赐给我纯洁的友谊 G

起来神的儿女 G

荣耀神羔羊B

展开清晨的翅膀 C

紧紧抓住你 E

宣言成真 A

During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. – Exodus 2:23-24

The verses described a long and dreaded time in Israel’s history. During his lifetime, the king of Egypt subjected God’s people to slavery and things didn’t get better for them after he died. And it seemed even God had forgotten them during that long period. But has God really forgotten his people? In the darkest and seemingly God-forsaken hour when Pharaoh gave the order that every boy born to Israel must be thrown into the Nile (1:22), Israel’s deliverer Moses was born and preserved in miraculous ways, and so God’s plan of deliverance was set in motion.

Lord, grant me a steadfast and quiet trusting heart, as I live the present moment and look into the seemingly uncertain future, to know that you will never forget or forsake me and you are working out your good purpose for me in your good time and in your perfect ways.

耶和华你是我的神

全然为你 (With All I Am)

And now a very curious thing happened. None of the children knew who Aslan was any more than you do; but the moment the Beaver had spoken these words everyone felt quite different. Perhaps it has sometimes happened to you in a dream that someone says something which you don’t understand but in the dream it feels as if it had some enormous meaning – either a terrifying one which turns the whole dream into a nightmare or else a lovely meaning too lovely to put into words, which makes the dream so beautiful that you remember it all your life and are always wishing you could get into that dream again. It was like that now. At the name of Aslan each one of the children felt something jump inside. Edmund felt a sensation of mysterious horror. Peter felt suddenly brave and adventurous. Susan felt as if some delicious smell or some delightful strain of music had just floated by her. And Lucy got the feeling you have when you wake up in the morning and realize that it is the beginning of the holidays or the beginning of summer.

I guess this is what the name of Jesus would do to people – for those who trust him, the name of Jesus fills them with comfort, hope and courage, even in hard times.

I would encourage you to read the book for the other meaningful moments, if you have not read it. C. S. Lewis didn’t just write for children, I have greatly benefited from his other writings. As a start, I would recommend ‘The Screwtape Letters’ (about a junior demon seeking advice from a senior demon on how to go about the task of preventing a young man from becoming a Christian). For more challenging stuff, you may try ‘Miracles’ and ‘Problem of Pain’.

For those who couldn’t get enough of the movie, here’s a music video inspired by the story, from my favorite Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman.

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God-idea!

and i’m so encouraged to see so many of us from e worship team present that day!
we’re definitely going to raise e level of worship in yth hr with our continued commitment as God works when He sees His ppl commited to Him & His ministry.

In fact, God has ALREADY been moving in our midst for the past 2 mths, even last sun, i thot sm of our yths really worshipped God… (at least, their voices getting louder…)

let’s press on & pray on!

looking forward to more great times of worshipping together!

love,
charlotte