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It’s really sad to noe n to find that youth have the tendency not to fast. Are their lives so perfect tht they need not or never felt the urge to fast n pray over sumthin? Have u ever considered fasting for something u want so bad, or u were just at a time that u don’t know many things abt ur life till u desperately seek God in such a way?

U noe, I oso find dat pastors don’t share about fasting often enough, and not just the significance of fasting, but how to fast, when to fast, why to fast, and how that there is more than one way than just fasting ur lunch? Plus the sheer fundamental fact that fasting is so basic that it’s jus rite after praying and even BEFORE baptism? I wonder who actually learned to fast before he got baptized. Not many nowadays I think, because fasting seems like sumthin only Muslims do. But, believe it or not, fasting was key to EVERY single prophet, apostle, disciple, patriarch, martyr, to not only in the bible, but in the entire history of the world till today.

So why do we fast? Like the Muslims, when we fast, we remind ourselves of God, and how He should be a part of our lives like the meal we missed in the afternoon. U see, when we abstain from sumthin that takes a lot of our time, we remind ourselves why we fast, and then we dedicate it to God. Most people, like Catholics n Muslims, fast at a certain time for the sake of dedicating it to God. This is a noble thing. It enriches your soul, gets u closer to God. Why? Because u are spending more time than normal committing urself to God, and to seek Him even more.

But did u noe that u can fast not just ur food, n not just to get to God? For example, I fast from meat because I find pleasure in eating meat, sumtimes even three square meals. SO everytime I abstain from it, I remind myself why and I dedicate it to God. More recently since a while ago, I have been praying and fasting for Paul Tan, if u dunno who is he and why am I fasting n prayin for him, check him out at http://ycblogpot.blogspot.com/.

Now I’ve been fasting since mid January and I plan to keep this up till February 16, and after CNY even, I hope to fast more often. Why? Let’s just say, there is much I want to bring up to God. I’m startin university this year, I hope to be more dedicated to the Boys’ Brigade beyond my company, I want to be more active in church, and when I look at my calendar for this year, it’s hectic already even before I go to uni, and every activity and event I look at this year, I just want to give all glory to God.

I also believe this year is a year that God is going to move more mightily than ever before. I believe that He will display His wonders through those who seek for it, and by God’s will I want to be part of that. I believe that God will break down the walls of limitations like He did to the walls of Jericho. But in the beginning we gotta want it. We gotta want it bad. Otherwise, u’ll jus miss it.

So I challenge you… all those who are reading, to fast for a while. Doesn’t have to be food. In fact, I challenge you to fast from playing computer games or Playstation, from going into any cyber-cafe or playing anything digital. Because I think to some, u spend more time doing that than to even study and eat ur meals combined. So, here’s a challenge. Instead of playing with the computer, get on ur knees and pray, read ur bible, get closer to God.

Another good one is abstinence from mamak. This I think is to the older youth like myself. Instead of going to a mamak session, go to a friend’s place, open a pot of tea and fellowship and share a common reason to fast in this manner.

Also don’t just fast a period a year. Have a few periods, continue to hunger for God and His voice, touch and guidance.

“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” -Revelations 3:20-

So… is this what u want? Then take the challenge, as little as a day to a week, to a month. Get hungry to hunger for God this year… because He’s going to move the mountains, and break the walls. Wanna be part of that? Take the challenge, and lemme noe when u do.

What do you have?

It’s pass 1am, going to 2. And instead of sleepin, here I am writin out sumthin I believe everyone from YC Camp will be bored of this post. Y? becos it’s from Pastor Andrew’s first session.

The one thing I believe that has impacted me and made me think of serving differently was when he said “God wont ask wat do u need to serve Him, but wat do u HAVE? U dun need talent to serve God, talent is a gift from God. To some of u, all u need is

ur

car n driver’s license, and wadya noe? It’s an opportunity to serve God, by carpooling with those who cant make it to church because of transport.”

This has convicted me because I have always thought u need to have something or rather for God to use. I didn’t know that it would be something so simple. Then I start to think… now what reason do we have for not serving God? I hear people saying I have no chance to serve God. It’s like saying that there are no jobs at all available for me.

U noe, Malaysians keep on complaining that there aren’t enough jobs for Malaysians, because we are giving them all to foreigners. Have u ever thought that the jobs were there for Malaysians in the beginning, only we are too choosy for jobs like those? Same thing we can say about ministry and serving opportunities. “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.” LABORERS. God didn’t specify the planters, or the scythe-men, or the watermen. God said laborers, meanin to say that every department of reaping the great harvest are lacking of ppl. The opportunities to serve are open to you. The question is that do we choose any of those?

You know, we don’t give enough credit to garbage collectors? Can you imagine walkin all over a housing area doing nothing but picking up some of the most disgusting things in the world EVERYDAY? Not to mention they don’t get paid much. The fact is that if ever the garbage collectors ever stop doing their job, our country will be at a stand-still on our own filth. We wont be able to work because the garbage from us just starts stinking real bad, we fall sick, de black plague comes again, and we all die of our own waste. And if you think that’s bad, what about sewage plumbers?

Now what am I saying? Never ever underestimate the little things you do. Because a little goes a long way.

“The horse-shoe breaks, the horse cannot run, the messenger cannot be sent, the message cannot be given, the general didn’t know how to act, the battle is lost” -Zen

Yamagata

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So in the end, God doesn’t ask what do u need, but wat do u have? God asked Moses, Elisha asked the female who owed debt, Jesus asked His disciples. Moses only had a staff, but with that staff God moved a nation, made history and saved His people. With the jar of oil the lady had, God let it be never empty to fill up other jugs, till the point that after selling all the oil, she paid her debt and saved her son, that she put as collateral. Jesus just used the five loaves and two fish of a child, and fed the hungry 5,000 with leftovers to spare!! What made it so powerful is that they are willing to give it to God to make it a wonder that glorifies Him.

So what do you have? A laptop and some knowledge of Microsoft Office? U can write articles, use the laptop to display lyrics for worship, write minutes, the list goes on. What about being fluent in more than one language? I was used in Kuantan to interpret to Malay to share to the Orang Asing. You can do that for people like me who doesn’t know Mandarin or Thai, or other languages. What about just having a blog like mine? You can either just write about what happened today, or about how God moved you today. You will never know who’s reading your posts. What if you have too much to eat in your lunch pack? Share with someone who’s hungry, and while u’re sharing food, share your faith. What about the simple ability to listen? You in my opinion are the most important, because you can actually change the choice of a suicidal, or a depressed person, or to a friend who are just bummed out and feel useless.

So, my questions are….

What do you have? And are you willing to give it to God for His glory?