This morning I woke up with a jolt from my alarm clock before I realized that I was going to be late for church. Going to a morning service meant that I had to wake up extra early (compared to my schedule for the past couple of months) and also meant that I had to get my breakfast ready on my own because my mom attends an even earlier service at her own church. But the effort to get up early on a Sunday morning is definitely worth it when it means that you can get something useful and meaningful into your life. Today especially.
At CAC, the service for the next month or so will circulate around the topic of studying the word, namely the bible. In conjunction with the sermons, the church encourages us to dwell into the word intently for the next 40 days and see what we can come up with on our own of what God is speaking into our lives. Despite the fact that I've been a bit "spiritually dead" lately, the moment I stepped into the church this morning my spirit felt lifted up and I was really excited as I listened to every single word Pastor David said. I'm excited to study the word for the next 40 days (hopefully I can be disciplined enough!).
In particular, Pastor David used James 1:1-19 to mention these few points today in dealing with reading God's word and letting them have an impact on our lives:
1. We must receive them with our ears
our hearts need to be quiet
we need to be calm
we need to be clean
we need to be humble
2. We must read them with our eyes
we need to look at the words intently
3. We must study the word with our minds 4. We must store it in our hearts through memorizing scriptures 5. We must respond with action
So basically the end conclusion is that there should be co-relation between what we hear and what we do, and that the more we grow the more we will want to serve and cycle continues.
After church service I ate lunch with mom and others and then went to visit the show homes across from our place at Thomas House. The condo apartments are surprisingly spacious for an area of 819 square feet for 2 bedroom and 2 bathrooms, and the price range starts at $279,000, which, to me, sounds reasonable for the location and club house facility that is included. Of course, besides me, other potential buyers think this way also and so yesterday (when the condos were initially set for sale), 2/3 of the place was sold already. Amazing market isn't it?
After the show homes I went home to read for a bit before heading out for dinner with my relatives. On the way I got my pay cheque (yay money!) as well as flowers for my aunt's birthday. She ended up loving the flowers very much
Dinner was really decent as we had a 8 dish combo at Ningtu restaurant (Near Kingsway and Victoria Dr.), which featured numerous of their famous dishes ranging from their appetizer dish to their egg white dessert. All I could say was that my stomach went up to its maximum volume. Not to mention how much I love Shanghai food.
Tomorrow will be my first day at the new work place so hopefully I'll make some new friends and be able to enjoy my new work environment!
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