“I’m going to grandma’s house and I’m bringing a bikini”
Chris Bee
Ask me for more details to this highly amusing quote. Now that my obligatory amusing snippet is done, on to the point of this entry.
Powerhouse 1 had its first life group in…aeons. Chris’s (non stumbling) statement really summed up what really convicted me on Saturday: “Apart from your friends and your leaders, who do you have to call upon when your Daniel 3 moment comes”. There was someting about these words that made me think about the people in my life. Who can I call Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego? Would the list just include friends and family or would the list include the entire church?
This whole entry demonstrates how far I’ve come since my pre-Ablaze days. For most of my life, I’ve always had issues relating to people. Although this might surprise most people especially Ablaze, I’m not naturally a people person. Throughout my schooling life, I’ve had a Jekyll and Hyde personality- I either thought you were worth talking to or you’re just an irritating pain. The former I was talkative, loud and funny. For the latter, I tended to ignore you and gave you monosyllabic answers every time you talked to me. This probably lead to people saying how arrogant and stuck up I was during high school (I have sources who used these very words). To sum up my viewpoint: Either you’re a friend or I won’t bother.
Coming to Ablaze really transformed my perspective on people. For the first time, I had to grapple with the prospect that I had to love my enemy, that in fact the weakest member of the church was indispensible. The fact that the church was more than just a building – it was this unstoppable force. Most of what the Bible taught ran counter to everything I believed constituted a friendship. However, as time went on, I came to the realisation that there’s no greater place than the church.
The clearest example when I talked to a dear sister in Christ at 10:30pm on a Friday night outside Torchie’s house. We hadn’t talked for months and we were both cold, yet after 5 minutes, we were telling each other our fears and struggles and just how scared we were at the prospect that we’re the role models for the younger people in Ablaze. When I went home that night, I just thought “I want that”.
I believe that Powerhouse 1 and the other life groups can be the Daniel 3 community. That despite our differences and personalities, when it comes to the crunch, we’ll stand united like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego did all those years ago.
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did you steal the ‘daniel 3′ community from my msn name?
but, yea . continue to open up your life to your brothers and sisters in christ hey. preferably brothers… not such a great idea to get so close to a sister in christ. it’s good but… yea, don’t want to create unwanted emotions 
Yea, it can be a bit hard to talk to the powerhouse guys seriously [as mark said, they spend half the time arguing about who's gayer
], but yea, it’s still good. 
keep at it trung
– i would love to know the details 
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lol, i remember chris telling me on sunday after lg: ‘no inappropriate quotes anne!’
nice quote at the top tho
[but not on here - let chris keep his dignity
what happens in PH1 stays in PH1.
hold up. let me rephrase..
What happens in PH1 games, stays in PH1 games.
but great post trung! Man so excited to see this season come to pass. and to really really put this Daniel 3 community into action. as well as what was taught at group shep. Look forward to serving alongside you!
yeah! cant wait to put the phrase “do life together” into action.
trung – there is nothing wrong with me bringing a bikini to grandma’s house party. i can go on but i think you get the point.
so encouraged by what all of you have shared and more importantly what all of you are living out. like i’ve said time and time again i’m blown away just feel humbled to step into life groups. real blessing from God for me personally