GOD of This City

For my previous trip to Thailand. God has impressed in my heart since last year to make a train trip down to Thailand apart from a retreat with Him, was to intercede for the prostitutes and this train trip incident actually I believe God allowed it to happened for me to intercede for them, yes I interceded for them and eventhough I felt real compassion and sorry for the prostitute but I was so angry at that old white man. I asked for forgiveness from God for that. As I watched Bluetree video, I really feel God's heart for Thailand, His people, the prostitutes and those men.

I really love this song. After I heard it at the Passion, Kuala Lumpur few days ago this song has been kept playing in my mind. Is a Very Powerful Song!! I'll definitely sing this song to every country that I go and Proclaim God over that nation and city!

Please click on both of the clip to listen to it and you can read the article below written by one of the Bluetree member. PLEASE READ! IS REALLY POWERFUL! It gives me chill as I was reading it.

Origins of "God of this City" by Bluetree.

Nov 2006, Bluetree are heading out to Pattaya Thailand to participate in an event arranged by Belfast missionaries living in Pattaya, Thailand called Pattaya Praise. We've no expectation of the event; we were just looking for an opportunity to serve somehow.

We didn't know much about it before we left, but Pattaya is a dark place. It's a small seaside town notorious for it's sex trade. Throughout our time there we heard countless stories of girls who are bought from their parents for a price, sold to the sex industry at ages as young as 5 years old. Arriving in Pattaya the spiritual climate seems to change, it's hard to define, but there is a very tangible change. On the bus journey in we'd been our usual cheery selves, but entering Pattaya at 10am and turning on to a street lined by girls ready for business, the bus became very quiet. We're in total shock. It's a sunny day but it's incredible how dark it feels.

'Walking street' we learn is the epicentre of the sex trade in Pattaya, it's about a mile long and at night springs to life with neon signs. Thai people are generally conservative in their dress sense -- it's generally considered provocative to bare your shoulders. But on their street the girls are wearing very little, and offering anything you can imagine for a price. It's easy to look around with human eyes, see the depravity and get angry. You see older men walking hand-in-hand with young girls -- as a daddy, that's hard to take in. It's easy to get angry, it's easy to judge -- but that's not our job, so we grit our teeth.

We were in Pattaya to be part of a praise event not far from this street, the soul purpose of which was to worship and show God's light in a dark place. We wanted to play more than the scheduled slots while we were there, so we found out that one of the bar owners would let us play a worship set in her bar on the proviso that we brought as many from the missions team who would buy coke-a-cola all night. We walk in to the bar which is about the middle of walking street, girls are lined up on the stairs waiting for business. We get set up, we're really nervous and quite uncomfortable but we kick in to a familiar beat of worship and soon it's ok. God starts to speak and we started to move in to this spontaneous song. The truth is when you worship in a place, you start to see God's heart for that place. What would God say to a place like this?

Amidst the depravity God say's, I'm the God of this City, I'm the King of these people and Greater Thing are Yet to Come, Greater Things are Still to be Done HERE. The song wasn't written before that night, but we came out of the bar having worshipped with the song that is now the title track of our album -- God of this City (Greater things). The song isn't just for Pattaya -- it's for your city, and it's true. By faith we must expect that greater things are still to be done.

Video of Bluetree playing in a pub in Pattaya, Thailand - Thats how this song, "GOD OF THIS CITY" came.


This Song, GOD OF THIS CITY has been widely used now as a Worship Song by Passion from all over the world claming cities and nations for Our Mighty God!


FULL VERSION OF THE SONG from Chris Tomlin - PASSION TEAM

Amazing Grace

Chris Tomlin




Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now I'm found
Was blind, but now I see

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed

My chains are gone
I've been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns

Unending love, Amazing grace
The Lord has promised good to me
His word my hope secures
He will my shield and portion be

As long as life endures
My chains are gone
I've been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me

And like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love, Amazing grace
My chains are gone
I've been set free

My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love, Amazing grace
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow

The sun forget to shine
But God, Who called me here below
Will be forever mine
Will be forever mine

You are forever mine

GOD is my PASSION

Yesterday was amazing! First I attended SIB service with Pastor Paul Ang preaching. He spoke about salvation is free but after that everything cost. That is picking up the cross but His yoke is light to carried. God really spoke to me through his message about surrendering to God. I knew what God wanted me to surrender so I went out to the altar again and surrendered my "Isaiac" to Him. Eventhough it was a very special moment with God but my heart are still in pain, I didn't have much time to process but to changed gear to PASSION!

We waited for almost 4 hours for the worship session to start but I didn't feel that long at all maybe because I was accompanied by my wonderful and crazy friends, Celine and Veron that makes me laugh most of the time trying to come out with different kinds of strategies on how to get a front seats. We waited for more than an hour and when the door was open we actually literally ran in. And you can imagine me kept running and laughing the same time. It was crazy and hilarious at the same time. I absolutely love it!

We got the center seats on the second row. I was so excited! Honestly admit eversince I was in YWAM Perth base worshipping God with Chris Tomlin songs, he has become one of my favourite singer. But truly he wasn't the main reason I was excited about tonight. I was excited about the long hours of worshipping God with the songs I always sang to Him, songs that touch my heart and makes me cry. Now I can worship GOD, the ONE MY HEART LOVES with the songs I loved to sing to Him with those who composes it and together with my dearly love friends, Celine and Veron.

I was sitting right in front, but soon the altar was filled with people including my friends and I. I was then standing right in front of Chris Tomlin and the loud speaker. As we are worshipping God right in front at the altar I couldn't help but imagine how beautiful and awesome it is to worship the King of Kings, the One I've been waited for all my life and together with multitudes of people from different tongues, nations and tribes. It was incredible. I feel it was like a little treat from God to me. To encourage me to go on following Him, knowing there is great rewards awaiting for me. I want to worship Jesus Christ right down at His feet. I want to be RIGHT IN FRONT of JESUS worshipping Him, The King of Glory!

Jesus is my Passion!

Surrender

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GO Fest Singapore

This past more than one month has been getting so much more intense for me especially after GoForth Singapore. Eventhough the conference is really general because it was organised for all the churches and mission organizations in Singapore. But God still works powerfully in me and my friends in His own way and also through Loren Cunningham message and prayer. I remembered in the conference many times I sneaked out to spent time alone with God, twice I went to public bookstore to read about Mother Teresa's book, "Come be my Light". As I was reading that book or even doing my quiet time alone in Mac'D, I just couldn't hold my tears. I felt my heart was so heavy as if it was going to fall off. He is drawing me into a deeper place with Him. He is calling me to spend more time with Him because many times I tend to run to people and my other "comforts" first but this time I feel the consuming jealousy and thirst of God for more of me to Himself. I feel He wants all of me to Himself. That's means I need to surrender to Him in another deeper level where I've not known before that I had hold it so tight.

I remembered there are times where this process of warfare between my own flesh; "idol" and my spirit was so intense, I thought I can't go on another step. I asked God to deliver me from this idol in my heart. I want to be completely set free to worship and love God with all my heart. He deserves the highest place in my heart, my mind, my soul and everything of me. But God's grace is always sufficient, times when I thought I couldn't go on anymore, His strength and love will comes in and revives me again. There are times I want my own desires so badly that I asked God why can't He grant that to me then God gently reminds me of my prayers crying out to God to remove anything that would hinders my whole heart to Him. He did! Praise God!

Yesterday, God told me, "You can't love me by your own strength. No one can. Only through my grace and my perfect love that flows through you. "He continued on, " Liyien, you said you are passionate for me, your deepest place crying out for my deepest touch but I tell you is the other way round. My passion is so much more for you, is My deepest heart crying out for your deepest place and touch. My heart leaps for joy awaiting for you every morning, every moment. My passion is not the Cross but My passion is you, is My people, everyone. It is this passion that leads me to the Cross and in giving up My life. If anyone knows the fullness of my passion towards each one of them, they will easily and willingly lay down their own life for me."

I cried as He spoke that to me knowing how much broken heart and suffering He carry and longs for us. I had a dream last night, I was in a room with few other people and I was in great pain like I never felt in my life before. No one but God alone was with me. He did not delivered me of this pain but He sat next to me whole time, holding my hands tightly and gently whispering words of encouragement to me. I thank God for this beautiful picture assuring that He is with me and He will be my strength.

What Mother Teresa and Brother Yun, "Heavenly man" wrote really inspired me of pure love for Jesus through suffering. I'm amazed at how they both rejoice over suffering because in suffering they are one with Jesus. I now see suffering in different light. Many times I still fail but I know He will never give up on me and that He will keep purifying my love and heart for Him. A Father Child relationship, is all about receiving from the Father but a Bridal relationship is where we can also share His joy, pain, suffering and heart beat.

Consume me Lord, draw me deeper into You. Purify my heart.
Show me Your suffering on the road of calvary and on the cross, only then will I understand the depth of Your love for me and Your people.