Hi Hi

I'm sorry to post my update late..
I went to snowboarding yesterday to Bigbear and I was so tired so that I just went to bed after
came back to home =) sorry..

So...... snowboarding was fun! even though I could not learn how to snowboard because of my back problem, I read books, got to know some of my church members better and saw snow!!
Before I went to snowboarding, we all attended my church's early morning prayer meeting
at 5:30am. it was really nice to start a day with a short sermon and prayer. Since my paster preaches the passage that I go over during my devo (because I use the book that my church uses) it was also helpful. Honestly, I did not have time to go through the passage on my own yesterday so I looked at it today morning. And.. here is the key verse for me from the passage:

"27whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whethter I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending as one man for the faith of the gospel 28without being frieghtened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved--and that by God. (Phillipians 1:27-28)

Honestly, I would have to spend more time to understand this passage but the point that I focused on is conducting myself "in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ". I think this is definitely a thing to work on for me because when I think about sharing gospel to someone, I worry that the person will oppose it and this is not conducting myself in a manner worthy of the gospel. Also, I tend to not have joy all the time. I get angry at other people, and easily get anxious because of my grades and test and this is not the life of the person who believe in the gospel. So I pray that I will be bold in sharing gospel and be always joyful because of Christ.

And there is another concern regarding my church members. Yesterday when we went to snowboarding together, I realized how some people still don't know the gospel. I thank God that they keep coming out to church but their lives do not testify that they believe in Jesus and they love Jesus. For example, they sometimes drink heavily and smoke. I am not really accusing them for doing these but it seems really not right for me that people from church gather together and drink. I think this is an issue that my church members and leaderships should work on. And also this made me realized how, so many times, I am not a good testimony to non-christians; even though I don't drink and smoke, I am still impatient to other people and do not honor my parents, etc.

So please pray for those who haven't met Jesus Christ in my church and pray for church members and leaderships to have wisdom to admonish and minister them biblically. I feel like some of us, including myself, have fear of man when we have to admonish them about smoking an drinking because we don't want things to be awkward. so pray that we will pray for them more, minister them with love, and be a good testimony.

Also, please pray for me to be disciplined and apply Justin's sermon. I want to go out to that prayer meeting in the morning everyday because in that way I can get up early and start the day with the bible passage and prayer.

Thank you guys and I am dilligently praying for you =)