No contact with shuyi

she is visiting kending with the kids and inlaws. i miss them.  pray hard for their wellbeing, spiritual strength.

prayer list

This morning I got up 6:15am. Read one chapter of "Complete Surrender".

Prayers:

1. Find a suitable topic for the small group.
2. Find a way to move the refrigerator from Andorra to Indigo, as is expected of me.
3. Put a plan together to connect the strawman vision to daily life of mine.
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Speech Outline: Harness the Power of Vision

I am preparing for a 10 minutes speech, and 2nd run of my last speech entitled "Your Child Needs An Uplifting Vision".

1. Hook: the story: I could see every detail of my highshool graduation and college entrance. 1974 study by Benjamin Singer.    (2 minutes).
2. Book/Theme: Isaiah 40:60, the vision by Eric Liddell: God made me for a purpose, he called me to China, he also made me fast, when I run, I feel His joy.    (3 minutes).
3. Look: Power: 1) Spur sacrificial action 2) Unleash creative imagination 3) Inspire courageous choicion

Liddell harnessed the power of this vision, 1) train the body and the soul 2) team up with his Sponsor so he has no doubts 3) make decisions with perspective.
 a complete surrender via daily devotion, self examination.  (2 minutes)
4. Took: you and I can harness the power of vision. 1) dream big. 2) connect to the here and now.  3) role model.    Example:     God called me to fight depressions with friends, he also made me insightful in system software, when I architect, I can get a glimpse of Him smiling.  (3 minutes).

Why I Joined Choir

About a year ago I joined church choir as a tenor. Why?

Today I came across the best way to summarize the reaon, as "To take a trip", a trip to a better place.

Nothing can be more uplifting from Congo than this piece "Carmina Burana" from the 60 minutes program tonight:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7404588n

Power of Vision, the 1st Youth Worship Message I Gave

After several dryruns and modifcations, I did it and I enjoyed the process to spoke to the 4S Church youth on "Power of Vision", based on 1 Samuel 40:31 "They who trust the Lord will soar with Eagle's Wings", drawing examples from Eric Liddell's life, his touching legacy in 1924 Paris Olympics and his 20 years in China Mission.

This is my very first Youth worship sermon.

It is based on this speech practice I gave to the Wed Sorrento Valley Fellowship.

Aug 2 2012 Speech, Your Child Needs An Uplifting Vision
via Livescribe

I originally developed the sermon on "Gardener In Training" based on Genesis 2 and 3, after reading "Gift of Work". Brothers Woody Floto and George Chu gave me great help and dry-run opportunities. 


I changed to "Power of Vision" because 1) I wanted to connect to the 2012 Olympics 2) GIT is about the purpose of work and school. I could not find a simple yet central message out of it.


Feedback from Tracy my daughter is: 
It connected with me, but a bit long, and slightly repetitious.


Yes, I spent about 45 to 50 minutes. 
Next challenge: condense to 10 minutes, for the 2nd run at the SV fellowship.

The Setbacks Quickly Turned into Blessings

Tuesday Aug 31 conversation about the purpose of work revealed what is hidden inside: my big ego. I craved the principle title as evidenced in the fleudian slip with George Chu.
This defect and disease in me caused me to cry for and seek devine help, and my faithful Lord answered my prayer. I had a very productive session presenting at the wed prayer group.
Ling callled me with an amazing event where her coworker quit, her boss assigned her to take over the job she craved for at least 6 month.
She called me immediately with a heart of gratefulness.

2012 Resolutions Taylor

1. Do 3 verses at every Awana
2. Finish the rest of the Edge Chronicles
3. Clean legos so destiny's bounties can fit
4. Get Jr. Black Belt
5. Try to get from 231 Map score to 251, or 95%
6. learn the front stroke
7. Get 10 more shares of McDonalds in savings.
8. Work with Dad to organize the drawers under bed by Feb 14, 2012