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As usual sitting at Starbucks doing my mundane stuff for one80 and misc, and all of a sudden, an uncle 48 years old came by and asked if he could sit down with me. Without any hesitation I said no problem.
So as he sat down, he thanked me for letting him sit and started random talks with me (his work, his age, his name, my name..etc). So I was waiting for the right opportunity to share Christ with him, just as I prayed in my heart for opportunity, he asked me about what work and job scope.
So I started telling him about my job in Church and all, and he start asking me to share about this God that I serve.
I shared and asked him if I could pray for him. He replied yes and we prayed together.
Before he left, he said this words which stunned me, “I feel that God searching for me, and I felt His love.”
He asked me which Church can he go in Tampines because he stays around here. So I recommended Lighthouse.
Yay God! The world is looking for something real, especially in the heartland. The reason why they are call ‘Heartlander’ because they are heart people and they are looking for the REAL THING!
Jason Chua
one80
Aloysious and myself were on our way back from Jason’s aunt’s wake. About 5 seats away from us was a very feminine guy, of course, he caught our attention. We didn’t say much for the first 5 minutes, but suddenly a prompting of the Holy Spirit hit me.
I turned to Aloy and said ” lets do something ” and he immediately agreed, saying ” YAH! i also felt the spirit prompting me leh! ” At the moment, we felt abit loss and apprehensive of what was to come and how to go about starting a conversation. We had nothing at hand to start any conversation whatsoever. We frantically searched our bags for some City church name card or sth, but needless to say, we had nothing at hand. We decided to speak to him outside the train so it wouldn’t be that intimidating with all ears around us. Intentionally, we missed our stops to get the chance to speak to him. On that train, we prepared a letter with the sinner’s prayer written on it, just in case he wasn’t saved and wanted to be.
Finally, he reached his stop and we rushed out with all our stuff in hand and ran towards him before he tapped out. We introduced ourselves and shared with him what God placed on our hearts. We basically told him about the love of God. Short and sweet, we ended by finding out that he was from a church nearby and was open to prayers. There and then, at the mrt station, we managed to pray for him and walked away feeling fulfilled. He seemed grateful for the prayer.
If your’e looking for some climax ( or maybe not haha), aloysious turned to me and said ” hey cons! i think that was a girl! why were u addressing her as a HE in your prayers? I even recorded down your prayer in my iphone, you listen! ” I couldn’t help but burst out laughing. To cut my whole embarrassing moment and thoughts of doubt short, i remembered his name and was very sure he was a guy! But yes, at that moment when i thought i might have gotten it all wrong,i realized stepping out brings you to places of uncertainty and sometimes even failures.
But thank God we got it right. haha. lesson learnt, lesson noted in the adventure :)
Constance & Aloysius
one80
I was on my way home from paya lebar mrt station when i boarded 76. As usual, I was dozing off in the bus when somewhere in the midst of the journey an old man in his early 50s boarded the bus. I could immediately recognize this man as he had a strong stench that smelled like urine. People starting going to the lower deck, I wanted to go down too. But the Holy Spirit convicted me and wanted me to go talk and pray for this man. At first i struggled and started to “argue” with God telling Him that i could pray for Him from where I was. But God reminded me of a part of the book “Crazy Love” that people tend to come up with excuses to make themselves feel better, even though we are not giving God our best. After much hesitation, I approached the man and spoke to him, even though there was a communication barrier between us, i managed to tell him about Jesus and prayed a prayer of blessing.
A Youth From one80
one80
Spoke to a Maldivian sales person in a boutique at Millennia Walk. He was actually at a beach resort in Maldives on the eve of the Asian Tsunami. His mum felt uneasy and summoned him home. God spared his life. Told him I’m a pastor and got to know his name - Ismail. Just thought I could have prayed with him when I’m writing this note! A step away from a miracle.
Daniel Chua
The City Church
Today we received news of my mum’s twin sister passing away. Fear & despair filled my mum’s heart looking at her twin lying dead.
After hearing the news, I was waiting for my mum to return home to check her out. I went in to her room simply taking time to think about those moment I had with her before becoming independent. The reality of her life on earth isn’t long hits me real hard.
When she came home this evening, first thing i did was to stop doing whatever I was doing and went into her room to do something I’ve never done before in my life as a grown up adult; gave her a little shoulder hug to tell her ‘it is ok, don’t have to worry’. She grieved over “Ah Bo” (mean “Aunty” in Hananiese) and started crying.
I took the courage to shared Christ with her and prayed for her in chinese to ask Jesus to remove every fear, despair and nightmare. As I was praying, she kept saying “thank You Jesus” in chinese. I told her to believe in Jesus and trust Him to take care of her tomorrow, and she said “Yes, I believe in Jesus” verbally. I wish I could pray with her the salvation prayer but I have no clue how to do it. (Gonna learn how to do it soon!)
I told her to play some chinese christian songs on her cd player every night to sleep with it. For the first time in my life, I ask my mum out for a date tomorrow to have lunch with her before she go for her work. I put a smile on her face…
Jason Chua
one80