You know what’s amazing? its something words can merely describe… and its "ALIVE" youth rally / concert that just pass on the 8th september 2007, ill take u in from the beginning.
Friday night, 7th september, 8pm. - we met back in church, and the sky is still pouring, the last meeting for the rally was call for all to attend, final preparation, and the sky is still as dark and cloudy as ever. i saw the fog cloak up komtar, the top part of it was fully covered. not even the light can penetrate the thick fog that runs by. the night end at about 11:30pm when we are finally done with the practice, the stage decoration, and all the small preparations. some had to go back and wake up super early to fetch our guest band from CCKL.
Saturday morning, 8th september, 5am. - CCKL band reached the bus station in sungai Dua, i wasn’t in the list to fetch up, so i was still in bed.. hehe
12pm. - we met back in church for lunch with the CCKL band, it was a good time of fellowship. it lasted till around 1:30pm, and we went on the day. setting up the stage, and making sure things are in their place.
3pm. - chairs, PA systems, instruments all done. in another 30mins time, the CCKL band will be reaching.
3:30pm. - clouds starts to filled the sky, CCKL band began their sound check, rain starts to pour. but its just a few little drops, and by the look of the clouds that filled the sky, its not gonna last long. PRAISE GOD!!
5pm. - Joshua House band started their sound check, everything went on well, till my 6th e-string snap.. on the spot, there it goes. so ill have to carry on with a missing string, and with electric guitar and the chords ill be playing, that string doesn’t make much of a difference.. PRAISE GOD!!
5:30pm. - CCKL lead a time of prayer, and it was an amazing time, i was prayed for by Judson. and it hit right at the point "I saw Dennis standing on a hill, and God is saying (you see these land, wherever you step into, it is yours) bt first i must break and let go of these chains that is on my legs, thats whats holding me back" before that tears began to filled my eyes, God’s presence is surely there, no word can describe what that moment felt. only God could have made that moment special for all of us.
6:45pm. - we ended the prayer, change into our "ALIVE" shirt, and ready to usher in the crowds. music starts to pump, people starts coming in, and the rain had even stopped. we hung around the crowds. waiting for our invited friends to arrive.
7:30pm. - half an hour into the initial starting time, the blur sky starts to fade into the horizon, people starts pouring in till there wasn’t enough chairs, and of a sudden we spotted a rainbow over just between Dorsett hotel and komtar, i quickly ran to some of the members and inform them of the rainbow, it shows of God’s promise that He is going to deliver an awesome night, PRAISE GOD!!
8pm. - finally the event starts, with the Joshua House band, me included, hehe, we deliver 3 songs, got some mis-happened here and there, like the PA guy forgot to turn on Kim Beng’s guitar amp, and sunn’s drum monitor. but despite of all the hassle, it was good to what i think, there is room for improvements, but i think it could have been worst if God was not there with us.
8:15pm. - CCKL band took over the stage, and they are great!! they really got the crowd going, almost everyone was jumping, praising God, shouting, screaming, everything you name it.. and there the worship session started. and half way thru the song, our faithful electricity got a fuse, and the power was cut!, but because the CCKL band was so good, they manage to keep it going, with only drums. but because the projector was still on, as it runs from another plug, it lasted for about a minute, and the electricity came back, and the music starts pumping once again, it feels as if it was all planned. the music stops, and the people worship God, and the build-up later on, it could only be done by GOD!!, once again PRAISE GOD!!!
9:15pm. - Pastor Long came in with his message on "the Heart" and he really is a man of God, he got the crowds going, and at the end of it, when he says, "who wanna give and renew their lives to God right now, just raise your hands, and all eyes close" i took a peek, and almost 90% of the crowd raised their hands!! i cried with Joy!! my heart leap forward when i see the numbers that respond to the call, and pastor once again asked "Those of you who raised their hand, please stand to their feet" and 90% of the crowd stood up, just like an army of men, being called forward by God. that time i started praising God for His awesome work!!, only God could have touch so many people all at once. this is the biggest number that respond to a call ive ever seen. and it really brought alot of dead souls "ALIVE" once more.
10:15pm. - we came back with a few closing songs, and that ends the night. the highlight is really amazing, no one could have done all those except for God. we packed up, and went out for supper, we sat together in a 11 table long line, and just fellowship with one another, oh yeah, we celebrated steven’s birthday, guitarist from CCKL band, we were the noisiest bunch, cause we just came ALIVE haha.
9th September, 1:30am. - We decided to part from that place, and head on home, i fetched some back to Deb’s house, and later on go home.. i reach home at about 2am, went to bed at bout 3am. and woke up at 5:20am and head out again, its time to say good bye to the CCKL band. i, Kimbeng, and Sunn sent the CCKL team and pastor Long to the airport, saying good bye, thanking them for a great night.
11am. - we got back to church for our service, and alot of numbers turned up, many that i saw was from "ALIVE" last night, those who committed their hearts back to God. i believe they’ve changed for the better, God is Good… All the Time!! PRAISE GOD!!!, PRAISE GOD INDEED!!
For many of us, we are still in the hype of "ALIVE" too many miracles that only God could have done.. God really shows us whats the meaning of faith that night, and many of us are renewed in our faith once again. and once again we are "ALIVE" for God
Here are some pictures that i found from tyloh’s blog, ill Post more up once i got it haha
God Bless, and take care, and let’s meet again next year "ALIVE" 2008 is gonna be better
In this picture, you’ll see the joshua house band getting ready for sound check on stage.
In this picture is the rainbow i was talking about, it was way much clearer in my sight, haha.. PRAISE GOD!!
over and out,
Dennis