SOT Graduation 2008 + Rev Alex Abraham + Money Not Enough 2 Screening

Hi all, this week we are all privileged to hear from Rev Alex Abraham from Surabaya. He was hear to grace the graduation of the students of the 2008 batch of SOT students! Although he didn't really preach much and shared more of his testimony, there are still some points in which we can learn from him :)

1) God want to meet with people, people however need to meet with God!
->Need vs Want (which is more pressing?)

2) If we proclaim anything in the name of Jesus, it would usually means success. However we must also have the faith to believe in what we believe in for "faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen"

3) It is one thing to know Jesus as our Lord and Saviour, it is another thing altogether to have intimate communion with Him. (Head Knowledge cannot be compared to Heart Knowledge). The only way we can have communion with Him is thru' prayer and fasting.

From Eph3:14-20, it's a prayer for the church; where we can claim on to this promise. I'm really impacted by verse 20 "Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us". Miracles will only come when we allow Him to work in us, the temple of the Holy Spirit.

Visions and dreams will come through in this 4 steps
Revelation ---> Inspiration ---> Illumination ---> Reality
Which means that we receive a Rhema from God, and through inspiration from the Holy Spirit, we will be able to see the way how to act upon the vision, for it to turn out to be a reality.

After that we had the individual graduates collect their certs and have the graduation in full swing. Hope that the testimony from the Japanese couples would inspire more of us to join next year's SOT :)

At 2.30pm, a group of us (Audrey, Valerie, Xiang Lun, Michelle, Regina and her Mum, Clara) went to attend the "Money No Enough 2" movie screening. Attendance for the screening was jammed pack, with us barely on time to enter the hall. In Jack Neo's form, there were many instances of satirical cases of the latest Government policies, Hokkien jokes etc, but the main thrust of the movie was on the 3 brothers and their attitudes to their mother, who in spite of everything, still wants the best for them. I'm unashamed to admit that during the movie, I wept uncontrollably at some of the scenes. It not only reminds me that we not only need to honour our parents while they are still alive, but also the unconditional love that the mother had reminds me of how Jesus loves us. After the event, some of the cast came out and there was basically a short summary on their characters and the way they acted. The actress acting as Jack Neo's wife teared as she sang a song that talks about a mother's lament on her life. For all of us, I recommend at least watching the movie once, as it really can impact how you view your parents.