wismer bc

Blessed to be at wismer bc today, to hear pastor lesley's sermon on sin. ohhhh sin, so bad. Sin looks ever so pleasing in one's eyes but when you really describe sin for what it is, kabaaam, terrible. Romans 1:18-32 talks about God's wrath against mankind, or as NLT titles the passage, God's anger at sin. I wrote point form notes..it was pretty exciting writing them down. I think I was excited overall because it was lesley who was speaking, who is my old pastor's sister. hahaa it's like watching her grow so much! :P Okay. Sin eats your heart, like a caterpillar who eats leafs and thus makes holes...and this emptiness (hole) is a result of sin. And because of this emptiness, you are never satisfied. Yes, you are content but for only a short period of time. As a result, when something goes wrong or displeases you, sin makes you blame others other than yourself. Sin blinds you of your own sin (i.e. for doing something you ought not to do) so you can blame others. This I can relate to. The whole "it's not my fault, I'm the victim" or "this person was worse than me". No, no no no no no no no no no! terrible. This self-pity = selfishness and pride. so rip me of my selfishness and pride. strip me naked (hahahaa). I don't want to be enslaved to sin and keep going back to it. Though I admit that I do go back to my wicked ways...it could be said that it is easier to do bad than to be good, but thats the beauty of it, relying on God to help you :) Continuing on with sin, sin comes off as really appealing, to be something else. An analogy can be used here: You have a fridge and an oven. A fridge is used to keep something cool and cold; it is content doing that. An oven is similar in that it keeps something hot or warm. However, you cannot mix the two, an oven used to keep something cool/cold and likewise a fridge to warm up the food. It just doesn't work. However, sin forces something that functions one way to become another way. In a way, it is like manipulating what something was supposed to be. Not only does sin takes part in the above, but it forces men to be the object of worship. We fear men more than we fear God. we should be worshipping God. Sin also causes you to covet (to desire, become jealous over something you don't have). Covetousness turns into greediness, which makes us stingy and ungrateful. And in the midst of all this, sin has a way of doubting God, it appears more wise or it makes us seek after our own wisdom, when wisdom ultimately comes from God! (Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 9:10) Sin makes us forget the grace from God. We judge others of their unrighteousness. We can't be righteous on our own. In God's eyes, we are not righteous at all. But it is by God's grace we are able to be righteous. To be righteous in the presence of God. mmm, that is pretty much what I got from her sermon, the rest are random notes that I took hahaha :P I liked the sermon. It was clear, concise, and straightforward. Refreshing :)

I also had a blessed time with the university group during sunday school. haha I could laugh and joke around with them :) it was fun! We talked about Paul's second missionary trip, to Macedonia, (Acts 16) and when we got to the part about the slave girl with a demonic spirit. And we talked about demons and it got me really scared and confident at the same time. It was a really weird feeling, because Lesley would talk about her experiences, and wow, it seems almost too unreal but at the same time, she encouraged us that we have the Holy Spirit living in us and that God is protecting us...this is why I don't watch scary movies like the exorcism and scary movies. It is so scary! To open the doors and windows to the spirit world. And if you do invite them, they will come, and they might harass you. hahha, I need a nightlight, hahaha I need God!!

Speaking of light, I enjoyed a nice afternoon at toogood pond with my sister! Walked around the large pond which I kept calling lake -.- and it was a beautiful day. A bit chilly, but that's cause I'm in my that condition, ahhaa. I must return back to toogood pond during the summer and soak in all the vitamin Ds and God's creation! :) it's a nice place to go with your date hahahaa.

Okay, time to sleep! I willl be bussing all week to vaughan mills!! only one bus to take, I can do it! :)

PRAISE GOD! :)