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Sunday, 2 August 2009

Spiritual Detox

Mum, Emil and I just came home from the Europe Conference 2009, and what a week it has been.
So so much that we've taken into our spirits, our hearts, and minds. Mighty words spoken by mighty men of God (Pastor Ulf Ekman, Pastor Kong Hee, Pastor Mark Conner, to name a few). Solid teaching of the Word. An awesome sense of the presence of God, in a place that lifts the name of Jesus up high, unashamedly, and draws people from more than 60 nations in closer fellowship with the Holy Spirit and with each other.

What hit me most about the Europe Conference is this - it was not a conference that was out to tickle our senses, or rev us up into some sort of frenzy, like a sugar high that lasts only for the moment before the crash.

It was a conference that focused on imparting God's heart, truth and life to all who came hungry to hear and receive. A conference that taught the truth, but did not force it down one's throat. It's there for the taking, if we choose to.

Oh man. My heart and my spirit is so filled up right now. It was like a week of spiritual detox, of spiritual reorientation, of spiritual renewal, of spiritual refreshing. Coming at a time when Emil and I are on the brink of something new happening ministry-wise, the challenging period of transition, where foundations are set for the work ahead, it was much needed and much absorbed by us both. We have felt challenged to prioritise time towards building our spirit man up outside of the distractions of life, by abstaining from the computer for one whole weekend-day a week. That our free time will not be spent wasted on mindless activities that eat up the hours but bring us nowhere, and instead we will feed on His Word, and prepare ourselves for the work He will have us do on the other 6 days of the week.

Of course, what matters in the end is that we make sure we sustain this heart's attitude. If our spiritual lives become a roller-coaster ride of highs and lows, we only have ourselves to blame. Time to take ownership not for a season, but for a lifetime, till He comes again to take us home!

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