Thursday, August 31, 2006
2:51 pm
Happy Teacher's Day!!
Daniel 12: 3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006
12:45 am
Hope everyone had a good start to the week today! I did =) We had a a professional imaging course in the office =p Everyone picked up quite a number of important pointers on personal grooming. Maybe we should have something similar in church someday soon, hee. It might be more appropriate to call it a 'Church Imaging Workshop', haha. I found out today that I need to wear a tie in my office everyday... arghhh =p
Anyway, the new cell structure was announced on Saturday. I'm not sure if it has sunk in fully for everyone yet... but the reality is that some of us will regularly be in new cell groups very soon. I am thinking of what to do with this blog, since our new cells will probably have new blogs. I have considered some options, but if you have any suggestions, please let me know by the end of this week k?
In the meantime, here's an advertisement for the night cycling outing! =)
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Sunday, August 27, 2006
9:36 pm
Hi everyone!
I'm back from Penang! I thank God for a pleasant 5 days there =) We had lectures in the day for the first 4 days and our evenings were free. As such, we would tour the city in our self-organized groups once the day ended at 5.30pm. My table won the Logo & Cheer and Presentation competitions heh. The only one we missed out on was the technical knowledge competition, for which we came in 2nd. The food was good and plentiful (buffet breakfast and lunch, and 2 tea breaks a day with food. In other words, we ate ALOT, haha). I got to try some of the well-known Penang dishes too, of which the 'Penang Char Kway Teow' was the yummiest. Must try if you get to visit Penang!
Here comes the best part heh. I managed to share the Gospel with a new colleague, and I actually got to do so on the monday morning flight to Penang! =) She's open to Christianity, but would prefer to remain a Buddhist at the moment, partly because her whole family is Buddhist too. I hope to share more with her soon. I got to meet unchurched believers among my colleagues also during the trip, and I hope to invite them to join us for cell/service soon. Last but not least, God also gave me a few opportunities to engage in a spiritual conversation with me roommate, who is also open to Christianity but not ready to follow Jesus yet.
It was a memorable trip and I can confidently say that prayers were being answered throughout the 5 days, praise God! =) If you had been praying for me, I wanna say THANK YOU! This thought kept ringing through my mind while I was there, and I hope we'll all think about it too. Here's the thought: "I am a Christian first, and everything else is second."
Team AXECEL: My table-mates and I with our winning logo. Its quite simple, so we were actually quite surprised that we won. The bosses seemed to like it though, possibly because its meant to communicate that 'we want to excel in everything that we do'.
That's me in my 'street-fighter' attire for the skit heh. I'm wearing the bath-robe from the hotel room, haha (its clean and unused hoh!). In the foreground are some props that we used.
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Sunday, August 20, 2006
11:37 pm
Hey everyone! I'll be away from Mon morning till Fri night this coming week for company training =) Yup, starting work liao! =pPlease keep me in prayer over the following areas:1. Travel safety;2. Leave a gd impression;3. Chances to make good friends; 4. Opportunities to share the Gospel.Thank you! I will praying for you guys too with the requests that you sent in! Take care and see all of you again soon! =)P.S.: I would still be reachable via e-mail at least I think.
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Thursday, August 17, 2006
2:51 pm
Here's a reminder that we'll be having indoor games during zone time this week! *Yayyy!* hehe.
Please note that Zone will start at 4.45pm this Saturday, 15mins earlier than usual. Please remember to send me your weekly spiritual journey update by Friday night too, latest Saturday morning. Thank you! =)Here's the schedule for the coming 3 weekends:19/8: Indoor Games26/8: MasterLife Introduction1/9: This is on a Friday night. We'll be going Night Cycling!!! *Grinz* No Zone the next day.The 3 Hallelujah-works remain. We'll all have another week to fulfill them! Time extension. So good right? hehe. Let's share during the meeting on 26/8 if possible :1. Show 'love in action' to a friend who's a pre-believer.2. Prepare your Personal Life Testimony (Before, During, After).3. Think about the most significant experience or incident that has shaped your Christian life (something other than how you received Christ). For the benefit of everyone, here are the 2 verses I shared at cell last weekend. Please meditate on them:
2 Peter 3:9
9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
1 Timothy 2:4
4 who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
Jesus wants all the lost to be saved!Hell empty (except the devil and his evil angels), Heaven full! Hallelujah! =)
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2:27 pm
I'm glad in a way to hear that praying for 15min a day feels like a challenge because if it doesn't, then maybe we haven't been praying enough heh. Praying for 30mins a day has been challenge for me... hee... =p and I have been trying to be more and more consistent too. I think its normal for some of us to take a little while to get used to praying 15 or 30mins each day =) It'll be awesome as we witness God answering our prayers.To help all of us along, here are the prayer requests for the cell this week:James - I am leading worship at youth service this Saturday. Pray that I will lead as the Spirit directs and pray that hearts will be touched and lives changed.Cyrus - Time management; Work (research project results).Yizhen - Her cousin will accept the invitation to attend the inter-generational evangelistic meeting on 1st October and for her salvation.Marilyn - Strength to carry on without complaining, etc. and for opportunities among her friends to save the lost.Zhuang Mao - Evaluation of Material. May it be done well. The Carpenter’s Tools are performing. Hope that NJ will have non-Christians going for the garage/ concert.
Physics Olympia training. It is incomprehensible. Its been great reading what you guys and gals have to thank God for =) On your own, and as the Spirit leads you, please post up and testify of God's goodness in your life.
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2:05 pm
I love the song titled 'Still' too! It's a song that has really ministered to my heart time and time again... =) Just in case any of you don't know where in the Bible it is from, here it is:Psalm 46:10 "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."Thank you for the sharing on Moses bro. Its an eye-opener heh. Yup, let's always remember to remain faithful. If there are times when we might feel faithful, its good to remember that God will always remain faithful, so long as we do not disown him (this would mean that we continue to believe and confess that Jesus is our Lord and Savior).2 Timothy 2:10-1310 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
11 Here is a trustworthy saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him; 12 if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us; 13 if we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself.
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Sunday, August 13, 2006
3:11 pm
The Lord works wonderfully.
You know the feeling you get when you are working for God. And yet, things don't seem to go right. When people don't respond. When you work and you pray and you get little results. Its all very well to say that we do the watering and planting, and God is the one who makes the seed grow. Thing is, its discouraging not to see any growth. And I wonder why. Afterall, God loves these people far more than I love them.
So, somehow, I did not go for Saturday Service yesterday. And I went for today's service. And somehow, Pastor Mark spoke about disappointments during serving. And somehow, there was an answer in the message. Read Matthew 8:18-22. Who is more qualified than the teacher of the Law? Yet, Jesus sort of discouraged him, because he had not counted the cost enough. Read Exodus 15:22-27. Doesn't that sound like disappointments? That even after God had shown himself to be mighty (Red Sea experience), we meet up with problems. Just 3 days later, there was no water. And when they reached Marah, the water was bitter. How would Moses feel? Moses who had been leading the people, Moses whom the people grumbled against. How? Why on earth did the Lord bring his people to Marah.
And it is here that the Lord spoke. For it is to test your Faithfulness. When things don't seem to be going right, what then? What can we say? And the Lord says, I have prepared Elim for you. Carry on. Be faithful, and you will see the fullness of the Lord.
Isn't the Lord nice to give me an answer? How wonderful is our God.
PS: Praying for 15 minutes is difficult.
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Saturday, August 12, 2006
11:36 pm
2:03 pm
I watched 2 movies recently... and both were pretty good. The first one was Helen the Baby Fox, a Japanese movie shot in Hokkaido. It has an interesting storyline, and some parts were really funny.
I watched the second movie, Click, on National Day. Lewd jokes aside, I thought that it was a good movie actually! =) It looks like another one of Adam Sandler's goofy movies on the trailer, but as it turns out, this one is very meaningful too and worth watching.
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Wednesday, August 09, 2006
9:48 pm
Hi all! We'll be having normal cell at 5pm this Saturday! =) We'll do the Bible Study closure during that session too so please bring the page with the prayer. If you have any outstanding questions from the previous sessions, please ask this Saturday. This means that you should look through the previous sessions to refresh your memory.
Do remember to email me your completed Weekly Spiritual Journey form and the cell evaluation form too =) Have a blessed week!
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Monday, August 07, 2006
1:05 am
Thank you for uploading the pic so quickly Yizhen! It was really nice to see it up so soon... and I really felt like.. 'Wow!' heh =)I've sent you guys the Power Pack already. Please check your emails.Here's the testimony of the ex-NTU Buddhist Society President who became a Christian. You gotta read it! =) And share it with your friends too especially if they're Buddhists.http://www.everystudent.com.sg/ntu/testimonies
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Sunday, August 06, 2006
11:51 pm
hi peeps!
i've been missing from the cyber world for like eons years....
so many new posts.... and got assignments to do too.... ahaha....
shall blog more when my eyes are open....
so tired... cos i just came back from dinner with my extended family members....
photo from today... not clear..... but at least the moment was captured down... it was a great gathering....
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Saturday, August 05, 2006
8:24 pm
7:32 pm
Please note that the correct reference for the verse is Romans 10:9 heh. 9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. I like the re-look at Philippians 4:13 too! Often we see it as God just giving as more earthly 'physical' or maybe even 'emotional' strength to do things, but I believe that God wants us to tap into His 'heavenly strength' and this suggests depending on Him to take our service for Him to a higher level. The Lord might be revealing to some of us that there is more than we can offer to Him, and I think that He will only truly be delighted when we faithfully multiply the talents that He has given us (Matt 25:14-30). =)
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7:13 pm
Thank you for the testimony sharing Marilyn! I love to hear/read the testimonies of others not just because its faith-strengthening and encouraging, but more so because we are giving glory to our good Lord! =) I am certain that it delights Him when we share with others how the Lord has blessed and helped us.
One of the most powerful testimonies that we can give to others is not with what we speak or write, but with the lives that we live. Your
ah-beng friend's life is truly a powerful testimony of a life transformed by Jesus and the power of His Word. You haven't told us how he became a Christian, but I believe that someone had shared his/her testimony with him (either directly with the testimony of Jesus from the Bible or with a Christ-centred life lived) and that helped him to make the decision to follow Jesus.
So to all of us, let's be a good testimony with the lives that we live as much as we can in a Christ-centred way. Good morals is a must, but in addition to that, show love to all around you with your actions in particular =) I hope that we will have life-transformed ex-ah-bengs as new members in our cell in time to come heh!As such, all of us will have 3 Hallelujah-works for the coming week:1. Show 'love in action' to a friend who's a pre-believer and we'll share what we did at the next cell meeting.2. Prepare your Personal Life Testimony (I will explain to you guys how to do so).3. Think about the most significant experience or incident that has shaped your Christian life (something other than how you received Christ). We'll all share this at the next meeting too.Somebody shout 'Hallelujah!!!' =) hee...
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So Amazing, you have named the stars
Of the deepest night
Still you loved me
You had called my name
I will follow you.
There are different aspects of God that awe people. For me, it is the great I AM. The Lord who is totally in control of everything. The Great God. No idea why, but there you go. Which aspect of God touches you the most?
So when we have Great events like FOP, GDoP, Fire Conference, Radical Conference, and so on, I think of the provider of all these. We who are so insignificant are able to do all these events for Him, and by Him. How Great must our God be!
Whee... Songs are the best ways to express what I feel. Then sings my Soul, my saviour God to thee... How Great thou art, how Great thou art...
Therefore, in the presence of Him, I will be still, and know that he is God.
Does not mean that my fears are gone. Does not mean that I will not be sad. But it means that despite my sadness, despite my fears, and despite all the uncertainty... I will be still. I will be lying if I say that there is no fear. But by confessing my fear, I confess my need for God. And if my Lord listens to me, then is there anything that is out of control?
These are written in times of mostly peaceful circumstances. But I hope that they will carry me through the harder times as well. The Lord will provide. He has plans to do what he will. Who can stop these plans? Who can take stop the Lord from loving me?
Hide me now
Under your wings
Cover Me
Beneath your Mighty Hands.
When the Oceans rise, and Thunders roar
I will soar with you above the storm
Father you are King over the flood
I will be still, know you are God
Find rest my Soul
In Christ alone
Know his Power
In Quietness and trust.
PS: This post is less organised than the others. But... Oh well.
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photo from today... not clear..... but at least the moment was captured down... it was a great gathering....
