Anwen Chung Daniel 1
Bachelor of Creative Industries (Interactive and Visual Design)
"Oceania Convention was phenomenal! Honestly speaking I was quite reluctant to join OC when I was first told about it, as I’m new to Hope Church and due to costs, air tickets, etc. But thank God at His right timing the door was opened that I embarked on this stupendous journey. During OC, I truly experienced the refiner’s fire of God, consuming and consecrating my life inside out that I felt like a sparkly clean-washed glass, ready for a fresh new outpouring of the spirit. Then, God poured out His spring of living water, filling us afresh in His saturated presence. By His power, God released His prophetic and proceeding word that I’m propagated into what He has in store for me in this land. Once again, I am thoroughly renewed to progressively attain spiritual maturity on this equipping path unto Kingdom destiny, and empowered to accomplish the plans and purposes of God in this nation!"
Ting Ting HuangDaniel 3
Government Trainee
Be Content in Him Not Ourselves
With much expectation, I was right there in Oceania Convention (OC) 2009, being in the presence of our Holy God, praising Him, worshiping Him, speaking to Him and waiting upon Him. At the beginning, I was somewhat disappointed because I didn’t see much of miracles on the first day. However, God brought me to the realization that He doesn’t perform miracles just to show off and seeing miracles should not be my main focus. The question is whether I love Him purely because of who He is?
Surely the answer is yes, I repented before Him and came to understand our holy discontentment shall be towards ourselves, for example, not to be satisfied of our growth in God, but be content in Him. Through this OC, God opened my spiritual ears to hear from Him that He laid a burden in my heart to pray for the gift of healing. During the altar call, when I was praying for that gift, I heard a sister crying behind me, I thought that might be a sign from God. I went to her and asked her whether she needed a prayer for healing; discouragement came with the answer of “NO”. I didn’t stop there, I went down to the altar call on the next day, and continued to pray, another sister happened to cry aloud beside me, God gently spoke to me: “Ting, go.” But my feet seemed sticking to the ground because of that previous incident.
However, God encouraged me through a prayer offered by a sister saying that: although you feel you are inadequate, but if you choose to do God’s work, He will empower you and I remembered what Romans 8:11 says: And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.” I know God was speaking to me, but I couldn’t move due to the fear of rejection.
At this time, the sister who were crying beside me suddenly came to me and put my hand upon her shoulder and asked for healing without any introduction of herself (we don’t know each other). By faith, I prayed for her, she had pinprick feelings for several times, praise God she got healed after I prayed for her. We ended up hugging each other with tears on our faces. Later on, she explained to me, she was hoping that someone could pray for her injured shoulder, but her group mates were all gone and she pleaded God to have someone to pray for healing, then God simply told her to go to the girl beside her (that is me). I want to give thanks to God for His great encouragement. Knowing Him more and more through this journey with Him is the source of happiness, contentment, joy, peace and excitement. Our living God is indeed awesome!
Thomas William Coffey Daniel 1
Web designer
This year's OC was thee best convention for me and I would definitely claim this one to be my OC! Because my very first OC was at Melbourne (07) and that was ok, but at that time I was a new believer and wasn’t too sure what was going on. However, I was amazed to see our pastors receive prophetic words from God. After that was Contextualised convention in Brissy where I only attended the Sunday service. I’m so glad that I went to this years it was worth every penny and I got so much out of it!
I personally felt and believed that I was touched by the holy spirit. It happened on Saturday, where people had the opportunity to go up to the alter call and receive prayer, but I stayed back standing in left centre of the hall just praying and worshiping God. As I was worshiping I felt this overwhelming emotion inside of me and so I eventually wept. Still embarrassed of myself I sat down and buried my face in my arms in shame, at the same time dabbing my eyes to dry them. I must have went through a lot tissues that night. If you know me you have realised by now that it is a common trend for me to cry whenever I feel touched by God or something that really touches my heart. I consider myself emotionally person, but I can be strong and sensitive character altogether - I mean I like action movies, and do martial arts; that's got to count for something haha. Crying is just one way of being touched. You can be touched by receiving a word from God, or speaking in tongues, seeing a vision etc.
The second highlight was receiving a prophetic word twice - amazing huh? The first leader who prayed over me saw a vision of a seed in a ground, then growing into a tree which bears fruit. He was prophesying that I need to have a strong passion for the God's Word. Prior to that I’ve been praying hard to have more wisdom and growth. What’s hindering me is that, truth be told, I don’t spend a lot of time with God and go deep into His word.
He gave me this verse: Psalm 1: 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
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The second vision from another leaderwas that he saw a soldier of God. He prophesied I should be strong and courageous like how David become victorious over Goliath. Not to fear, not back away and to be ashamed of the Gospel because God is with you every step of the way!
Thank God I went to OC! I can safely say I’ve been transformed, renewed, re-committed, refreshed. The only thing now is to faithfully stay in the light and stay out of darkness
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