blind eyes open
-1 Corinthians 6:19~20-

I gotta say that today was a sweet service. God was doing something real sweet. The worship was powerful, joyful, and responsive -- as soon as we started to declare God's nature, He just can't wait to come to those who worship Him in spirit and in truth! Holy Spirit was working during the worship time and brought tears to many because His presence was right there touching hearts and changing minds. Annie mentioned to me that she felt like today's worship will be something different. Even though there was no one needed healing, I believe the worship today was beautiful in comparison to many other times. I felt like the band reached somewhere we've never been to for the past several months, and I can't really describe it in words. The spirit of unity during worship was super sweet, and all we wanted was the presence of Jesus; He surely showed up!

Sing A New Song

Well, today we bursted out in a spontaneous worship between songs, and we started to sing "All my life is Yours my Jesus / All my heart is Yours my Jesus". This song actually came out of a free worship during our band practice on Saturday morning, and somehow the Lord fit that into our Sunday worship. I think we've found our sound through this chorus, and I can't wait for more! Keep 'em new songs coming... God's been giving us our own sound =D

I once again would like to thank everyone in the band:

Annie, Andy, George, J, Shinny, Kay, Grace, Aaron. You guys are the best and I love you for who you are and your heart for worship the King of kings and Lord of Lords! I'm excited to run with you and find our own sound!

Johnny

2 Chronicles 7:14

If My people, who are called by My Name,

would 1) humble themselves and pray

and 2) seek My face

and 3) turn from their wicked ways

then will I 1) hear from heaven

and 2) will forgive their sins

and 3) heal their land.

One of my favorite verses because it's God's promise - and His promises never fail!

Impact called for an urgent prayer meeting tonight regarding to this: www.TheCall.com

Once again I just want to share what I posted back on July 4th of this year:

For some weird reason I woke up at 5:30am (with only 2 hours of sleep) and couldn't fall back to sleep; well, neither could Peter, who has had jet lag for the past week. So I drove Peter to school @ 8am and dropped him off at his classroom, went to Mac D to get some McGriddle. Later on I found out that I ordered #8 instead of #7. So all I had was two fatty pancake with a sausage patty. Well, @ 9am I took the school shuttle (without my student ID because I couldn't find it... got scorned by the driver) to my first class - Intro to Western Music. It was a quicky since the prof talked only about the syllabus. Then I got so tired that I went back home with Peter to take a 2-hour nap before my next class at 3:30. I only slept for an hour, then I found my ID, yet realized that I needed a bus sticker in order to actually get on the buses for free. So, for the third time I went to school by car just to get that sucker sticker on my student ID. Got home and went straight to the shuttle stop with Peter @ around 3pm. After that dreadful Econ class for an hour, I couldn't stand it anymore so once again we took the shuttle back home. After another hour of napping, I had to yet again, FOR THE FIFTH TIME, venture to that familiar land of UCSD to attend my last class of my FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. I am tired, beat down, torn, and in need of some good rest. It's pretty much the same for Peter since he has to try very hard to stay awake during the day in order to correct his jet lag.

I guess I have probably experienced the craziest day of my college life (so far) - and it's the first day of school! How marvelous! I just can't wait for more! AHHHHHHHHHHH!

But hey, Peter and I got to pray for this gentleman John whose left ankle was dislocated from taekwondo 20 years ago. He didn't feel any significant change yet he was encouraged! Come on, the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! Let us all release it to those who want it!

Johnny

Here's The Message version:

It's very interesting how the phrase "on your knees" gets into the Message. Those three words caught my eyes - a truth a simply can't ignore. I believe God's reminding me where I should begin the work: on my knees. Jesus told the disciples to be on their knees before He commend them to be on their way and do some damage to the devil's kingdom.

So, we need to be ON OUR KNEES before we can be ON OUR WAY.

Sounds like a good name for a group - OOKOOW? sure. But I'm going to follow what Jesus said to His disciples two thousand years ago because He never changes, and His plans are always the best. From now on I will blog a series about On Our Knees and another about On Our Way. Pumped.

I'm back, and God is still so good to me!

Johnny