hey girls!
hope you're coping well with your schoolwork and GB =)
anyway, just wanna invite all of you to our church's guest service this coming sunday!
Date: 27th January (Sunday)
Time: 10am
Venue: Potong Pasir, SAS LT1 (where we went for BBGB camp)
Topic: What To Do With Worry?
must have heard of the famous phrase "Dun Worry Be Happy!" before eh?
that's my favourite phrase and something that i kind of lived by during my sec. school years .. loved to sign off with "Dun Worry Be Happy!" in letters, birthday cards, etc .. everytime when i was faced with problems or my friends were upset, i would tell myself and friends "Dun Worry Be Happy!" ... there's a chinese saying that "the sky won't fall even at the biggest problem!" .. so it kept me optimistic, positive about life even at the its worst time, toughest moment ...
but honestly, sometimes it just doesn't work like that .. some problems can't be solved just by saying "Dun Worry Be Happy!" .. some worries just keep bugging us no matter how hard we try to overcome them .. sometimes it takes more than looking at smiley faces to stay positive and happy when the things in life seem to be going wrong and out of control ..
now i realise .. it takes God .. it takes God to calm the storms in our lives for us .. remember the song that i shared during our last sat meeting?
when the oceans rise and thunders roar
i will soar with you above the storm
Father You are King over the flood
i will be still
know You are God
it takes God to remove the worries that we have in life .. ever heard of the saying "Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."? ever wonder who said that? i heard of this phrase before i became a Christian .. then i found out that it was Jesus ...
Jesus said in Matthew 6:33-34 "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
i was surprised and excited to discover that Jesus was the one who actually said that .. now there's really a reason why i can say "Dun Worry Be Happy!" ... because Jesus, God, doesn't lie .. He is faithful to the promises He has made and He is reliable .. the phrase that i once thought came from some random person actually came from God Himself!
1 Peter 5:7 says "Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you." God cares about us .. He loves us, that's why He is willing to take upon Himself all the worries of our lives .. that's why He chose to die upon the cross ... that's why we can be free when we trust in Him.
thanks for reading till the end .. know it's a long entry =P but just wanna encourage those of you who are interested to find out more about God, about how He is relevant and real in dealing with the worries in life, do come for our guest service yea? or approach any of the helpers =)
take care! see ya =)
eleora