I loved the sermons that were delivered by Ps. Wilfred Leow, last week he talked about The Anointed Church. There are basically two points which he talked about,
1. Christ indwelling in your hearts
2. A love manifesting Church
Basically, what he talked about was that these two points work in sequence, you have to first have the presence of Christ in the heart, having Christ's personality influencing and pervading our entire being, understanding, personhood and personality, because anointing only comes when you are full of Christ, only then, can you be full of God. For Christ to dwell in your heart, you should come before the Lord in prayer, asking Him to strengthen you with power through the Holy spirit, letting the Holy spirit work in you, praying for the innerwalk and inner life. Only with these can we have Love manifesting.
Love of Christ is something that is not just an experience or an encounter with Him, but it also means experiencing God's love from the people, through their deeds. It is a tangible form of love and it is essential to form a community of love, love of a brethren!
Following last week's sermon, this week, Ps. Leow spoke of the four qualities to live with unity, these really REALLY spoke to me!
1. Humility: Speaking with humility
2. Gentleness: Meekness, strength under control, returning unkindness with kindness
3. Patience: Long suffering attitude towards others
4. Forbearance in Love
The combination of these for qualities, or rather, the practice of them is key to living in unity, not just in the Church, but in the household, it is the fundamental way to treat your children, siblings, spouse, parents, in-laws... It is about preserving the unity of the spirit in the home and with that, the building of God's Church. What I love most is the fourth point, Forbearance in love, it is not just about patience and it goes beyond tolerance, but loving and accepting, there is no need to consciously tolerate a person when you learn to love him/her. It is the way to release your soul to love as God loves.
What a powerful phrase indeed. To love as God Loves. To aspire to be Christ like, to see the world through His eyes. The message is something that is very close to my heart, as I've talked about it in my previous post about the book, When God writes your love story. These four qualities sum up the handbook for effective relationships!
It was a good reminder for me and I believe for many young adults and teens, to respect our parents, our partners and to love them the way God loves us. It often is easy to be polite and nice to strangers and people who don't matter to you, but we are the harshest when it comes to our family and that shouldn't be the case! Your family should be the people you love the most, if we treat an ordinary stranger with much courtesy and kindness, shouldn't we show twice or even thrice the love, courtesy and kindness to our loved ones. I know sometimes it is easier said than done, I do at times struggle with that too, but it's something that I'm making a conscious effort to change and work on!
On a lighter and happier note, I've told my mom about him and us. It's something that I was really apprehensive about, simply cause I don't really know how my mom will react to it, but Praise the Lord that He led me through it and He spoke! Mom, being moms had so many questions but she said something that took me by surprise while I was telling her more about him.. She said, "I can see that you really like him a lot". I didn't know I gave it away!!!! I'm pretty sure I was trying to maintain as straight a face as I can and not have that girlie gush, but I suppose that's why she's my mom eh!
This holiday apart is quite a timely one, for one, I'm more sure and certain about my feelings, but I'm just going to wait on the Lord and let the Lord prompt him in His time. =D For now, I'm going to just keep praying for us to grow in the Lord and in His will. God Is Good!
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