Day of communion - Let God
(Hehh, and I thought today was a day of covenant, but what the pastor preached about just didn't seem to tally.. well, then I remembered that we had holy communion just now, and communion starts with a 'c'! =p)

God wants to sanctify us to make us more valuable. John 17:15.
Actually today I was rather distracted. Maybe it was because I broke fast and thus was a little uneasy with the spirit within me. Anyway, heard Ps Eugene making this very true remark, 'The less the virgins, the more valuable the virgins become'. Something like near extinction species..

God will sanctify us as we pray and ask for it because Jesus said the very same prayer for us.

Joshua 5:9-12 talked about how the people in the Joshua generation celebrated the Passover before moving onwards - the communion feast with God. This Passover was in remembrance of how God had delivered the people from Egypt during the night when the angel of death swept through the city, killing the firstborn of those whose houses were not marked with the blood of the lamb. The Passover is a symbol of God's protection over His people.

1 Cor 11:23-32. What the Lord's Supper is about, and how we should always take it in remembrance of what our Lord Jesus had done on the cross for us, that we may partake of His Body and Blood.

We had a trailer of the Mel Gibson's movie, The Passion. It was to remind us of the reality of the pain that Christ bore for us as He chose to die for us. That was the word for me - pain. I asked God to show me what He went through as He was crucified, and I felt immense pain. I could only ask, 'Why, God, why?'. I guess I knew the answer only too well.

The three sentences that Jesus spoke while He was on cross recorded in Luke 23 represent three messages that Jesus wants us to do, if we are to follow His example:
-word of forgiveness v34.

-word of acceptance v43.
This part spoke to me again how I often view my friends, especially my close non-Christian friends, as those I would not be able to see them as being saved. Perhaps I know them too well? But this is not right. I don't decide for them. Nein. Instead, I should look on the forgiveness that God has, even til the very end of the life of the criminal, as long as he was willing to believe in Jesus, his sins were forgiven, and he would enter into life in eternity with God.

-word of submission v46.

Then there was this song, I know it is written by someone in the YouthNet. It's called Jesus Died For Me. There's one part of this song that says 'God loves me and He never hid His face from me'. Gosh, I felt so ashamed of myself again. How many times I have hid myself from Him! Or rather, hid Him inside me instead of showing Him to everyone. Look at it this way, God owning up that I'm His daughter even when I've done wrong in His eyes, and me, on the other hand, denying His Presence even when He has been good to me. God revealed to me instances of me saying grace in a most hidden manner as to how I have not announced His goodness to my life in providing for my needs. God, I repent!!