Hi SIS,
Thanks for sharing.
As Bro K & others shared on sat prior to the rally, signing up for DLS seems to attract a lot of attacks from satan. But pls take heart. The truth is, you should be happy and rejoice if you find yourself in trials & tribulations when you go for DLS discipleship. It means you are an anointed one, the chosen one, the one God wants to use as an Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Teacher or Pastor. It means you have a great big blessing waiting for you at the end of the tunnel / at the top of the mountain once Jesus leads u out of climbing thru the valley of the shadow of death! satan is also vy smart, he wont bother to waste his time on sumone who do not hv any potential to do harm to his evil kingdom. so, be happy and proud tat God has chosen you to be His flag bearers!
Let me share a fraction of what i shared wt Bro D and Sis B over Hokkien mee last nite.
Within the first 6 months when i first got saved on 01 April 1999, HS lead me to RLC for a special meeting and asked me to join the DLS pgrm. I went for a few services and had a look at the class. As i was still a baby Christian and didnt know how to differentiate betw the voice of HS and the voice of the devil, i heard a lot of voices whispering in my ears tat i m too young a Christian to join DLS, tat i should hop around a few more churches, tat i shud start by goin to those Bible studies in the church or go to BCM to do Bible studies, join cell groups, join mission trips etc etc etc....only after i hv all those experiences only shud i do DLS! what a lie! I ended up doin a Bible course at Theological Centre of Asia but dropped out after the 1st year coz it was so dry! HS was totally absent fr there! After tat i hopped to many different churches, cells and mission grps and being exposed to a lot of "Church/Christian politics", i was shocked, discouraged, bewildered and eventually i backslided. I went thru really terrible times over the last 9 yrs of wandering in the desert, at times I contemplated and attempted suicide, at times got involved with some Indochina mafia and almost lost my life, I almost became a bankrupt etc etc etc....until Feb this year when i finally said enuf is enuf and i asked God to lead me to a new church whr i can be fed and to grow as the church i wz attending for the last 9 yrs wz all dried up. I held up 5 churches in PJ and prayed tat the Lord will confirm the one tat i wz to go to. I wz supposed to start wt FGA in okr but tat sun morning, my kids and i woke up late and we missed their service. So i checked on all the other 4 churches' websites and found out tat v missed all that mornin's services except RLC whc has a service at 1115hr.
Trust me, it wasnt smooth sailing after tat. There were many occasions where the devil brought situations to discourage me from goin for the class. The devil even deceived me to think tat my application was rejected coz i didnt hear anything from DLS admin for many wks until the 2nd day of class in the new semester! Apparently, they kept calling and cudnt get thru to my mobile phone! Tats y i missed the 1st day of DLS1. I wz dejected, i tot i wz not qualified enuf to be enrolled in DLS! But once i started, nothing can stop me now! I have gone thru severe trials over the last 2 semesters and have resolved to persevere come "hell or high waters"! I jz know at the back of my heart and mind tat if God has chosen me to be His disciple, to be His good and faithful servant, to be His flag bearer and to be His salt and light, then i jz go forward in faith tat God will protect and take k of me & my 3 kids while i obediently learn more about Him and His purpose for my life thru the lessons in DLS. Many times the attacks of the devil have caused me to be late for classes but nvm, better late than never rite?!
So bros and sis, be of good cheer. Rejoice! Read and meditate on the book of James to encourage urselves. Pls dont hesitate to post in this group to share your trials wit all of us and request for prayers.
God bless us all!
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