=] Hello people of RBC! Just a few things to highlight here regarding the cell.
Firstly, I thank God that we are progressing even further and hopefully deeper into His Word by doing IBS and moving into Reachlight. Take this opportunity to plunge into His Word and apply it into your lives, let Him mould you!
Secondly, i understand that living a Godly life is really tough, but at least let's try. Plan your time well so much so that you can do quiet time everyday, and that you set aside at least 1.5hrs to prepare for IBS on cell on Sunday. I think you can do without the TV and the computer games (i realised one day that all these are just a killer waste of time, there are things more important and productive to be done with that time!). As i stressed it before, the more people who prepare, the more discussion we can have, and the more things ALL of us can take back after a session on Sunday!
Thirdly, since now that we are going to join Reachlight, i hope that all of you can make it to the service on every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month at 8pm at Lighthouse Tampines. It has come to my knowledge that a large number of our cell is not attending Speedlight, and some are even not attending Main Service. It is a pretty sad sight to see so little of our cell strength in the services. A total of 14 of you all attended cell today, and only 5 went to Speedlight! Cell group alone ain't enough i'm telling you..Placing all things into perspective, i think that one day a week on Sunday that we spend maybe 2 hours in cell ain't going to sustain the spiritual man in you. It needs to be fed, and on a daily basis!
Fourthly, i really believe with all of my heart that the things happening around you are not coincidental, but are killer opportunities provided for you by God to share the Gospel. Alethea - V.Day friends issue, Amanda - Guy/girl friends can't get over issue, Timothy and Jun Qiang - friends who are ostracised, Lenard and Cheryl - inviting class to the Hillsongs concert, and the list goes on..Look people, these are the times when you can seize the opportunity and share the Gospel with your friends. All you have to do is SHARE, conversion of faith or religion is NOT REQUIRED of you. Leave that to God. Your job is just to share the Gospel, so obey His command and do your job! You are all placed in a time as this for the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are bloody darn few!
Lastly, i really hope with all of my heart that all of you can experience for yourself the wonders of God's blessings upon your life so real and so greatly that you just stand in awe and in amazement. I also wish that our cell can be the one that really takes the revival thing seriously and to be an example and model for others to adopt! Let us attack and before we do so, put on the full Armour of God!
Believing in God means not only to acknowledge the existence of Jesus, but also to obey His will and His Word.
-norman
Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Speedlight Sermon
Hey pple! Today's sermon by WeiHao(?) was awesome so I'm here to share it with you. It's gonna be a longg one.
Mark 5:1-20 Account of Jesus' deliverance of the demon-possessed man
Many people feared and avoided the dp man because
1) He fulfilled all conditions for being mad.
- Apparently, there's this 5 Ways-You-Can-Tell-A-Person-Is-Mad list. I'm not really sure abt it.
2) He was supernaturally scary.
- Need I elaborate? Anyone who went ard day and night screaming and hitting himself with stones, with strength that even chains and shackles could not bind would scare the living daylights out of me. And he stayed among the tombs! WEIRDD.
Pause. I need to clarify here that he wasn't insane. In verse 7, the demon called Jesus 'Son of the Most High God' which reveals supernatural knowledge. The man was aware of both Jesus' human and Deity's name although it appears it was his 1st encounter with Christ. Cool hah. It shows he was possessed by demonic powers who knew the true identity of Christ.
Another thing i wondered too is why Jesus had to ask twice to get the spirits out (vs 8). The question "What is your name?" is addressed to only one unclean spirit (demon) while in contrast all of them speak in vs 12. The one demon was spokesman for the many that had possessed the man. Therefore, first time ard Jesus cldnt get just the one demon to leave, because there were still the rest. I guess?
First Qns: Why did Jesus cross the lake to this place?
Tired and wanted to withdraw from the crowds? Nope, Jesus was both man and God and knew what was happening/ going to happen. Evidence is when He told Peter that he will betray Him thrice before the cock wld crow and it did. Jesus left that huge crowd to save that one demon-possessed man. We'll see later the great consequences of His actions. =)
AQ: How do we as present day Christians react to people around us who needs help, but we are too caught up with the things of the world to stop and help/hear them out?
Second Qns: Why did the pple of the region become afraid and pleaded for Jesus to leave after they found that the demon possessed man had been delivered?
Afraid means 'phobia'. In counseling, the Theory of Stability [so physics!] states that everyone needs an amt of it in their lives, be it from good or bad avenues. When Jesus came and delivered the dp man, he changed everything the town pple knew. He rocked the stability of the town? Or was it the monetary loss? The large herd of pigs wld have cost them a lot. Perhaps it is because they cldnt deal with the power of Jesus? What supernatural power that chains and shackles cldnt bind, he had conquered. Then again it cld be a combination of all three factors.
There's this part that WeiHao said Jesus shld not only be our Saviour, but our Lord as well. To not choose to see some parts of Him only, but follow all of Him wholeheartedly.
Third Qns: Why did Jesus respond in this way to the man in vs 19, asking him to go back and tell of what Jesus had done for him?
In the last verse of Mark 5, we see that He didnt want pple to know of the miracle- that he'd revived the man's dead daughter. At that time too, Jesus didn't think the Apostles were ready yet. So why did He ask the man to tell his friends 'what wonderful things the Lord has done' for him? Did Jesus think the man was up to it?
What was so special abt this man?
1) The location was Decapolis (Ten Towns) where it was mainly Greeks, Gentiles. And the Gentiles without having any Bible knowledge will react most to these signs and wonders (similar to present day unbelievers). This man would be a living testimony for God (with his changed life that wld leave a great impact on the pple who knew him best) where it'd be much easier to evangelise unlike the Apostles who had to undertake the difficult task of erasing the ingrained Jewish teachings in their land.
2) Let's ask ourselves 'Why did this man react so differently to Jesus as compared to his own community? They wanted to chase Jesus away while he wanted to follow! The man had nth to lose so it was easy for him to give up whatever he had to follow Jesus. He had everything to gain. The town pple in contrast (and perhaps, us too) had things to lose. Also, he was the only one to have seen in Jesus not someone to fear, but to love.
AQ: What is our reaction to whatever happens in life? Do we take the viewpt of the ex-dp man or the town pple?
The results of the dp's testimony to Decapolis (undoubtedly stemming from Jesus' decision to cross the lake just to deliver him) were fantastically amazing. In Mark 7:31-37, when he went back to Decapolis, they brought all the sick pple for him to heal. Wow. This also foreshadows (Lit!) what God can do for us! :D
Phew! I'm done. If I've made any mistakes, left out anything, feel free to edit k. Seeya pple and take care! Have a blessed week!
-cheryl =)
Mark 5:1-20 Account of Jesus' deliverance of the demon-possessed man
Many people feared and avoided the dp man because
1) He fulfilled all conditions for being mad.
- Apparently, there's this 5 Ways-You-Can-Tell-A-Person-Is-Mad list. I'm not really sure abt it.
2) He was supernaturally scary.
- Need I elaborate? Anyone who went ard day and night screaming and hitting himself with stones, with strength that even chains and shackles could not bind would scare the living daylights out of me. And he stayed among the tombs! WEIRDD.
Pause. I need to clarify here that he wasn't insane. In verse 7, the demon called Jesus 'Son of the Most High God' which reveals supernatural knowledge. The man was aware of both Jesus' human and Deity's name although it appears it was his 1st encounter with Christ. Cool hah. It shows he was possessed by demonic powers who knew the true identity of Christ.
Another thing i wondered too is why Jesus had to ask twice to get the spirits out (vs 8). The question "What is your name?" is addressed to only one unclean spirit (demon) while in contrast all of them speak in vs 12. The one demon was spokesman for the many that had possessed the man. Therefore, first time ard Jesus cldnt get just the one demon to leave, because there were still the rest. I guess?
First Qns: Why did Jesus cross the lake to this place?
Tired and wanted to withdraw from the crowds? Nope, Jesus was both man and God and knew what was happening/ going to happen. Evidence is when He told Peter that he will betray Him thrice before the cock wld crow and it did. Jesus left that huge crowd to save that one demon-possessed man. We'll see later the great consequences of His actions. =)
AQ: How do we as present day Christians react to people around us who needs help, but we are too caught up with the things of the world to stop and help/hear them out?
Second Qns: Why did the pple of the region become afraid and pleaded for Jesus to leave after they found that the demon possessed man had been delivered?
Afraid means 'phobia'. In counseling, the Theory of Stability [so physics!] states that everyone needs an amt of it in their lives, be it from good or bad avenues. When Jesus came and delivered the dp man, he changed everything the town pple knew. He rocked the stability of the town? Or was it the monetary loss? The large herd of pigs wld have cost them a lot. Perhaps it is because they cldnt deal with the power of Jesus? What supernatural power that chains and shackles cldnt bind, he had conquered. Then again it cld be a combination of all three factors.
There's this part that WeiHao said Jesus shld not only be our Saviour, but our Lord as well. To not choose to see some parts of Him only, but follow all of Him wholeheartedly.
Third Qns: Why did Jesus respond in this way to the man in vs 19, asking him to go back and tell of what Jesus had done for him?
In the last verse of Mark 5, we see that He didnt want pple to know of the miracle- that he'd revived the man's dead daughter. At that time too, Jesus didn't think the Apostles were ready yet. So why did He ask the man to tell his friends 'what wonderful things the Lord has done' for him? Did Jesus think the man was up to it?
What was so special abt this man?
1) The location was Decapolis (Ten Towns) where it was mainly Greeks, Gentiles. And the Gentiles without having any Bible knowledge will react most to these signs and wonders (similar to present day unbelievers). This man would be a living testimony for God (with his changed life that wld leave a great impact on the pple who knew him best) where it'd be much easier to evangelise unlike the Apostles who had to undertake the difficult task of erasing the ingrained Jewish teachings in their land.
2) Let's ask ourselves 'Why did this man react so differently to Jesus as compared to his own community? They wanted to chase Jesus away while he wanted to follow! The man had nth to lose so it was easy for him to give up whatever he had to follow Jesus. He had everything to gain. The town pple in contrast (and perhaps, us too) had things to lose. Also, he was the only one to have seen in Jesus not someone to fear, but to love.
AQ: What is our reaction to whatever happens in life? Do we take the viewpt of the ex-dp man or the town pple?
The results of the dp's testimony to Decapolis (undoubtedly stemming from Jesus' decision to cross the lake just to deliver him) were fantastically amazing. In Mark 7:31-37, when he went back to Decapolis, they brought all the sick pple for him to heal. Wow. This also foreshadows (Lit!) what God can do for us! :D
Phew! I'm done. If I've made any mistakes, left out anything, feel free to edit k. Seeya pple and take care! Have a blessed week!
-cheryl =)
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Survey
hello guys, I don't mean to exploit the cell blog, but I don't know how to otherwise get your attention. PLEASE help me to do this survey, it's for my psych project and I need it asap. So if you're reading this, please click here to do a goodwill to me. It will take only 5 mins!!!!!! Please please please please please.
Thank you very much! :D
Thank you very much! :D
Sunday, March 23, 2008
hello dears! this is like my first post haha so appreciate the monumental honour it is! ((: haha yep so the questions from today's awesome discussion! sorry if the phrasing doesn't encapsulate the meaning of the questions yall were asking >< just uhh read between the lines k heh (:
oh and abbreivations here! cause i was too lazy to type mahlon and chillon ten million times :D
m - mahlon
c- chillon
dil- daughters-in-law
n - naomi
r - ruth
o - orpah
1) Why did m and c marry the Moabite women?
2) Why was there a famine?
3) why is the land of Moab fertile?
4) were the deaths (m, c, elimelech) a part of God's judgements?
5) why did elimelech die?
6) would marriage between an Israelite and a non-Israelite be condoned? (ref Levirite marriage)
7) why/how did m and c die?
8) did m and c die at the same time/ due to the same reasons?
9) why did m and c die after 10 years? (significance of time frame)
10) how was the famine in Judah resolved? through divine intervention or through plentiful harvest?
11) how did naomi survive without a breadwinner in the family?
12) what was the significance of Naomi urging her dil to return to Moab DURING the course of the journey and not before?
13) why were the dil so insistent on staying with Naomi?
14) is it imperative for women to be married?
15) was Orpah really sincere about staying with naomi? why did orpah leave naomi after repated persuasion from the latter?
16) why was ruth so insistent on staying with Naomi?
17) what were the implications of the dil converting religions and naomi's corresponding little emphasis on her dil returning to their prior religions?
18) what was the rationale for the Levirite marriage?
19) why was n welcomed back even though she left Judah during hard times?
20) why was n so bitter and full of complaints?
21) why didnt n ackonwledge her own faults in causing her misery? (ie marrying her sons to non-israelite women, leaving judah etc)
22) what should be our views on suffering?
23) what should n have done in place of complaining and harbouring bitterness?
24) what was the significance of the barley harvest?
YAY! tadahhh! today's discussion was reallyreally fruitful and i thought it was awesome having everyone participate and just ask questions without qualms (: yay so fun so fun! remember to do homework ah or else jess will uh hang you upside down by your toes and make you recite the whole of ruth 1. :D k have an awesomebrillinatfantabulous week!
-joanne
oh and abbreivations here! cause i was too lazy to type mahlon and chillon ten million times :D
m - mahlon
c- chillon
dil- daughters-in-law
n - naomi
r - ruth
o - orpah
1) Why did m and c marry the Moabite women?
2) Why was there a famine?
3) why is the land of Moab fertile?
4) were the deaths (m, c, elimelech) a part of God's judgements?
5) why did elimelech die?
6) would marriage between an Israelite and a non-Israelite be condoned? (ref Levirite marriage)
7) why/how did m and c die?
8) did m and c die at the same time/ due to the same reasons?
9) why did m and c die after 10 years? (significance of time frame)
10) how was the famine in Judah resolved? through divine intervention or through plentiful harvest?
11) how did naomi survive without a breadwinner in the family?
12) what was the significance of Naomi urging her dil to return to Moab DURING the course of the journey and not before?
13) why were the dil so insistent on staying with Naomi?
14) is it imperative for women to be married?
15) was Orpah really sincere about staying with naomi? why did orpah leave naomi after repated persuasion from the latter?
16) why was ruth so insistent on staying with Naomi?
17) what were the implications of the dil converting religions and naomi's corresponding little emphasis on her dil returning to their prior religions?
18) what was the rationale for the Levirite marriage?
19) why was n welcomed back even though she left Judah during hard times?
20) why was n so bitter and full of complaints?
21) why didnt n ackonwledge her own faults in causing her misery? (ie marrying her sons to non-israelite women, leaving judah etc)
22) what should be our views on suffering?
23) what should n have done in place of complaining and harbouring bitterness?
24) what was the significance of the barley harvest?
YAY! tadahhh! today's discussion was reallyreally fruitful and i thought it was awesome having everyone participate and just ask questions without qualms (: yay so fun so fun! remember to do homework ah or else jess will uh hang you upside down by your toes and make you recite the whole of ruth 1. :D k have an awesomebrillinatfantabulous week!
-joanne
Monday, March 17, 2008
pinky and the brain, one is a genius, the other’s insane.
A second entry in succession, because God's just everywhere. Sorry it's quite long!!!
Before mid-sem I totally felt like I wasn’t in the mood for school yet, but now that’s gone into full swing I’m totally enjoying it. Psych has been great as usual.
For one personality psych tutorial we conducted an in-class experiment, and it was on the introversion/extroversion personalities. Basically all of us were given two drops of lemon juice to swirl around our mouths, and while we salivate we place a piece of cotton wool in our mouths to collect the saliva. Finally, we weigh it. So apparently introverted peopl tend to salivate more, because both the rate of salivation and ex-/in-troversion are related to this part of the brain called ARAS (in short). So right, everyone was going up and reporting like 1g, 2g and occasionally 3g, and suddenly i weighed mine and it was like FOUR grams la.
Apart from it being embarrassing (everyone’s results were gleefully announced. Luckily this wasn’t done in primary school, else I’d probably have been labelled Saliva Girl), it really taught me about how I’ve changed. Cos I totally believe that I’m introverted, like timid and shy, like I was to an extreme extent in primary school. I was always afraid of talking to grown-ups, or actually, just talking in general. But I just truly believe it’s God who made me talk, as trivial as it sounds. it was more than the number of words I spoke but I became braver, less conscious of what people think, all these without which I could never have had the guts to take up captainship in SAJC, or even expeditions.
So, guys, if you have doubts about yourself or your flaws, don't be scared and just surrender it to God!He'll change it 180 degrees..
A while ago, Rachel and I were having just this conversation. Our brains are really fragile. If removed and placed on a table, it could just go SPLAT, whoops, there goes our brain. it can’t stand on it’s own, outside of the skull. Yet, within this cotton-wool strong structure lies everything we are; a slight change could result in a completely different me. So is it really my fault if I’m more susceptible to aggression? Is it really my fault if depression hits me? It’s not fair if God judged me according to all these, because, well, it’s not really me, it’s my brain, and I was made this way!
Our conclusion was, well, these are probably valid excuses, but they’re just that, excuses. Ultimately it’s who you choose to listen to, what you choose to do/say.
So in a nutshell, moral of the story is, sometimes we might be really tempted to think we are who we are because of the way our genes made us, so any defect in personality really isn’t our fault. But as many studies have shown the environment can be a much more stimulating factor in character moulding. Much less God, who won’t be constrained by our genes. If we’ll just allow Him, He could override so much of our flaws.
Before mid-sem I totally felt like I wasn’t in the mood for school yet, but now that’s gone into full swing I’m totally enjoying it. Psych has been great as usual.
For one personality psych tutorial we conducted an in-class experiment, and it was on the introversion/extroversion personalities. Basically all of us were given two drops of lemon juice to swirl around our mouths, and while we salivate we place a piece of cotton wool in our mouths to collect the saliva. Finally, we weigh it. So apparently introverted peopl tend to salivate more, because both the rate of salivation and ex-/in-troversion are related to this part of the brain called ARAS (in short). So right, everyone was going up and reporting like 1g, 2g and occasionally 3g, and suddenly i weighed mine and it was like FOUR grams la.
Apart from it being embarrassing (everyone’s results were gleefully announced. Luckily this wasn’t done in primary school, else I’d probably have been labelled Saliva Girl), it really taught me about how I’ve changed. Cos I totally believe that I’m introverted, like timid and shy, like I was to an extreme extent in primary school. I was always afraid of talking to grown-ups, or actually, just talking in general. But I just truly believe it’s God who made me talk, as trivial as it sounds. it was more than the number of words I spoke but I became braver, less conscious of what people think, all these without which I could never have had the guts to take up captainship in SAJC, or even expeditions.
So, guys, if you have doubts about yourself or your flaws, don't be scared and just surrender it to God!He'll change it 180 degrees..
A while ago, Rachel and I were having just this conversation. Our brains are really fragile. If removed and placed on a table, it could just go SPLAT, whoops, there goes our brain. it can’t stand on it’s own, outside of the skull. Yet, within this cotton-wool strong structure lies everything we are; a slight change could result in a completely different me. So is it really my fault if I’m more susceptible to aggression? Is it really my fault if depression hits me? It’s not fair if God judged me according to all these, because, well, it’s not really me, it’s my brain, and I was made this way!
Our conclusion was, well, these are probably valid excuses, but they’re just that, excuses. Ultimately it’s who you choose to listen to, what you choose to do/say.
So in a nutshell, moral of the story is, sometimes we might be really tempted to think we are who we are because of the way our genes made us, so any defect in personality really isn’t our fault. But as many studies have shown the environment can be a much more stimulating factor in character moulding. Much less God, who won’t be constrained by our genes. If we’ll just allow Him, He could override so much of our flaws.
k refers to the constant
Finally, a post fom me, not related to any announcements!
Thankfully I went for stats tutorial on Friday, cos not only did I have a whale of a time discussing IVs and DVs and research designs, I got to discover a friend. This girl called Charissa, she’s totally dressed like a Japanese girl, and I’ve never had a friend who dresses Japanese. So imagine my surprise when I found out she’s from my primary school, and RJ, and TJ, and she’s not cheena-pok at all.
Somehow she remembered me. At first she asked, “Are you from RGS?”
Well, thanks, I look smart, but “Nope.”
“TJ?” “Nope.”
“OOHHHHH, Red Swas!”
Okay I’ve always called my school RSS (arr(er)-ess-ess) , and ‘Red Swas’ was quite funny. “YES!”
“You run very fast one right?”
“What the……. Yea.. How you remember this kinda things one!”
“Star runner what. I’m from 6/2. Your neighbour class.”
“How the heck do you remember which class I’m from??”
And it went on with my jaw on the ground. Okay the purpose of this is not to brag about how popular I was in Red Swas (though I’m flattered and I seriously didn’t know about this), but how bad my memory is. No la, it’s just that, I think people from primary school to secondary school remember me for my speed, cos apparently, according to her wonderful memory, half of the trophies in Sports Day went to me. But I don’t really want to be known for that. Cos one day I’m gonna lose all that, my speed, and ability to play anything at all, and people are gonna say, “What happened to her? I thought last time she run very fast one? I think she’s lost it already.”
And I don’t want to think that losing “it” means losing myself, and that reminds me of what Rachel said during cell about home, rest and security. Gleaning from the book of Ruth, who uprooted from her homeland Moab to find her family in a foreign land, also God’s land of Israel, she ultimately found her home/rest/security in God. And the Greek word for these 3 words are the same, which means, they mean the same thing in that culture. So, I don’t want to find my security in what I can do now, in what makes me ’successful’, cos that’s just temporal. Whether it’s my sporting ability or my studies or my friends or family. I could have 15000 friends on facebook, but I’m still gonna lose all of them in the natural process of life. My studies or career isn’t gonna save me if I lose any ability to move or think.
Many times people have said, and is not, then experienced, that change is the only constant in the world. But scratch that, God never changes, and He remains the same forever. Even when other religions change their structure and god’s names and rules, sometimes even the Church does that, but that doesn’t disprove Him. It’s just man’s folly.
And that is why, when the shit hits the fan, I may feel tempted to blame God and get angry at Him, but I will always find my faith in Him again, simply because He is the only constant in this world. What else can be a greater guarantee?
Thankfully I went for stats tutorial on Friday, cos not only did I have a whale of a time discussing IVs and DVs and research designs, I got to discover a friend. This girl called Charissa, she’s totally dressed like a Japanese girl, and I’ve never had a friend who dresses Japanese. So imagine my surprise when I found out she’s from my primary school, and RJ, and TJ, and she’s not cheena-pok at all.
Somehow she remembered me. At first she asked, “Are you from RGS?”
Well, thanks, I look smart, but “Nope.”
“TJ?” “Nope.”
“OOHHHHH, Red Swas!”
Okay I’ve always called my school RSS (arr(er)-ess-ess) , and ‘Red Swas’ was quite funny. “YES!”
“You run very fast one right?”
“What the……. Yea.. How you remember this kinda things one!”
“Star runner what. I’m from 6/2. Your neighbour class.”
“How the heck do you remember which class I’m from??”
And it went on with my jaw on the ground. Okay the purpose of this is not to brag about how popular I was in Red Swas (though I’m flattered and I seriously didn’t know about this), but how bad my memory is. No la, it’s just that, I think people from primary school to secondary school remember me for my speed, cos apparently, according to her wonderful memory, half of the trophies in Sports Day went to me. But I don’t really want to be known for that. Cos one day I’m gonna lose all that, my speed, and ability to play anything at all, and people are gonna say, “What happened to her? I thought last time she run very fast one? I think she’s lost it already.”
And I don’t want to think that losing “it” means losing myself, and that reminds me of what Rachel said during cell about home, rest and security. Gleaning from the book of Ruth, who uprooted from her homeland Moab to find her family in a foreign land, also God’s land of Israel, she ultimately found her home/rest/security in God. And the Greek word for these 3 words are the same, which means, they mean the same thing in that culture. So, I don’t want to find my security in what I can do now, in what makes me ’successful’, cos that’s just temporal. Whether it’s my sporting ability or my studies or my friends or family. I could have 15000 friends on facebook, but I’m still gonna lose all of them in the natural process of life. My studies or career isn’t gonna save me if I lose any ability to move or think.
Many times people have said, and is not, then experienced, that change is the only constant in the world. But scratch that, God never changes, and He remains the same forever. Even when other religions change their structure and god’s names and rules, sometimes even the Church does that, but that doesn’t disprove Him. It’s just man’s folly.
And that is why, when the shit hits the fan, I may feel tempted to blame God and get angry at Him, but I will always find my faith in Him again, simply because He is the only constant in this world. What else can be a greater guarantee?
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
relationships
how do you know you have a personal relationship with God? always ask this question, but i think i've found an answer. haha. cool, thank You Lord. =) jess told me b4, it's when u treat God like a person, but then i always compare it with r/s i have with other people.
well, here's the ans i got from the Spirit today. I know i have a r/s with God when i can just pour everything out to Him, and i know He hears me and listens, with love. and He ans me, in diff ways, sometimes in a prompting, sometimes in a little voice dat speaks in my heart, sometimes with people, sometimes with situations.
I know i love Him when i do stuff with Him in mind. i know i love Him more when i do more of that, and nothing seems of more importance than doing what i think would please Him.
it's not easy loving someone wholeheartedly all your life, but it's dam sweet and meaningful when 2 people make a vow and commitment to. dat's marriage.. =) and God has already made a decision to love us forever and ever, the ball is in your court now.
manda
well, here's the ans i got from the Spirit today. I know i have a r/s with God when i can just pour everything out to Him, and i know He hears me and listens, with love. and He ans me, in diff ways, sometimes in a prompting, sometimes in a little voice dat speaks in my heart, sometimes with people, sometimes with situations.
I know i love Him when i do stuff with Him in mind. i know i love Him more when i do more of that, and nothing seems of more importance than doing what i think would please Him.
it's not easy loving someone wholeheartedly all your life, but it's dam sweet and meaningful when 2 people make a vow and commitment to. dat's marriage.. =) and God has already made a decision to love us forever and ever, the ball is in your court now.
manda
The RBC BBQ@EastCoast Park!
Yo humans of RBC! It's official!!! The BBQ is ON! Whoots..=] Ok, here is the details.
Date: 21st March 2008
Time: to be planned by organising committee
Place: East Coast Park BYOP6 (near Bedok Jetty)
Goal: To foster tighter bonds between members and to reach-out to unsaved friends
Therefore, people, bring your friends! It's a public holiday, and the next day is a Saturday, what better day to invite them down for a day of fun-filled, no-holds-barred BBQ session with the coolest people in town =]SO, go out there and invite them! Edmund, marcus, darren..blah blah blah..There is no preaching, just a whole load of fun. We will use this to try and glorify Him. He will lead us, let's not worry about how to do this or that. =] Hippies!
So, do let me know how many friends you are bringing for the BBQ to facilitate Amanda and Joanne in the food purchase. Also, bring $15 for cell funds instead of $10, Lenard take note, because I reckon $10 ain't enough. Ok, cheers to the long-awaited killer cell outing! Whoohoo!!
Date: 21st March 2008
Time: to be planned by organising committee
Place: East Coast Park BYOP6 (near Bedok Jetty)
Goal: To foster tighter bonds between members and to reach-out to unsaved friends
Therefore, people, bring your friends! It's a public holiday, and the next day is a Saturday, what better day to invite them down for a day of fun-filled, no-holds-barred BBQ session with the coolest people in town =]SO, go out there and invite them! Edmund, marcus, darren..blah blah blah..There is no preaching, just a whole load of fun. We will use this to try and glorify Him. He will lead us, let's not worry about how to do this or that. =] Hippies!
So, do let me know how many friends you are bringing for the BBQ to facilitate Amanda and Joanne in the food purchase. Also, bring $15 for cell funds instead of $10, Lenard take note, because I reckon $10 ain't enough. Ok, cheers to the long-awaited killer cell outing! Whoohoo!!
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Thanksgiving
Hello! Sam~L here.
I kinda totally forgot about my week after fri passed, since I had to start mugging for GP on mon. Yup, thank you God for seeing me thru a week full of nerve wrecking events:
Started with mon where I went to sch early to find my geo file and it wasnt there, so dark I couldnt even see the teacher's name after 3 times of scanning. Following, was it wed? The bus was like late!!! Thankfully it rained and everything went ok. Then Thur I lost class funds total close to $100. Stupid me decided collecting big amts would be easier. And 1st attempt at $10 each and I misplaced it. Haiz. Well anyway a cleaner recovered it, thank God or else I would have something else missing besides my file and man I hate losing my stuff! I could go mad. Guess when I lost it? Lit lect when I was stuggling to stay awake. No wonder. Ok then fri the release of A lvl chi results. Another nerve wrecking event and yea, I got a 'B'. And also, I went to ask the other geo teacher, since ours was having reservist, and guess what? My file was in his locker, even though I aint from his class. Now I can rest in peace. Lol.
I kinda totally forgot about my week after fri passed, since I had to start mugging for GP on mon. Yup, thank you God for seeing me thru a week full of nerve wrecking events:
Started with mon where I went to sch early to find my geo file and it wasnt there, so dark I couldnt even see the teacher's name after 3 times of scanning. Following, was it wed? The bus was like late!!! Thankfully it rained and everything went ok. Then Thur I lost class funds total close to $100. Stupid me decided collecting big amts would be easier. And 1st attempt at $10 each and I misplaced it. Haiz. Well anyway a cleaner recovered it, thank God or else I would have something else missing besides my file and man I hate losing my stuff! I could go mad. Guess when I lost it? Lit lect when I was stuggling to stay awake. No wonder. Ok then fri the release of A lvl chi results. Another nerve wrecking event and yea, I got a 'B'. And also, I went to ask the other geo teacher, since ours was having reservist, and guess what? My file was in his locker, even though I aint from his class. Now I can rest in peace. Lol.
again?!?
so many questions swarmed my mind again. crap. i told myself. am i beginning to doubt God again?
of course i began to apply wad i learnt. i chose. JESUS I BELIEVE IN YOU. so i shoved thoughts like, are you really there? out of my head. cuz they have alrdy been answered. the many times He showed me He cares for me, supernatural 'coindences' happened. and all the bio stuff i know couldnt have happened as a result of a big bang. so yea i worshipped Him.
but i guess sth's missing. Pastor Pacer talked abt Jesus today, and he said sth like, those of you who are unsure of ur salvation pls step out. and den i asked myself. amanda, are you sure you're saved? are you really sure? siao lah, i am, but i guess there's still doubt. not 100%, and it comes like mood swings you know. crappy
well, the last time i doubted Him, i resolved to the fact dat i really dint know wad i do if there wasn't a God who loves me exist. yea. and well, jess prayed dat we'll all draw closer to Him, so i guess He's doing sth again. these few days cuz of CTs and RCLF havent really been doing solid qt, onli some nites where i feel i really had to and cried out to Him. den i was just thinking alot again. and it was mood swing for 5 min, mood swing back. doubt don't doubt. CRAPPY
finally, i played guitar, and sang praises to Him, and den opened the bible. God what do you want me to read? and den "Case for Christ" came into my mind. wah siao. i dint know my dad had it, found it a few days ago b4 CTs, so told my dad i'd read it after my CTs. somemore today come home so early from church, dint wanna call anyone cuz den i'd be filling up my loneliness/ 'emptiness' with them, n there was no studying to do. so i was bored. and when im bored. my mind goes crazy. somemore im so tired, drained, haiyaaaa....
and den tada! God reveals to me Case for Christ. yea, dat will be my first book in 4 years i am going to complete. yepp. comeon!
-manda
of course i began to apply wad i learnt. i chose. JESUS I BELIEVE IN YOU. so i shoved thoughts like, are you really there? out of my head. cuz they have alrdy been answered. the many times He showed me He cares for me, supernatural 'coindences' happened. and all the bio stuff i know couldnt have happened as a result of a big bang. so yea i worshipped Him.
but i guess sth's missing. Pastor Pacer talked abt Jesus today, and he said sth like, those of you who are unsure of ur salvation pls step out. and den i asked myself. amanda, are you sure you're saved? are you really sure? siao lah, i am, but i guess there's still doubt. not 100%, and it comes like mood swings you know. crappy
well, the last time i doubted Him, i resolved to the fact dat i really dint know wad i do if there wasn't a God who loves me exist. yea. and well, jess prayed dat we'll all draw closer to Him, so i guess He's doing sth again. these few days cuz of CTs and RCLF havent really been doing solid qt, onli some nites where i feel i really had to and cried out to Him. den i was just thinking alot again. and it was mood swing for 5 min, mood swing back. doubt don't doubt. CRAPPY
finally, i played guitar, and sang praises to Him, and den opened the bible. God what do you want me to read? and den "Case for Christ" came into my mind. wah siao. i dint know my dad had it, found it a few days ago b4 CTs, so told my dad i'd read it after my CTs. somemore today come home so early from church, dint wanna call anyone cuz den i'd be filling up my loneliness/ 'emptiness' with them, n there was no studying to do. so i was bored. and when im bored. my mind goes crazy. somemore im so tired, drained, haiyaaaa....
and den tada! God reveals to me Case for Christ. yea, dat will be my first book in 4 years i am going to complete. yepp. comeon!
-manda
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