Cry Out

Last night, April 14, 2008 I have attended not just an ordinary mid-week service that our church, WIN-Al Ain had. The corporate intercessory prayer at the end of the service is not just an ordinary prayer exercise. We were led to cry out and pray for the Gospel of peace to be spread in Al Ain and the rest of the world.

In no time, when I reached home after the service, I logged on to the website www.cryoutnow.org shared by Pastor Ed. Without second thoughts I gave my email to subscribe.

While on bed, I told my wife about what we had experienced at the mid-week service. Both of us agree that what had happen was a confirmation of our commitment to practice a prayerful life as a couple. It is like God showing us that Christians have neglected prayer as a habit. Most Christians as observed are concentrating more on the ministry and neglect prayer and intercession.

We commit that we, as a couple start our day right by praying together. We both agree to rise up from bed every 5 o'clock in the morning for our prayer time together. We have started this on April 13, 2008 (yesterday). We followed it up today and committed make this as a habit.

What has been happening around the world right now is something serious. Escalating cost of food around the world. Lack of supply of basic staple rice in Philippines, Egypt, and Bangladesh. Even India and Pakistan are regulating, if not banning exports of Rice.

Is this one of the evident signs of the end times? No one knows. But, all I know from my Bible is that God is just right their always waiting for the cries of the faithful. I then urge everyone who may chance to read this blog to take a serious step in making a good prayer habit in your life. Let us all get to our feet and intercede for one another.

It is not too late. Act now...

Cry out to God of Mercy and Love. He is always wanting us to cry out to Him.

One Indelible Memory

It was such a blast of an experience I had yesterday. I am so proud of the Word International Ministries in the United Arab Emirates (WIN-UAE), the next generation of our church. They staged a praise and worship concert at the Dubai Evangelical Church Center (DECC) in Jebel Ali, Dubai as a fund raiser for them to defray expenses of the UAE representative to the Youth Congress and Youth Camp in UK in July and August 2008.

The concert showcased the talents of the youth coming from the different WIN churches around the UAE. One of the youth bands performing at the concert is our very own WIN-Al Ain. I am so proud to say that my edest daughter is one of the members of the band. She is the lead vocals or song leader for the group.

I had some mixed feelings inside me watching the different youth bands performed their numbers. I had never expected that they were that good worshipers. They poured out all their hearts for the Lord. I could not even contain myself having teary eyes watching them sing, dance, and raised all their voices and hands unto the Lord. I praise Jesus for them. I could never thank enough our father in heaven for providing us (parents) this worshiping youths.

Because of my mixed feelings, I had left out my initial intentions of capturing precioius moments of the concert with my lens. I captured some few photos, but not as I had first intended. Instead of being just a photographer, I become more of indulging myself to the worship concert. I sang and danced a lot than taking good pictures.

The reason for all these feelings is that I am so deeply moved by the power and presence of the Holy Spirit at the Maranatha hall of the DECC. I am one with the youth as they get high with God shouting, dancing, praising, and raising hands. The holy spirit just proded me to also move around, sing and dance with the crowd. I just could not contain the joy I felt inside. It was such a wonderful experience.

All the precious moments of the event have been captured in my heart and mind. It is already imprinted in there that no other form of print or digital copy, be it color, black and white, sepia, duo tone, or whatever types of post-processing done on it. Every moment imprinted in my heart and mind could last my lifetime.