No! Our spirits need more than that! So help me Lord, my spirit is willing but my body is weak. However, when I'm weak, You make me strong. :D
-sala<3
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
I Am Yours
This morning at about 5am I woke up from the prayers and praises my spirit was saying to God. It sounds so weird when I say it this way. I'm not really sure how to describe this. It's my first time encountering this. It's just like being waken up by someone's talking voice, except it was my spirit's "voice"? I think Misty Edwards' song best illustrates it. Literally.
I Am Yours - Misty Edwards
Though I sleep, my heart is awake.
Though it's night, on Your I wait.
It's been a long night, and I am weary.
It's been a long night, and I am hungry.
In the middle of the night
In the middle of the night
In the middle of the night
My heart it yearns
That's not the entire song, but those were exactly what happened to me last night, or this morning. Even though my flesh was asleep, my heart and spirit was awake and praying to God. I think my spirit prayed the entire night, about different things. Mainly just asking God's kingdom to come, praising Him, and expressing love to Him. I thought to myself, "Oh boy, when we go to heaven and we get to praise, worship, and pray to Him 24/7, do we even have time to sleep? Cause even when we sleep our spirits would continue to pray, and by that time we wouldn't even have our flesh with us anymore. So basically no sleep, period. O__X"
After I took a shower, I couldn't really remember what it was praying about when it woke me up, so I prayed that God would remind me once again. Then when I was eating breakfast, I flipped open my Bible, and there it was, the verse my spirit was pondering on and praying about - Psalms 118:29. "Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever." It's amazingly incredible, because that page was even marked with the tail of the page dividing string. You know the strings that are in Bibles to help you mark the pages, and it's usually longer than the page so you would fold the string and just stick that tail anywhere. And, the thing was, I haven't read that part of the Bible for a long time now.
Also, when I woke up, three songs were stuck in my mind. 1)Rain Down (Delirious) 2)Only A Shadow (Misty Edwards) 3) I Am Yours (Misty Edwards)
Only A Shadow - Misty Edwards
You will be my strength
You will be my song
You will be my light
All the whole night long
Worthy is the lamb
Worthy is the lamb
Though I walk through the valley
It's only a shadow
Though my body may perish
It's only a shadow
Then underneath my Bible, there lies my notebook for sermons, and the cover says, "The Lord is my strength and song..." Exodus 15:2 I never really remembered this verse is on this notebook even though I see it ever so often. Yup, the Lord is my strength and my song through all of my days. He gave me strength although I only had four hours of sleep last night. I was pondering on the prayer that Misty says in that shadow song...
"I wanna be Your witness, oh God, to the end. I know where I came from. I know where I'm going. My father, He is God, and my maker, He is my husband. Eternity is my hope. His name is written on my board and my name is written on the palm of His hand. He is mine and I am His. He is mine and I am His. So take my body if you please, and try, try and take all of me. But my soul, He keeps. My soul, He keeps. Though I walk through the valley of shadow of death, the Lord He is my shepherd. He is my shepherd. I am my beloved's and He is mine, rightly do I love Him though I walk through the shadow."
I am Yours God, I pray the same prayer that Misty prayed there. That You are my strength and song, the valley of death is only a shadow, You are my shepherd and I shall not be in want. Thank You for Your love and kindness upon Your children. Let Your kingdom come and will be done on earth as in heaven. In Jesus' Name I pray, Amen.
-sala<3
I Am Yours - Misty Edwards
Though I sleep, my heart is awake.
Though it's night, on Your I wait.
It's been a long night, and I am weary.
It's been a long night, and I am hungry.
In the middle of the night
In the middle of the night
In the middle of the night
My heart it yearns
That's not the entire song, but those were exactly what happened to me last night, or this morning. Even though my flesh was asleep, my heart and spirit was awake and praying to God. I think my spirit prayed the entire night, about different things. Mainly just asking God's kingdom to come, praising Him, and expressing love to Him. I thought to myself, "Oh boy, when we go to heaven and we get to praise, worship, and pray to Him 24/7, do we even have time to sleep? Cause even when we sleep our spirits would continue to pray, and by that time we wouldn't even have our flesh with us anymore. So basically no sleep, period. O__X"
After I took a shower, I couldn't really remember what it was praying about when it woke me up, so I prayed that God would remind me once again. Then when I was eating breakfast, I flipped open my Bible, and there it was, the verse my spirit was pondering on and praying about - Psalms 118:29. "Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever." It's amazingly incredible, because that page was even marked with the tail of the page dividing string. You know the strings that are in Bibles to help you mark the pages, and it's usually longer than the page so you would fold the string and just stick that tail anywhere. And, the thing was, I haven't read that part of the Bible for a long time now.
Also, when I woke up, three songs were stuck in my mind. 1)Rain Down (Delirious) 2)Only A Shadow (Misty Edwards) 3) I Am Yours (Misty Edwards)
Only A Shadow - Misty Edwards
You will be my strength
You will be my song
You will be my light
All the whole night long
Worthy is the lamb
Worthy is the lamb
Though I walk through the valley
It's only a shadow
Though my body may perish
It's only a shadow
Then underneath my Bible, there lies my notebook for sermons, and the cover says, "The Lord is my strength and song..." Exodus 15:2 I never really remembered this verse is on this notebook even though I see it ever so often. Yup, the Lord is my strength and my song through all of my days. He gave me strength although I only had four hours of sleep last night. I was pondering on the prayer that Misty says in that shadow song...
"I wanna be Your witness, oh God, to the end. I know where I came from. I know where I'm going. My father, He is God, and my maker, He is my husband. Eternity is my hope. His name is written on my board and my name is written on the palm of His hand. He is mine and I am His. He is mine and I am His. So take my body if you please, and try, try and take all of me. But my soul, He keeps. My soul, He keeps. Though I walk through the valley of shadow of death, the Lord He is my shepherd. He is my shepherd. I am my beloved's and He is mine, rightly do I love Him though I walk through the shadow."
I am Yours God, I pray the same prayer that Misty prayed there. That You are my strength and song, the valley of death is only a shadow, You are my shepherd and I shall not be in want. Thank You for Your love and kindness upon Your children. Let Your kingdom come and will be done on earth as in heaven. In Jesus' Name I pray, Amen.
-sala<3
Monday, December 17, 2007
I'm After Your Heart
"Where are the 20 years old and bilingual leaders??" Last night at La Jolla, Jack was sharing about his burden and ache in his heart about the lack of leaderships in this generation from 20 - 30 years old who can speak more than one language. Where are they?
Lord I pray that you rise up leaders, send out workers for the harvest is plentiful. Stir up our hearts and pour down refiners fire on us, so we may be burnt with this flame of the passion of Christ and stand up for this generation! Yes Lord, we cry out to You!! At the top of the hills we will shout to the nations that "HERE IS YOUR KING! HERE IS YOUR GOD!" (Joel 2) I pray for the fear of the Lord dwells deep into the heart of this generation. Consume us with Your glory, holiness, and righteousness. Let us shine with Your armors! (Eph. 6) Make our hearts tremble at the sound of Your voice, yet long for Your overwhelming presence. I am here God. Choose me, for I choose to stand for this generation. Mold me, build me up, so I may be fully used by You. This is my heart's desire. Thank You my King. I am loving You more and more each day. Muah<3 In Your mighty and awesome Name I pray, Amen.
Ok, so this morning I woke up at 7am. I just started to worship Him while still tucked in my comfy and warm three-layer-blankets! *My room is freezingly cold if you've ever been here you would know, and heater doesn't work.* After worship I checked the time and one hour has already passed. Wow. Thanks to Tiffa, who posted the song "Fall in this place" on her blog, I was singing it over and over again this morning. I couldn't stop smiling when I think about Him as I sing. His presence is just too sweet and tangible. Makes my heart all fuzzy and warm. You should try starting your day with worshipping Him and just simply dwelling yourself in His presence. (Yes, before you go and get washed up!) You would have an awesome day! :)
Ps. Today's worship was fun. I was totally worn out after jumping and shouting and just giving all I've got to praise and worship Him!! Like Johnny said, "It's a good tire." Yup!! I'm definitely loving it.
<Phrase of the week>
Enoch, "Don't say that!" <--- Exactly what we needed to hear when we start to think about negative things or consequences. A simple change in the attitude would change how God works His wonders. Faith! Faith! Faith!
-sala<3
Lord I pray that you rise up leaders, send out workers for the harvest is plentiful. Stir up our hearts and pour down refiners fire on us, so we may be burnt with this flame of the passion of Christ and stand up for this generation! Yes Lord, we cry out to You!! At the top of the hills we will shout to the nations that "HERE IS YOUR KING! HERE IS YOUR GOD!" (Joel 2) I pray for the fear of the Lord dwells deep into the heart of this generation. Consume us with Your glory, holiness, and righteousness. Let us shine with Your armors! (Eph. 6) Make our hearts tremble at the sound of Your voice, yet long for Your overwhelming presence. I am here God. Choose me, for I choose to stand for this generation. Mold me, build me up, so I may be fully used by You. This is my heart's desire. Thank You my King. I am loving You more and more each day. Muah<3 In Your mighty and awesome Name I pray, Amen.
Ok, so this morning I woke up at 7am. I just started to worship Him while still tucked in my comfy and warm three-layer-blankets! *My room is freezingly cold if you've ever been here you would know, and heater doesn't work.* After worship I checked the time and one hour has already passed. Wow. Thanks to Tiffa, who posted the song "Fall in this place" on her blog, I was singing it over and over again this morning. I couldn't stop smiling when I think about Him as I sing. His presence is just too sweet and tangible. Makes my heart all fuzzy and warm. You should try starting your day with worshipping Him and just simply dwelling yourself in His presence. (Yes, before you go and get washed up!) You would have an awesome day! :)
Ps. Today's worship was fun. I was totally worn out after jumping and shouting and just giving all I've got to praise and worship Him!! Like Johnny said, "It's a good tire." Yup!! I'm definitely loving it.
<Phrase of the week>
Enoch, "Don't say that!" <--- Exactly what we needed to hear when we start to think about negative things or consequences. A simple change in the attitude would change how God works His wonders. Faith! Faith! Faith!
-sala<3
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