God's Faithfulness to me! (17 - 22 January 2010)

Sunday, 17 January 2010:

I was feeling burdened. With 6 projects left, and 3 due in the coming week. The preparations for the Installation were still underway and the fact that exams were coming in 3 weeks time made it all so overwhelming.

Thus, after the message in Youth Service, I asked Zach to pray for me that I would not take on my new appointment as President of A-Team by my own strength, and for God to sustain me through the week!

Monday, 18 January 2010:

I read Jeremiah 36 - 40. I asked God to help me to see the bigger picture and live for God's purposes, not mine. I had a presentation on Managing MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Exhibitions) in a form of an individual group business proposal to the lecturer where the right venue selection was very important. Many groups had their venues questioned, but i thank God that we managed to justify ours! It was a great start to the completion of the first project.

Tuesday, 19 January 2010:

Due to the stress of the Installation preparation and the other projects due, I decided to get up extra early to finish up a report. But when I woke up, I felt uneasy and decided to do my quiet time first. At 7.41am, I read Jeremiah 41 - 45. I realized that God had already revealed to me the desires of His heart. Yet, I chose to rely on my own strength. I repented and asked God to teach me to trust Him with all my heart.

When I let God take over, I could see from the rehearsal that the Installation was starting to take shape. Even though it wasn't perfect, it was much better that I expected.

Wednesday, 20 January 2010:

I woke up bright and early again. Today was the day for the actual Installation Ceremony. I had diarrhoea 3 times! My heart was anxious. But then Tanya told me that when God's people want to do great things for Him, the devil would try to deter us from achieving it. So she told me to believe that God was in control and that I would be fine soon.

At 7.30am, I wrote in my prayer journal and prayed for the complete healing and restoration of my body. I asked God for a spirit of confidence that I would be able to lead the A-Team to pull off a great Installation Ceremony! I prayed that my speech would be filled with God's presence (even though I could not mention "God") and committed the whole Installation into God's hands!

The time had come. God helped me to remain calm through the last-minute preparations. My diarrhoea was gone! It was a nervous start to the Installation as I did not know what would actually happen in the end. But from the overwhelming entrance, to the amazing dance, things started to show a brighter side. It got even better! The videos were memorable, the passiing down ceremony was unique, and the theme song was so inspiring. I believe many were touched through my speech too! Praise God!!!

Thursday, 21 January 2010:

It was another great morning. At 9.26am, I got up to read my Bible and to praise God for the amazing things that happened the night before! Also, today was another important presentation for ICT. Eugene who was in my group helped a lot by pushing me really hard to select the right surveillance system to research on, despite my "stress" during the Installation period. But I'm glad that he did, as we managed to showcase our findings quite well too!

Friday, 22 January 2010:

It was finally the last day of the work week. And today was also the last project assignment due within the week! This required us to prepare a skit about Human Resource Management (HRM) in NTUC Fairprice! Thank God for such an amazingly bonded and creative group that we could present our project in unity! It was awesome!!

OVERALL, I just want to thank God for showing me His faithfulness in the whole week! It just amazed me to see how God can bless us with so much good in our lives if only we learn to trust in Him fully and put Him as our first priority! This week has been especially memorable and it is an amazing testimony of God's grace and favour in my life!

AMEN!!!

I can't think right...

God!

Why do I feel so overwhelmed now?

It just feels so stressful...

I don't know if I am doing the right thing...

What should I do with this part of my life?

I need to focus somewhere...

Help me, God!

Game On!

Today, I just came across some of the goals that i set during the OBS leadership programme with NYP. I wrote them on a large orange card and pasted it on my cupboard. It fell off so i decided to take a look at it. Here they are...

1. To become an effective leader by being flexible in leading the Ambassadorial Team with different leadership models next year.
2. To build up a strong group of capable leaders within the current and upcoming batches of A-Team members from this coming semester.
3. To lead my fellow Ambassadors to truly become good representatives of NYP in order to contribute to the image of the school in preparation for various events in 2010!

Well, I hope that these goals would come true next year!!!