Let me first enlighten you that this is going to be rather elongated but please spend time to read it although the first section may lose your interest. Please. So far, today, I personally feel that it was one of the best sermons that Pastor Lawrence Khong gave. The topic was The Call To Excellence: Be Shining Stars. He preached about being excellent in everything we do for God. Which is also to say, we cannot just be ordinary, we need to be extraordinary in whatever we do and we do it not for ourselves. It's a great thing because as we all apprehend, most of us are just doing things with the " 'suka-suka' way/a little bit of effort is enough/pass can already/this guy kay-kiang work so hard for what" kind of attitude. First and foremost, how far do you think we can achieve and progress with this kind of mindset? I deduce that this generation must break the status quo of having an average and mediocre tendency whenever we do something. Yes, mediocre's the word to use here. There are three steps, which Pastor Khong cited, that will enable us to take a step closer to attaining excellence. Number one, we strive to be excellent in all things that we do whether we like it or not, we do our outmost best that we can perform and make it Delighting The Lord. Here are several verses that accompany it - >Psalm 8:1,9 >Psalm 148:13 > Psalm 150:2 >Matthew 5:48 >1 Corinthians 10:31 >Ephesians 6:5-7. Secondly, we need to add in Details. Details, no matter how minor and minute it may be, it does make a huge difference to the entire outcome. Lastly, Diligence. I guess this is getting too lengthy as such I shan't elaborate on this. Verses under this - >Proverbs 12:24 >Philippians 2:12-15 >Proverbs 13:4 >2 Peter 1:10. Though we cannot totally be perfect, but given that we put in the effort and sweat to produce excellence or somewhat close to that, it is a good achievement and someone will definitely take notice of that. After service, Andrew and I went to PP. He hunted for his PSP games for which after I went to FOX to purchase a shirt...rather cool one...and quite cheap in some sense too...hah...you might catch me wearing it to church one Sunday. You'll never know! Actually I'm looking forward to December, where I'll be able to get more clothes from a shop that starts with B (I apologise as I choose not to say the brand...hahah...:D). I don't know why I'm beginning to be like a girl cos girls do tend to go shopping for clothes and so on and so forth, don't they? Pardon me for the lengthy updated post...:D.
