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to God be the glory
In end 2007, Sparked Movement was born as an answer to a calling to make a difference in MGS. We are a group of past and present girls who has a simple and humble aim of spreading His love to the entire MG community through simple ways, praying that He would work through them. Throughout the year 2008, we've been trying to reach out by making little gifts for everyone in the MG community.
In 2009, God has been moving tremendously in our hearts and lives to return to this dream He has placed us with one year ago. So we are back - with a new and refreshed vision! It is our hope and one desire for all in the MG family to see and experience God in a new dimension.

Welcome to our blog, made with much love for our God (for the glory of the Lord), and for you. (:

Rejoice
'Cause "God is love"; 'Cause He'll never leave us nor forsake us; Because He will come (Hosea 6:3) "Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth."

Please do feel free to share your prayer requests, thanksgiving, or testimonies with us yea! Any queries as well (could leave a tag too?)
The 8 of us can be contacted at:
sparked.movement@gmail.com

We look forward to hearing from you! God loves you, remember!
All testimonies and thanksgivings (whenever appropriate) will be posted on this blog. Responses to sharings and prayer requests as well, so do return to this site often! :)
"Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." (Galatians 6:2)


In loving arms
Currently, our main aim is to reach out to those within the MG family (but we will constantly listen out for His voice and go to where we've been called to) We thank God for this opportunity He's given us to reach out to all of you MG girls, past, present (and future! ;)). It's our prayer for the passion of Christ to be ignited within you, the hunger for God to grow, the love of our Heavenly Father to be shared with each and every member of the MG family (and others around you too, of course). :)

Perhaps you're hurting deep within, perhaps you need to find a way out from the dark pit you've fallen into (God makes a way, even when there seems to be no way!) Maybe you feel as though God has abandoned you and you keep asking an age-old question: "how can God allow such suffering to happen to me or those whom I love?" Perhaps you've heard (or are hearing) a calling from God, perhaps you yearn to love Him, perhaps you earnestly want to seek Him and let God be (your) God in your precious life.

God loves you all the same, no matter how much joy or sorrows (which in actual fact, can be traded in for joy, because Jesus died on the cross for all of us and OVERCAME death - how's that!) you've got. You're worthy of His love, you're worth us spending time talking (or if you'd prefer, chatting) to, to care for and love (as a sister in Christ).
You could be afraid of the implications of having to share your problems with someone else. But hey, fret not. No names will be mentioned on the blog, and every email/message we receive will be kept confidential within the team. This could very well be an open door God is setting before you today, because He knows your heart and your needs so so well, more than anyone else.

Cheers. In Him, we're one and eternally victorious!


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Thursday, December 24, 2009
A standard to follow

For the past couple of months, God has really been teaching me alot on thanksgiving. Thanking God for the bare necessities that we often overlook. Thanking God for the food, the water, the parents, friends and loved ones which and whom we often complain or resent about, often because they don't meet our apparent "optimum standard". But then again, who are we to set a standard? Especially when God, the most high loves us unconditionally even when we very obviously, sin and don't meet His standard.

The following is an entry by Roxanne Robbins in my ODJ issue entitled "Praise in the slum", which intrigued me to share this with you.

So here goes: "More than a million people live in Kibera, East Africa's largest slum, located in the heart of Nairobi, Kenya. A railroad track divides the massive area in half and, when no train is chugging through, also serves as a walking path for Kibera residents and visitors.

One day, as I was trekking down the track, a man in a shabby suit approached my friend and me. "i've just come from church," he proclaimed. Appearing to be oblivious to the horrible stench that prmeates his s600-acres slum home, he thanked us for coming by and added with a smile, "The Lord loves us and will provide for us." He then shook our hands and walked away.

Surely this man craved better circumstances, but somehow he could still "Acknowledge that the Lord is God" and that the Lord will take care of him "as a sheep of his pasture" (Psalm 100:3)

His secret? Perhaps, more often than most of us, he has searched for water and found none; then, with a parched tongue, he's cried out to God for provision - and He delivered. Perhaps a mere cup at first. But then more. Of the poor and needy, God says, "I, the God of Israel, will never abandon them..Rivers fed by springs will flow across the parched ground" (Isaiah 41:17-18)

Through this man was a stranger, his life and faith have greatly inspired me. He showed me it's possible to praise God while living in squalor. We can, regardless of our physical circumstances, "worship the Lord with gladness...singing with joy" (Psalm 100:2). For the Lord is good. His unfailing love continues forever" (Psalm 100:5)."

This entry struck me that while those who are desolate, desperate and in dire straits still holds strongly to their faith, with no complain or resentment, trusting and knowing He'd provide, people like us, who live in comfort not having to worry about the next meal. Really, what have we to complain about? And that wasn't the only point that struck out. The fact that the man in the story spoke with courage to the author and her friend, without hesitation of how they'd view him, from his shabby clothes, probably also reflects on how he understood God's theory of "not judging". We're all guilty of judging the person next to us, a stranger on the street of all sorts of things. But why is it that we care so much of how others look at us rather than how God views us, especially when we shouldn't even be judging in the first place.

So friends, the next time you pause in hesitation, wondering of how people are going to judge you, tell yourself that God loves you no matter what you wear, how you smell etc. The only standard we should take note off is the standard we should follow - God's standard.

Take care & God bless,

Diane

In His love (: