Give,and you shall receive

arlo! just got back from Church....somehow decided to stay on for 2nd service today...dunno why, but i just did!
learnt a valuable lesson today:) pastor ryan spoke for both the services. don't really know the title for the first service, but i gave my tithes and some offering during the first service. and for the second service, pastor ryan preacehd about the biblical aspects of wealth....about the power of giving and receiving...of sowing and reaping. and he shared a few of his own personal testimony, which i felt was very encouraging. about how the Lord challenged him to give, and he gave,and how God blessed.tehy were powerful testimonies for me. was really touched.towards the end of the service, he asked for the tithes and offerings to be colected.........i didn't see that coming:p felt something was missing during the 2nd service,and i realised it was this session of giving was saved for last;) i was thinking to myself....since i gave my tithes and offering for the 1st service, i thoguht i didnt have to give again.....just let the bag pass on.....but after listening to the message, i just couldn't sit there and do nothing. i just felt God challenging me to give even more. it was time to put what i've heard into action.

pastor ryan challenged us that offering time is Breakthrough time. what he means, that when it's time to give, we give our best and expect God to move....for God to do something in our life....to 'set ourselves up' for a breakthrough....for a miracle. even though we've given for 1st service, he challenged us to take every offering call as a time we just give as God moves in our life.take it as an act of faith. coz teh bible tells us to 'give...and we shall receive'. when we give....we should espect God to move!

and so i sat there and looked deep into my wallet.....no small notes...all big ones....and i thought....i can't escape this one. but the Spirit was prompting me to give.to give out of faith....so i said...'here Lord, u have it' and in my heart i prayed for God to work a miracle! to me , what i gave was a big amount. still, i did it in faith, that God never leaves us in want. that was when i realised that it was easy to give RM10 when we have RM200 in our wallet, or RM5 when we have RM 50. it challenged me to not offer 'casual' offering..or 'convenient' offering.

so after church, i had to go back alone.as i was walking down the church steps, i was thinking i had no small change to pay for the tol.all i had was RM50 notes, which i didn't want to break coz i was pretty tight on cash at the moment, and you guys all know how it is that money 'disappears' even more quickly when it's in small change.all my car passengers(who usually setle my tol money for me) went back with seomone else. i didn't want to borrow from anyone, so i was thinking of going to the convenience store to buy something i didn't need. but i asked God to work in this simple situation. and as i entered the car, i spotted a friend who jsut came back from Ipoh. she came back 'just in time' for the service to end. and she asked whether she could get a lift back from me....and she would settle the tol.....
my miracle!

God is more real than i thought. first miracle, since i gave. it's a small thing, but i'm trusting God for bigger things:D
there is power in giving;)

God bless