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Day 12 @ Hillsong – Jan 28(sat)

Karlson — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:25:48 +0000

Summerfest retreat has over and just kinda woke up a bit later at 10am, but I wouldn’t want to get up at all, probably too tired. Do nothing would be very wasted, so I made a do-list to get myself some motivation. I made toasted bread with cheese and tuna on top for breakfast and a glass of tasty 99% fat free milk(way better than HK’s) Then done laundry, and iron few collar shirt, so that I don’t have to wear T-shirt at the whole time. And actually I planned to borrow a swipe card from my flat mate and go to swim today, but three flat mate has already gone out when I awake, and the last flat mate just won’t wake up when I leave the house at 2pm.

I walked to the mall called SupaCenta where is about 10 mins walk away from my apartment, and try to find an electronic store and look for the price for a mouse but it is expensive. There is lot of furniture stores and stylish home decoration store in the mall, and I think I will spend more time in there next time. Then I also had my lunch, but it was very expensive! $16.5 with a sandwich $9.5, salad on side +$3, and a Flat White Coffee, $4. After finishing the lunch, I find a seat in the mall and start doing reading until is the time for services at 7pm.

(it tasted so GOOD!!! If not I will ask them to return me money !!!)

(Able to sit at the very middle and close~!!! The worship is very good as every time does)

Steve Penny, the quest speaker of tonight service. I have never heard of his name, but sounds like he is a famous speaker I guess. His message topic is “Finding God’s Favor in Tough Time” and it is very good that I think I will share in separate post. He has introduced three of his books and I actually bought them all!!! (Got so many reading to do!!!)

(I am getting Poor on Ground, but I am definitely will getting Rich in Haven!!! hahaaa)

I think today is probably my alone time with God, because I was one person almost the half day today which is a really good thing so I can really quiet myself. But I also enjoy the time when I get home and talk to Moses about earphone, and talk to Sean John about youtube artist and share music. I think that’s it for today! (Oh God! I still have lot of previous unfinished blog have to write while I still hate to write it in English~.~)

Day 6 @ Hillsong – Jan 22(sun)

Karlson — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:17:56 +0000

Today would be the most laziness day but also finding peaceful, especially at the evening. I tried to have a longer quiet time on devotion, praying, and reading bibles, so I spent like 4 hrs tried to get myself back into one piece after all negative thoughts, bad feelings, and pressures. Oh, I have also done my first laundry in Australia (mood +2). When I was doing Proverbs 22 today, I found verse 6 “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.” is very inspiriting. It feels like God is telling me to listen carefully and follow his word with a heart of child. So that I can walk in his way without yielding left or right even time pass by. The reason of a heart of child is because child usually takes things as a YES, so they would assume whoever teach him/her would be the right things, and the teaching will become his/her own theories.

Since normal lunch hour has already passed, I got to get something to fill my physical emptiness. I can’t find a reason, but I eventually went to Coles (One of the biggest supermarket in Australia, and also the closest one to my apartment) and I bought sliced cheese, lettuce, red onion, multigrain bread, five flavor of tuna, and a new box of cereal (the best food for cure hunger, especially at night) Then my first self-made sandwich is born but also gone on the same day.

Times go by really fast, six-something is already coming, and I went to Sunday Night service with my temporary flat mate Moses (from Korean). The music of the worship is really really crazy, I just feel like I am listening to a concert. hahahaa..But really, it really takes time to get used to all English song, especially fast tempo song is kinda hard to follow. I think the most memorable and impacted lyrics would be “I want to know you, That your spirit overwhelm me, That your presence overtake my heart.”, cause they repeated lot of times (lol.. no, just kidding)

I guess the most amazing things would be the new student dinner time after the service. When I arrived to the flat, I was very worrying and thinking about am I gonna have a bad night again, since when I got into the house, I only saw few new students who I think or feel like they don’t want to have conversation with me (typical rough looking from the State). Then Kevin, who is from Canada Quebec, arrived and saved me from speechless. More and more people arrived about the same time. I tried not to be too passive, like standing at a corner and wait for people to come, instead I tried to look for someone I met before but forgot the name, and have simple conversation. I forgot the reason, but it is very surprising that Kevin share with me that he had a feeling that people won’t come to him and talk because English isn’t his first language. And more surprising that he said my English is good. And then I met couples German guys, named John, Michael, Jim(not sure), and we had pretty good conversation, and exchange phone numbers. The most impressive is the last German guy I met, for he is a big fan of chinese. He learned Chinese via iPhone apps, and he likes to watch Chinese Movie (葉問, Bruce Lee). It feels very friendly. This dinner time really save me from the down. I can really see God grace is enough for me. And I learned that if someone seems to dislike me, I shouldn’t too care about him/he, and find someone else to talk; otherwise I will making myself so down and upset.

Audition would be the next thing I should be preparing tomorrow, and the next two days. I hope I can really get it done soon without too much pressure. Night All

靈修札記

Karlson — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:19:44 +0000

札根 = 綁鞋帶: 給根基札好, 保護腳, 使走路更輕散

就如在說把基督的話語札根在生命/心裡, 神必保護, 和使我輕散的去行走我當前的路.

把鞋的鞋帶綁好, 就如….把神的說話當作根基的札好在心裡

綁好了鞋帶, 腳就受到保護了, 減少受傷的機會; 就如…神在保護我們

札實了, 行路就覺得輕散了; 同樣有神的話語作根基使我輕散的去行走我當前的路

Always Remember

Karlson — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:16:15 +0000

“If you DO decide to go to Hillsong college, expect to come back nothing like the person who stepped on the plane in the beginning.” - by Anonymous

Breakthrough with God

Karlson — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:24:32 +0000

Lot of the times when we pray to God for breakthrough in our life, he will give a wall in front of you instead of making you able to break through. So the wall is given to you for breaking through. Since there is no product without process, and this is what God wants you to going through for the truly breakthrough of your old mind. When you’re frustrated, praying is what God wants us to do, and he will give us power to able to go through the course. Praying is about how much you learn about God, but not about how many things has implemented.

- Inspirited in All Nation Night on Nov17 @ 611

All Nation Prayer Night

Karlson — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:34:08 +0000

Act 2:
Power of praying: matt3:17
We are here because of someone prayed for u
Psalm 6:8 – ask for me, and I shall give you.
you call, then I will answer. And I will show you.
Praying is always the start of God’s doing. Also pray for sustain
Impact of prayer
Super natural – (red sea, Moses look up to god for help, and god tell him to look at what ‘s in his hand. He answer “my rod”). When we pray, god will shake the land: Super natural shaking
Super natural power (when we pray- )
Super natural courage ()
Super natural unity (no other better way than pray to confront devil)
Super natural grousty(供應）
Super natural anoint 恩膏 (by crashing ,破碎by god) If there is no battle, there will be no victory. (etc, when you pray for breakthrough, God will give you a wall. The wall is for you to breakthrough. There is no product without process. Praying is about how much you learn about God, but not about how many things has 實現.
Super natural favor – in god’s favor, nothing is impossible. Live with the God’s favor. Eternal worshiper