seekers leadership

Second post of the year! haha

Lately, alot of things have been happening.
Although stress never fails to plummet me; God does not fail to keep me up and running.
About a good two-three weeks ago, I came to my first encounter with what I believe was a demon-possessed man. People say that meeting God has changed their lives, but I never thought meeting the devil would change my life. It came to my realization that God is REAL. IF the devil is real, then there must be a God. It's also interesting how this ties up to Romans 3, the very chapter Seekers is doing a Bible Study on this week. It starts of talking of how our sinful nature constitutes for God's holy appearance; bringing up the idea of polar opposites and how one can not exist without the other.

As for my encounter with this demon-possessed man, I was on the seven train going home with mee young. In front of me was this man, sitting, reading a book by MacArthur on the Doctrines of Jesus Christ. He was all dressed iin black and kept on looking around with a cold yet lifeless stare. His eyes looked like how a person's eyes look when they space out but yet there was some life to his movements. I told mee that he must be a drunkard or insane and we left it at that. When mee young left at Woodside, it was just me and him and a whole bunch of commuters. I started to pray for him that hopefully whatever he's going through, he will find God and that God will bless his life, etc.. and then, all of a sudden, i felt his cold, lifeless stare just striking at me, almost as if he had sensed a holy appearance. I do not which came first but I felt like I was filled with a spiritual presence, probably the holy spirit, but at the same time, I felt my heart paining and fighting with evil and satan. I didn't know what to do. One side of me told me to continue praying for him and to interrogate / exorcise the demon; but another side told me to stop praying and play it like nothing has happened. I eventually took the middle route, I started praying for God's strength and tried to brainwash myself telling that nothing will happen as long as I stay calm and pray. In the end, I came out of the train in shock and just could not think straightly. The man walked away too.

If the devil is real, then God is real too. I started to think more of God and His graceness and His presence. I always knew God is real, but then it hit me, as sort of a reminder that it's not just something i believe in, but rather it's the TRUTH!

During praises, I can feel God's grace working through me as well as the people around me. During sermons, I can feel His words speaking to me. It's as if I am seeking God more and more.

Another great thing that I have found out is that my childhood friend who used to go to the same church as me has become an active member of the church she goes too now. Her brother, who also went to the same church is now a teacher at a church too. It's really great to know that when the youth firsthand experiences God, they (or we) will turn out to be the leaders of tomorrow, carrying and sharing God wherever we go. This motivates me to try to make great things happen to Seekers. I pray that the youth in NYC will be touched by God's Grace and will be molded into Soldiers for God.