Evans Almighty

yesterday, pastor took the office ppl (about 8 of us) to Evans Almighty for a lunch movie field trip!
It was totally unexpected but FUN!

What i like about the movie...

1. YEAH! they did it! they took a bible story and made it into a movie that can be viewed in a Muslim nation! behind us sat a couple of malay as well! wow... thank God the messages the movie sent were 'rather' accurate...

2. one Act of Random Kindness at a time will change the world! nice phrase! i believe it is possible and i believe it's one step at a time, one decision at a time, one act of kindness at a time!

3. when u pray for love, does god gives you a warm fuzzy feeling? Nope! God gives you opportunities to love! same goes to praying for courage or anything... God gives you the OPPORTUNITIES to cultivate it!

4. God gave him a date - sep 22. but from here til the date, we need to work thru it faithfully and focused and make sure the job is well done in preparation for the coming of the time. reminds me of the date God gave me - 4 yrs! and each day is closing, making it nearer and nearer. am i more prepared or just procrastinating what i'm suppose to do in preparation for the 'time' that's coming? i need to work on myself!

5. what makes you think God chose you? he answered: God chose everyone of us. i believe God has a purpose and a plan for each of us. whether we walk in it or not... depends on our faith and obedience.

6. God gives us a task, he will provide the materials and help.

7. i was wondering whether how are they gonna twist the ending with the flood and rain thing because the Bible clearly stated that God will never send a flood to wipe out mankind again and the rainbow is a sign of his promise. so the dam breaking was a good twist to the ending instead of re-writing the bible!

8. i like the overall theme with the dove flying around the olive leaf. the animals came in pairs.

9. but some parts of the movie is just plain hilarious! the white hair! the robe! the way-to-obedient-children! Rita is so funny! Ark Building for Dummies!

10. sometimes, we may think God gives us weird stuffs like the robe in the movie
but if we choose to trust God and just try it on, we might just find it very comfortable and suits us
- regardless of what other ppl think of our image!

11. it's quite real and something we can identify with in our lives.
one of the scene, where Evan was like
'God, i know everything you do, u do it because you love me... but can you love me less????!'
i'm sure there were times in our lives we said that as well...
or like when he told God about his plans, God just laughed his heads off...
not trying to embarrass Evan but trying to make him see who is God in the scenario!
or the part where God send help every time Evan ask and even stuck a note there "Ask and it will be given"
just wished that he'd shown more dependency on God by asking more often...

i'm sure after this movie, everyone will remember the verse Gen 6:14!!
hhahaha... not too bad. watch it if you've got a chance.

btw, pastor suggested that all the dancers should watch the movie! haha...
i told him, "aren't you glad that the dancers don't just dance like that?" =)

i asked pc about this....
would you believe him if someone sgtarted building an ark say, in the middle of Bandar Puteri.
would you believe him? =) pc say, only if all the animals come in pairs!

one last challenge - would you built an ark if God asked you to?