Friday night church

Senior pastor of Hillsong Brian Houston scheduled to be in Paris today. We have been planning to come since last weekend. Both Faye and I felt tired after I finished work, we debated whether we should go, at the end, we decided to put in our share of worship this week.

The message today was "NO MORE EXCUSES". We all have legitimate reasons to not do things in life, but excuses are just excuses. Pastor Brian used a great example to illustrate the point. He said, instead of finding for excuses to NOT do something, we should ask God for the wisdom to put away the excuses and just execute. With Christ in us, we are like warriors with arrows on the bows ready to shoot, ready to fight any time. However, we often look for reasons to put down the arrow and just walk away... Instead of looking for reasons to turn back, we need to ask for the God's strength and wisdom so we can just SHOOT the arrow and WIN the battle.

Pastor Brian also mentioned that the greatest gift he's ever had is to have a wife who puts God first before anyone in her life. He said many times couples are not aligned when it comes to serving God, then arguments arrive because they can't agree. But if we put God first as a couple, then there is no argument, we can aligned with each other, and live to our fullest potential. We often are held back by our belongings/properties, businesses, and relationships, but instead, we need to ask for God's wisdom so we can serve Him by bringing our belongings, our businesses, and our families along the journey.

2009, no more excuses, for you, and I. While the world is wasting their lives away watching the bad news, worrying and complaining about the economy, let's pray for each other that we have the strength, courage and wisdom to realize we all, in our own ways, have our arrows aimed, and all we have to do is to ask God when, and shoot!