Feeling a burden for others around me
Today, I felt a slight burden for one of the staff members that I met at a store. I felt like his work situation and life circumstances may be a bit tough. It wasn’t a Word of Knowledge yet, but it was the start of something. If I had the courage to start speaking to him, I think I would have received more and been able to continue conversing with him, as the Lord led. In another store, I felt led to speak to an older staff lady. She happened to be friendly and open to conversation. I did feel impressed to ask if she were Singaporean, but shied away from that because I didn’t feel it could be an apt moment to ask. She ended up asking me that question instead and that opened up the conversation. I learnt from these 2 experiences to not think too much and just “go”. I could trust my gut instinct, and Holy Spirit impressions. Even if I make a mistake, the most is I would receive is a rejection to continue speaking. Nothing too bad would happen. If I were bold however, I could get to the point of sharing Christ. I felt encouraged that sensing the Spirit is getting easier and I’m becoming a little more sensitive.
Following the Lord
Today, October 5th, I was teamed up with Brother Gerard. I was excited to see how the Lord would lead us and to learn more about the art of PE. We initially set out to visit Mr. S, whom Sister J and I had met last Saturday. However, when we arrived, his shop was closed. As we continued, we passed by the two famous banana pie shops, both with long queues. We noticed a family who had bought pies from both shops to compare, inspired by the Banana Pie Feud episode on CNA Insider. Brother Gerard struck up a conversation with them, starting with pies, moving on to careers, and eventually sharing what he felt the Lord wanted to say – extending His love and blessings. They welcomed our prayers, and we could see that they were deeply touched by the Lord. Next, we visited Peter’s Place, where Brother Gerard bought some snacks. This opened a brief opportunity to chat with the boss. A seed was sown, and we trust that we will return to water it soon. On level 1, we spotted a shop with no signboard. A lady was busy baking, and then a man, Mr. A, entered with his two children. Even though we had just passed by the shop, we felt led to turn back and see what they were selling—empanadas! Mr. A wore a FC Barcelona cap, and football quickly became a topic between Brother Gerard and him. They both had connections to St. Patrick’s School and shared common friends. A friendship was forged, and the ground was prepared for future encounters where the seeds could be watered. I was amazed by how God orchestrated this meeting. At level 2, we came across a unit where Ms. E and her helper were busy preparing products for a pop-up booth at Takashimaya. Brother Gerard approached Ms. E, and after a brief chat, he shared with her the words he felt God wanted to release over her situation. He conveyed that God was standing with her during this time, offering His protection. Ms. E expressed how much comfort and encouragement this brought her as a child of God (Isaiah 50:4). We prayed for God’s favor and protection over her, her family, and her business. As we moved to another part of the building, Brother Gerard asked me, “What did you feel?” I knew he was referring to a shop we had passed, which had a large picture of an idol on the window and sold amulets. I responded, “Eerie.” There was a strong sense of evil that seemed to say, “Don’t mess with me.” We prayed in the Spirit, covering ourselves with the precious blood of Jesus. I thanked God for His constant protection, knowing that the One who is in us is greater than the one in the world. On our way back to church, Brother Gerard shared how he and his wife began their journey of practicing and following the voice of God. Although we didn’t have time to finish the conversation, I look forward to hearing the rest of his testimony the next time we go out on the streets.
Sharing at the Foodcourt
When I prayed with my partner the first time, we both had no downloads. Then we prayed again. I saw the face of the Korean stall helper at a nearby foodcourt. So we went to the foodcourt. We had the opportunity to speak and pray for the Chinese lady whose face i saw. She was quite friendly and accepted our prayers. We also gave her the cornerstone card and invited her to attend the Chinese service.
Encouraged a helpless mother
During the prophetic outreach, the Lord impressed upon my heart a fountain fall with water gushing out & I shared this vision with Sau Kuen, Agnes & Avas who were my teammates before setting out. During the search for treasures, we found a little fountain fall with water vapors blowing out of streamers (dehumidifier) inside a shop. Sau Kuen asked Jeremy whether we could consider it, so they took faith & went in. We befriended a young divorcee mother & her daughter. Through the conversation, we know that she has Christian friends who encouraged her to believe in Jesus, but she felt that she was not ready yet. Subsequently, we found out that she was going through a court case over the custody of her children. This really concerns her as she is uncertain of the legal process and worried that she will lose the custody. To this, Avas mentioned if she needs help on legal matter, she can whatapp us using the PE number so that proper advice can be arranged with our fulltime staff. I also shared a Card with Bible verse from Ephesians 2:7 that it is by the grace & not by works that save us through God’s salvation of redemption. We manage to encourage her that God knows her situation & ask her to be strong. We did a prayer for her & blessed her with God’s presence & peace in her. Truly, what divine encounter and we plan to follow up with her on our next visit soon!
A seed has been planted
Glory and I were teamed up to go for an outreach on 28 Sep. We prayed before we went. Glory asked me whether I felt anything after the prayer. I told her that I saw a vision of a lady in a blue uniform holding a mop. Glory felt that we should go to Parkway Parade to look for our treasure. We continued to pray and walk around in Parkway Parade, and then we saw a Chinese lady in blue uniform who was a Sales Promoter for Air Fryer. We conversed with her and later realised that she was not our treasure. I told Glory that I sensed that the lady wearing a blue uniform must be a cleaner. As we were walking around, we saw a Chinese lady in a blue uniform with a trolley and holding a mop. We approached her and tried to talk to her. Glory had an impression that she had a relationship issue with her son . She asked her whether she had a son, and she replied, ” yes”. When Glory asked about her relationship with her son, the lady was very cautious and hesitated to answer us. She rejected us when we asked whether we could pray for her need. I presume that she must be afraid to share more about her son with a stranger. I believe a seed has been planted in her heart about her son.
Sharing God’s Love
Today was my first PE Aspirants activity and I was blessed to be partnered with sister J. After having a time of prayers to commit our adventure to the Lord, we moved out to reconnect with some of the people she met previously, Mr. L at a furniture shop, Ms. T, her ex-student’s mom at a spectacle shop, Mr. C at aquarium shop and sister J at her eating house. I learnt much from her friendly and spirit-led ways of conversations with them and often offering prayers and blessings to spread the love of God. While we on our way to look for Mr. R who owns a curtain shop, we passed by an antique shop and J’s eyes were captured by poster with frame printed with Bible verse Rev 3:20. That created a God given opportunity to chat with the boss Mr. S. He moved to K.S. Centre 12 years ago from Balestier and complained that no business in this area. He ever tried selling online but no genuine buyers so he stopped. When he was asked whether he is a Christian as his shop carries some Christianity items, he had much comments on Christianity, such as the Church next door is so rich to buy building and shop units, paying full time staff, and some Christians threw away ancestor tablets and not having the value of filial piety, calling dragon the Lucifer but dragon is a positive element in Chinese tradition, and pastor who misused church fund and went to jail, etc. He has Christian friends but he does not want to comment much. We listened most of the time and once awhile we offered some of our views but we did not want to sound over defensive. At the end we offered to say a prayer to bless him and his business and he accepted it. We believed God touched him with His presence. He invited us back to his shop when we are free. Our last stop was at sister J’s eating house to have cup of Vietnamese coffee before returning to base. We thank God for these opportunities for being able to bring his love and presence to these precious people that we met. We believe that as we remember them in our prayers, God will answer our prayers and produce harvests in due seasons.
I see my treasure
It was my first street Prophetic Evangelism training and we were told to exercise our prophetic gifts. So early this morning at 05:05am, Holy Spirit gave me a vision – a back view of a man wearing light blue shirt and dark pant, sitting positiin, with a big male-figured hand like resting on the man shoulder as if to comfort him. I quickly drew out my vision as I learnt through one of the prophetic dreams training before. But there are some uncertainty that still need to inquire of the Lord, such as the age, the race, ethnic, or what problem to pray for, the location. And later on a number “23” appear in a flash in my head. So when I reach our training place to meet my team 3, we felt the spirit of God was signaling us to go to I12 Katong. And that actually confirmed the address of I12 East Coast Rd. The “23” – is actually the reverse of E to “3”. There we began to search for our treasure. Initially, I was browsing around shops that has the unit number “23” or “33” for my treasures, and males wearing light blue shirt and dark pant. Though there were many males wearing light blue shirt, none of them wearing dark blue pant. Just as I was about to give up searching for shops that has number 23 or 33, I decided to go up to level 5 where the Cinema is. And suddenly from the escalator going up, i saw from back view, my treasure sitting there, wearing exactly light blue shirt and dark blue pant! I was very excited but also scared that I could make a mistake. I walked 1 round at the cinema praying in my heart to check with the Holy Spirit is it him and thought of going down to ask my team mate to come up with me. But then, I braced up my courage and approached my treasure. I said to him “excuse me sir, I am doing a treasure hunt with my friend around this place here, and you are my treasure as you fit my picture (which I showed him my drawing in my mobile).” Then, that’s where the barrier came. He is German and has limited English understanding. And his wife who was besides him, looking confused at me. I began to panic and started chicken and duck hand gesturing to the man. I even used google wikipedia to describe what treasure hunt to him. Finally, he got my point and that’s where we broke the ice and laughed. He even taught me in German the word treasure hunt means geocatching. I quickly explained to him that God want to bless him. So I quickly said “God bless you” to him, he and his wife slap high-5 to me as if in agreement.And before I depart, I turned around again and walked back to them and asked if I could take a photo with them to share with my team mates that I have found my treasure. They were so happy. After finishing my treasure hunt, my team decided to gather for lunch. After our lunch, Rebecca, Joanne and I were strolling around basement 1 and we came to a fruit juice stall, sampling fruit juices. Felt led by the Holy Spirit, I striked up a conversation with a young girl called Nikki. Casually asking her if she is on vacation now working part-time. There she told us she is a student, so I prayed for God’s wisdom to bless her in her studies. We asked her if she attends any church as our church is nearby, if not she could go to our church. But she said she attends a church. After that, we left the place. Overall, it was my first time doing this street prophetic Evangelism and felt good being led by the spirit to just approach someone and talk to her/him. I thank God for giving me the courage when I obey Him.
Dancing like David
R and I were activated to go out in pairs, it was our group first activation exercise. While at a stopover at a vegetarian shop, a lady, G came and sit down with us to share the same table together. As G was having her meal, R and I sensed that it was a good chance to reached out to her. G shared that she lived nearby and attend a church in the marine parade area. She served as a dancer in her church. I released words of blessings for G that she is going to dance like David, dance with freedom in the Holy Spirit, that is going to positively change the atmosphere. Adding on, people are going to be set free and enjoy the freedom in Jesus Christ. G feel ministered to, and she reasonated with the words released as she is a strong follower of the tribe of David. We go out and build up His Church, be kingdom minded, to help followers of Jesus Christ realise they can dance with joy and rejoicing always.
PE outreach on 24 Aug 24
Praise God for his boldness as my partner (Sherlyn) and I went out for our 1st PE outreach after the past weeks of training/equipping. We went to I12Katong where we met an elderly lady outside a shop. Sherlyn was prompted to approach because she felt impressed that she needed help. Indeed, she was seeking help to clarify a bundle deal offer which we took time to explain to her after getting the details. We started to chat on many things which lead us to identify ourselves as Christians from cscc. We ended the session by praying for her hearing since we noticed she was wearing a hearing aid and blessings for her good health and family. All glory to Jesus!
An Opportunity
This was our first street outreach, hence naturally nervous, we were briefed b4 setting out. Brother A, held out 3 cards, inscribed with scriptures, shared and inspired by the Holy Spirit to brother J. Encouraged to give out the card if felt led. We each pick one and set off. I had the Place – Katong V (florist) no sense of Person or the Problem. Headed to Katong V, went into florist but didnt sensed the treasure in there. We sat nearby waited and prayed. My team mate, brother M felt just to share the good news and it confirmed because I spotted a young promoter at the main entrance, standing opposite the florist shop. The thought was “lonely”. We were taught to go in pairs but at that moment felt brother M to continue seated and to pray, while i approached the “treasure” since she is working. “Treasure”, a foreigner, recently came to Singapore, now works as promoter. Build up conversation with her and shared about Jesus, whom she had not heard. Could not talk in length but the card speaks all. I read to her “The Gift of Eternal Life” Roman 6:23 the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus. Call on to Jesus in your time you feel lonely or even your job as i ended there. I’m in awe. Though I could not go in length to share about Christ, the card left behind are God’s written word lsaiah 55:11 shall not return to Him void but it shall, accomplish to his purpose. I believe a seed is sown.