today's an amazing day... or maybe the least boring day =D... cos I got to see the biggest cruise ship ever...

Had breakfast in the morning at a taiwanese shop in china town. Not expensive.. $8.00 AUD dollars for a meal... which if you convert to Singapore dollars, its still quite expensive. But that's the norm for a meal here.

Then went to Hillsong church. You know, they've got 8 services... each is about the size of Y.I... and 2 branches in Sydney. and you know? they're gonna do another Live Recording Album in about 1 and a half week's time. Yup. it's free to go... I'll be going to see what's it like :D... cos it's nearby.

and you know yesterday, when God said in the bible that, He'll give me sheperds to guide me... it's already started to happen :)

today, the student I met, well, she's not really a student. She just finished accounting, and working now... but she's really a nice person, and yup, I think she's a strong christian. How she became a christian, was just through reading the bible, the whole bible... and then she just believed. I thank God for people like that, that I've gotten to know today... it's really a blessing to know her, and yup. So many christians are coming to sydney, so far, 3 singaporeans i found, they're all christians...

I like the hillsongs church... it's not a stadium kind of church actually, but a hall that's about twice the size of Youth Impact's Level 2 hall, and quite a number of seats. And they share similar visions and goals with Y.I. too, about bringing people, multiplication, growth, and going after God's heart... today's sermon was "How not to get into a heart attack?"

and yea, the pointers I learnt are very practical, and very concise...

1. Your heart's gotta be well-guarded...
This means not only trying to keep out things that shouldn't go in your heart, but putting in things that you should allow into your heart! That's why the Pslam says, Your word I have kept in my heart that I might not sin against You... take God's word, put it into your heart, and it will guard your heart well.

2. A heart's that set on one thing...
In colosians 3:1-2, set your heart on the things above... Prov 16:9 From the heart comes the plans of a man, but the Lord determines his steps... You see, when you set your heart on the things above, on God... like david who set his heart after God's own heart... things start to change.
You know, we can do many things, but not put our heart into it... like doing the dishes, cooking a meal... stuff. But if we have our heart set on, suppose, soccer, we scream our lungs out when a goal is scored. Why? Because of what we set our heart on... set your heart on God.

3. A heart that rejoices...
Ps 105:3 "Let the hearts of those who see the Lord rejoice"
Philippians 4:4 " rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice..."
You know, when your heart rejoices in the Lord, that becomes your strength. The joy of the Lord is my strenght... yup.

4. A heart that is not troubled...
John 14:1, "Don't let your heart be troubled but trust in God"
Philippians 4:6-7, "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, with prayer and petition... "
Proverbs 3:5 "Trust inthe Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding..."
Here there's two words,

Trust Vs Trouble

Either you trouble, or you trust in God... so simple.

5. A pure heart...
Sin makes your heart sick... Sin takes away heart... When you put your heart into something, sin destroys that... That's why we always need to keep a pure heart before God.


So after church, we made our way around the city... headed to Circular Quay, and pass by the Sydeney Opera House... and the Cruise Ship was so big, it blocked off most of the view to the Opera house... so could only see a bit of the opera house for a while. Queen Victoria was humongous...! Seriously, it looked like building on water... and the sides of the ship were all rooms, and balconies... so people could see outside the ship from inside of it...

Then we went to the contemporary art's museum. It didn't have much... and I never understood how to appreaciate the art too.. see a white canvas, with one line... that's art. and one more is a totally black canvas too, and another, a totally white canvas... not a design on it, but it was art.

The more interesting one was the Aboriginal art, where we try to make out a story after each paiting... we saw pictures of kangarooes that were sawn into pieces, or how they were hunting.. stuff like that.

So anyway, got to know my first 2 friends here... one's the landlady's son, John, another is tiffany.. yup.

Today's another amazing day... thank God =D

btw, bus rides are super expensive... it's 3 AUD dollars per ticket, one way... and so I had to spend 2 tickets, that's 6 AUD dollars... and another 1.80 AuD to take a bus to Circular Quay. At least now I know how to get around sydney already... finally able to travel around on my own if I need to... got a bit familar with the city, shopping area's not that big.. maybe the same size as oRchard? yup. or maybe smaller...





anw,

Queen Victoria cruise ship arrives in Sydney

February 23, 2008 08:12am

Royal visit ... the Queen Victoria arrives in Sydney for the first time / AP

THE Queen Victoria cruise ship has arrived on a sparkling morning for her first visit to Sydney.

The two-month-old luxury liner entered Sydney Harbour just before daybreak surrounded by an escort of private yachts.

Stretching 294 metres in length, the 90,000-tonne ship is the second largest in the Cunard fleet and the newest liner ever to visit Australia.

Her much older sister, the Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2), arrives in Sydney tomorrow.

The Queen Victoria will have stay overnight in Sydney, and the two ships will pass each other around 6.30pm (AEDT) at Fort Denison tomorrow evening.

While this is the first world voyage of the Queen Victoria, it will be the last visit to Sydney and final world voyage for the QE2.