Tuesday, July 18, 2006
You know, I was just flipping tru this Christian mag this afternoon when I got home.. apprently, my brother got it when he went to City Harvest Church I dunno when ago haha.. but he's been going there for a while now...anyways, was just reading this article on how City Harvest Church grew and they intreviewed Rev. Kong Hee the senior pastor.. If you know me, I'm usually not really open about CHC stuff.. but hey, God used his reply to touch my heart and I believe at times.. we are like that..
He said that about 16yrs ago, his church's growth has been stagnating for a long time of about 700 people.. He tried all kinds of means to grow his church from conferences to evangelistic meetings.. then one day as he was praying.. The Holy Spirit said to him,"
You're doing all these things just to grow your church. You are not seeing the people as real people who need to be loved and cared for- to you, they are just numbers"
Are we finding ways and means to grow our church or our Christian organisations for the sake of statistics? or do we really care for them?
6:07 PM
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Saturday, July 15, 2006
wow.. haven't been here in a while.. been quite busy.. well.. actually.. not really.. haha.. just tat for the past few days when I go n do my quiet time I fall asleep thus leading me to wake up at weird hours between 1-3am and well.. I can't do anything much by then.. good thing there hasn't really been much homework this few days.. oh well.. hmm I actually wanna upload loads or pictures.. but I dun really have the time today.. like I've got a really really FULL day today.. gonna meet Zach later for lunch followed by a meeting from 2-6 in church after tat at 7pm I've got discipleship ahhaa.. n there goes my Saturday lol..
Really getting busy these few days but I'm glad this week has been pretty slack.. hasn't really been much studying this week cos of all the reurning of the exam papers n stuff.. and well.. so afar.. I've done pretty OK I guess.. but I still feel kinda disappointed.. Passed my CLB ahha.. got like 60 something I think.. for my geog.. only 28/50, econs, 25/45...and... math... 14/35 haha.. at least math was a sub pass.. but I guess I deserve it.. I din really put in much effort.. still wating for gp and history.. I'm really certain I'm gonna get an ungraded for my history.. after the teacher went tru the answers I'm almost certain I'll fail.. but oh well.. gotta work REALLY hard for my promos.. gotta like revise tru all my work and all.. and finish up stuff like my gp example book.. haha
on Monday this week we had photo taking ! haha.. it was really fun ! we cld like take whatever poses we wanted n well.. being the camera lovers we are.. we kinda took the LONGEST time and were posing like nobodys business HAHA :D then on Wednesday I led morning worship ahha.. first time doing it in school.. was kinda nervous at first.. but hey it was ok ! it was really really cooling too ! like the wind was jus great haha.. kinda reminds me of the week before where i did morning devotions for the first time last Thursday.. did on purpose, abt how apart frm Christ, there is not purpose in life.. it's really scary standing up there toking to so many ppl ahha.. but thank God that He gave me the words to say and the courage to speak (:
on Thursday some of us got to leave early to go support Leigh Anne and her PESA thing.. haha.. the opic was on socializationand it was pretty intresting haha.. we were doing all sorts or crazing things including a we love leigh anne thingy ahha.. it was fun n not to mnetion the food there was good too ahaha they provided really nice refreshments HAHA (man I sound so cheap) especaily the strawberry roll !!!! :D it was really nice ahha.. ok apart from the food the speeches WERE really good haha.. intresting views of certain issues.. although some of the guys I thnk act quite gay lik this VJ guy.. HAHA oh well after tat we went for some FOOD
(again) and there was some food fair on at Plaza sing.. the food was well.. not fantastic.. and was quite ex too... btu the fun part was when I bought some turkish ince cream thing.. ROAR ! all u ppl tricked me into buying it ! haha.. when I went to buy the guy there was like playing ard with the ice cream n stuff ahha.. I dunno how to explain it but he was really good with the ice cream n was really funny la haha..
ok I thin I better go shower n stuff.. dun wanna be late to met Zach for luch..
10:56 AM
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Tuesday, July 04, 2006
MY EXAMS ARE OVER HAHAHA
yay !!! lalala.. but I din really feel like it'v over.. ahha maybe cos one reason is tat I have alreadi been feeling lik exams are over ANYWAYS... hahah.. math exam today was pretty easy.. I really thank God for guiding me tru.. it's like I cld answer MOST of the quesitons ahha SHOULD be abler to pass.. ahha yupup.. then after tat had lunch with the CF ppl and before I knew it, I was in church toking to my youth pastor abt my life n stuff.. really helpful..
I think one thing that struck me today was todays devotions for the 40 day fast...
Vanity fairLooking good is big business in Singapore.
The cosmetics and toiletries market here was worth over US$350 million in 2002! Not surprising really, when you consider the bewildering variety of beauty products that are available. Even the guys are going for facials nowadays. As someone's screensaver slogan put it: Looking good is a fulltime job.
Physical appearance aside, we're also obsessed with our reputation — how others view us and what they say about us. So we are careful to say the right things and be seen with the right people.That's the
Idolatry of Image — the vain obsession with ourselves, our reputation, our standing before men.
The god of image demands a lot from its devotees.The quest to be popular and well regarded is an one.There will always be someone new to impress. You will
have to try harder to outshine another person. Looking
good truly becomes a fulltime job.
Before long, honesty and integrity go out the window. To sound clever, you may sometimes have to plagarise, and steal someone else's ideas, to look cool, you will have to stop associating with certain types of people, like the poor, the uneducated, the uncouth pre-believer.
Jesus vehemently condemned the hypocrisy of the Pharisees during His time. He saw right through their PR attempts, and into their deceptive hearts. How would Jesus evaluate our dealings before men? How would He describe the motives and intentions that lie beneath our public words and actions?
Examine your heart. Go deep. Have you been seduced by the god of image? Are you obsessed with how others perceive you? Have you been pretending to be smarter or more spiritual than you really are? Do you fish for compliments? Are you easily upset when others misinterpret or misunderstand you? This is a very private, personal issue. God knows. You know. Humbly seek God in honest confession and repentance.
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: "The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. They tie up heavy loads and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
Everything they do is done for men to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long; they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them 'Rabbi.' Matthew 23:1-7
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean. "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. Matthew 23:25-28
10:08 PM
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Monday, July 03, 2006
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are proved right when you speak
and justified when you judge.
Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
Surely you desire truth in the inner parts ;
you teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will turn back to you.
Save me from bloodguilt, O God,
the God who saves me,
and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart,
O God, you will not despise.
In your good pleasure make Zion prosper;
build up the walls of Jerusalem.
Then there will be righteous sacrifices,
whole burnt offerings to delight you;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.
-Psalms 51
10:37 PM
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Sunday, July 02, 2006
It is written:
"When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people,
if my people, who are called by my name, will
humble themselves and pray and
seek my face and
turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will
forgive their sin and will
heal their land." 2 Choronicles 7:13-14
How far are we willing to go to see revival? God's word gives us the conditions for revival to happen.. to humble ourselves...to seek His face.. and turn from our wicked ways.. I strongly believe that we will see revival real soon.. God has been impressing this verse upon my heart, and He has be burdening me for revival ever since that baptist youth conference/rally just before the June hols..looking at the things happening around me.. I believe God is moving certain things into place before revival begins..like the 40 day fast thing that is going on.. and even for myself.. placing me in a position where I can influence and change certain things.. O Lord.. how long more Lord till you send revival...
You know.. for all of you Christians out there reading.. I just wanna encourage you.. to come back to God.. surrender your all to Him.. give Him back your life..let Him do as He pleases with it.. let us really turn from our wicked ways and seek His face..let us tell God, here we are! send us ! Use us to touch the lives of the lost.. use us to bring Your gospel to the nations.. don't let lukewarmness rob u frm acomplishing God's will for you life.. be ready to give up your current ways, to give up ur sinful lifestyle and live one that pleases Him.. How far are you willing to go to see revival?
let us pray and fast 40 days leading up to our nations birthday:
http://www.lovesingapore.org.sg/
10:35 PM
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Saturday, July 01, 2006
(click for larger image) HAHAHA man I can't believe Becky actually did it and it's DONE HAHAHA :D oh yayness ! lalala this is crazy LA ahha.. what a BIG family all my little children, and great grand children but no grand children hahha.. and all my PETS hahaha lalala..
going crazy
ps. if you are intrested in any vacancies, please approach relevant people.
3:03 PM
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I'm quite happy this week is fianlly over.. all the major exams are OVER haha.. now all I have is H1 Math..heh heh heh :D stayed up till almost 2 last nite to finish up my mugging for geog n well ir sorta pulled off.. I felt I cld answer the questions today jus tat I HOPE I answered them properly n not out of point haha.. Econs was pretty ok but History.. poor history.. I think I'm gonna fail : ( oh well.. Gp I found ok too.. but then again.. I never know man.. hhaa.. but I'm fine with whatever results God gives me.. my exams are already surrendered to Him.. May He do with it whatever way He pleases to bring Him greatest glory..
Today was a very slacky day although I travelled alot haha.. Had geog in the morning n was ok.. was quite funny though.. mr Lynn stopped by my table and saw tat nice remark "punch hole next time :D" I made on the cover page n he wrote something down but I din see wat though hahaha.. then after tat I had lunch with Ka yi and Lydia.. enjoyed the schools chicken porridge which I have not had for a loong while haha.. and after tat, I went out with Rachel, after her fren cld not go out with her.. sad rite!? haha tsk tsk wat kind of attitude is this man.. hahaha but well I had time to burn before CF which starts at 4.45 n at tat time it was like 11am+ before meeting her went home first.. n jus cooled off and then I was off n we ended up at her house n I taught her econs la ahhaha.. but hey it was satisfying to teach econs ok ! haha and not to mention it really helped me understanding :D I jus hope tat wat I taught was actually correct? ahha
after tat went back to school for CF.. the sermon today was good ! was abt.. solitude.. spending time with God n all.. really applied for myself.. (: and after tat we had dinner !! haha.. and beore long we were discussing some plans we had for the comm.. talking abt discipleship stuff and cell grps in our schools.. went quite ok I guess..oh well.. I fell asleep jus now doing qt ! : ( but good thng it was like jus a short while n I manage to finish it in the end..
God, help me to trust in You.. I know that You are in control of every part of my life.. and I have even surrendered it all to You..but Lord..help me to trust in You..help me not to worry about whatever things that might happen..even when my world is falling down.. to You Lord.. will I still hold on.. Sanctify me O Lord.. make me more like You, Jesus.. Change me..
12:16 AM
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