passion

Spent the entire day with God. Had coffee and toast, sang some songs, had a long chat, took a short nap, had another chat, went for a run. Spending time with God feels so natural, yet it's so unnatural for most of us, including me.

Perhaps it is time to post my passion for the next four years. It's a little grand, a little crazy, then again, I don't settle for mediocrity, cause my God does not either.

I re-wrote my mission statement for the next few years. I won't share all of it cause it's really personal, but I'll share my passion for the next four years in SMU.

- To be integral in bringing revival to the universities in Singapore, through a national wide gathering of university students to pray and worship. (Date due: July 2012)

- To be integral in bringing revival to SMU, through a campus wide gathering of university students to pray and worship. (Date due: July 2011)

Here's my journal entry for 16 March 2010, and it's where I got the above from.

“I feel a stirring in my spirit. Can Singapore have a Passion Conference? Can South East Asia have a Passion Conference? Oh God, what is in Your heart? What is Your will? How do we unite Your people? To pray; to worship; to seek Your will on this earth. Oh God! How do we gather Your people? Your university students? A uniting of hearts. A uniting of passions for the glory of the Lord’s Renown!”

I wrote this done while I played the Passion: Awakening CD for the first time. I had finished my quiet time for the day and decided to listen to the songs. The moment the first song played, the manifest presence of God filled the room and I found myself on the floor, weeping. I then penned down the above and this passion in my heart was birthed.

Grand? Crazy? God?

Looking back at the last eight months, God has been leading me up to this. Recently, I've met up with a group of students in SMU called UniFire, who meet up regularly to pray and intercede for the school. Cool eh? I still don't know how everything will work out, but now's the season to pray and connect.

There are so many Christian groups in university, Campus Crusade, Navigators, Christian Fellowship, individual initiatives by churches, and many more. Imagine what God will do if we unite our hearts as one and came together to pray and worship.

A few days ago during worship, I saw a picture of the NUS SRC field filled with students on mats, praying and worshipping God together. Isn't that glorious, a uniting of students regardless of school, church, denomination, background, faculty, hall, for the glory of the Lord's renown!

Awakening, Chris Tomlin

In our hearts Lord, in this nation, Awakening

Holy Spirit, we desire, Awakening

For You and You alone

Awake my soul, Awake my soul and sing

For the world You love

Your will be done, let Your will be done in me

In Your presence, In Your power, Awakening

For this moment, for this hour, Awakening

Like the rising sun that shines

From the darkness comes a light

I hear Your voice say this is my Awakening

Like the rising sun that shines, awake my soul, awake my soul and sing

From the darkness comes a light, awake my soul, awake my soul and sing