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thirty eight

So.... I woke up at 12pm today after last night's slizz session at karaoke LOL.

Woke up with a minor headache and a woozy feeling... I should have listened to Hemi's advice from long ago to drink water before sleeping after a drinking sesh... It'll prevent hangovers and/or minor headaches.

But after having breakfast and properly waking up, I felt better.. =].

I am a little sick now... Because Seoul has dramatically gotten colder.. Probably an 8 degree change from the day before... 

Anyway, I saw that Alex was on FB and I managed to negotiate and strike another awesome deal with him, securing an improved final drive in time for my return to Sydney (Car talk).
When I looked outside and saw the awesome weather... I simply could not stay inside and I soon left for the river yet again to do another chapter of DoaGM.

Today's topic was Discipline of Worship.

Hardest hitting message: Worshiping in spirit and in truth.

This chapter focused a huge deal on worshiping in the context of worshiping at Church. It talked a lot about preparing one's heart for worship (making sure Sunday mornings are quiet and hassle-free by doing the bulk of the prep on Saturday - breakfast, how and what time you will be getting to church, sleeping early/sleeping sufficiently) and the biblical truth that God calls us for worship -
"Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
John 4:23-24

But what does it mean for me to be worshiping in spirit and in truth?

To worship in spirit is to worship from the inside out. Notice the non-capitalised 's' in spirit... It is referring to the human spirit...
There are moments, mostly among a big group of fellow brothers and sisters, where the atmosphere is simply crying out for adoration and the pouring of praises to God. For me, this could be in Christian conferences or after a very emotional talk... I recall RICE 2008 - my last year serving in RICE Choir where after the talk, I was so filled with joy that I ignored the harmony part and just sang at the top of my lung (sorry Esther...).

I believe it is times like these that we are worshiping in spirit. A time where our hearts just want to pour out our inner adoration and praise through physical exertion - vocally, through a dance AND also good works.

To worship in truth is to worship with a firm foundation of the truth - what we believe about our God and what we believe He has spoken...
Worship stemming from truth is biblical worship... It is the worship that is governed by what we know and believe of God - namely from our Biblical knowledge.
If we know the Creation story and man's fall into sin, it will inspire our worship as we admit our weakness before God.
If we know the sacrifice, the death but ultimately the triumph of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour, it will inspire our worship as we express our eternal gratitude to a God who loves us [John 3:16].

In writing about this topic... I am now feeling rather guilty because it is 3am and I must wake up at 11am or 12pm to get ready for a 2pm service later today... But yes, I will sleep soon..

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For dinner, Min called me up to have dinner together because both of us had no family/relatives to spend Chuseok with in Korea... so yeah we went to Wangsimni and looked around the few restaurants that were open...

And we decided to have Cow stomach/intestines???.. It was interesting.. but it was good.. It was on the expensive side ($20 per person) but there was plenty of food (without rice) and it is considered a popular dish and as Evan always says... "YOLO".







look at this fob.

before.

BEST KIMCHI i've had here in Seoul.. and that's saying a lot since all the restaurants serve Kimchi.

after!

The leftover bits get turned into Albokkeumbab (Flying fish roe fried rice). SO good.

A good relaxing day... as it is getting colder, I must begin to wear my Autumn clothes!!! WOO!!!


Tonight, I felt a very troubling burden inside of me... I was very close to giving 'her' up. A lot of thoughts came up but most of it was probably me overthinking things... 
But then I remembered why I even began to have feelings for 'her' and that gave me enough reason to go on.
So I'm sorry, but tonight I'm still holding on. =].


On another note: I'm running out of cereal.

Thankful: Another Saturday and another chapter of DoaGM... A truly precious book that allows me to understand an even more precious book - the Bible.

Prayerful: A day of Sabbath and congregational worship tomorrow (today). Pray for an undisturbed heart and a peaceful state to learn what ought to be learnt.

Dangers: My body is winning.