After 1 mth of stay out, alas i'm heading back to my "second" home. Dunno what to feel. sad or happy haha. Actually i'm starting feel quite sian of a stay out life. Quite monotonous haha but i guess i never make gd use of my time to do something fruitful haha. Hopefully back in camp will be able to be more fruitful in my walk with god n practical stuff
Oh yea did i tell ya haha i got a driving liscense!! Woohooo!!! Ok its only man for military vehicles but i'm still really excited i got it haha. Come to think of it getting was not easy. Was really god's grace haha. Without Him, i believe i would hav failed the test already haha. But wadever it is, THANK GOD!!!!
I really do want to pray that the time back in my camp, i will use it very wisely to grow in my spiritual life. I admit these recent times in my life i haven been doing well in fact my walk was juz bad. I was constantly facing struggles making choices between God or fulfilling my own desires. N i tink it has taking a toll on my physical life as well. I really hope that in coming periods i will be able to work myself out of these struggles. I'm really getting sick n tired of it. Really wanna apply all thats been taught in sermon bout having the right priorties. 'cause God has shown me that when we get out priorities rite n be faithful with the little things that he has given, he will reward us even more. I really really do want to receive these rewards that he has promised. Yup so whoever reading this pray for me alright? haha btw i dun mind sharing my struggles if u all wan to hear haha.
Ok dats all for now. Gotta prepare to book in le. :)
Monday, October 27, 2008
Thursday, October 9, 2008
God thanks!
i'm halfway thru my driver course and i'm having mixed feelings haha. I'm part happy that its gonna finish soon coz it means that i'm going to be a qualified driver soon(at least in the army). However, feeling down as well coz wun be able to see these new friends that i have made in this course. N of course the stay out part HAHAHA! i really pray that i will be able to keep in contact even after we pass put from this course.
Talking bout praying, i must really say GOD is really so real during this whole course. Every time i pray for his help n support thru difficulties. For example the HSP test. It was some stupid test that you hav to talk about all the traffic safety scenarios while pushing toy cars over a board. Though stupid, many ppl failed n i was super anxious bout it. But i prayed to god before going in, asking him to help me with it, to lemme get over n done with this nightmare. N it really happened haha the tester gave me simple scenarios to explain n it went rather smooth n i was able to pass it. woohhoo. can't bear the idea of havoing to take it all over again haha. guys btw i'm not being sarcastic to those who failed.
God also opened up many doors of opportunities for me to really share his msg. He allowed me to meet agroup of ppl that i could work well n interact with. its like so evident that god want me to work on them. its juz so magical that god work in a way that is so unseen by the world but only when u r in tune with Him den will u be able to see his hand moving. GOD is soooooo POWER!!!! hahaha.
I know i haven been really faithful with my responsibilities as God' child n with my spiritual life. its been a very very long time since i kept up with the word of God. Well God, I will do my best to continue to keep in step with you all the way from now on. Yes i will.
GOD help me with my driving test pls haha. N should i say thanks for allowing me to meet my twin? hahaha
Talking bout praying, i must really say GOD is really so real during this whole course. Every time i pray for his help n support thru difficulties. For example the HSP test. It was some stupid test that you hav to talk about all the traffic safety scenarios while pushing toy cars over a board. Though stupid, many ppl failed n i was super anxious bout it. But i prayed to god before going in, asking him to help me with it, to lemme get over n done with this nightmare. N it really happened haha the tester gave me simple scenarios to explain n it went rather smooth n i was able to pass it. woohhoo. can't bear the idea of havoing to take it all over again haha. guys btw i'm not being sarcastic to those who failed.
God also opened up many doors of opportunities for me to really share his msg. He allowed me to meet agroup of ppl that i could work well n interact with. its like so evident that god want me to work on them. its juz so magical that god work in a way that is so unseen by the world but only when u r in tune with Him den will u be able to see his hand moving. GOD is soooooo POWER!!!! hahaha.
I know i haven been really faithful with my responsibilities as God' child n with my spiritual life. its been a very very long time since i kept up with the word of God. Well God, I will do my best to continue to keep in step with you all the way from now on. Yes i will.
GOD help me with my driving test pls haha. N should i say thanks for allowing me to meet my twin? hahaha
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Bye Jennifer!
Ytd was at airport. Jen was going london to study, at LSE. So a small group of the 6/11 wen hui, qiqi, ai wen, jia min, zhitao, jason, wee shiun n me, went to sent her off. We met at T3 n i cant believe them really haha. Jason wanted to print something dat jen wrote to him in our pri sch days but dunno y he waited until we came to the airport den print. Of all places y airport! haha. We had to run ard quite a bit but lucky us we managed to get help from the m1 shop lady to help us photocopy it. Next we went to meet up with jen. Her family was there with her except for her father. guess why? haha cos the father had to go back to get her fone charger for her. haha jen ar really a princess man.
Her flight was at 11.30, so we had quite a bit of time b4 she had to go thru customs and well those girls juz started camwhoring. it was juz crazy. Tink they took more photos than the no of words the said during that period. for 3 hrs, camera's juz went clicking n clicking non stop haha. Many of the photos that we took was seriously stupid n lame haha but dats what made it so enjoyable. (P.S. i really want to thank god for this group of friends that i hv. apart from hope, we are like family n share alot of things with each other) Soon after, jen's jc classmate n house com friends came as well. At ard 10.45 lk dat, jen had to go in. The four girls juz walk hand in hand all the way to the glass door. It was den dat the tears started flowing. They were hugging each other saying sobby gdbyes. It was quite emotional seeing this. this 4 girls are so close even closer than blood sisters so i guess it would be a very diff time for them. After all, the next time we see jenn would be next july. It was a long while b4 the 4 broke their embraces. Jen gave each of us a hug before she waved her last gd bye before going in. it was quite saddening to see her leave n gone for 3 yrs as we spent much time together n it seems as though something is missing with her gone but yet at the same time i wish her all the best n hope she enjoy her time there. haha maybe even find an angmoh boyfriend. who knows rite? haha make it a gd exp jennifer haha!!!!
After that, i left n coincidentally met one of jen's friend, karman(i think), waiting for 53. I said hi n ask her where she was heading too. at first i tot she was gg hougang or something but she was actually staying in pasir ris n her hse was quite close to mine as well. On our way home, we talked quite a bit n i found out that she was an only child as well. Maybe becos of this, we managed to hit it off well. We shared quite a bit bout our lives, the problems we face etc as an only child n some other stuff which was very interesting. i also realized we share quite a lot of things in common lk mindset for eg. In juz dat short period, we get to know quite a bit of each other and i really enjoyed it thoroughly.I hope she did too. Though the chances are slim, i do really hope to be able to meet her again, talk to her n get to know her better. After all its quite diff to find someone that u hit off with on the first meeting n share so many things in common in each others life. But guess i will juz leave it to god's providence n his plans haha.
One last thing i wanna thanks be to god for all these that u have put in my life u really enriched my life so much!
Her flight was at 11.30, so we had quite a bit of time b4 she had to go thru customs and well those girls juz started camwhoring. it was juz crazy. Tink they took more photos than the no of words the said during that period. for 3 hrs, camera's juz went clicking n clicking non stop haha. Many of the photos that we took was seriously stupid n lame haha but dats what made it so enjoyable. (P.S. i really want to thank god for this group of friends that i hv. apart from hope, we are like family n share alot of things with each other) Soon after, jen's jc classmate n house com friends came as well. At ard 10.45 lk dat, jen had to go in. The four girls juz walk hand in hand all the way to the glass door. It was den dat the tears started flowing. They were hugging each other saying sobby gdbyes. It was quite emotional seeing this. this 4 girls are so close even closer than blood sisters so i guess it would be a very diff time for them. After all, the next time we see jenn would be next july. It was a long while b4 the 4 broke their embraces. Jen gave each of us a hug before she waved her last gd bye before going in. it was quite saddening to see her leave n gone for 3 yrs as we spent much time together n it seems as though something is missing with her gone but yet at the same time i wish her all the best n hope she enjoy her time there. haha maybe even find an angmoh boyfriend. who knows rite? haha make it a gd exp jennifer haha!!!!
After that, i left n coincidentally met one of jen's friend, karman(i think), waiting for 53. I said hi n ask her where she was heading too. at first i tot she was gg hougang or something but she was actually staying in pasir ris n her hse was quite close to mine as well. On our way home, we talked quite a bit n i found out that she was an only child as well. Maybe becos of this, we managed to hit it off well. We shared quite a bit bout our lives, the problems we face etc as an only child n some other stuff which was very interesting. i also realized we share quite a lot of things in common lk mindset for eg. In juz dat short period, we get to know quite a bit of each other and i really enjoyed it thoroughly.I hope she did too. Though the chances are slim, i do really hope to be able to meet her again, talk to her n get to know her better. After all its quite diff to find someone that u hit off with on the first meeting n share so many things in common in each others life. But guess i will juz leave it to god's providence n his plans haha.
One last thing i wanna thanks be to god for all these that u have put in my life u really enriched my life so much!
license license here i come
whew its been a long time since i updated haha!
seriously i was very very busy haha. (i must admit though i had free time but was just too lazy hehhe) Because of wallaby, we had to spend hrs everyday juz to clean our stores until its totally dust n dirt free. sometimes even had to stay back during weekend. its juz ridiculous. wats the prob of bringing some singapore dirt into australia man?! But dunno whether can i call it GOd's grace, i do not have to go wallaby, meaning i do not have go thru the whole process of cleaning again with my own equipment haha. Also i got my wish! I'm learning driving haha. For free! some more everyday 8 to 5. Whatmore can i ask for HAHA!!! i'm so gonna be a driver in one more mth haha. After trying out for the first time in my entire life in an army rover, i realised driving its not dat easy, in fact its quite a challenge but its lotsa fun. haha with all the clutch, gear changing, steering involved, its so diff trying to coordinate all 4 limbs at the same time. haha however i believe i did not bad on my first try. At least, the engine didn't stall n my steering was smooth ok! oh yea tmr will be my first actual practical lesson n highway code test. God pls help me with both!!!!
seriously i was very very busy haha. (i must admit though i had free time but was just too lazy hehhe) Because of wallaby, we had to spend hrs everyday juz to clean our stores until its totally dust n dirt free. sometimes even had to stay back during weekend. its juz ridiculous. wats the prob of bringing some singapore dirt into australia man?! But dunno whether can i call it GOd's grace, i do not have to go wallaby, meaning i do not have go thru the whole process of cleaning again with my own equipment haha. Also i got my wish! I'm learning driving haha. For free! some more everyday 8 to 5. Whatmore can i ask for HAHA!!! i'm so gonna be a driver in one more mth haha. After trying out for the first time in my entire life in an army rover, i realised driving its not dat easy, in fact its quite a challenge but its lotsa fun. haha with all the clutch, gear changing, steering involved, its so diff trying to coordinate all 4 limbs at the same time. haha however i believe i did not bad on my first try. At least, the engine didn't stall n my steering was smooth ok! oh yea tmr will be my first actual practical lesson n highway code test. God pls help me with both!!!!
Friday, August 22, 2008
12 Lotus
My first time watching a Royston Tan movie, n well i dunno what too say. Haha. Went to watch 12 Lotus with Li Yi yesterday at AMK Hub! The movie is not too bad. Just that if u r gonna watch it for pure leisure, i would advise u too save the money. But if u r those film lovers u will love it. This was show was actually depicting a girls life from when she was young till she grew old which unfortunately was very tragic. I felt the whole film was trying to portray the meaning of the song 12 Lotus. It has a total of 12 chapters, each chapter has its own verse of a tragedy. every of the chapter was depicted thru the life of the girl. How she was abused by her father, cheated of her feelings, money n body by the man she loved, how her loved ones ard slowly left her side. Not even once did she get to truly experience a real happy moment in her life. It was so sad. I must admit i couldn't understand some parts of the show as the storyline is quite cheam n subtle. So if u wan to know the whole story, pls go watch it haha.
After the show, both us felt hungry even though we bought like 3 packets of sushi with 20 small rolls each n polish it off during the movie. Haha so we went to a nearby hawker center to eat. Over the dinner table, we talked n shared bout our lives, problems that both of us are facing. It was a really deep sharing n we juz continue to talk even as we were on our way home on the bus.
It was a really fruitful sharing as we learned n encouraged one another in our problems. We also discussed about apologetics. It was this time that i asked her to help with a doubt i had. One of my bunk mates had asked me this qns,
"How can christian say only their religion is the true one, whereas the rest are not n are just idolatry? Where's the proof?"
I told her i answered my friend from an academic point of view but i myself was doubtful bout it n asked how would she response to this qns. She said,
"The best evidence we can show to our friends is our own life testimony. It is true that as we know God, we had experience many times in our lives his love for us n his miracles that he reveals n done in our lives. We can be 100% assured that this is true no matter what n i think thats what non-believers wants to hear from us."
What she said enlightened me totally, it was like God suddenly open my eyes to see thru the cloud of doubt. It was a really powerful moment n come to think of it it was also an experience with god! Man thats just cool!
Thank God for this revelation he gave me n for this sister that i could the deeper part of my life with. I believe this is what God want to see when we said of doing life with each other to prosper n be strengthened from it. I really encouraged all of us to share our live with one another to deeper level. For all we know, we may experience the goodness of God n many powerful things n also grow greatly thru this kind of relationship. Hallelujah!
On a lighter note, JUMP is happening today yea!!! Time to praise n worship GOD!!! Haha!
After the show, both us felt hungry even though we bought like 3 packets of sushi with 20 small rolls each n polish it off during the movie. Haha so we went to a nearby hawker center to eat. Over the dinner table, we talked n shared bout our lives, problems that both of us are facing. It was a really deep sharing n we juz continue to talk even as we were on our way home on the bus.
It was a really fruitful sharing as we learned n encouraged one another in our problems. We also discussed about apologetics. It was this time that i asked her to help with a doubt i had. One of my bunk mates had asked me this qns,
"How can christian say only their religion is the true one, whereas the rest are not n are just idolatry? Where's the proof?"
I told her i answered my friend from an academic point of view but i myself was doubtful bout it n asked how would she response to this qns. She said,
"The best evidence we can show to our friends is our own life testimony. It is true that as we know God, we had experience many times in our lives his love for us n his miracles that he reveals n done in our lives. We can be 100% assured that this is true no matter what n i think thats what non-believers wants to hear from us."
What she said enlightened me totally, it was like God suddenly open my eyes to see thru the cloud of doubt. It was a really powerful moment n come to think of it it was also an experience with god! Man thats just cool!
Thank God for this revelation he gave me n for this sister that i could the deeper part of my life with. I believe this is what God want to see when we said of doing life with each other to prosper n be strengthened from it. I really encouraged all of us to share our live with one another to deeper level. For all we know, we may experience the goodness of God n many powerful things n also grow greatly thru this kind of relationship. Hallelujah!
On a lighter note, JUMP is happening today yea!!! Time to praise n worship GOD!!! Haha!
At last!!!!!!
Whew after being stuck in camp for almost 2 weeks, what a relief it is to be back in the comforts of my own home. Yeah!!!! Ok but i must admit during the 2 weeks i wasn't faithful n consistent in seeking God. Haha. But God being who he is as u know is always faithful. I could see his presence constantly being revealed during the 2 weeks especially in outfield. Well there was this time in outfield my sect comm put me as the vehicle commander for one of the mission. To me this was quite a huge responsibility n i was unsure of myself haha. So i did the one most logical thing as a Christian. I PRAYED! After the whole event my sect comm said that i did a good job for a first timer. When he said that, a thought flash across "this was not my doing but God's". God is so cool rite haha. I really thank God for this experience as i am fully assured of his faithfulness everywhere i go cause of this. Amen Amen!
Oh yea I got myself a new phone too. My very own E51!!! This phone is superb man. At last i can listen to music in camp yea n one more thing juz to make other NSF a bit jealous(joking), I'm on off until nex sunday. Yahoo!!! I pray n pls pray for me too that i will make good use of this time n let it be fruitful whoever who read this haha!
Oh yea I got myself a new phone too. My very own E51!!! This phone is superb man. At last i can listen to music in camp yea n one more thing juz to make other NSF a bit jealous(joking), I'm on off until nex sunday. Yahoo!!! I pray n pls pray for me too that i will make good use of this time n let it be fruitful whoever who read this haha!
Sunday, August 10, 2008
God's Lesson (2)
Just last week in camp, i was having a mini apologetics discussion with my friends in my bunk. We talk about many things, certain practices like slaying of the soul that is practised by city harvest. Also he questioned about many moral issues concerning christ like is it justifiable that an evil man that do bad things thru out his life came to know christ in his last breath would be forgiven of his sin n would be able to go to heaven? Does it mean to say that we can juz do as much as we want then come back once in a while to i repent to be saved?
I explained as best as i could n i hope he catch my answer but there was one thing that they said impacted me alot. They did not like christianity because they met many christians who are not acting lk one, forces ppl to go church n making arrogant comments that are hurtful n sensitive to others as well as their religion. Hearing this, i really felt a sense of pity for them. If only they knew how much God loves them. But i guess our actions has hindered them from establishing a relationship with God and we should be grieving n ashamed for this.
Gandhi once said, "I love the Jesus that the christians preach but i hate the christians."
Even though on our lips we have been proclaiming to be the children of God, but are we really living a life that is worthy to be called that?
Brothers and Sister, its really time to wake up. In the acts church, the testimony of the living God could be seen in the followers life but now when ppl ask for testimony
, all we can say is look at the life of jesus as we know that our lives can will not be a testimony. I really wanna encourage all of us here today to start evaluating our lives n c what areas we can improve in so that in due time our lives will be a living testimony of our heavenly father.
"not what we preach but what we practice that make us Christians"
Therefore, lets not stop at juz being a preacher of God's word but a doer of His word as well! Amen?
I explained as best as i could n i hope he catch my answer but there was one thing that they said impacted me alot. They did not like christianity because they met many christians who are not acting lk one, forces ppl to go church n making arrogant comments that are hurtful n sensitive to others as well as their religion. Hearing this, i really felt a sense of pity for them. If only they knew how much God loves them. But i guess our actions has hindered them from establishing a relationship with God and we should be grieving n ashamed for this.
Gandhi once said, "I love the Jesus that the christians preach but i hate the christians."
Even though on our lips we have been proclaiming to be the children of God, but are we really living a life that is worthy to be called that?
Brothers and Sister, its really time to wake up. In the acts church, the testimony of the living God could be seen in the followers life but now when ppl ask for testimony
, all we can say is look at the life of jesus as we know that our lives can will not be a testimony. I really wanna encourage all of us here today to start evaluating our lives n c what areas we can improve in so that in due time our lives will be a living testimony of our heavenly father.
"not what we preach but what we practice that make us Christians"
Therefore, lets not stop at juz being a preacher of God's word but a doer of His word as well! Amen?
God's Lesson
God really taught me a tough lesson lesson today. Well it was like this. On my way to nexus for word for life, i saw this uncle who had a deformity condition on his face. As i walked past him, God nudged me to approach him to pray for him but well i admit i was a bit of a coward to approach him so i juz continued walking on to word for life. Thru the lesson, God talk to me bout the incident even in the teaching. We were going thru the passage in acts that talks about peter n john meeting a man who was lame begging for money at the temple gates. ya n jiehui was stating a pt that tis man had no real help n hope even though religious man were passing by him so often(after all he was at the temple gates). Also jie hui made one statement that hit me hard.
"People can feel compassion for him but no one really wanted to go out of their way to help him. what hope does he have then? All he can do was to concede to his situation n continue being helpless..."
When i heard this i knew for sure that it was God speakin or should i say rebuking me for the incident just now. Whatever it was, i immediately felt burdened n ashamed. To top it off, God pull another 'stunt' on me. At the end of the lesson, Jon Lim suddenly spoke to the grp bout the same man that i saw.
He said, "lets apply what we have learned today n as child of god show compassion to those in need n give what we have which is the best hope he can get which is god. Y not lets go n pray for him like wat peter and john did for the lame at temple gates."
Hearing this, i felt extremely compelled and guilty. Guilty for not living lk a child in God n compelled to pray for that man n give him a true hope. We went down to where we saw him but sadly he had already left. But that was not the end, on our back to nexus, we saw a blind struggling with his equipments for busking outside centrepoint.
Immediately, we felt God's prompting and this time there was no hesitation. We went up to help him with his equipments n offered to pray for him there n then. Praise be to God! Though there was no miracle healing but we invited him for service and he said that maybe he could make it on a sunday n asked us for our contact so that he may contact us again. It was really heartwarming exp to pray for one in need n seeing him coming one step closer to God.
Looking back at what happened, i was reminded of a very simple command from God.
"Love your neighbours as yourself......"
Who are our neighbours? EVERYONE!
"People can feel compassion for him but no one really wanted to go out of their way to help him. what hope does he have then? All he can do was to concede to his situation n continue being helpless..."
When i heard this i knew for sure that it was God speakin or should i say rebuking me for the incident just now. Whatever it was, i immediately felt burdened n ashamed. To top it off, God pull another 'stunt' on me. At the end of the lesson, Jon Lim suddenly spoke to the grp bout the same man that i saw.
He said, "lets apply what we have learned today n as child of god show compassion to those in need n give what we have which is the best hope he can get which is god. Y not lets go n pray for him like wat peter and john did for the lame at temple gates."
Hearing this, i felt extremely compelled and guilty. Guilty for not living lk a child in God n compelled to pray for that man n give him a true hope. We went down to where we saw him but sadly he had already left. But that was not the end, on our back to nexus, we saw a blind struggling with his equipments for busking outside centrepoint.
Immediately, we felt God's prompting and this time there was no hesitation. We went up to help him with his equipments n offered to pray for him there n then. Praise be to God! Though there was no miracle healing but we invited him for service and he said that maybe he could make it on a sunday n asked us for our contact so that he may contact us again. It was really heartwarming exp to pray for one in need n seeing him coming one step closer to God.
Looking back at what happened, i was reminded of a very simple command from God.
"Love your neighbours as yourself......"
Who are our neighbours? EVERYONE!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
God above all else
Recently, my walk with God has been quite bumpy. I was struggling due to certain issues that is happening in my life right now. i wun be sharing this issue as its quite personal. Anyway thru out this period, i was juz arguing with God about these area that i did not want to let go. However, God being who he is would not allow his children to continue in something detrimental in our walk. How did he do that? Well He spoke to me very powerfully in pastor jeff sermon about "Following Jesus". The moment he made his first pt, i knew full well that God meant that sermon for me. Yes the first pt was Putting God above all else and i remember pastor jeff said that in all things including relationship or marriage, we should put God above this allowing him to reign in these areas of our lives. God also hit me hard in the gut as i read the verses from Luke 14:25-33. The one that strikes me most was v33.
33In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.
Reading this, i know i have to make a choice between God and my struggle. Moreover during worship in cg God showed me another verse.
Haggai 1:3-9
3 Then the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai: 4 "Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?" 5 Now this is what the LORD Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways. 6 You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it." 7 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways. 8 Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored," says the LORD. 9 "You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?" declares the LORD Almighty. "Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with his own house.
What God showed me really burdened my heart but i know to let go that area would not be a walk in the park. Therefore i just want to made this prayer to God today.
"God though i know what i must do but it wun be easy to achieve. Help me thru tis lord to bring me to the right decision. Though i can't promise that i will let it go eventually but i will do my best. God help me. Thank you for your faithfulness in this. Amen."
33In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.
Reading this, i know i have to make a choice between God and my struggle. Moreover during worship in cg God showed me another verse.
Haggai 1:3-9
3 Then the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai: 4 "Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?" 5 Now this is what the LORD Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways. 6 You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it." 7 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways. 8 Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored," says the LORD. 9 "You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?" declares the LORD Almighty. "Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with his own house.
What God showed me really burdened my heart but i know to let go that area would not be a walk in the park. Therefore i just want to made this prayer to God today.
"God though i know what i must do but it wun be easy to achieve. Help me thru tis lord to bring me to the right decision. Though i can't promise that i will let it go eventually but i will do my best. God help me. Thank you for your faithfulness in this. Amen."
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Festival Of Praise 2008
Today was the first day of FOP. Went with shu ning, mich tham, n one of their cg member min zhen. It was really God blessed even though we reach there ard 7 which was quite late. We managed to get center block seats facing the stage. It was really a great view and it was super cool to see all the seats in the indoor stadium filled up. Just goes to show how magnificent god's reign is! Hallelujah! Another cool thing was parachute band playin for this yr's fop with reuben morgan leading P&W. Moreover, we had one of the famous international pastor, Mark Conners giving a sermon for this event!
The whole thing started off with a praise song followed by many worship songs. Some we know some we don't but regardless of that everyone really felt God's presence there n were all worshiping and praying with all their hearts. Many hearts were touched there n then. Next we had offerings time n announcements. Then came the time for Mark Conners to speak. He taught from the book of Acts 9:31, gathering 4 principles that Luke had told the acts church.
1. Peace
2. Encouragement
3. Comfort
4. Fear of the Lord
But i'm just gonna share one of them that impacted me greatly.
3. Comfort: Accompanying thru bad times
I The Holy Spirit is our comforter and is our resource to all that we need when we are at a loss.
II Learn to comfort others and not become theological to those who are in times of tragedy. (eg: Job)
This two pts that was made really hit home especially the 2nd pt. I believe the first quite self-explanatory. As for the 2nd one, it made me realise that when ppl find us to share their problem sometimes what they want is not to get lectured or provide them with solutions, but all they want is listening for them to pour out their thoughts n feelings. However, many at times instead of listening we habitually give our own opinions or bring biblical principles into the picture. Like Job's friends, even though he was in great anguish for the tragedies that he is facing, they unconsciously became theological with him. Rebuking him for his wrongdoings that they thought landed hinm in that situation. But will this make those in difficult situations feel better or make them worse? Are we really meeting their needs? This was the question that was put thru to all of us by Mark Conners. I admit i also fall into this pitfall. I pray that God will grow, change n make me more aware of the needs of those ard me. Let these question that was stated sink into our hearts.
Mark Conners sermon though was simple but it was the essentials of building up the church, transforming it from the inside out. So if anybody want the full sermon can come get it from me.
After that was altar call n worship, i believe the message that was spoken was so powerful that many hearts responded to the altar call for receiving peace n comfort from god n to become his powerful messenger to the world. All that was left next was just to enjoy singing praises n worship. That was the end of the first day of fop.
Before we left though, we got some "souvenirs". We bought Cds which include new albums from hillsong and parachute band. Really cool songs inside.
God really spoke many words of wisdom to me during the whole fop that i know will change my walk with him for the better and i really thank god for that!
P.S. anybody going for the next 2 days? If you are pls lend me your notes for the sermon those 2 days. Haha.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Service n Gen acts dota event
Today's service was juz totally powerful. From the praise, to the worship, follow by the teaching, it was awe-inspiring. It was as though God himself was hosting that service! During the altar call, Pastor Jasmine made an invitation for ppl to respond to become shepherds n cls. Though i was one before in JC, i felt there was a need to recommit this area in this new phase of life that i was going thru in ns. Therefore i responded to it n as i prayed i really felt god's warmth overcame me. It felt so empowering. THANK GOD!!!
After service, as we were on our way to paradize center for our dota event, i went off with jie hui to get a drink. It was during then he asked me this question, "What is one thing u really gain from ns?" I answered, "its the realization this world is not that simple." Cheam rite this answer haha. i know was amazed at myself too haha. It was not because it sounded so wise but such a simple sentence had a really deep meaning to it.
Coming from the JC ministry, i was under alot of protection from the church from my parents etc. i didn't know whats really happening in the world. Until coming to ns, did i witness first hand the raw truth about the world, how malicious, ugly, treacherous it can be. At the same time, god showed me instances whereby this world was also beautiful despite its deterioration. i believe this insight from God really allow me to mature in my service to him n it has burdened me even more to really carry the msg of the cross to the ppl ard me in this short life that i have on the earth. Really praise God!
As for the dota event, we had quite a few visitor. One of them was my friend from camp. He totally own us up down left right n i mean literally. I mean he took out 4 heroes all by himself n btw he was surrounded. My gosh it was total ownage. Haha well guess i shoudn't be suprised. After all he n his team got 2nd in a WCG qualifier game. That's gotta mean something rite haha. But overall i felt it was an 'objective met but could be better' event. We managed to get many of our friends to come but juz could not interact with them more. Well have to do better next time
Oh yea those who dunno what gen acts is pls go check this out
http://www.gen-acts.org/ourgrowingyears/home/index.php
After service, as we were on our way to paradize center for our dota event, i went off with jie hui to get a drink. It was during then he asked me this question, "What is one thing u really gain from ns?" I answered, "its the realization this world is not that simple." Cheam rite this answer haha. i know was amazed at myself too haha. It was not because it sounded so wise but such a simple sentence had a really deep meaning to it.
Coming from the JC ministry, i was under alot of protection from the church from my parents etc. i didn't know whats really happening in the world. Until coming to ns, did i witness first hand the raw truth about the world, how malicious, ugly, treacherous it can be. At the same time, god showed me instances whereby this world was also beautiful despite its deterioration. i believe this insight from God really allow me to mature in my service to him n it has burdened me even more to really carry the msg of the cross to the ppl ard me in this short life that i have on the earth. Really praise God!
As for the dota event, we had quite a few visitor. One of them was my friend from camp. He totally own us up down left right n i mean literally. I mean he took out 4 heroes all by himself n btw he was surrounded. My gosh it was total ownage. Haha well guess i shoudn't be suprised. After all he n his team got 2nd in a WCG qualifier game. That's gotta mean something rite haha. But overall i felt it was an 'objective met but could be better' event. We managed to get many of our friends to come but juz could not interact with them more. Well have to do better next time
Oh yea those who dunno what gen acts is pls go check this out
http://www.gen-acts.org/ourgrowingyears/home/index.php
So much things to say.....
this is my first post on this post yet i do not know how to write. there's juz too many things to say. haha so here goes....
First let me share a video of the song "Healer".
It really touch my heart n made me want to cry hearing this song. I remember the first time i heard this song was at the hillsong youth concert at expo.
This song was composed by mike guglielmucci. After hearing from the doctors that he had been diagnosed with cancer, he went home turn on the mics n recorders n started playing on the piano, worshiping god with everything he believed and the rest is history.
I pray that this song will impact the lives who hears this like how it has impacted mine.
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