1. Faith, Hope, Love, Peace

    Monday, March 3, 2008
    By johnny
    Just talked with dad. He's holding strong to be there for his brother, my uncle. Please keep my uncle James in your prayers. He hasn't slept since the incident. He must feel lost. Jesus would You come to his rescue as he does not know where to turn and who to talk to. Reveal Yourself to uncle James! You love him so much, my Lord.

    Right when Jeff and I arrived at school, we bumped into Maritha and Grace. God bless them. They were just about to head to class, but they ended up praying for me for over 10 minutes. I started to tear up as they were praying for me. "Look up. Do not look down." That's what Maritha told me. And Grace spoke peace into my family. Lord thank You for Maritha and Grace. I believe it was You who arranged our meeting.

    Casey came over and gave me a card and a comfort food--microwavable chocolate cake lol...it tasted quite good actually. Thanks Casey. God's going to use Your tender heart to comfort many souls.

    Annie's right. Why could I even do if I were to head back to LA? Mourning is over. It's time to praise the Lord. So at around 3pm I went to a piano room and started to praise God. I recorded the last 20 minutes with my laptop. I poured out my heart, soul, mind, strength, everything. The more I praised, the more joy and peace I received. I gave my best to God. I know His plan is higher and wiser than my thoughts. After 45 minutes of playing, singing, praising, and praying, I went to class, with refreshed energy. I felt the peace.

    Jeff's been a great friend. I ate dinner at his room and listened to my recording. I almost teared up as I listened to it. God I believe in You. I still love You. More and more I will love You.

    Johnny
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    Posted by johnny at 8:22 PM 6 comments

  2. Spirit of Job

    Here's what I wrote on January 11

    Here's my nightly reading: Job 1 & 2

    Job, a man who had it all--family, good occupation, wealth, servants, and God's blessings. He got completely BEAT DOWN just because God allowed Satan to mess up his life in order to show Satan how faithful a servant Job is. I was like...man, that sucks. I'm not Job, but after just reading the first 2 chapters I yearn for the spirit of Job.

    Here's what he said after hearing all his family, oxen, sheeps, and camels burnt, stolen, and dead:
    The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
    may the name of the Lord be praised.
    -Job 1:21-

    Many believers experienced what happened to Job yet did not stand faithful; therefore, they started to curse God and doubt His existence and eventually became atheists.

    Yet Job did not back down.
    He gave God more praise than before.

    And after he was paralyzed and sick from head to toe, he still held on to the Lord. Job said to his pessimistic wife,
    "Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?"
    -Job 2:10-


    Very interesting that God has given permission to Satan to attack the most righteous man on earth; for three main purposes I think:
    1) Put Job into a trial and test his faith
    2) Show Satan that he cannot defeat God's anointed one
    3) Teach me the importance of being faithful

    Here's what I wrote on January 18
    I read Job chapter 3 & 4, and before I read chapter 3, I was looking at the end of chapter 2. And that's what I'm really going to share: Job chapter 2

    At 6:17 tonight, Sam called. I was overjoyed.
    He got my totally-belated Christmas card and called to say thanks and check up on me. We chatted about stuff and about music and all. He told me that he's feeling really great lately and there's really no physical problem with him at all. I was praising God inside! He's going to have his next therapy on this coming Tuesday. I told him that this Sunday Impact's going to pray for him once again, and that God will heal him completely and he will not need any medication! He really appreciated our friendship and I do too. God I pray for Sam right now that You would take control of his physical condition and bring restoration to all area of his life.

    Here's Job--so sick that his friends could not recognize him.
    And what did his three friends do?

    They began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads. Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.
    -Job 2:12~13-

    I felt like I was Job's friends--Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. And Sam was Job. Oh God I would do the same thing for my brother! I would tear my shirts and weep and sat there in silence with him! I am desperate to see a complete healing O God! Bring restoration! You are a faithful God!

    Today - March 3

    The only song that came to me. Lord You comfort me with this song. I set my eyes upon You, for I know You've got a bigger plan. You asked me this as I was crying, "Didn't you asked me for the spirit of Job on January 11th?"
    Jesus, YOU ARE my three friends!
    You put on sackcloths and dust over Your head.
    You mourn with me and take away my sadness.
    Still I will praise. More than ever. Just like Job.
    I am not backing down because of what happened.
    You've mourned with me, and now it's time to praise.
    You've made a hell for the enemy.
    They shall burn for eternity.
    And I ask for speedy salvation in my family through the death of my aunt. Lord only You can comfort and bring peace and joy.
    I will say this to my God:
    The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
    may the name of the Lord be praised.
    -Job 1:21-

    Bring Restoration

    You bring restoration
    You bring restoration
    You bring restoration
    To my soul

    You've taken my pain
    You've called me by a new name
    You've taken my shame
    And in it's place
    You give me joy

    You take my mourning, turn it into dancing
    You take my weeping, turn it into laughing
    You take my mourning, turn it into dancing
    You take my sadness, turn it into joy

    Hallelujah, Hallelujah
    You make all things new
    All things new
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  3. Hosanna In The Highest!

    Just watched the movie August Rush. Loving the music. Hans Zimmer you rock the music world! If you don't know who he is, he's the composer for Gladiator, The Last Samurai, and Pirates 2 & 3! This 50-year-old German composer is something else. Anyhow, back to the movie: some parts are quite lame but the rest of the movie totally rocks. A joy to see Robin Williams in red hair and ear rings lol... Over all I give this movie an 9 out of 10. If you're a music freak, then this movie's for you. One day I need to watch this movie with 7.1 surround sound speakers! Stereo speakers just won't do the magic of Hans Zimmer!

    Woah. I just remembered that today during worship, I didn't feel any electric shocks by the Holy Spirit(I usually feel that)...very interesting indeed. However I felt like the entire worship was led by the Spirit Himself. I gotta say today's worship was one of the best ones I've ever had. Definitely is in the top 3 of all the worships I've led/involved. Thank You Holy Spirit. Every time I raise my expectation of You, You never fail me =) and that's just so amazing!

    A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,
    "Hosanna to the Son of David!"
    "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"
    "Hosanna in the highest!"
    -Matthew 21:8~10-

    Hung out with Andrew for a while and got to know him more. Man he is so passionate about basketball. And he drank so much coffee and tea over dinner at Garden Cafe! Then we went bowling with Jeff and his two goo friends Jason and Aaron. They are two funny Taiwanese dudes lol....I'm so looking forward to hang out with them again! Very open and chillin', got the Taiwanese hospitality within them. Jeff, these two are our next targets. Do you read me?

    I'm actually excited to go back to school this time!
    I really don't know why(definitely not because I'm traveling with Jeff AGAIN lol..). Probably because I KNOW that God's going to do something wacky and new this coming week--one day closer to revival indeed! Campus transformers, start expecting God to do things on your campuses. Like I said, He hasn't failed me, for His promises are all true!

    Thank You Lord, I love You.
    Lord of lords & King of kings, You are worthy of all my praise!

    Johnny

    ps. Thank You God! We finally started to record during service! Even though many things still need to be fixed and twitched around, at least we started doing it! Thanks J for un-muting the output, you rock. Need to start creating a to-buy list for recording worship. Gotta make sure we use what we've got and not waste money on unnecessary luxury! Lord I believe that You will provide us with equipments in the future as we start to record worship and sermons!
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  4. Can't Think Of A Title...

    Sunday, March 2, 2008
    By johnny
    Thank y'all for all the love and comments. However I'm still gonna keep on writing about everything. I don't want to miss out anything that God's doing in my life! Tinny bitty details really help me to remember what exactly happened on a certain day! That's just me. Maybe you've got your own writing style. All styles are awesome, for His glory.

    I've been wanting to do some campus-related stuff for a while, yet I've not proposed to do so until tonight during Impact's ministry group meeting. Earlier today Jack was suggesting me to do something about campus stuff. Totally needed the push & encouragement. Thanks boss. I want to see EVERY college student at Impact dive into the deep end and stand at the gap for the Lord--to see revival before their eyes on their campuses. I basically summed up what I've been talking about on my blog for many times: we need to have an increase of our desire and expand our vision. When we increase, God would meet our needs. He never fails, remember?

    This is going to be short. I need to sleep and wake up(on time) for RJ. I expect everyone to have a newer level of worship tomorrow. Lord I don't know what You're going to do, but I want You to come and that's the one thing I'm seeking. I just want Your presence. Nothing more and nothing less. You and You alone can satisfy. Come quench my thirst for You! I crave for You to come and mess up my life and heart so that I once again would realize it's You who's really taking care of me; it's You who made the stars in the sky!

    Those who were not told about Him will see,
    and those who have not heard will understand.
    -Romans 15:21-
    I believe this verse is speaking to this generation--blind eyes open & deaf hear: both physically and spiritually. Paul is so amazing at preaching the gospel and building his house on the Rock.

    The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.
    -Romans 16:20-
    This one totally gets me excited because God is not going to crush Satan; we are. Under our feet will soon be the head of the serpent. Twice a week I'm on the head of that ugly snake with all who believe in the fulfillment of this verse--a prophecy that is soon to be fulfilled! Come Lord Jesus come!

    Without You, I'm literally nothing.

    Johnny
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  5. 2 Down, 10 To Go!

    Saturday, March 1, 2008
    By johnny
    Alright....y'all(actually only Sarah, Jasmine, and Jennifer) talking about how long the last chapter was. Let me separate the chapter into subheadings, okay? If you think my last chapter was long, then please go read Psalm 119 in one read. I think you'll find something similar--THEY ARE BOTH REALLY LONG!! Yeah, I'll make sure that from now on my chapters are separated into parts. uh. I never thought I'd get complaints, but after all this book of acts is my walk, so I really should only care about what God thinks about my writing lol....just kidding. Y'all are amazing and being faithful at reading everyone's blog and leave comments. Please don't get scared by my long chapters! I mean, you wouldn't go and complain to King David about how long his psalms are, right? And since I'm a King David wannabe....

    I wanna do a little commenting session:

    A reader left a message like this: for some weird reasons...sometimes...when i get to certain spots on your post...i just want to smack you. you are loaded!
    A: Um. You want to smack me because I'm loaded? Then you should go smack all 12 apostles and all the Judges, Adam, Eve, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and probably Jesus. They're way loaded than I am. What I have here is just a little glimpse of God's love, grace, mercy, and power. If I can, you can too. I'm writing this book of acts for myself so that when I look back, I can find some on-ramps and some amazing stories to tell my grandchildren someday....(just maybe).

    Another reader: real glad that all the people who wrote the bible aren't like johnny, or else the bible would be thick as one of those old CRT monitors. gigantic.
    A: Maybe you're right. Those Bible writers did not have any typing machines to help them record so many testimonies!
    Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
    -Matthew 4:23-
    The testimonies of Jesus Christ were loaded with signs and wonders, yet only a FEW are recorded in the Bible. I think compared to Jesus' testimonies, my little testimonies are like a couple sands by the shore.

    Jesus!! use me to do something to save my generation!!
    A: That is the correct prayer. Don't stop praying that prayer. Revival does not only take the young-adult generation but also the generation before us--the GOD's generation that goes all the way from Abraham to the coming of the Lord. Indeed many have fallen. NOW is the time to get root and grounded in His promise and love, and to step out in faith and stand in the gap, reaching out to the lost. Just like what I wrote a couple days ago answering another comment: GO AND DO WHATEVER IS IN YOUR HEART!

    Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,     since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
    -Colossians 3:23~24-

    However many years a man may live, let him enjoy them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many...Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
    -Ecclesiastes 11:8~9-

    Yes, 2 months have passed!
    This is insane....HAPPY March!
    Anyhow, gotta wake up early for RadJam!

    Johnny

    ps. Jeff is good at Ultra Bust-A-Move bubble game....I suck at that lol....but I Killing-Riot'd him in Halo 2..... hahahahahahhh...ahaha...hlollololololol....lololololol

    pps. This chapter's pretty short. So don't blame me if your eyes are getting dry! There might be some problems with your computer screen!
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    Posted by johnny at 1:26 AM 3 comments
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