Pray Like Jesus
During my time with God during these few weeks, I have been meditating on my relationship with God. This is my favorite youtube video that I have been listening to during this time:
It’s sooo good! If you have time, please watch this video.
Anyways, I have been meditating on this and the idea of how Jesus showed the importance of prayer and being filled with the Holy Spirit. Even Jesus as a man needed to spend time in prayer and do things in the power of the Holy Spirit. He showed an example of a man fully dependent on the HS and devoted to the Father. Ministry, healing, and preaching all took second place to His time spent with the Father. And if He spent so much time in prayer, I would need to spend even more time since Jesus didn’t have to repent or confess in His prayers. So many times daily activities seem so important and prayer gets put to the side in place of “more important” things. That is so wrong. In the midst of the more difficult times and when more is expected of us, more time should be spend refreshing ourselves in the presence of God.
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Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for strength and health so we don’t get sick
2. Please pray for good friendships to be formed within the team and with students =D
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Sorry for the lack of pictures, I will update this post later with pics.
Tuesday 10/26/10 : Had lunch with Ryohei and Charlie with AJ, then met Kotaro and Masahiro in building 4′s lounge, and then AJ had to have a meeting with Michelle so I went with Henry and we met Takahiro, Kei, and Takkashi in building 14. I went home and cooked Korean food for Jonghun and Rie, and Henry came by to watch Sherlock Holmes with us. =)
Wednesday 10/27/10 : We had our day with the Lord. I spent it at home listening to sermons and reading “Let the Nations Be Glad.” Some of what I learned I wrote up on the beginning, but I really enjoyed spending a day with Him. =)
Thursday 10/28/10 : We went to New Hope Church’s office in the morning to do training, and after training Lyndsey and I spent the day with Carita and Dennis, our coaches from Epic. They asked how we were doing, how ministry was, what we have been learning about God and ourselves. We also were able to share our calling to Japan and some of our future plans. It was fun being able to share with them and give feedback to Epic, and afterwards I ended my day with West Impact’s meeting. =D
Friday 10/29/10 : Mike and I had lunch with Iphie and Ronnie at a pasta place. (I had a good dish while everyone else didn’t like their food ^^;;) Then we went to boba and talked for 3 more hours, sharing our life stories and our views on life and education. It was fun, and being able to listen to Cantonese was a bonus.
Saturday 10/30/10 : Rested at home. =D
Sunday 10/31/10 : Kimi and I went to Jesus Lifehouse again for the 4pm service, and at HS that night, Ryou and AJ joined us. =D
Monday 11/1/10 : We studied about the idea of walking rightly before God. It was sobering to read the quote on how many people know a lot about God but don’t really know Him in a relational way.
Tuesday 11/2/10 : I led the prayer in the morning with the idea of praying in the right mindset about God. After prayer, Michelle and I went to the Toyama campus and had lunch with Ken and Shizuka, then ran into Rie and Ryou. =) Michelle had to leave for a meeting, so I met up with Kimi and Mike and we went to get boba with Iphie and Cindy. =D I love boba! =D After debriefing, I rested and read “Let the Nations Be Glad,” and then went to Paddy that night. I finished the day with dinner with Kat, Esther, Iphie, and Jane in the omurice place, Cafe Retro.
Wednesday 11/3/10 : As a national holiday of “Culture day,” I spent it sleeping and resting.
Thursday 11/4/10 : We had training again in the morning, and then I had lunch with Patrick. Then we went to building 4 and met Nao-kun and Masataka from the soccer circle and then Kotaro, Arato, Chika, Yutaka, Ana, and other people from the tennis circle. It’s really cool how we can meet so many friendly students and they will always be in the same place. =)
Patrick had to leave, so I joined up with Mike and Henry and we weren’t able to meet anyone new. So we got back together at 4 and waited in the quad, and then randomly met people from WIF, Waseda International Festival, and got to know some students from that circle. Then one of them found out we were Christians and said “I’m Christian too!” =D It was such a blessing to be able to meet a new student, and hopefully I am meet him and his friend soon. =D
At impact meeting that night, I practiced and learned more Japanese. =D
Friday 11/5/10 : Since Waseda had a day off, the stinters got together in Mitaka and planned a Christmas event. =) Then after a bento lunch, we went to Shinjukugyoen (Shinjuku park) and spent some quality time as a team. It was good being able to spend time together, since we’ve been mostly working and doing things separately.
On the way to our dinner, we walked by an open electronics store and stopped as we heard “How Great Is Our God” playing. It was such a great surprise to see Chris Tomlin’s songs in an iPod at an electronics store in Shinjuku. =D
Saturday 11/6/10 : Rested, errands, and haircut. I was nervous going to get a haircut, as I knew I would have to order in Japanese, but it went well and I was able to have a simple conversation with the stylist. =D
Sunday 11/7/10 : I went to Wasedasai for the 2nd time, and it was fun being able to enjoy the school festival. Tapioca drinks have become super popular (last year, there was only 1 tapioca booth, this year, 10+). After helping Paddy out with their booth, seeing Toshi perform traditional Japanese soran dance, and going to see Rie’s photography exhibit, I went to New Hope’s 4pm service and then HS afterwards. We practiced our sign dance and hip hop dance, and then planned when we would have our joint concert with FREE.
