Yu Ki's Thoughts

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2009-08-31T07:39:00.000-07:00

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A New Step~

2009-07-16T05:57:00.000-07:00

Hmmm.....Life the past few days are bitter. The Days before like wise.
Woke up suddenly to reality. My eyes are open to how steeped in sin I am and....
that's not all... I also realised that don't really know God. I was stalled by satisfaction of seeing Him pull my out of deep trouble...that I did not bother to go find out more about Him.

Gonna seriously take my time with Him seriously. That's two seriously in a sentence. I'm gonna start my own bible study with myself... It's gonna be centered on what is God like? hahhaha!

Gonna Start with the 4 Gospel! =D Then the rest of the Bible! One long Chase!

Receive a Video recently from an Email from Catherine!
http://deathisnotdying.com/eventvideo/

IT's Good...

Hahha..That's all for now!

Fishing Competition!

2009-06-27T06:52:00.000-07:00

Wow! Woke up at 6am today!

Pretty Early...and pretty needless as dad wke up at 7.30. Was supposed to wake him up but I did know know. Oopsie. HAHA

Well...fishing was fun in a way. I caught the fishes....got a new record for myself...a 3 KG fish!
The weight is not impressive but the fish is longer than my arm!!! it's Twice the length of my elbows to my hand. AWESOME!

I caught the Longest fish in the Competition....but the competition is based on the heaviest fish...so...the shorter and flatter sea basses won out. Sobs....

Well. that's all for today...Doom 3 is a creepy game....freaky...

The White Cat

2009-06-23T23:45:00.000-07:00

Alright ! Today ! I'm gonna talk about a fan of mine!

THE WHITE CAT!

It's really a cat....in fact it is one that gave me quite a bit of problem traveling around.

I first met this kitty when it's just a small teenage cat. Even then, it took a liking to me and start chasing after me just to rub it's head on me. HAHA. It has another scary habit....which is to try sharpen it's claws on my jeans....the way cats do it on tree....Needless to mention, that brings about much panic.

Recently, I've discovered that it can jump very high. About my height. How I found out? It's one of those days I had trouble getting rid of it. So I drop it down some ledge of the carpark. It's about 1.5meters. It came back up with out much issue... So after a few tries, I jump off the ledge with it. I moved to a ledge higher then me...I intend to climb it and let the cat walk the whole trip out but that kitty....jumped..1.60 + meters!!! I gave up and returned to the more conventional method. I looked for a pillar and played the indian game till the cat lost me.

HAHAHA...Ok That's all for that White Cat...
Mew Mew!

Splash!

2009-06-20T16:14:00.000-07:00

It's an Exciting few day!

Starting on Friday there is Youth Leader's retreat, then on Saturday there is Swimming at Chua Chu Kang Swimming complex, CareGroup and The Gift of Music.

The sad thing now is Monday is coming again. =[

In the Leader's Retreat, did planning...and wow...we are inviting alot of YFC speaker to speak. and then in each intervals, we played BANG! JOSIAH KEPT AIMING ME!!!!
Even When I am his teammate! AHHHHH!

Was Sick thougt but felt better on sat.

Jermyn led devotion! WOOOTS!

Sat! Went swimming with te Kiddos! It's like always, super fun! Well...This time round it's kind of scary as one of them Hang, keep trying to pull down my Swimming trunks! Tsk Tsk. Tickling is really a must have. Magdalene and Daniel are already accomplished swimmers! Kai is really persistent with his chase and vomit water on you! HAHAHA. Lisa comes to spray water ....but is a splash is all it does to scare her away! Hang's Bro who's name I have not catch became a much needed ally. Winnie is a victim to be trip over and over again. HAHAWe splashed so much water that I think we scare everyone away! HAHA

After that...I started to toss them around in the water...then we had Some Sea horse thing whereby we are to form a line ??!!?!?

The Big slides are fun! Went down backwards. The only bad thing is there are life guards or we could just all go down at the same time!! HAHAHA

After that, there is care group! ARGH LATE COMERS!!! Hees...Got a HAMMY!!! As a birthday present. Really cute and energetic =D

The gift of music, was an awesome display of music prowness. and my grandson Andrew is just impressive. Norman is really great in Engaging the crowds! MATTHEW CAN PLAY PIANO!!! WOOOTS.The Sealth General also can sing! =D AND THERE IS SO MUCH MORE!! Just that I'm getting lazy to type.... SNore...Church time!! =D

Till you drop.

2009-06-17T23:20:00.000-07:00

This is a really physically tiring week.

Monday...It's a day of movie and gaming in the Lan shop....right after the Church Retreat.

Tuesday comes with intensive training. With the theme mental endurance...and I'm sore all over from all the new training styles...and yes....It's really a test of endurance. Awesome...I'm gonna overcome it.

Wednesday...yesterday....sored from the trainings ....made to explore woodlands a little for Teen Games publicity.. Every step demands exertion but made it through.

Today?
WE WALK FROM WOODLANDS TO AMIRALITY TO SEMBAWANG!!!!!! We did not walk a straight road as we are looking for basketball courts! We went to 5 basketball courts...met 3 people...made 2 good friends =D My arms feels like falling off so are my legs.
Wanna Die le....and it's only half the day....later...gonna do publicity again!!! ARGHHH!!!!

Wait...is two more rounds ...afternoon and Night.....ARGHHHH!!!

Every step....Every step I take is for you God!

Friday is coming....The fun is about to start! =D! Masquerade, Leader's Retreat, Swimming, CareGroup, Some Music thingy and Sunday! Oh!! Stacy and Stacia is getting some hammies!! WootS! Now got buddy to play with + hammies to toss around. =D

You know that when soccer players score a goal they always run around with their fingers point up.....I just learnt that it's not some stupid act...but there's great meaning behind it.

=D

Woot....Noow it's time to do my prayer letters. =D!

14 June

2009-06-14T06:10:00.000-07:00

HiiieE!!

IT's MY BIRTHDAY!!!

Woke up tired.

Finally paid my Retreat fees.

We went to Vivo to eat. CARL's Junior. Choosing a place to eat is really difficult. Because....well... people like me are content to live on market food but well... the crowd depends a more presentable place...so... we did a vote.

1) Pasta Mania
2) Sub Way
3) Carl's Junior
4) Waffles something
5) Sakae Sushi

After the food we went to the Arcade. Well.. we almost played catching...arh...but that's not an everybody's thing. wasted...looks like that will come only during Christmas or new year countdown stay overs or December camps. I WANNA PLAY CATCHING!

No one understands the game or relish it as much as I do.

Went back with Stacy, Stacia and my bro. Wanted to check out the National Geographic Shop...check halfway and then the parents of the Stas' called. So we gotta go back. Awww.... Have not seen finish the entire store which is pretty intriging.

Stopped by the Candy Empire Shop where the girls purchase jelly beans. Well... Learnt that jelly beans can be something fun and entertaining.

Got to mom's place where there is steam boat to tackle but due to the Juniors of Carl, I cannot eat. Too full. =D

Looking forward to L4D tomorrow and Movie...Work Load is piling up but I'm determine not to do work till 15 june ends...oops ...Sorry..people.

The Retreat.

2009-06-13T03:17:00.000-07:00

11 June -13 June

The Grand Escape.
This was the first time the word Retreat meant anything to me in the retreats.

Well...retreats are meant to be fun and really enjoyable for me. Well it still is but this time I was a little desperate. I really wanted the retreat. Really wanted to just get away from singapore and to get away from all the thing and busyness.

This retreat was a rather short one but nevertheless I had great fun. Especially with the Chinese ministry kids and youths. Winnie the Tan, Daniel, Magdalene, Benjamin, Kai Kai, Evans and siblings and Rui Hang. I also got alot closer to them. Along side with Clarence, Samantha, Jonathan(Finally spelled correctly). It's also the first time in my retreat life that I made a decision to not stick the the usual more "noisy" group. I went instead to meet the other youths. It's really rewarding. Even ate apart from the norms. But I had more fun =D.

I learned alot of significant things as well as have loads of fun. Here are some of the accounts.

Day one
Went Swimming. I should have went earlier. The Keys to our room takes forever to come. I was delayed like 1 hour plus before I pick myself up to go and swim. Swimming was...wow...fun as always except...that this time I'm being mobbed by the kids and youths. Andrew, Darius, Zenneth, Matthew, Damien, Winnie the Tan, Samantha, Jonathan, Denise and Even Benjamin with his water gun. Darius, Andrew and Zenneth took turns to climb on top of me so that they can ride on me and attack the rest. HAHAHA. Am still the best carrier =D. It's a long time since I had water fun so drank quite a bit. Yuck.

Winnie the Tan and Denise are the occasional ...let me stress the word occasional victims of my waves. Haha. Water Fight!

The most dangerous pair that almost killed me are the siblings Jonathan and Samantha. The unlimited bunch of energy that attempted in all ways in incapacitate me in the swimming pool. Haha...they have no limits. They just keep coming and coming and coming.

But I had fun =D. Pillow Fight was cancelled in the night. Awww...Watched Chicken little with Stacia, Carine, Clarence and Jonathan instead. Then my maid Carine dirtied my pillow with her cakes!

Tsk Tsk.

Day 2
Feeling sad that we are halfway through the Retreat but that does not dampen the fun. =D

When Jutsco for shopping! The Uncle Kid and a few youths wanted to watch a movie. So do I but unfortunately, there was no good timing. However, I spent the 3 hours alone in the shopping centre (Never happened before) ....why? Cos I rushed off when we hit the shopping centre. My objectives are clear. 1 present for my brother, 2 presents for my friends. I scoured the Cinema for the presents and when everything was done, I realised that my phone died and I cannot communicate with anyone!!

~Fatality~
(The total domination or shut down of an object or person.)

So I begin to wander around... Looked at more things and I thought....let's buy something for myself with the 55 Rm I have left over... I walked and walked ..and walked and walked....to my horror....I realised that I do not know what to buy. I realised that nothing interest me.

Hmmm...I began to think...Have my live become only YFC stuff? Hahha...I walked the Arcade. Was not really interested. Met Matthew and Jurgen or Jordan there. Played Some motorcycle game and daytona. Did not too badly but later decided to give away my coins cos I do not know what to play in the arcade.

Then I approached the Harris Bookstore...Looks like Popular. Well...I decided to see if my childhood interest can catch up again. To my disappointment, there are no books similar to the kind of books I loved to read. The closest thing i can find is a kids book. "A Dragonologist Book". SO I brought it. Can't think of anyway to spend. Pretty depressing. Hahhaa. It's quite Ex but well...it comes with figurines so it should be worth it. =p

After the shopping came a really fun time. RETRO NIGHT!!!

Wow...for the past few months I've been lamenting how come my church ain't as cool as other churches that I've visited but that night, I remembered that my church is that awesome also....we have so much so much awesome people in church also.

Saw a side of Paul and his mom that I've never seen. Karen and Johnathan made great host. Can't stop laughing. Uncle Chee Meng is in his usual mood lifting stunts. AND CHRIS AND BERNICE OUR RETRO MODEL ARE JUST HOTT!!! WOOOTS!

HAHAHHA... Phew... they both may have taken second place but I think they are the best! =D

Eating with Winnie, Yang Kai and my bro is great fun too. Yang Hui is super funny with her super sensitiveness. And again I was mobbed by the kids that wanted to climb on top of me and make me a horse. Hahha...but this time I had Zhen Wei who is twice my size attempting to ride me too! AHHHH!!! PIYATTED!!!

Such an event cannot go by without me shining. Didn't know what possessed me...but I actually went up to compete with the games. Something that also had never happened before. The thing I compete is Limbo. Something that you got to bend backwards and go pass a horizontal pole which will get lower. Note that I do not know what I'm competing in till I got on stage. Hahha...The thing is this the competitors only consist of one person taller that me, one person...slighty shorter than me....and a horde of children around half my height...there was even a revival round for other teams to send in more kids... BUT I WON!! WOOOTS! It's my first time playing that too!!

It was something that made me famous overnight. Sorta Acheived the impossible. =D

Then if the Retro Night was not enough, the structured experience made the day worth it's cost.

We are put in an underground church situation where by we need to gather people to pray while avoiding the authorities. I was a pastor gathering the "Fellow Christians" around to pray.

I learnt alot...about being Organised, about Fear, about Duty, About standing up above Loving a fellow Christians and I am humbled.I realised also how much YFC has strengthened me. I realised that our youths ma not seem like it but they are strong people for God.

I am ... really humbled and I realised how small I am . I may have been given much but in their own ways, they have been given much.

The night again was a failure to properly meet. Ended up with Stacia/ Carine/ Joshua/ Pamela / my bro watching funny things on the net.

Day 3

Was Late...Arrghh...someone saboed my bro's alarm clock. Still we rushed down for lesson and yeap. Ate Lunch with the Chinese people again. It was a tight squeeze for all of us but it is really enjoyable.

The bus ride home ain't deprived of fun too there is UNO and UNO and more UNO!

Hmmm...Fun.

Tan

Even if I'm gonna fight alone for God, I'll fight.

2009-06-07T05:53:00.000-07:00

Been really affected by lies and betrayals recently...
Really hurted.

I guess that must me how God felt like how I'm treating Him recently.
To think of it... have not been really loving God. Even through I'm serving in some really "chiong" ministry.

Still I want to thank God for being really loving and forgiving. To pursue me and show me where I erred. In fact for the past few days, the difficultly of the work load realy made me feel like crying. The Christians are really dissappointing and the betrayal is really painful to bear especially when I'm bearing it alone and without God... Which is the silliest thing to do right here and now. Fighting the war without your commander.

Met Kiko at the MRT station. That something God used to cheer me up! Always loved meeting people I know from the streets. Even in the morning Uncle told me he saw me walking to work! =D

Was invited to play badminton by the parents of the kids I played with in the Chinese Ministry. Had a really fun time play badminton. The kids are really cute. Especially this youngest but pro-est badminton player. They keep screaming while hitting the ball...and for serving? They just threw the shuttlecock over the line and giggle as if it's the funniest thing on earth. It's amazing how they can keep doing it and still find it funny. =D

Got trashed in Wii by one of the kids. Awww....I really suck at Wii....Got trashed by Sunny and Olivia on Fri and Sat. Sadded. Yeap...

Playmax is coming. Pretty shakened here but I know God is above all. The Christians are still dead....but you know what....even if I'm gonna fight alone for God, I'll fight.

Though None will Follow, I'll still will follow.

2009-04-16T08:12:00.000-07:00

Today's pretty interesting. I don't know if it's good or bad.

The Christians given the task today, abandoned their Job. Julia, Desmond and I had to tackle the job alone. 3 of us make a weird group. Desmond and I are soloists and Julia is not. We were pretty ineffective in the begining. Then we split. And Then..The results rolled in like water. I believe I can safety say that we have a 600% increase in productivity. Which is really good!

After that we rested...hear some music...and see some funny videos. We began round two. Met Promising Christains. Thank God =D.

After that, Julia, Esther, Ormeow and I stayed back in WOC to do work. The room is awesome. had loads of fun and jokes. We drew the evolution of a Cat...starting from a tadpole...to a frogCroc, to a cartoon Croc toa real Croc then to a cat. It's nonsensical but we were pretty high and laughing our heads off.

Tml....7am Aljunied Macs...I'm gonna need these sleeps...

Bitter Chocolate

2009-04-15T06:41:00.000-07:00

Romans 6 (The Message)
Romans 6

When Death Becomes Life

1-3So what do we do? Keep on sinning so God can keep on forgiving? I should hope not! If we've left the country where sin is sovereign, how can we still live in our old house there? Or didn't you realize we packed up and left there for good? That is what happened in baptism. When we went under the water, we left the old country of sin behind; when we came up out of the water, we entered into the new country of grace—a new life in a new land!

3-5That's what baptism into the life of Jesus means. When we are lowered into the water, it is like the burial of Jesus; when we are raised up out of the water, it is like the resurrection of Jesus. Each of us is raised into a light-filled world by our Father so that we can see where we're going in our new grace-sovereign country.

6-11Could it be any clearer? Our old way of life was nailed to the cross with Christ, a decisive end to that sin-miserable life—no longer at sin's every beck and call! What we believe is this: If we get included in Christ's sin-conquering death, we also get included in his life-saving resurrection. We know that when Jesus was raised from the dead it was a signal of the end of death-as-the-end. Never again will death have the last word. When Jesus died, he took sin down with him, but alive he brings God down to us. From now on, think of it this way: Sin speaks a dead language that means nothing to you; God speaks your mother tongue, and you hang on every word. You are dead to sin and alive to God. That's what Jesus did.

12-14That means you must not give sin a vote in the way you conduct your lives. Don't give it the time of day. Don't even run little errands that are connected with that old way of life. Throw yourselves wholeheartedly and full-time—remember, you've been raised from the dead!—into God's way of doing things. Sin can't tell you how to live. After all, you're not living under that old tyranny any longer. You're living in the freedom of God. What Is True Freedom?

15-18So, since we're out from under the old tyranny, does that mean we can live any old way we want? Since we're free in the freedom of God, can we do anything that comes to mind? Hardly. You know well enough from your own experience that there are some acts of so-called freedom that destroy freedom. Offer yourselves to sin, for instance, and it's your last free act. But offer yourselves to the ways of God and the freedom never quits. All your lives you've let sin tell you what to do. But thank God you've started listening to a new master, one whose commands set you free to live openly in his freedom!

19I'm using this freedom language because it's easy to picture. You can readily recall, can't you, how at one time the more you did just what you felt like doing—not caring about others, not caring about God—the worse your life became and the less freedom you had? And how much different is it now as you live in God's freedom, your lives healed and expansive in holiness?

20-21As long as you did what you felt like doing, ignoring God, you didn't have to bother with right thinking or right living, or right anything for that matter. But do you call that a free life? What did you get out of it? Nothing you're proud of now. Where did it get you? A dead end.

22-23But now that you've found you don't have to listen to sin tell you what to do, and have discovered the delight of listening to God telling you, what a surprise! A whole, healed, put-together life right now, with more and more of life on the way! Work hard for sin your whole life and your pension is death. But God's gift is real life, eternal life, delivered by Jesus, our Master.

Today is a tough day. I shall not list down the thing that made this day a bad day. In Case you thing that I'm directing at you, be assure that I'm not. About 6 Major Events Happened today to spoil my day. So you'll probably be a small part of the problem ...so fuzz not. God still loves you and so do I. Hahahaha.

I learnt something today in Grad Serve! To becareful and watchful as I chiong for God, I don't trample on my brothers and sisters around me. I spent sometime praying RP. God showed me that I'm working with imperfect people and I'm imperfect too. Therefore, I should not get angry over little things.

Also. I'm really burdened.
RP is really not moving much. I thank God that it has grown but unforunately it has not stablized. It aches my heart to see RP being out performed by the other polys. I do sincerely hope and pray that the Christains inside will wake up, arise and work.

Also...I ate Lunch at 8pm today....and dinner at 9pm....well done right? If this goes on...I'll die. HAHAHA.

KIKO! How's Orientation?

KiKiKorKor

2009-04-07T08:38:00.001-07:00

Today is indeed an interesting day.

A day where by God put me to the test and showed me His sovereignity.

Where shall I start? The day before? Two important people I placed in charge of the PEP called to tell me that they cannot make it. They had valid reasons and both are really beyond control. Yeap. Still, it's a huge blow to the plans I've set.

Then before the event, 2 members backed out without reasons...I'm agreeable with. Some others with valid reasons. In the end the members coming are Tian Xin and Priscilla(whom have to leave early; one of the two important people) and Joanne who will be late due to work.

This is a bad situation but I decided to make the best of it as ... a PEP 20 is suppose to have

only 3-5 people. However, God decided to make things a little more interesting =D

Pris message me and tell me that she's bringing an adult, a hearing impaired person and a non believer. Teng Teng. Oh did I mention that the seniors are also not in the PEP because...they have to handle events like Teen Games? Well..they did...So In short I'm alone.

Ok...this is the fun thing....the day before, Louis led a session on maximising PEP 20. Seow Chin added in that we should be prepared for the unexpected or things that may go "wrong". She gave some pretty scary examples ... like a Non believer suddenly turn up at pep.

And..yes you got it...here I am ...a day away and getting it. Talk about accuracy. However this is not the best yet. I was already feeling depressed over the enormity of the situation. In fact, the day before my prayer for RP is that the Christians to take owership of the PEP. Not give it up for some inconvenience.

Well..God gave me a verse to boost me up for later...so that I will not be too discourage. It's something that mentions about our work given to us is by the grace of God. Immediately I caught what God wanted to tell me. It's by His grace that I'm serving Him and it's by His grace I'll accomplish it. Many will think what kind of encouragement is that but to me that is something huge because I know that no matter if I succeed or fail God is going to use me and train me. And Whatever happens is in God's hands.

Julia also told me that she can join in to help up. I'm overjoyed.

Then the blow came. I'm asked to also leave the PEP early to join pris at the Teen Games. I worry as like !! WOW! Fatality. And then I was told at the very last minute that now we have 2 non Christian visitors.

So in the end, my PEP attendance is Pris, Tian Xin, Julia, an Adult, A hearing Impaired, 2 non believers! It's the first time in my life that I have so many people that I dun know in my PEP.

But guided me through as He had promised and everything was great. In fact today He gives me another opportunity to catch up with those who are not here yesterday.

Anyway!! Here comes the exciting middle day. I'm to help Pris lead the hearing impaired in the Pool competition. Let me tell you one thing! THEY ARE AWESOME PEOPLE!!!!
They are so COOOL!!
At first I was afriad that we cannot communicate BUT! We did! We had fun it's a little shaky but it's possble! They are also super nice people and are super fun to be around. Would love to meet them again! We joked alot and actually played Bang! with some of them!

After that , I travel back to EH to meet Ormeow, Shawn, Shannon and Ed but there is only Ormeow and Shawny. We went to Plaza Sing to walk walk! We visit the figurine shops which I've never noticed...(Cos I only check out movies there), we also played the Pianos and do stationary shopping. =D It's awesome....through the process I got a weird name.... KiKiKorKor...It's awesomely not awesome at all. HAHHAABut It's really fun hanging out and We met Lau TENG!! WootS! hahaha

BANG!

2009-04-05T05:53:00.000-07:00

Ephesians 6:13-15

Have you ever sat on the runway for what appears to be an eternity as they "De-Ice" the plane? Any pilot will tell you that just 1/8 an inch of ice coating the wings can cause a crash.

It proves that just a little bit will hurt.

Satan rarely tempts us with the "Big Sins." Few of us wake up in the morning with the thought, "Today I think I will lie to my boss" or " This afternoon I think I'll get hooked on Pornography" or " Tonight I'll sink into depression." Rather, he takes us down the delicate path of deception, an inch at a time.

In the Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, a fictional conversation between an older demon and his junior, the mentor "encourages" his apprentice to be satisfied with "little" victories:

You will say that these are very small sins; and doubtless, like all young tempters, you are anxious to be able to report spectacular wickedness. But do remember, the only thing that matters is the extent to which you separate the man from the enemy. Murder is no better than cards if cards can do the trick. Indeed, the safest road to hell is the gradual one -- the gentle slope, soft under foot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without sign posts.

Deception.

My Caregroup is doing on spiritual warfare. On a material produced by Chip Ingram. We learnt about deception. The first trick ever used against man is Deception and even now, it is an effective tool to turn man from God. The big issue about deception is that it is never recognized till it's too late.

No one goes around declaring "I'm decieved" or "I'm being suckered from day one till now." The thing about deception is that, you think you are right...even if you are being decieved. It works even better if you have the life view that truth is relative or that my truth may not be your truth because of the simple fact that such thinking suggest that there is no truth.

Satan's Lies is usually followed by man's hiding, denial and blame shifting. Which solves nothing. The answer we have to such an issue is a relationship with God. We must have an open and honest relationship with God. As in in Psalms 139 and 51. We see pretty honest people here who wants God to search them. God hears and answers prayers. I think an important habit to pick up is to ask God to reveal to me and to really spend quality time with Him.

Here are some of the Lies of the world with may have been accept by us Christians.
1) Take care of yourself First and Foremost.
2) The Bible was written centuries ago. It's not relevant today.
3) Truth is relative. What's true for you may ot be true to me.
4) If God is all loving, He would ever allow such bad things to happen.
5) I'm gonna stand up for my rights regardless of the consequences.

That's for self Check.

Ok! On a brighter note, let's talk about what happen today during church. The Confirmation group is more active! That's good. maybe because the group is smaller. I hope they break the group to smaller groups soon!

After all the activites, the few of us gathered together to play card games while it is raining. We played Chomp and Bang! Hahaha! It's really really fun!

I think I'll bring it us for the Hols PEP this tues. I hope all the people come. For I'll reveal to them the grand plan in to them in hope that they will cooperate. Oh! Also, we had the shortest Bang game in my life so far. The hour long game was finished in a few minutes or in 3 persons turn. Andrew got a volcanic and 3 bang cards. Clear the Sheriff's missed cards and reduced him to 3 HP. Poor Zenneth. Then Timothy with a host of Card Drawing Cards drew out 5 Bang cards and a Remington rifle that allows him to hit the sheriff. This is in most case useless but his character's ability is like the Volcanic gun. Multiple Bang is one turn...and that ends Zenneth's attempt to live.

Another interesting game is when the outlaws are messing up themselves. My dynamite killed my brother an important part of the team. Aww..shucks...But I manage to persuade Clarence to revive the dynamite. the Dynamite explodes if we draw cards between spade 2 - 9. Hahah...At first, the Sheriff...who is now Andrew did not activate the dynamite with the first 2 compulsory cards that he drew at the begining of his turn... I was sadded but later...he mae a mistake playing a card that allows him to draw...6 more cards....hahha! And yes...one of the card is a spade 2 ....and....BOOOM!! The OUT LAWS WIN! WOOOTS!

Oh! The first game, with amazing teamwork, the Good guys, The Sheriff...Zenneth with Me and Darren as Vice Sheriff cleared the 3 outlaws and one Renegade with none of us dying ! =D

Haha! It's really fun today! =D not to mention Chomp! The exciting game of eating =D

GRAD SERVE TML!
P.S...Steffi! Wore pyjamas to church today! hahah Kidding! Looks good though! =D
Elena...ate the palm branches!!! AHHHHH!!!
Met two new friends! Kai and Ken!

It's a day of activity...loves the rain...=D

Sec 1 Outing/ If Everyone Cared

2009-04-03T20:30:00.000-07:00

Our sec One Outing! Hahaha!
In it is Clarence, Melissa, Denise, Christine, Jonathan, Paul and Me!
This is before we ate u Carl's Junior and after we spent the afternoon playing Bang! and Feeding Frenzy.

Of course there is still the speciality moves like Feeding Chomp, Double Feeding Chomp, Electric Feeding Chomp. Which are created under extreme tension. Hahaha.

The Pictures are kind of scary as....you know floating heads in the first place arent your everyday companions.

Today is gonna be an interesting day. Just figured out a route to take to get to my Caregroup. Messaged every youths and awaiting their replies. Hahaha...It gonna be a long walk there...but...that's exercise.

Now I need to plan out the singspiration. ARGHHH!! AMANDAZZ!!! You are suppose to do it. Tsk. Lucky fry! I was too busy to shove the responsibility away. Oh wells.

Current Status: Under Heavy Fire from Satan
Keep me in Prayer! =D
Oh that reminds me the confirmation work...
L4D with Desmond, Kenneth, Shannon, Marcus, Edwin, Josiah and Bro is really fun..I'll plan another one the next week. hahhaa...Christopher !! See the difference in Organising skills? Hahaha...I can Organise for fun not for work...faints...gotta change that.

Here's a song that I found! It's nice...although I don't agree with it at all. =D

If Everyone Cared
From underneath the trees,
we watch the sky
Confusing stars for satellites
I never dreamed that you'd be mine
But here we are, we're here tonight

Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive

[Chorus:]
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died

And I'm singing Amen I, I'm alive
Amen I, I'm alive

And in the air the fireflies
Our only light in paradise
We'll show the world they were wrong
And teach them all to sing along

Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive(I'm alive)

[Chorus x2]

And as we lie beneath the stars
We realize how small we are
If they could love like you and me
Imagine what the world could be

If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
When nobody died...

[Chorus]

We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
We'd see the day when nobody died

Begining of the Flood

2009-04-03T11:19:00.001-07:00

Finally picked up the time to blog... but honestly, thiscannot be counted as time. It's 3 hours past my bed time. It's been super busy for me lately as the work continues to pile.

It's not easy to cope as I'm just not the person for the Job or so I feel. But still, I contantly remind myself that it is an important skill. Planning Events. Organising stuff and moving people. Changing lives is never easy as Changes are often resisted.

Today finally finished this Tues RP PEP. I hope the attendance is good. I wanna challenge the people to own the PEP. Seriously...this scary thought came to me....If I leave...who shall take over? I need people to succeed me.

This work cannot be something I own onl it must be pass down to the younger ones. The Question is now this....will they move? Will they answer the call? or will they snuffle around their cozy hole.

We got good new though! Some one may be saved soon! Maggie and Ah Yoke's contacts for EBS.

Tml I have to lead the youths to the Care grp destination and also to lead worship...of both I've done not. Even confirmation stuff for this sunday is not yet done. Pretty annoying.

Still I hope that things can clear down by tml!

Went to philippians Trail today. Olivia tagged along. Had great chat while travelling and learnt alot in the lesson. About living and dying and facing difficulties.

Too tired....wannna sleep...dun wanna blogged le....I need rest...and less work...hahahha....

Very Sick

2009-03-28T07:02:00.000-07:00

I think my throat is infected. It started on Thursday. I ate a lolipop that causes my throat to feel dry. I thought it'll go away after a day of rest..but I hardly had enough. A packed weekend for me. It's getting progressively worst. The bad thing is that it's affecting the way I handle things now. It's hard to concentrate and interact properly when half the time I'm tired of the pain and in pain.

I thank God I pulled through today. Although it's a grouchy day. every little thing annoyed me. Had a hard time trying to be nice. Anyway...it does not change the fact that it is a fun day.

Came to Aljunied with Koko, ate with De hui, Winnie, Yuxian, Rebecca, Terry, Tamaguchi and Koko. Hahha...Pris was so happy that she's not the latest but...late nevertheless...hahaha.

Now that I realise that most of them are SP people! Haha! Still it't fun eating with them...Gotta catch up with Yuxian whom I have not seen for a long time. First time eating breakfast with Terryaki, Sponge and Dehui.

Sportz Frenz briefing... was ...tiring? It's not as fun as breakfast...so I'm rather painfully aware of the pain in my throat the entire session. I'm also really exhausted from the pain. So I napped here and there during the briefing. Still I manage to caught enough to be able to brief others...or so I believe. And I believe that I'll need to do that. But a really bad thing happened in the morning. Bernard Chan who promised to come had dissappeared. I don't like christians who lies...especially if they do it so professionally. It's annoying...decieving your own brother or sister. What's up with that. Had not even receive an apology so far.

Travelled home with Edwin.

Was invited to Koko's Church for games! I was extremely nervous at first. Being alone and in a place so new.Did some exploration myself to make myself comfortable with the Church. Queenstown Baptist Church. A really beautiful Church. It's design is really simple. I had an idea that it's a pretty old building. Maybe I'll ask koko later.

As I walk around I find that it's really a homey place. There is this homely feeling. I can almost picture what happens in that place during Sunday. Or maybe what I thought would be nice to see on a sunday in that place. Found some lifeforms that reminds me of my primary school life and reminds me of the creative God. I enjoyed walking around. Although after seeing those big green ants, I'm afraid to wonder around too much lest I walked into a nest of them.

The Youth fellowship is what I attended...Terry and Ester was there! And A staff from SYFC too! The Church people are really really friendly and fun. They are pretty unlinke my Church youths...cliqish. This bunch of people are so much nicer. I later discovered that this is also a Chinese youth ministry.

We had 4 songs for their singspiration and of them, 2 are chinese songs. AND GUESS WHAT!! I manage to sing it! or at least one of it! AWESOME!!!

HAhaha....later I was told that I sang pretty lousy...oops...argh..and off beat too...Welll...can't blame a sick guy can you =D

Game are done in a mixture of Chinese and English. It's kind of battleship game. Supposed to be on Koko's team but got divided to another team. Haha. I really enjoyed the game. Am thinking of introducing it to my church youthys.

Game ended my team won! It's a tough fight. And I learnt alot of new things from the bible and I think my chinese improved too! =D Yeah!

I dream of Yam Milk Tea today...awww....but I didn't get to buy...I was hoping so much to get it in the afternoon....

Hmmm...confession to made...sorry for ignoring you people who talk to me on MSN...I just need a time out...to just type out what's in my mind. There is so many things piling up. I think I'm getting overwhelmed and am I becoming depressed? I dun know.... all I know is my throat is really taking alot out of me...

Legend of Chun Li

2009-03-26T08:26:00.000-07:00

What a day! It's power packed !

Met Koko at Clemnti MRT today! Along with Ester! Sweet Smelling but colorless.
That's joke that brings back some sad reminiscence about my friend...Daniel.
I do miss him.

Anyway! Had fun throughout the ride. Ester is practically lifeless and non reactive(cause tired) while koko and I tried to give her some life. HAhaha!

Ate and the Mixed Veg Stall...the food tasted weird...argh...It tastes as if it is soaked in Chlorine. Strangely, Koko mentions that it tasted ok...but again..she's a starfish...therefore, cannot taste. After all , all she did is vomit her stomach out to digest the food before sucking it all up. Haha...eeeewww..=P Anyway, I lived on Veg and Been Hoon this morning.

We had our biggest breakfast club...with Prisss, Van, Jun, Tian, Teng (HIP HOPPPPP), Mei, Est and Me! I wonder did it occur to anyone that that is our last breakfast together...as poly serve extension is over.... It's kind of sad for me....but well...got to move on huh?

If you were to see us, youll find us a little queer today..because we are all wearing Hoodies!!! So we looked Hip Hop... But did not have chance totake a photo.

The speaker today spoke of sharing the Gospel...with creative tools. It's pretty Good...not the tools....cos I already know them...ok...it's good but not new. I like how the speaker brings in the Gospel! It's filled with life and not dead like we are presenting an account. He's A Humorous Aussie. I almost wanted to shout out "Hi Mate!" Then goes "Mike Mike Mike..." Like the Seagulls in finding Nemo.

Actually thought there is a movie screened today but I guess that the idea was scraped.Still, I had great fun! We went to the Polys to share the Gospel after that. During Lunch time Koko injured her arm. Didn't noticed. She even cried. Aww..Sorry!

Lunch with Yanren, Tian, Shawn , Kenneth and Litu is very fun. Hahaha...The guys are really great! Kenneth was pretty shy and haha became targets for Yanren, Shawn, Litu and me. Hahaha. He's a super nice guy! Litu Is sick but hahaha when guys get together, the brotherhood cures all illness! =D

Did sharing at NYP. Used one of the tricks had great fun .. Enjoyed my time there.
And Finally, today I've finished the PEP G planning. Great heave of relief.
Pris played DDR with me...seriously...I cannot play it. HAHAHAHAAHA I played beginner and she expert..and I still lose.....awwww...that kind of game is for Dino but again ...she'll probably eat up her competitor and win by Default.

Hmm...We as in Teng, Pris, Van, Thiam, Ko and Me watched a movie! Legend of CHun Li. Was bullied by Koko throughout the movie. My drinks and food are snatched away... and pris helped koko instead of me ...T-T

The Movie as awesomely....no link...with no sub titles and 10 over language. HAhaa...the fighting scenes are funny too....The Accents are off and gives a comic tone to every thing that is happening. Edmund Chen appeared out of place ....which gave rise to a joke...when Chun Li frought Vegas..a masked Guy, she kicked off his mask... I was half expecting Jackie Chan. haha...Why ? His face is all over plaZa Sing!

The Ending is the best.... After doing alot of seemingly good blows to Bison(main baddie), Bison seems unscathed ...all he did is to straighten hissuit and send Chunli flying with uncreative moves. While Chun Li had been dancing a requiem just to kick him. The turn of the fight was really intersting. She poured unmixed cement(at that time I thought It was flour.)on bison. That is the first instance we see his shirt dirty. Then he went into a coughing fit long enogh for the next comical event.

Chun Li master told Chun Li " You know what you must do"
I wondered...do what?
The Chun Li did and elaborated Hadoken...
I Huhed.
The Bison flew and vomit blood ...the Chun Li jump on his head and twist it.
I huhed again? So the key to victory is a Hadoken that requires you to swing your hands as if you are falling backwards?

Hahhaha...anyway...the movie was hilarious and one thing that I know, it is not suppose to be a hilarious movie. HAHAHAHA....

2009-03-24T06:51:00.000-07:00

Woke up pretty early today. I expected the trains to be empty but my expectations were not faced. It's crowded. Anyway! I'm pretty excited!! i wanna meet up with the people and eat!

I reached the station around 7.45. Sat all the way to Simei to kill time. Reached back at around 8.10-8.15. Waited at the Aljunied MRT. Was really sadded that I'm the first. Haha...I was trying my best not to be the first. Unbeknowst to me, Patrick came around that timing. We waited at opposite sides of the MRT Map.

(Ok! Take some time to collapse)

Haha..but patrick messaged me and we met. Haha. Tian Xin joined us after that. Chunkit joined us jus before my stomach Declare Abandon your friends and feed me. =D

SO I message all to message me when they reach and I chiong to the Roti Prata Shop! ^^

BUT WAIT
SOMETHING IS WRONG! Where's The ORGANIZER!!!
PRISCILLLLLLAAA

Anyway....She reach after lunch time....WAhhahahahaa...Well Done Comarde and I see that you are still not asleep now. Anyway, she says that she will be on time tml...So I'll blog tomorrow and tell you if she is on time =D. So stay tune for Priscilla Watch in Channel News Aljunied.

They Day flash by pretty slowy.
I learnt that Cushions are really nice and I should sit near them again tomorrow.
I learnt that Koko can laugh till her face turn red and stomach pain and still not stop.
I learnt that if you put Sponge R , Patrick and Tama together, you generate non stop laughter.

Then the day ends...I'm tired in a way....But I'm nervous .... I wanna be done with the many things that needs to be done. IT's Exciting I hope that the Christians are also as excited.

I really wanna see Salvation.

Today...I learnt alot more about someone too... It's pretty cool to find someone pretty similar. Only found a few in life but was as touching today was that someone ACTUALLY ...first time ever, offered to hear out my problems as a friend. Well...other interesting thing done is sharing about people we are interested in. It's scary...but hahah..nvm I got to learn to talk. =D

Waiting for tml's breakfast. Hungry...I think pris will be late...wahahahaha....
Oh...one last thing...someone's life gave me hope about my family..pray hard for my family! There is hope!

Money Drops from the Sky!

2009-03-22T07:09:00.000-07:00

Hi! All! It's Sunday and wow..the activites of the day are really something to swallow.

First I wanna tell of this miracle that God did for me!
Last week, my $250 was recovered and I passed it to Ronica who is incharge or the Grad Servants Accounts. I passed on the $200 and was allowed to keep the $50 because I do not have any money as my parents have forgotten to give me food money for like months. $50 was deducted from the allowance I'll receive at the end of this month. I was not really happy about it...but well...after sometime of talking to God,I decided to let it go and trust Him with my daily needs. After all, He's been the one whos providing for me in my entire poly life when my parents failed to do so.

Anyway, I started today cashless! I was wondering how to get breakfast. I was also feeling annoyed that I was not able to tithe. Had made it a point to tithe 10% of what I recieve weekly. That's $25. So I was telling God...well...I have no money. You can't blame me. Hahaha.

My brother paid for my breakfast and about that time, I remembered that I have around $30 hidden in a compartment of my wallet! I've forgotten why is it there through... Anyway, I was able to pay for my food but my bro paid for me anyway.
Then another problem occurred to me in Church. Hmm...I have 3 $10 notes. So if I want to give God $25, I'll end up giving $30. I thought of drawing money from my savings. Then I remembered canceling my bank card when I lost my wallet last monday. Which means if I were to give $30 now, I'll be broke. I won't even have money for lunch.

Then I decide to make that step of faith to trust God to provide for my food. I put in the $30. And that's where the fun part begins.

I saw a $50 folded beside the $30 note. I was speechless. My lunch problem is solved. Hahaha. The blessings did not stop there. During the Holy Communion Pastor told me that the Church council agreed to support me $600 for my Grad serve. That's another big worry solved. After Sevice, I had lunch free of Charge as the chinese ministry had some events and are giving free food. Hahhaa...It's a proper meal somemore.

So once again God showed me that He is my provider. I should not get agitated over what I think is unfair or threatening to my welfare.

Played soccer that afternoon. Had great fun and injured my toe. Got kicked when playing bare footed. Ouch....Still hurts when I walk about.

During the Sermon God showed me something interesting. He showed it to me way before the Sermon and then....hahah the sermon happens to talk about it.. Haha..Today's pretty Cool.

16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[a] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.[b]
John 3:16-18.

This is a famous verse used my evangelists. It seems to hold the heart of the gospel.
Recently, I have people asking me why would a good God send people to hell.
I've never noticed this but today, God dawn upon that this simple verse that is often taken for granted actually answered that Question.

Let's pick up the main points of the verse and we will see.
1)God so loved the world
2)he gave his one and only Son
3)whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life
4)God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world
5)but to save the world through him.
6)18Whoever believes in him is not condemned
7) but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son

Note the bolded parts. God did not send His son to condemn the world. The reason He sent His son is on point 7. Because the world already stands Condemned. Why He did that? Not because He wants to have a whole group for followers. It is written in Luke 19:40 and Matthew 3:8-10 God can raise up followers from stones if He desires. The reason that we have Jesus down here on the Cross for us and proclaiming that He is the only way back to God is in the first line of the verse.

For God So Loved The World...That He Gave His One And Only Son.

Gonna apply that next time in Evangelism. God is not an Egomaniac. He Loves You.

The End of Poly Serve.

2009-03-20T08:58:00.000-07:00

Wow... Poly Serve ended....

Alot has happened.I'm slightly confused and feeling kind of sad that it had to end. Especially when you know you are going to miss the fun and the people... but I shall hope in the extended Poly Serve. Since I'm a Grad Servant, I've by default already signed up for all 5 of the days. Which is not a bad things if you have things...or people to motivate you. Haha.

My Tummy is growling a thunder storm...but my house is filled with nothing that fills the tummy.

Lessons learnt in Poly Serve?
SP people are now also considered to be really fun people!I used to not know much people in SP but currently through poly serve, I met some! Really glad to have met them. They are Rebecca, Sean (Shyan), Terry and Jeanell.

Patience and Trust as I manage a Group.

That Leading a session can be real scary despite being graduated from RP.

Worship Demands your Life. It's not just sunday singspiration.

As A Christain, expect Suffering and Rejection...This is someting I already know and observe. If you really wannna live out your Christian life, people will oppose you. As it is mentioned in 2 Timonthy 2:13 " In fact, everyone who wants to live a righteous live in Christ Jesus will be persecuted." It is a good refresher though.

Love should be a basis and motivation of my work and actions. If I love God, my prayer life will show. If I love people, i shows in how I talk and persuade people with the truth. If I love both God and man, It's called passion.

In fact God has been pretty good to me. He even blessed me with a private Poly Serve Session just for me. Last Wed, after our field work, God using Tengyu, got us to watch a movie Fireproof. This is the Context. I'm someone who needs passion. Because, as a person, I've been hardened, self centred and practically give no regards to God and man. I told God before Poly serve that what I need is passion for Him. To love Him. All I've done till now is only out of obedience. (Haha..must be the way I'm brought up. Same as my parents. The Habit of doing what you need to do and it end there.) However, Seow Chin point out to us that there is no true session that targets our passion. She mentioned that Passion cannot be taught and only God can change our hearts.

So ... back to the movie...It's about passion...=] I learnt the importance of putting your heart in. That genuine love that makes everything different. I learnt also that I'm very afraid of getting hurt. Therefore I do not have that passion. I'm afraid of efforts being rejected or wasted. But I learnt from the movie that it's not by ourselves. Of cos we can't love. How are we to love someone who spat on our work, who repeatedly turn us down no matter how much we do, how do we handle lack of gratitude ...or in short how to love those who don't love or care. The answer is , we can love because of God's Love. We can love because we are like that to God. HE continues to persue us depite the fact that we are stubborn, ungrateful, hostile , rejects Him, chuck Him out of our lives and spat at Him and what he has done and a joke and something that is impossible to believe. Because of that Love that God has for us on the Cross, we can imitate Him and love others. That's passion.

So...Now...I'm gonna learn to be a nicer person. I'll watch my mouth that no harsh words come out of my mouth no matter how bitter or angry I am. I'll start to go the extra mile. In fact, I'm gonna no make life easier for my brother and father by taking my mother's room. (For those who don't know, my mother left us to live with another man and my dad and bro kick me out of the room I once shared with my brother.Ever since then, I've been living a life of rebellion by refusing to take my mother's room...despite being forced to live inside. I slept on the floor in the living room and use the floor as my warobe. Various thing I do to make my life difficult) Still, I realise that this is not going to work. I gotta put myself in a way that they can see God working in my life. I'm gonna arrange the rom. Make it mine and make it nice and neat. Give no excuses to my self then I'll also do more housework.

Anyway, ate with some of the poly serve people to commemorate the end of poly serve. Had loads of fun with lots of good personal sharing. Saw Evie and learnt that she is part of the evangelism work. Wow...all this while I thought that she only study. But I'm humbled again and reminded not to judge. Hahaed the way back to the MRT station with Eunice, Sally and Julia. They are really the funny and self high people. Haha. Went home with Weisheng, Sally, Edmund, Tengyu (Lao Teng)and a guy whos name escapes me. We laugh and laugh because Sally kept creating a scandal between our friend Ginette and me. Which is obviously not true. Then I met Mavis, another of my Churchmate and Evie's Cousin. Hahaha... So It's hahaha with another Self high person.

Read through Jeanell's Blog and remembered my pranks on my group and some poly serve people. Hahaha. And I'm gonna be missed! Woots!. Faints.

Gonna prepare worship for CareGroup Later and also to rally the youths. So many things! Oh oh! Good news! A dear Church mate of mine, Clarence messaged me that he is free the entire of today. And asked if there are any outings. WOW!!! The beginning of this year he was the quiet sit at the corner boy! PRaise God for Changing his Life. My Sec one group really have alot of potential. I hope that God can use me to really lead the people to be people after God's own heart. =D

I think this is it for now. Byes!
Oh! I updated my blog profiles....it's like so out dated. Hahaha.

Lost Wallet Found

2009-03-18T08:53:00.000-07:00

Hi All!
It's a long time since I've blogged. Lost the motivation to and it's been pretty busy. Life flashing pass and computer games seems more entertaining than just typing down things.

But here I am again ... blogging ... because life has just taken a pretty interesting spin and I believe that it will be pretty good to share about it.

Here's the update of what's been happening in my life.
I'm Graduating soon! Had a GPA of 3.61. Did not get in to Rolls of Honor at the last Semester of my Poly Life but hey! 3.61! That's above B+. Pretty good for someone who pretty much don't study! Due to the fact that there is little time. (Serving God & Procrastinating)=p

Now am waiting for NS but I'm not the type that sits at home to rot so I decided to look around for what to do to the time I'm given. At first was panicking as there is so many things to do. Prayed and ask God for help. God finally showed me the way by closing the doors one by one.

Now, I'm in Grad Serve. A Short Term Full Time serving in Singapore Youth For Christ. Living on allowances or in a more crude term, on others. Doing pretty well in there. It was not as bad as I expected and I had a lot of fun . Thank God for that. Currently in Poly Serve. A 2 week semester break thingy to build Christians up. Leading a group of pretty ladies with my Churchmate Jun Jie who also happen to join Grad Serve =D So Cool.

Met alot of cool poly students and wow...had loads of fun. Lessons are really great. Am applying to life in hope of becoming a Godly person =D.

However, recently, an exciting miracle took place in my life.
Currently, in my life, I've been living months by having $0 and depending fully on God to provide me. It's pretty exciting because I've survived and am well fed.

15 March,
Typical Sunday. However, this time I'm in Church alone and without my brother. To be honest, I was kind of disappointed when he chose a computer over God. I wanted to reveal to him my father's balant trap or maybe the devil's scheme. However, I kept queit hoping that he can make the right decision on his own. He did not and fell into Dad's attempt to lure us from Church. Anyway, that day, I commit to God that I'll give 10% of what I had for that week (Given to me by Sunny in the Toilet) and what coins are left in my wallet. During the offering, I took out my coins and realised to my horror that I have enough coins to raise my offerring from a 10% to over 20%. I was placed in a tight spot. It is alot of money to me.

In the end, I decide that since I've promised God, then I shall do it. I gave it and yeap...felt no pain. Learnt by now that God does provide.

After that, I even went to play Left4Dead with my Church mates. I did at that time questioned the wisdom of it. Is it worth it to still spend? Well...I did went...reluctantly I must say but hey! I wanna spend time with my church youths.
Here's the interesting thing. Josiah passed me $200 to support me in my Grad Serve program. I was like....wow.... Then Edwin came...and passed me $50...He owe me hahaha....But I was like suddenly a man holding an additional $250. Wow....

16 March the Next Day. I done something real bad in the process, I lost my wallet. And yes...I have everything in my wallet. My money that I've just gotten and my NRIC and my bank card and ya...practically everything. This is a pretty bad situation as you can see. I was at first not really disturbed by it as I believe that my wallet can be easily found. After all it;s in the train that is not boardable by passengers. So I did some prayers asking God to forgive me and asking Him to get my wallet back. I joined in the activity of the day. My worries starts when I realised that my wallet is not found on the train.

Then I became scared actually because of the major inconvienice it will bring and the huge amount of money lost the very day after it was given. Now I have $0. I got angry and I got bitter. I entertained thoughts of revenge on the possible theives. Althought I'm not sure if anyone had stolen it. The rest of the day, I felt sad and at times angry. Carmen gave me some money to travel while ronica gave me money to eat and a pouch to carry the money around. She gave also advice on how I should have carried my money.

I prayed hard. Asking God that I'm satisfied if My wallet is found and my money Gone. I was more afraid of the inconvienced caused.

Later in the day, Jerome Organised Left4Dead with his church mates and us. Tian Xin and Edwin urged me to join in and offered to treat me. So I followed them. They treated me to Aston..and 3 hours of LAN gaming. Not bad for someone who has just lost his wallet. After that, I got to stay in Jerome's house with Edwin. Got extra sleep and yeap...It's fun staying at friend's house. I like sleepovers.

17 March ... I've gotten a call that someone had found my wallet. I was happy...althought it felt kind of empty. My group members encouraged me over lunch that my wallet will be intact. Even with the money. I was skeptical. I was pretty nervous too. God however is good and gracious. He had my wallet returned intact and all the cash are found inside. I was overjoyed.

Food Poisoning

2008-12-16T17:10:00.001-08:00

I've Got Food Poisoning.
It' a hell of an experience.
My back muscles ache and my stomach and rib hurts. It felt as if someone is twisting my ribs upwards.

The worse part is not all these. The worst parts are that I do not know when it is going to end and what is happening to me.I got really bad during waiting times. Minutes felt like hours .... And I had my life...well part of it flashed over my eyes.

But it's not like my past but possible future. I began to question will my future be like that? Will I have such pains in old age all the time as my body fails? What if I got caught in some anti Christain thingy and got tortured? Surely It will be worse off than this.

I began to ask myself, am I ready for this? My ambitions and stuff....am I ready? Also...If I were to die now, what happens? I have not been exactly well behave recently. I got real scared. Prayed and was angry with God too. Haha.

Well... but I got the answer...I'm not going to heaven because I'm good...I'm going to heaven because God came and gave His life for me so that I qualify for heaven because of His goodness.

Amazing Grace.

Just a Baby in aManger or God?

2008-12-14T17:02:00.001-08:00

Josh McDowell analyzes the only choices for Jesus' identity

By Josh McDowell

During a season when people worldwide celebrate Christ's birth, the question still lingers: is Jesus God?

Jesus' distinct claims of being God eliminate the popular ploy of skeptics who regard Him as just a good moral man or a prophet who said a lot of profound things. So often that conclusion is passed off as the only one acceptable to scholars or as the obvious result of the intellectual process.

The trouble is, many people nod their heads in agreement and never see the fallacy of such reasoning.

C. S. Lewis, who was a professor at Cambridge University and once an agnostic, understood this issue clearly. He writes:

"I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: 'I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don't accept His claim to be God.'

"That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher.

"He would either be a lunatic ‑ on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg ‑ or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the son of God: or else a madman or something worse."

Then Lewis adds:

"You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come up with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to."

In the words of Kenneth Scott Latourette, historian of Christianity at Yale University: "It is not His teachings which make Jesus so remarkable, although these would be enough to give Him distinction. It is a combination of the teachings with the man Himself. The two cannot be separated."

Jesus claimed to be God. He didn't leave any other option open. His claim must be either true or false, so it is something that should be given serious consideration.

Jesus' question to His disciples, "But who do you say that I am?" (Matthew 16:15) has several alternatives.

First, suppose that His claim to be God was false. If it was false, then we have only two alternatives. He either knew it was false or He didn't know it was false.

We will consider each one separately and examine the evidence.

Was He a Liar?
If, when Jesus made His claims, He knew that He was not God, then He was lying and deliberately deceiving His followers.

But if He was a liar, then He was also a hypocrite because He told others to be honest, whatever the cost, while He himself taught and lived a colossal lie.

More than that, He was a demon, because He told others to trust Him for their eternal destiny. If He couldn't back up His claims and knew it, then He was unspeakably evil. Last, He would also be a fool because it was His claims to being God that led to His crucifixion.

Many will say that Jesus was a good moral teacher. Let's be realistic. How could He be a great moral teacher and knowingly mislead people at the most important point of His teaching ‑His own identity?

You would have to conclude logically that He was a deliberate liar. This view of Jesus, however doesn't coincide with what we know either of Him or the results of His life and teachings.

Wherever Jesus has been proclaimed, lives have been changed for the good, nations have changed for the better, thieves are made honest, alcoholics are cured, hateful individuals become channels of love, unjust persons become just.

William Lecky, one of Great Britain's most noted historians and a dedicated opponent of organized Christianity, writes:

"It was reserved for Christianity to present to the world an ideal character which through all the changes of 18 centuries has inspired the hearts of men with an impassioned love; has shown itself capable of acting on all ages, nations, temperaments and conditions; has been not only the highest pattern of virtue, but the strongest incentive to its practice.... The simple record of these 3 short years of active life has done more to regenerate and soften mankind than all the disquisitions of philosophers and all the exhortations of moralists."

Historian Philip Schaff says:

"How, in the name of logic, common sense, and experience, could an imposter ‑ that is a deceitful, selfish, depraved man ‑ have invented, and consistently maintained from the beginning to end, the purest and noblest character known in history with the most perfect air of truth and reality?

"How could He have conceived and successfully carried out a plan of unparalleled beneficence, moral magnitude, and sublimity, and sacrificed His own life for it, in the face of the strongest prejudices of His people and age?"

If Jesus wanted to get people to follow Him and believe in Him as God, why did He go to the Jewish nation?

Why go as a Nazarene carpenter to a country so small in size and population and so thoroughly adhering the undivided unity of God?

Why didn't He go to Egypt or, even more, to Greece, where they believed in various gods and various manifestations of them?

Someone who lived as Jesus lived, taught as Jesus taught, and died as Jesus died could not have been a liar.

Was He a Lunatic?
If it is inconceivable for Jesus to be a liar, then couldn't He actually have thought Himself to be God, but been mistaken? After all, it's possible to be both sincere and wrong.

But we must remember that for someone to think himself God, especially in a fiercely monotheistic culture, and then to tell others that their eternal destiny depended on believing in him, is no light flight of fantasy but the thoughts of a lunatic in the fullest sense.

Was Jesus Christ such a person?

Someone who believes he is God sounds like someone today believing himself Napoleon. He would be deluded and self‑deceived, and probably he would be locked up so he wouldn't hurt himself or anyone else.

Yet in Jesus we don't observe the abnormalities and imbalance that usually go along with being deranged. His poise and composure would certainly be amazing if He were insane.

Noyes and Kolb, in a medical text, describe the schizophrenic as a person who is more autistic than realistic. The schizophrenic desires to escape from the world of reality. Let's face it; claiming to be God would certainly be a retreat from reality.

In light of the other things we know about Jesus, it's hard to imagine that He was mentally disturbed. Here is a man who spoke some of the most profound sayings ever recorded. His instructions have liberated many individuals from mental bondage.

Clark H. Pinnock asks:

"Was He deluded about His greatness, a paranoid, an unintentional deceiver, a schizophrenic? Again, the skill and depth of His teachings support the case only for His total mental soundness. If only we were as sane as He!"

A student at a California university told me that his psychology professor had said in class that "all he has to do is pick up the Bible and read portions of Christ's teaching to many of his patients. That's all the counseling they need."

Psychiatrist J. T. Fisher states:

"If you were to take the sum total of all authoritative articles ever written by the most qualified of psychologists and psychiatrists on the subject of mental hygiene ‑if you were to combine them and refine them, and cleave out the excess verbiage ‑ if you were to take the whole of the meat and none of the parsley, and if you were to have these unadulterated bits of pure scientific knowledge concisely expressed by the most capable of living poets, you would have an awkward and incomplete summation of the Sermon on the Mount.

And it would suffer immeasurably through comparison. For nearly 2,000 years the Christian world has been holding in its hands the complete answer to its restless and fruitless yearnings. Here ... rests the blueprint for successful human life with optimism, mental health, and contentment."

C. S. Lewis writes:

"The historical difficulty of giving for the life, sayings and influence of Jesus any explanation that is not harder than the Christian explanation is very great.

"The discrepancy between the depth and sanity ... of His moral teaching and the rampant megalomania which must lie behind His theological teaching unless He is indeed God has never been satisfactorily explained. Hence the non‑Christian hypotheses succeed one another with the restless fertility of bewilderment."

Philip Schaff reasons:

"Is such an intellect ‑ clear as the sky, bracing as the mountain air, sharp and penetrating as a sword, thoroughly healthy and vigorous, always ready and always self‑possessed ‑ liable to a radical and most serious delusion concerning His own character and mission? Preposterous imagination!"

Was He Lord?
I cannot personally conclude that Jesus was a liar or a lunatic. The only other alternative is that He was the Christ, the Son of God, as He claimed.

When I discuss this with most Jewish people, it's interesting how they respond. They usually tell me that Jesus was a moral, upright, religious leader, a good man, or some kind of prophet. I then share with them the claims Jesus made about Himself and then this material on the trilemma (liar, lunatic, or Lord).

When I ask if they believe Jesus was a liar, there is a sharp "No!"

Then I ask, "Do you believe He was a lunatic?"

The reply is, "Of course not."

"Do you believe He is God?"

Before I can get a breath in edgewise, there is a resounding, "Absolutely not."

Yet one has only so many choices.

The issue with these 3 alternatives is not which is possible, for it is obvious that all 3 are possible.

Rather, the question is, "Which is more probable?"

Who you decide Jesus Christ is must not be an idle intellectual exercise. You cannot put Him on the shelf as a great moral teacher. That is not a valid option. He is either a liar, a lunatic, or Lord and God. You must make a choice.

"But," as the apostle John wrote, "these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and" ‑ more important ‑ "that believing you might have life in His name" (John 20:31).

The evidence is clearly in favor of Jesus as Lord. Some people, however, reject this clear evidence because of moral implications involved. They don't want to face up to the responsibility or implications of calling Him Lord.

Lutheran Hours Collections (11/13/08 - 11/17/08)

2008-11-18T04:55:00.000-08:00

November 13, 2008
"All Trick No Treat!"

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. Genesis 3:6

Some things that look good to eat aren't.

Eve and Adam found that out when they took a chunk out of the forbidden fruit. It looked good, but it wasn't.

That also could have been the case for two children who went trick or treating in Ramsey, Minnesota.

They came back with some assorted Halloween treats, $85 in cash, and something that looked like rock candy.

It wasn't candy. The police said it was crystal meth -- enough of the drug to kill the children had they eaten it.

As I said, there are some things that look good to eat, but aren't.

You know, the devil likes to put some pretty nice wrappings around his temptations, doesn't he? He polishes his enticements, spiffs up his persuasions, drapes them in fancy paper, pretty bows, and says, "Here, I made this just for you."

That's right -- custom temptations -- exclusively for you.

Now, I don't know what particular temptation Satan has picked out for you, but I do know you have a Savior who lived, died, and rose to free you from your sins. Because of Jesus, those temptations -- once taken - can't hold you forever. You can be forgiven.

I also know that our Lord sends His Holy Spirit to help each of us see those temptations for the garbage they really are. And then, once we've seen them, He helps us avoid them.

In short, like the title of this message says, Satan's all trick and no treat.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord, the devil has a great deal of experience and success in tempting us. He really is good at making garbage look like good stuff. Now, I rejoice that Jesus has come to set me free from all my sins, but I'd also pray for strength to see Satan's seductions before I am lead to sin. This ability to see I ask in the Name of my crucified and ever-living Savior. Amen.

November 17, 2008
"For Goodness Sake"

For the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Genesis 8:21b

"... a seed of rational thought and critical thinking and questioning in people's minds."

According to Fred Edwords, spokesman for a Washington-based humanist group, the above comment what we Christians need. To help us along, they are conducting an advertising campaign where signs on the sides of buses ask, "Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness sake."

Of course, the American humanists need to be thanked. Their slogan is much more mild than the British Humanist Association which has begun a campaign saying, "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life."

Both campaigns leave me somewhat concerned - questioning, if you prefer.

To the American humanists who are encouraging us to be "good for goodness sake," I wonder if they have met many people who are consistently good because it's the right thing to do?

From what I see in preparing our daily devotions, the Bible is correct when it says the intention of our hearts are evil from our youth.

We can try to be good, but we don't do so good - at being good, that is.

To the British humanists who maintain, "There's probably no God...." I'd like someone to answer this question: "But what if there is a God?" He's probably not going to be overly pleased with a bunch of folks running around questioning His being.

And for both groups, I'd like to have them respond to the statement found in the book of Psalms (53:1a). You don't have to look it up. It says, "The fool says in his heart, 'there is no God.'"

You see, looking around at the evil in this world and inside me, I find it far easier and better to believe there is a God, and that this God cares enough about my eternity to send His Son to save me.

Understand this, I'm not trying to be nasty or judgmental. I'm just trying to plant a seed of rational thought, critical thinking, and questioning in the minds of humanists.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord, for sending Your Son into this world to live, die, rise and intercede for me, I am most thankful. Now, I pray that You will send Your Holy Spirit upon those who are spending so much time fighting against a God they say doesn't exist. If it be possible, call them to faith in their Savior. In Jesus' Name I ask it. Amen.

Lutheran Collections (October 21, 2008 - November 7, 2008)

2008-11-08T03:54:00.000-08:00

>"Mild Swearing"

For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. I tell you, on the Day of Judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned. Matthew 12:34a-37

Keith Lund, who has worked for decades in Lutheran Outdoors Ministry, is one of my oldest friends.

When he came to me with an article and said, "I think you ought to read this." I did. The article was produced by a small magazine that dealt with communication solutions. In a full-page article, it gave instructions on how a company executive could have solid, meaningful staff meetings.

The first rule it gave was this: "Senior leaders should introduce themselves." The second thought said, "Pick a volunteer in the audience to keep the speech on track." The third encouragement -- the one Keith had noted -- said, "Mix in a couple of mild swear words." The author said, "You won't believe the effect it will have on the audience." (Italics are his.)

The more I thought about that idea, the more disturbed I became.

I know it is impossible to turn on the TV or go to a movie without being confronted with a barrage of foul language. I know offensive talk has become a right of passage for teenage boys, and some women take pride in using language that would make an old sailor blush. (They tell me it's a way of gaining equality.)

Even so, it's not what the Lord expects of His people. He who gave His life so we could have life and who spoke as a person of authority, didn't pepper His powerful pronouncements with profanity.

And there's one other thing. The strongest speech I ever heard was spoken without the uttering of a single word. One time, when I had let my father down, he didn't say a thing. He just gave me a look -- a look that I remember still -- a look that said, "Ken, I'm disappointed in you."

From that moment on, that look from a respected and honorable man, not foul and filthy words, has always defined for me what a real man can say.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord Jesus, You spoke as no man had ever spoken. In Your words we hear of the Father's love and the strength that comes from our Savior. Now may I, in the things I say, and the way I live, give a powerful witness to You. In Your Name, I ask it. Amen.

October 28, 2008

"A Living Hope"

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to His great mercy, He has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Peter 1:3

In the course of my parish ministry, I have seen suicides.

Those who took their lives were of different ages, genders, and situations. Even so, there were things those deaths had in common. They were all terrible; they were all tragic, and they didn't solve any problems. They only shifted those problems from the deceased to those who were left behind trying to deal with a multitude of unanswered questions.

Maybe that's why, last week when Reuters reported a change in America's suicide statistics, I took special note.

The changes reported were shocking. From 1999 to 2005, our national suicide rate rose .7 percent. During that same period, suicides of middle-aged Caucasian men rose 2.7 percent and middle-aged white women soared 3.9 percent.

Many explanations are being put forth to explain the dramatic increase.

Economic downturns, unhappy families, frustration, discouragement, and personal depression are all listed as candidates causing the escalation.

There are a lot of reasons that might motivate someone to take his or her own life. Some of those reasons may be familiar to you or someone close to you.

This is why, without trying to oversimplify the situation, I want to say that no matter what state of affairs you find yourself in, Jesus and His representatives can help. You may think your future holds only darkness. Jesus is the Light and He has counselors, congregations, pastors, and people around you who will be glad to reflect that light. You may be brought down with doubt and depression, but the Savior wishes to give help -- sometimes personal, sometimes medical, sometimes spiritual -- to lift you up.

The risen Savior can bring you up...

... as He did Saint Paul who had committed murder

... as He did St. Peter who had denied and deserted Him

... as He did Thomas who spoke out in doubt

... as He wished to do for Judas who betrayed Him.

By the Savior's sacrifice, by the Holy Spirit's power, you can be born again -- both spiritually and mentally.

This is the risen Savior's message for the select few of you who are toying with the idea of suicide -- and for many of you who are close to someone who is having a very hard time with life.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord Jesus, over the centuries, You have transformed lives. Now, I pray that You will bring happiness and hope to those who are in darkness. And, if I can be of help, use me to Your purpose. In Your Name. Amen.

October 29, 2008

"A Bad Deal"

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life? Matthew 16:26

Some things in life are a bad deal.

That's what Jesus was saying in the text for today's Daily Devotion. He wanted His followers to know that if you mange to accumulate all the goods of this earth but lose your soul in the process, you've made a bad deal.

That's the thought that occurred to me when, last week, I read the CNN article about the epidemic of copper thievery in the U.S. The story told of how someone had stolen copper wire worth $100 from a children's athletic field in Gwinnett, Georgia.

Their theft will cost $8,500 to repair. It also caused all of Gwinnett's nighttime soccer games to be temporarily played in nearby Tucker, Georgia.

That worked fairly well until someone, perhaps the same someone, stole the copper wire from Tucker's soccer fields.

An isolated incident? Not hardly. Recent copper thefts made it impossible for cancer patients to receive radiation treatment in a clinic in Vista, California, and only a few weeks ago, copper crooks left an entire neighborhood in Ohio without power.

Police say most of the thefts are drug related. Jesus said, "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life?"

The answer to Jesus' question is obvious: such a person gains nothing and loses everything. He's gotten himself involved in "a bad deal."

Even so, the news is filled with people who are sacrificing their souls for their involvement in bad deals. Drugs, gambling, pornography, power, greed, and an assortment of other passing pleasures all promise much.

They promise much, but they fail to deliver. They are bad deals.

In contrast to the world's bad deals, Jesus' people have been given the blessed task of sharing the Savior's story of salvation with a sinful and dying world.

Understand, we're not talking about a good deal here; we're talking about God's gracious gift who comes to us in a Bethlehem manger, on a Jerusalem cross, and from a borrowed-and-empty tomb.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord Jesus, for Your gift of forgiveness, peace, and heaven, I give thanks. May I and all Your redeemed call people away from the bad deals of life to Your blood-bought salvation. In Your Name I ask it. Amen.

November 5, 2008

"Rescue From Evil"

The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. 2 Timothy 4:18

The auction of a home in a mortgage foreclosure is a sad thing.

A foreclosure is the end of someone's dreams -- the final chapter in a sad story of shattered hopes. According to a CNN article last week, that's the way it was for Tracy Orr in Pottsboro, Texas.

Tracy watched helplessly as her home was being auctioned off to the highest bidder.

Through tear-filled eyes she watched the bidding, trying to tune out the person behind her determinedly asking about her home and if it was "worth it?"

Tracy's home was sold for $30,000.

It was sold to that annoying person who had been standing near her. Tracy's home was sold to a lady who, after the auction said, "I did this for you." The stranger, without knowing Tracy's name, or her financial condition, bought her house and is giving it back.

Well, she's not actually giving it back, but close enough.

When asked why the generosity, the Good Samaritan stranger said, "If it was you, you'd want somebody to stop and help you."

Actually, Tracy's story is mine, and it is yours, too. You see -- we once had a home in paradise. These were homes that we, because of our sin, managed to lose. Seeing our lost condition, a stranger, the best of Samaritans -- the Son of God -- stepped in to save us.

That's right. Jesus bought back our home in heaven. There are two differences between our Lord and the kind person in Tracy's story: Jesus didn't make His purchase with gold, or silver. No, the cost was far higher than that. The Savior redeemed us and our home in heaven with His holy precious blood and through His innocent suffering and death.

The second difference is also considerable; the benefactor in Tracy's story is not giving her back her home, she is selling it back in a way Tracy can afford. Our Savior, knowing we would never be able to pay the price demanded by a home in heaven, is giving us that eternal piece of property free and clear.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord Jesus, when humanity lost its home in the Garden of Eden, You had pity and did everything necessary to bring us home. Through Your life, suffering, death, and resurrection, You have graciously given us an eternal home in heaven. For this blood-bought gift may I thank and praise, serve and obey You. In Your Name. Amen.

November 6, 2008

"Not Too Smart"

And David said to God, 'I have sinned greatly in that I have done this thing. But now, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.' 1 Chronicles 21:8

If the world was looking for a poster boy for foolish ideas, Tatsuhiko Kawata might well be in the running.

Allow me to explain: thirty-nine-year-old Tatsuhiko is a resident of Tokyo, Japan. His story begins with him being married.

Getting married was not the beginning of his foolish thinking. Having a girlfriend while he was married was... the beginning of foolishness, that is.

Mr. Kawata's foolish idea was made even more foolish when he told his girlfriend he would marry her. It became worse when he, without having procured a divorce from his wife, continued to make detailed plans for his second marriage.

As the day to get hitched drew near, Mr. Kawata began to feel trapped. In a desperate move to get out of the wedding, which was scheduled to take place before 80 guests, he decided to do the only thing a foolish man could do. He set fire to the resort hotel where the wedding was scheduled.

Mr. Kawata explained his foolishness to the police by saying, "I thought if I set a fire, I wouldn't have to go through with the wedding."

King David would have understood. In the course of his life, David, like you and me, also did many foolish things. What separates David from so many is the fact that he eventually responded to the Lord's call to repentance. Our text from 1 Chronicles reports, "David said to God, "I have sinned greatly in that I have done this thing. But now, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly."

Amazingly, that is what the Lord does. Because of our Savior's perfect sacrifice, the Lord removes our sin and assures forgiveness to all who come to Him with a repentant heart.

Now, I can't say what foolishness you have been involved in, and I'm not inclined to tell you mine, but I will say this: "The Lord is merciful to all who call upon Him in truth" (Psalm 145:18).

Coming to the Lord with a repentant heart: that may be the most unfoolish thing we will ever do.

THE PRAYER: Dear Father, for my many foolish and disobedient deeds, I am truly sorry. May I, by the Spirit's motivation, come to You with a contrite heart. Further, having heard Your words of forgiveness, may I live my life wisely, well, and in thanks to Jesus, my Savior. In His Name, I ask this. Amen.

November 7, 2008

"A Father's Love"

It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found. Luke 15:32

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

The salvation story of Jesus Christ reaches around the world. So that the readers of our Daily Devotion may see the power of the Savior on a global scale, we have asked the volunteers of our International Ministry Centers to write our Friday devotions. We pray that the Spirit may touch your day through their words.

In Christ, I remain, His servant and yours, Kenneth R. Klaus Speaker of The Lutheran Hour

There are many young adults today who no longer want to live in their parents' home or follow their rules. They want their own freedom without commitment or responsibility. They don't value the warmth of a home or the affection of their parents until they have thrown it all away. Many forfeit true happiness by looking for moments of pleasure.

This is like the parable of the prodigal son. He left his home to seek the freedoms this world has to offer. With money in his pocket, but no commitments or responsibilities, the son splurged it all on temporary pleasure. But there soon came a time when the money ran out and, then, so did the pleasure. At his lowest point, he was sharing food with pigs.

It was then, the son decided to return to his father where he knew there was still security and love.

Through His Word, God reaches out to bring us back to Him, too. He loves us so much that He paid for our rescue with the death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus.

Like the father in the story Jesus told, God the Father is waiting with open arms for us to return as well.

THE PRAYER: Heavenly Father, thank You for loving us so much and calling us back to You when we stray. Amen.

In the midst of darkness, light

2008-11-02T07:01:00.000-08:00

Today, I'm blessed abundantly. Much as I'm being drained by people that God place into my life, I continuously see how God work wonders in my life. Just today, an impossible situation made flesh.

I'm left $35 for 1 and a half week. I was wondering... what to do? I'm going over to my dad's place. Which means famine. So the question about offering surface again. I'm supposed to give 10% ....which is $2. However, giving is something to do with joy and ... I've made a point to attempt to give more. Not that giving more would make one holy. It is more of. I wanna really give to God. To make sure that I do not love my money more than God and also to put myself in a position whereby I need to trust God to survive.

Well... I gave $5 and God decided to put me to a bigger trust. I've fogotten today that I wanted to contribute $10 to support an outreach program to bless the neighhood. $10 can get a bottle of oil and a sack of rice for some poor fellow. Haha.

So the task is this to give or not to give. I can pretend to forget and suppress my conscience. After all I did volunteer to help out on that day to be Logistic, Usher and Prayer. Easily reasoned that I gave much. (that would be forgetting that it is not the doing that counts but the heart) So I gave... that makes $20 for 1 and a half week.

Strangely, I was not worrying at that point of time. Starving was the last thing on my mind. Instead, God held me back from the Youth and ... set me to chat with Gladys's mother. It was a good long chat that took up 2 hours? About there... there I saw God's pain and I saw what could be a possible future. Or in fact it's already here but have not hit my life yet. Glady's mom might not have noticed the serverity of the situation. But there I felt God grieve...and ...I greived. I saw my complains to God about a few people in my life puny compared to the people Aunty Florence have in her life. Those poor people are really lost...so lost ... Words cannot express the helplessness of the situation.

Anyway, I went the Youth after that, that's where a brother in Christ came to me and pass me a love offerring. A Blessing from him... in it was ...$50. He and his daughter has always been a huge encouragement. An encouragement that not all things are ugly and mean. That there are nice people out there. But my blessings did not stop there. I got a $10 just now. That makes $60 Wow.... My cup overflows.... I gave 2.5 times...God gave 12 times back.

Haha.... Things are alittle better now. I was emoing over the people God gave me. They have loads of issues and in need of love. The verse that was given me on Sat. Shall be something I'll hold on to!

Isaiah 58:10-12
10 if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.
11And the LORD will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong;and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
12 And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in.

Yeap...I'll pour myself out. It's going to be difficult working with people who drains your attention, energy and time. But if it pleases God,I'll gladly do it! The Afflicted need Luurrrvvee...hahaha.
And yes. God showed me the meaning of this verse. "11And the LORD will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong;and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail." I'll hope and hold on to the promise of : "And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations" Ancient Ruins as in my broken lfe and family. Foundations as in the lives of people around me. =] yeah!

My aim will be to be called"called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in."

So A new week comes...tomorrow test and I've not studied...HAHAHAHA.

Still Not there Yet...tired...

2008-10-26T06:19:00.000-07:00

Today, I learnt the humbling lesson that I'm still far from being a nice guy. Yeap...

Today's Status...tired...

Anyway, ate a hearty breakfast.

I took over Jimmy for his camera duty...he came late for his ushering. He is suppose to usher and do camera at the same time. which is impossible. Something wrong with the admin. Still, I was kind of disappointed at Jimmy today. Oh wells... it's his choices anyway...

Today, team 2 led God's delight. They did a pretty good job. However, it's not their lesson that caught my main attention during that time. I was more interested in my bu fu qi ness. Haha

So this is what that happened. We had a game. It's Captain's ball but we played it with a rubber duck and players are occasionally called out of the game. I was trying to be laid back...(been doing that for quite awhile...) letting people try out their ideas although I do not agree with it. Well...yeah..that happened. and my team sort of come up with a strategy to throw far. With is sucidal, not because that it is a bad idea...but no one in the team is of that standard. Well...we lost in the end(4-2) and...well I was angry. Haha...yeah. But I caught myself.

I asked myself....woah...hold there dude...it's just a game...you did not have a team of "sports" people anyway, to win is to ask for a miracle. I've been asking myself this question recently...why am I paired up usaully with quiet people or people that don't seemed to be a little bit competitve? You know...it's nice to be in a team where all is hype up and ready to win and can actually win...

BUT HEY! That is off my objective...to win iss ssomething long gone. I should be chasing after such stuff anymore...those times are long gone for me. I should be more interested in people now. And what better way to care then to be with people who will need encouragement to stand up or speak up? I'm forgetting my objectives totally. I'm not here to win ... I'm here to be an encouragement and a pillar to help others to be more confident. I need not all those winnings. So...why so angry and so ...bitter? Yeap...

That's the first issue and learning lesson of the day.

The second lesson...is ...hahaha....a person.
I NEED TO LEARN TO BE NICEEEE.
Cannot talk about it...later get into trouble. LOL

Anyway...I learn that I need to really have more care, love and compassion. It's not about telling them the right thing anymore...It just don't go in. It is not the problem...not the root at least... I believe it to be the manifestation of a bigger problem. And people keep telling me and giving me alot of advices...but seriously...unless you have biblical backings, all you get from me is going to be " I acknowledge your opinions" haha...not that wanna be mean....but seriously...I believe the importance of living according to God words and there's a reason for all things. So if it's just an opinion, it will mean very little to me (haha Science student mah! LOL)

Ok..back to topic...away from unhelpful helpers. But..yeah ...being there is something nice too . I do appreciate...so...thanks! =] Ok...where was I ?

Oh...the need to be a more loving person. Yeap... When I look at myself , I look at this award that I earned during my secondary school life. Something that brought me joy for it had once made me convince that I'm a nice person and therefore can change people's life. It's this "graciousness to accomodate" award...meaning ....a person who can and will accept anyone. Now...it's like a mockery to me. I'm giving by God people who really put me to the limits and showed me how ugly I can really get and seriously....I'm a very nasty person inside.

yeah...lesson 2...I'm not there yet. HAHa =] well...that shall give me a reason to work harder...and...yeah...seriously...God...guard me that I may not end up hating. =] Hate is bad.

Oh! On a brighter note, It's Amandaz birthday today! haha....pretty fun and yeahh.
Happy Birthday! Glad that you have grown so much....Hees...keep growing k? and yeah. Learn to care more for your leaders... they are people that are prone to fail too!

=] And people needing of love and support =]

Hmmm...that's it for today. All vent out le..
And...I realise....there is someone that can make me more nervous than usual. More aware of my actions and failures... Someone that I'm currently super worried about...cos...I fear something might happen...to that person...
Hmm... Haiz...so pressuring....I fear of stumbling people like that...argghhh....God guard that person!!! Bless , protect and keep that person close to you...they are just so rare....

Tommorrow!! JEROME ! YOU ARE MINE!!! HAHAHAHAHA Where's Samuel? My prayer partner?

Mixed Feelings.

2008-10-14T06:51:00.000-07:00

My heart is heavy with mixed feelings...
Currently grief is the predominant feeling. Well... it was not like this but before I share I shall talk about the happier moment.

Today was a fun day. Sharon was in the same team as me! Haha...She's mentioned last week that there might be an unfortunate possibility that she ended up in the same team as me when we change our teams this week. I told her that her wish may be granted. Well... it was haha.

However, what shock me today was that Gienah joined my team too. I had expected Brian. I was looking hopefully at him but ...I guess he wanted me to call out to him. However, before I did that, Gienah (Whom I expected to join Grace's team[Cos they are like...erm...close friends?) came over and sat in our team. I was like...wow...this is going to be an interesting development.

Gienah is of course more than welcomed in the team.

Anyway, today's lesson went pretty well. Although I was tired enough to be lost of a while but I managed to pull through alive. I contacted my PEP group. Reminding them that we are sharing the Gospel later. I had good new in the morning that Dion (a really busy member will be able to join us). It was a really great encouragement.Later however, Dion was unable to join as FYP held him back. Thiam Heng was also unable to join us as he has a disciple group meeting. Well... It end up with Tengyu(Thank You for your Faithfulness) who has test and me who have FYP. I have a great temptation of postponing it. I felt like postponing my gospel sharing to thursday with Amos's PEP.

Although God has been telling me and warning me that the evil one is at work real hard against the PEP now, I sent a message... a message to ask Tengyu if he wants to shift the gospel sharing to thursday. I thank God that He intervene...haha...I really can't do much thing right. Well...hearing that shifting to thursday will equate to Tengyu missing out on Gospel sharing because he has fyp, I quickly and painfully decided that we have gospel sharing today and Thiam Heng to join Amos's PEP on Thursday. So I told my FYP mates; Estella and Raymond (Thank You all for being loving and understanding) that I'll be going off to share the Gospel. They gave me their blessings and I left. It's great to have brothers and sisters like Raymond and Estella. They have been a great blessing in my life and a constant encouragement against discouraging Christians.

I set off... heavy at heart. I'm nervous. The last sharing was a failure. I went to the library and printed out the sharing materials. I proceed to meet Tengyu. Well... I decided to go to the PEP meeting place. Something that I normally would not have done...but praise God for that heavy spirit I had that I was burdened to find somewhere that we can have a comfortable time praying.

Tengyu shared his day and boy..they are tough too. Both of us need prayer. Haha...but... Lo andd behold...we met Carmen's PEP! Ian was there! Which was a surprise too. I decided to pull him out from the PEP so that he can go out and share the Gospel with us. I believe he would wanted that too. So after asking Carmen to invite her PEP members to an exciting upcoming event on 3rd november, I asked Ian to joined us. He readily accepted.(Oh...Ian is an answered prayer and a huge blessing in my life also)

We heard that Ian's Grandad who is not yet saved had been admited to the hospital because of cancer. (Brothers and Sisters! PRAY for Salvation! and healing) So we all prayed for each other after a hearty sharing. Then I had a vision of sharing to 4 people. I printed 4 of the sharing materials too! To cut the long story short, Tengyu and I had a great time sharing with 4 year 1 students at a go. It was great ... my sharing skills are ragged now but I pray that God will help the seed grow! In those young people's lives.

Tengyu and I went home encouraged and recharged (we expected to be drained) something to really thank God for. I learn something however, I need to remember the miracles God has done in my life so that I can share them but again God told me in the train that it is not the miracles that persuade people to know the one true God.

I reached home...and yeah..that's where the grief started...and yeap I'm not going to write about it because I don't think it will please God. He has shown enough signs to tell me not to. So....bleahh....too bad!! Hahaahaha....

One of the Grievious pains in Life

2008-10-10T19:28:00.000-07:00

I'm reading an Article send to me through the email while doing my quiet time.

And I saw something that strikes grieve to my heart.

While her grandparents were Taoist, her parents converted to Christianity after her mother recovered from an
illness.

But I got very, very disturbed in my teenage years, because my grandmother is Taoist and the Christian
priest said my grandmother was not going to heaven,' she recounts.

So the young Phyllis searched for answers. In university, she joined the Buddhist society, the Baha'i society and even checked out the Tamil society to understand more about Hinduism.

In the end, she became a Baha'i as 'it was unequivocal in accepting that all religions worship the same god and so my perennial question - what will happen to my beloved grandmother - was solved.'

My question is ... in what way is that solved?
How is that solving the situation? Finding something more comfortable to believe in is not going to change your life or the fact of what thing is already is. When you are sick with flu, you don't go an believe some tom, dick or harry that magical stones will cure you. You look for a DOCTOR! Yeah! A doctor's fees may be more expensive. You may need to take horrible tasting medicines. But Truth is Truth. And all things beside or away from truth, even by the slightest bit is falsehood. Is that so difficult to understand? What logic is there? When you decide to believe a man's words that there is a simple cure? Just buy the stones at a cheap price. Put it somewhere in your house and you will be cured.

I really feel sad when I see people doing things like that. Just believe in something nice to hear.
This is a study done on students of Singapore.

It was not the only disturbing finding from her study, which involved 2,801 students aged 12 to 18 from six secondary schools. Its aim: To find out the nature of religious switching by adolescents, and how much they know about religions.

While 76 per cent said they were 'tolerant' of other religions, their idea of tolerance was 'not talking about it'.

And while a whopping 92 per cent expressed desire to find out more about other religions, the majority said they would do so from the Internet.

At the same time, Dr Chew found that they switched religions through an emotional process. 'They will usually say things like, 'I've a good feeling (about this religion)' or 'My friends influenced me'.

'So it's not a very rational decision, like what are the pros, what are the cons. It's not very cognitive. The switching process is usually an emotional one.'

The situation is grave. People are rushing to their graves. They are simply not using their cognitive skills...or in short brains. Dr Chew concluded...oh by the way she isn't a Christian and this is taken from the Straits Time.

This all reminds me of what Jesus mentioned ....

3For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
4They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

2 Timothy 4: 3-4

The second part of this verse mentioned

5But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

The first part

2Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction

Now we can see why there is an important need to share and tell the truth. Because we are at an age whereby...people will believe in anything...aliens, healing stones, etc...anything to make themselves feel secure and the Christians are sitting/ sleeping and not doing anything to tell their friends about the truth which they know ....all because they are afraid that people will view them differently or laugh at them or lose friends. Great friends huh? Even I am guilty of that.

And i believe therefore the verse ends with...

6For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure.
7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
8Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

It's a fight...a race...it's going to be tiring...it's going to cost us a lot...and out lives. But we persevere because....of God's promise of a reward in the end.

War Unprepared.

2008-10-10T07:25:00.000-07:00

Hey! Long time no Blogged. Haha.

OK! I'll share about something I heard in my discipleship group.

There is this guy...oh by the way he just died and my DG leader is invited for his memorial.

Anyway, this guy is some big spiritual giant but everything did not actually started that way. He in fact never took the bible seriously. Till as day, went he attend a christian fellowship. They had this Ice Breaker. Where everybody have to recite a verse. So naturally he panicked. He only know John 3:16.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life."

Well things took a worse turn when someone before him recited John 3:16. He's reputation is at stake. He's some pastor's son and a youth leader. So there are some expectations from him and not forgetting that there are forfeits in a game. Fortunately or by God's grace, he managed to come up with one when it is his turn.

Wanna guess what verse is that?

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:1

Haha...the group broke to laughter but that is still a verse so he is saved.
But it made him think. He was unprepared. Unprepared without God's Words.

The next day, he went on to work. It was the time of the first world war. The day was the day the japan bombard pearl harbor. The Americans were subjected to 31 minutes of bombing. They were sitting ducks. Unable to retaliate. The reason, they were unprepared. Their planes, were well lined...so well that the Japanese can easily and neatly bombed all away without much effort. If the American could have got to their planes, they would have turned the tides as they had better machines.

But they were unprepared.

This guy, he is suppose to man the anti air gun. However, he cannot carry out his duty...because there aren't any live round. He have the gun but have not the bullets. So his team was panicking and he ran in the midst of the bombing to look for the live rounds. When he finally found it, the ware house door was jammed due to lack of use.

So there was 31 minutes of uninterrupted Japanese bombing on Pearl Harbor that day.

At the end, he sat beside the anti air gun, With a bible in his hand. His' friends, some injured, some dead. The damage is huge. Because of unpreparedness,his battalion is almost wiped out.

that day, he made a vow to never be unprepared. Not only in the worldly warfare but in the spiritual warfare. He saw the link between his lack of bible knowledge and his unpreparedness. He saw the fatality. He saw the possibility of that in his spiritual life.

And we know the evil one prowls around like as roaring lion, waiting to devour. If we are not prepared with God's words. When the enemy strikes, ouch.

So Christians, read your bible.

Lutheran Collections

2008-09-30T19:13:00.000-07:00

September 30, 2008
Greater Love

For one will scarcely die for a righteous person -- though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die -- but God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:7-8

Ten-year-old Doug Zehner of Chesterton, Indiana, is alive.

Doug slipped into a rain-swollen creek and was pulled into a steel culvert. A next-door neighbor, Mark Thanos, jumped in to try and save the boy. When Mark had a difficult time getting out of the water, his 74-year-old father jumped in to provide assistance.

The boy, smaller than the grown men, was flushed through the three-foot-wide culvert and came to the surface about 20 feet downstream.

Both men died in their attempt to save the boy.

Doug's parents, moved by the selfless devotion of their friend, said, "He gave his life for my child. I can only hope that we live up to his memory. We'll do the best we can with our son for him."

Theirs is an appropriate and right reaction. When somebody gives his future for yours, a life well lived is the best and probably the only way to express your appreciation. You can't pay back the debt; all you can do is honor what has been done for you.

That's something we Christians understand.

We know that because of Jesus' sinless life we no longer live under the law; because of the Savior's sacrifice on Calvary's cross, we have been given eternal life. Now, to the best of our ability, we try to do our best to honor the Christ, the Savior who died for men and women who were sinners.

Oh, there is one other thing about this accident you might want to know.

Thinking about what had happened, young Doug, with a cracking voice, said, "I wish he (Mark Thanos) didn't love me that much."

As for me, I'm thankful there are people like Mark who can love that strongly, that selflessly, that sacrificially.

I'm even more thankful I have a Savior who loved a sinner so much that He -- fully aware of what He was doing -- traded His life, His hope, His all, so I might be forgiven and given a new life that will last forever.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord Jesus, for coming to this world to live and die for ungrateful, unappreciative humanity, my thanks. In dying so I might live, You have given me a gift I could never earn, and can never repay. But may I live a life that honors You. In Your Name. Amen.

September 23, 2008
Glittery Sins

But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, "God, be merciful to me, a sinner!" Luke 18:13

The three Chinese men bought a 604-pound "ball of shiny something" for $2,000.

Then, they smuggled the ball of shiny something past border guards to a safe hiding place.

Surprised that the ball of shiny something sparkled and glittered when the lights were turned off, one of them chipped off a chunk of the something and kept it next to his bed. At night, when he had a hard time sleeping, he played with his chipped-off chunk of something.

Finally, curiosity and a desire to turn a profit motivated the men to put the ball of shiny something on the market. Knowing most people would be reluctant to buy a big ball of shiny something, they decided to go to Beijing to get their ball of shiny something identified and appraised.

To keep from being discovered, one of them taped a piece of the ball onto his body and made the thousand-mile trip.

Things, however, didn't go as well as planned.

After they were arrested, the men were told they were trying to sell a giant ball of depleted uranium. They were also told exposure to such a ball usually isn't a problem. The key word in that sentence is "usually."

When I read that Reuters story last week, I thought that's pretty much the way a lot of people deal with sin.

They think it's innocent stuff; they think they can play around with it, stay close to it and not suffer any ill consequences from it. Scripture says flat out they are wrong. The soul that sins will die. Big sins, little sins, all kinds of sins lead to death. In short, sin may appear to be shiny, but it is always dangerous stuff.

By God's grace, Christians can recognize the danger in sin's glitter. That is why we follow the example of the publican in Jesus' parable. Rather than playing with sin or pretending it's perfectly innocent, we say, "God be merciful to me a sinner."

Now I don't know what sins are bothersome to you. I do know that Jesus came into this world to take those sins away. His perfect life was lived to remove those sins and have them nailed to the cross with Him. Because of Jesus' sacrifice your once-glittery sins are exposed and eliminated.

Because of Jesus, your sin is gone and by faith you are saved.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord Jesus, I stand convicted of many sins. Because You have lived, died and risen those sins have been erased. May this day be lived in the forgiveness and joy You alone can provide. In Your Name. Amen.

September 22, 2008
Escape or Die

And as they brought them out, one said, "Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away." Genesis 19:17

This devotion is being written from my hotel room in Amarillo, Texas. Hurricane Ike is the reason I am not on a flight home right now.

According to my next-door neighbor, there is a large tree down in my back yard. Hurricane Ike gets the blame for that, too.

Of course, the loss of a tree is nothing compared to the damage experienced by many.

Amazingly, the number of folks who have died from this monster storm is minimal.

Maybe that's because hundreds of thousands of people paid attention to the warnings that were given. In case you didn't hear, to those places the hurricane was to hit, the National Hurricane Center warned, "All neighborhoods and possibly entire coastal communities will be inundated during the period of peak storm tide . . . . Persons not heeding evacuation orders in single family one- or two-story homes will face certain death."

When I heard that warning, I was reminded of what the angels said to Lot before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah: "Escape . . . do not look back . . . escape lest you be swept away."

Lot obeyed God's instructions and survived. His wife looked back and died. It was very simple.

If you are reading this devotion, you have probably heard God's salvation warning: "Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned" (Mark 16:16).

You know you have been saved completely and totally by Holy Spirit-given faith in Jesus as your liberator.

As one of Jesus' saved people, you are grateful because your gracious God has moved you from the danger zone of sin, Satan, and death, to the forgiveness and salvation that comes only through Jesus' life, suffering, death, and resurrection.

You are saved, but others are not. This is why, today, I would encourage you to pray for one person, one individual who is special to you-somebody who has decided to ignore the warnings of Scripture and remain steadfast in his or her unbelief.

Pray that their hearts may be softened, and they will flee from their present position of certain death to the safety assured by the Savior's sacrifice.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord Jesus, for sending Your Holy Spirit to call me to faith, I will be eternally grateful. Now I specifically bring to Your attention, (NAME) ________, my (RELATIONSHIP) ________. Let him/her be touched by the wonder and joy of what You have done. In Your Name. Amen.

Prayer Requests.

2008-09-26T21:55:00.000-07:00

Wow... Alot of things happened. God is using me in many ways. I'm really excited and the same time nervous. I see things unfold and unfolding. It's beautiful.

Anyway, Fellow Brothers and Sisters in Christ, pray for me as I rededicate my life to walk closer to God. Fighting tough battles and sins. Pray for freedom from sin and a heart that seeks God. Pray also that God will continue to use me and also to have love and compassion for those who is place by God into my life.

Pray also that i'll put God at the center of my life. Starting from spending time with Him.

Also finally, the fight is ravaging my body. Actually is more of the defeats that are. Very tired now and wow... Can't believe I'm saying this but yes. I need more energy and strength.

23/9/08

2008-09-22T15:45:00.000-07:00

I'm gonna try some thing new on my blog...or else this blog will die.

I'm gonna do my QT here. Recently, there has been an increase of people around me who wrote letters to God . In the form of Journals and stuff . Pretty interesting. I guess Why not Me try it? =]

Dear Heavenly Father,

Today, I woke up in Defeat. It's a pretty bad week for me. I'm gettting nervous because of my huge amount of failures this week and I know my sins will be exposed. It's not a nice feeling and Lord... sometimes I think ... how come? Why ? Why can't I just stand striaght and choose to live for you? My heart is prone to wander and stray. But Father! I want to thank you! Thank you that you have taken away my sins. I thank you that you do not count my sins against me and neither do my brothers.

Through father I reallly want to live THE life for you now... I thank you for Suxian also. She'sa great encouragement yesterday. Help me father . To wait . To perservere. School's gonna start...there's gonna be a test and after that SFYC gospel sharing. Both of them ...I'm not prepared for ... But father. I'll still participate. Help me to go through it.

Your Child
Yu Ki

Hmmm... I think this is better done at night. HAHAHa

School is starting soon

2008-09-01T22:14:00.001-07:00

School is starting soon and a few hills and valleys have been spotted in the near distance.

Am excited. Am nervous. The last semester of my poly life and it's gonna be the toughest semester.

Holey Holey Holey

2008-08-26T06:17:00.000-07:00

Wow...today ain't the bests of day...

Looks Like I will not ba able to provide my friends support dduring FYP and my FYP is now in a precarious position.

I spent most of my time today quiet. Amazing right. Yeap Cos I'm troubled in spirit. I'm asking God. Why? Why are all the things happening? Oh Cos...my FYP clash was not the only bad news I had for the day.

My teammates are concerned. Well thank you but silence is really appreciated at times like that unless you know what to say or do. Well... After a while of sulking at God and wondering if that is the right thing to do ( I thought of Job. ), He made clear one thing...

Holy Holy Holy... Yeap that is all I've got. He's Holy

I've being asking Questions like:
Lord..Why do you do this?
I know I'm not perfect and have done many wrong things?
Have I not proven myself enough?
etc...

And yes...The answer is He's Holy. Therefore trust Him.

Hahaha...Although I do not get the full answer immediately. Holy Holy Holy. Is the first part of the answer. God always...builds up. He makes sure that I grow...therefore he do not spoonfeed.

I got my holy holy holy answer during Hui Min's FYP. I need to donate blood and they use this lancet thingy. Something that punctures your finger and makes it bleed. My blood did not flow out properly the first two times they attempt to poke holes in my fingers. They said that my hands are too cold. Well... yes..I'm feeling cold and depress at that time...not to mention hungry.

After they poke the third hole, I mentioned about having holey fingers. Then it struck me. Holey Holey Holey....sounds kind of like holy holy holy.

It sort of remind me to trust God's faithfulness. of Course I ain't comforted yet. I tried to figure out if God can make my situation better but I saw no light...so...I sulk longer...till around the end of my fyp of today, I decided...well..let go let GOD. TRUST AND HAVE FAITH.

Cos the situation is ...really....a disaster.

On the way back... I chatted with Ray. Yeap and yes...we chatted and we saw what God did.....
And it's wow....
God had been preparing this event from the beginning....My intended "perfect" plan is a self righteous rush from camp to school. God did not want that. I'll only become more arrogant and tire myself out. So God makes sure that one off our cells do not grow well...so that we are forced to reschedule some of that cell's experiment to other days. What is left over is lesser but at an amount whereby faith is still needed.

God intervened...to...save the experiment and....to build my faith in Him....ain't it beautiful? Haha....And yes...indeed. He's holy Holy Holy. I should trust Him andd Hold on.

2008-08-24T07:12:00.000-07:00

July 16, 2008
"My Ears are Itchin'"

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
2 Timothy 4: 3-4

I'm a Cubs fan. There, I've said it. In St. Louis, where Cardinal fanatics are everywhere, a Cubs fan needs support.

A recent article in the St. Louis Post Dispatch implies I've got it. The article spoke of Sister Colleen Olsen, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Sister Colleen is a wonderful lady, every year going to El Salvador to work in a maternity hospital, a hospital with a small chapel.

It was during one of her frequent visits to the chapel that Sister Colleen noticed something on the flagstone wall behind the altar. It was an image of the Chicago Cubs Bear. That's right; the team, which hasn't won the pennant in 100 years, has its mascot's image on a wall in an El Salvadorian chapel. Sister Colleen thinks it's a sign. She said, "I think this is our year." I think it would be nice.

On the other hand, I have a tough time believing God is using chapel walls to let the world know His favor is resting on the Cubs. Which takes me to the point of this devotion.

In 2nd Timothy, Paul warned the day would come when a lot of people would shop around for a preacher who would tell them the things they want to hear. These people would turn away from the truth and wander off into believing myths.

Now I don't doubt Sister Colleen is a good woman. I'm sure she is. But God's people need to be certain to follow the Lord's will and avoid shopping for a god who follows their own. And where will we find God's will?

Look to the Scriptures. There we are told of our sin and God's grace; there we will hear of how God loved us enough to send His only Son so all who believe on Him will not perish eternally, but will be given eternal life. And one thing we will not hear is anything about the Cubs winning the pennant in 2008.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord, thank You for the Word that shows me my sinful shortcomings and Your great grace, which has come to me in Jesus. Help me to be faithful to Him and follow Your guidance. In His Name. Amen.

July 18, 2008
"Faith Is Pleasing To God"

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: The salvation story of Jesus Christ reaches around the world. So that the readers of our Daily Devotion may see the power of the Savior on a global scale, we have asked the volunteers of our International Ministry Centers to write our Friday devotions. We pray that the Spirit may touch your day through their words. In Christ, I remain, His servant and yours, Kenneth R. Klaus Speaker of The Lutheran Hour

We each have a desire for things to make sense. This certainty of mind, however, isn't always possible. Life often gives us more gray areas than it does black and white. When it comes to matters of faith, we are to trust in God's Word.

However, this is a constant struggle because of the continued presence of sin in our lives. We want to trust in God. We know we should rely on Him exclusively in all situations, but then we also want to know that if we have to - - if it really comes down to it - - we can handle the situation ourselves.

In other words, we like to hedge our bets. If it looks like God isn't going to give us the answer we seek, we are prepared to step in and take care of the matter for Him. Faith, however, isn't supposed to be provisional. It's not something we apply on one occasion, only to suspend on another. Our relationship to God is based on faith. By faith we acknowledge Him as Creator of the heavens and the earth. By faith, we believe He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for our sins.

By faith, we trust in the Lord and lean not on our own understanding. We have this faith knowing that though we may fall short, God's power, mercy, and love will never fall short. The condition of our faith and the way we exercise it very much concern God, according to the book of Hebrews. It says, "without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him" (Hebrews 11:6). Christ will "render to every man according to what he has done" (Revelation 22:12b). May our faith in Him increase so that we, too, may lead lives pleasing to Him.

THE PRAYER: Lord Jesus, Your love and power are beyond all human reason. You did for us what it makes no sense to do - - You died for each one of us and through the Holy Spirit You give us faith to believe in You and live for You. Grant such faith to us all. Amen.

July 24, 2008
"Who Has The Last Word?"

And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.
Acts 4:33

I remember the day the policeman came to the parsonage and asked me to go with him to break the news to a family their husband and father had suddenly been killed. I went and I believe as their pastor, my presence and, especially, the comfort of Scripture made a difference. Even so, it was not my favorite kind of home visit.

Two weeks ago, ABC News ran a wonderful article about the soldiers whose difficult job is to notify families that their loved one has been killed. The story said it's not the kind of job every soldier can, or wants to do. It told of the training these personnel receive. It referred to the commitment these soldiers feel toward a fallen comrade and their willingness to do what is necessary so the family might be helped through the initial days of mourning. The article spoke about Casualty Affairs Personnel. That's right; that's what they're called.

It told how these individuals must possess the utmost sensitivity. Those folks about whom I have never thought are on my daily prayer list now. May God give them the grace to do a necessary and unapplauded job. Even as I have been praying for these military personnel, I have also been offering up a prayer of thanks.

You see, unlike the Casualty Affair Personnel, every time I have entered a home with news of a death, I was able to share the story of the Savior. Because of what the Christ has done through His life, His crucifixion on Calvary's crest, and His resurrection victory over death, I was always able to assure families that death would not have the last word. Most certainly there were tears; there was pain; there was a profound sense of loss and dark days of mourning.

But the Savior's story of salvation made it possible for me to point these heartbroken families to that place where tears will be wiped away, where pain will be set aside, and where mourners will be comforted. I was able to quote the Savior who said, "Because I live, you shall live also" (John 14:19b). In short, the Savior gives Bible-believing pastors and congregations a message - - a message that military folks are officially not allowed to deliver: that Jesus and His resurrection make all the difference. It made all the difference.

THE PRAYER: Dear heavenly Father, throughout the world death has created mourning families and grieving friends. Send Your Holy Spirit that, while there is time, the joy of Jesus and the salvation He has won for us, may take root in these downcast hearts. By Your power, may families know that in Jesus there is an unending reunion of joy. In His Name I ask it. Amen.

Lutheran Hours Collections

2008-08-20T06:37:00.000-07:00

Another Round of it Comes!

August 20, 2008
"Getting Along"

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within and defile the man.
Mark 7:21-23 (KJV)

Can't we all just get along? Good question. Tough answer. As you know, the Olympic Games are in full swing. As you also know, this event is supposed to be a time of peace, harmony, fellowship, encouragement, and a whole lot of positive and wonderful things which most people like to think accurately describe humanity. As the song says, "It ain't necessarily so."

With threats having come in from terrorist organizations, China has increased police protection and tightened security check points. It has published pamphlets giving directions to tourists on how they should behave and trained tens of thousands of volunteers on what they should and shouldn't do in the presence of guests. In preparation for the festival, China has confined political demonstrations to a few designated locations and then only with state permission. It has decided not to allow statements about religion, the display of flags from countries which are not participating in the Olympics, and large signs cheering for one country or another. It seems that just getting along just doesn't come naturally to us.

Indeed, we have to work pretty hard just to get along even for a few days. This is one of the reasons why our heavenly Father sent His Son into this world. Yes, Jesus came to save us from sin, death, and devil, but He also came to save us from ourselves, from that evil which resides in us. "What evil?" you ask. Jesus gives a partial list in the text of today's Daily Devotion. Jesus tells us our hearts contain evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, envy, blasphemy, and pride. These are all sins from which we cannot save ourselves.

This is precisely why Jesus came to be one of us. If we were to be saved, if the price of our punishment was to be paid, someone had to live a perfect life. That someone was the Savior. He alone has borne our sins and carried our sorrows. Now, because of what He has done, believers are forgiven and saved. Because of Jesus' perfect life we will, eventually, be taken to a place where we won't have to work hard to "get along." In heaven, there shall be perfect peace, perfect praise, and perfect harmony as we come together in thanks to our perfect Lord.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord Jesus, receive my thanks for living Your life so I might have eternal life in Your perfect paradise. In Your Name. Amen.

August 19, 2008
"Under Our Noses"

When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished," and He bowed His head and gave up the spirit.
John 19:30

Feeling you are probably getting inundated by news of the Olympics (and the future U.S. elections), I generally have steered away from making such items the total focus of the Daily Devotions. Even so, I would like to tell you about John Steven Aquari of Tanzania. John ran the marathon in the 1968 games in Mexico City. John ran the marathon, but he did not win it. In fact, a bad fall early in the race guaranteed that John would be the last man to finish.

Indeed, John limped into the stadium hours after the rest of the runners had finished and left. Speaking for all the world, a reporter asked John, "You are badly injured. Why didn't you quit? Why didn't you give up?" John didn't hesitate in answering. He said, "My country did not send me seven thousand miles to start this race. My country sent me to finish." It was a good answer.

It's one that reminded me of others who had been committed to finishing the job entrusted to them. Look at the Savior as He hung upon the cross. He had, in the 33 years of His life suffered the jealousy of kings, the hatred of those He had come to save, the temptations of Satan, and the desertion, denial, and betrayal of His closest friends. Even so, Jesus had been sent to save us. No matter what the sinful world dished out, He remained committed to finishing the job He had been given. On the cross, before He dies, in victory He proclaims: "It is finished."

Years later, St. Paul, having been saved by Jesus' gracious sacrifice, said much the same thing. Having survived shipwreck and stoning, jailing and rejection, Paul had continued to proclaim the Christ everywhere he went. Before he was executed, he wrote to Timothy and made a statement that summed up his life. He said: "I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me" (2 Timothy 4:7b-5a).

To finish the race. It is my prayer that each of us reading these Daily Devotions might also say, "I am committed to finishing my appointed race." Your race might be long or short; it might be easy or hard. No matter, by the Holy Spirit, in Jesus, finish your race.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord Jesus, I stand in awe of Your dedication to saving me. It was a hard race, but You finished it. Now, because of what You have done, I am saved. May I, by the Holy Spirit's power, run my race to completion and receive the crown of life. In Your Name. Amen.

August 18, 2008
"A Bad Sinner"

For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.
Romans 7:19

Schadenfreude. Schadenfreude is a good German word. Roughly, it means taking pleasure over someone else's misfortune. A good example of schadenfreude would be when you are passed by a speeding driver and, four miles down the road, you see him pulled over by a cop and getting a ticket. What you feel is schadenfreude.

I should also say schadenfreude is not an especially Christian virtue. Just a short time ago, the Minneapolis Star Tribune carried an article that showed me for the nasty-hearted villain I am.

The story came out of Lebanon, Indiana. It was there, in Lebanon's Oak Hill Cemetery, that 36-year-old Katherine Gunther sort of stuck herself. Normally a person sticking herself would make me feel bad, but there is a rest of the story.

Katherine is a witch, a follower of Wicca. She, with her coven, was in the cemetery after hours. Using candles, incense, and a sword they were performing a ceremony to give thanks for a recent run of good luck. When they reached a certain spot in the service, Katherine was supposed to stick the sword into the ground. She missed the ground and stuck the sword into her foot. This, I imagine, immediately ended the service of thanksgiving for good luck.

When I read that story, I laughed. If I had been there, I would have been concerned and sympathetic, but I wasn't there. And before I could help myself, I laughed. Schadenfreude. Now please, don't write to me and say, "Pastor, that was wrong. You shouldn't have laughed." I know that. It was improper, and it was unchristian.

I was improper and inappropriate, and I feel sorrow for what I did. All of this goes to show that Paul wasn't unique when he talked about not doing the good that he should and continuing to do the bad that he shouldn't. The truth is, if my heart can laugh at someone who stabs themselves in the foot with a sword, I am in need of a Savior.

Every day I sin much and every day I am in need of the forgiveness that comes only through the Savior's sacrifice and resurrection. Understand, I wouldn't have told you all of this, if I didn't think you were almost as bad as I am. You may not have laughed at the sword-in-the-foot incident, but each of us have our moments, our sinful moments, moments when we need a Savior. Thank the Lord we have the Savior in the person of Jesus.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord, why You should bother about a sinner such as me is a great mystery. I do not understand, but I shall praise You for the great grace I have received through the Savior's substitution. For forgiveness and today, I thank You. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

August 13, 2008
"Like A Mom"

As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 66:13

Fanta Lingani is a mother - - a mother who lives in the African country of Burkina Faso. Last week the Washington Post told her story. It told of how Fanta had risen at 4 a.m., then walked two hours so she might earn $1.20 sweeping sidewalks. With that money she bought food and spent another two hours cooking a meal of corn mush, seasoned with tree leaves, dried fish, and wood ashes.

The article told how Fanta Lingani first gave her husband a bowl of the food and then she made a distribution to her older children. Lastly, Fanta took a bowl of the bland stew for herself. She ate two mouthfuls of the mush and then she gave the rest to her children who were still hungry. She probably said she was full. She wasn't. With food prices having doubled and the family's income staying the same, those two mouthfuls would be Fanta's only meal until the next day.

Fanta Lingani is a mother. She's a mother who does what needs to be done for her children's benefit, welfare, and livelihood. The prophet Isaiah once described God as providing comfort like a mother. The text for today's devotion says, "As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you." Like a mother, the Lord saw our sin and realized what it would do to us. Like Fanta Lingani, God did what was necessary so we, His children, might live. So we might live is why Jesus was born in Bethlehem. So we might live is the cause to which He dedicated His life. So we might live is why Jesus allowed Himself to be arrested, beaten, tried, and crucified.

To assure us we will live forever is why He rose from the dead and showed Himself to a lost and starving world. Because of Jesus' love, all who believe on Him as Savior and Redeemer are saved.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord, for having done all that was necessary for my salvation, my undying appreciation. For doing what I could not, for making the gracious sacrifice of Your Son, I owe You everything, including this day, which I live to Your glory. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

July 22, 2008
"Neither A Borrower Nor . . ."

. . . do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.
Matthew 5:42b

Here's a quick quiz: Is the passage "Thou shalt neither a borrower nor a lender be" found in the Old or the New Testament? Give yourself an extra point if you can name the book where that passage is found.

Sorry. That was unfair. It was unfair because the passage isn't in the Bible at all. On the other hand, it does point to the text of today's devotion where Jesus comments on the matter of giving and borrowing: "Give to the one who begs from you and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you."

I wonder how those words apply to Thomas Pilaar of Denver, Colorado. You see Thomas has a habit of going to libraries and checking out books, hundreds of books and DVDs. Unfortunately, Thomas has not developed the habit of returning the things he has borrowed. The Denver Public Library estimates Thomas owes them about $35,000. The Douglas Library fared better with Thomas racking up a mere $11,000 in overdue books and DVDs.

Under normal circumstances, Thomas might have returned these items and thrown himself on the mercy of the court. That action was made impossible because Thomas, having borrowed these items from these libraries, promptly went out and sold them. I guess this turns his borrowing into thieving. Still, I wonder what God would expect me to do if Thomas showed up and asked me to lend him some of my rare books.

Would Jesus expect me to loan those books to Thomas? Would He want me to offer all of them? With no strings attached? Without any kind of security? And, as long as I'm wondering, I wonder if the Lord ever feels we do the same kind of thing to Him?

We are sinners - - sinners who have no way of redeeming ourselves and who seldom repay our debts. As sinners we come to Him begging for forgiveness. And this forgiveness, because of Jesus' sacrifice and intercession, is given over and over again as we commit the same or similar sins. We are beggars, pitiful thieves; we should be turned away or tossed out entirely.

But God doesn't turn us away; He doesn't throw us out. Because we are redeemed members of His household, He keeps forgiving, and loving, and doing for us what we would not do for someone else.

This is why it's good He's God and we're not.

THE PRAYER: Dear heavenly Father, for Your patience, Your grace, and above all, for giving Your Son as my Savior, I sing Your praises. Send Your Holy Spirit so this day I may, in the things I do, avoid sin and show my thanks. In Jesus' Name, I ask it. Amen.

Lutheran Hours Collection (5)

2008-08-12T19:13:00.000-07:00

Here is a collection of bible study stuff! =] Read and be built up! =]

August 11, 2008
"Stealing Devoted Things"

They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings.
Joshua 7:11b

"Thou shalt not steal." That's not a complicated commandment, and people don't have much difficulty understanding it. The problem is some have a hard time following it. The words which serve as the theme for our devotion come from the Lord who was upset when Achan kept some of the spoils from the fallen city of Jericho such as gold and silver which had been claimed by God and a high couture Babylonian robe. Achan shouldn't have done what he did, but many people can understand the attraction of fashion and cold cash.

On the other hand, most of us will have some problems understanding the thieves who are stealing manhole covers and grates in Flint, Michigan. According to a recent article in the Flint Journal, almost 400 cast iron grates and covers have been taken. The neighboring community of Burton says they've lost 200 of the same type of items. This leads me to ask: "Wouldn't you think someone might notice the thieves who were ripping off that many heavy, awkward covers? After all, they're not the kind of thing you can easily hide in your back pocket." I'm curious, "Don't you imagine a company which buys scrap iron might think it suspicious when a fellow shows up with a few hundred manhole covers labeled 'City of Flint, Michigan'?"

It all goes to prove that when financial times get tough, some folks will do just about anything, including stealing covers which can create a dangerous hole for inattentive motorists and curious children. Of course, when things become difficult financially there are those who go a different way: They rely upon the Lord Jesus. Rather than turning to the dark side, they are turned to the Savior. They know that Jesus who gave His life on the cross to save them, who rose on the third day to show His victory and power, will keep His promises to those who believe on Him.

They know they can call upon Him in the day of trouble even as they believe they can cast their cares upon Him. That times are tough is a given. What remains undecided is what we will do during those times. Will we go to God, or will we give up on Him? We know the answer should be an easy one.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord Jesus, there are people who are always searching for shortcuts to security. In these difficult days may I find my peace, my security, my hope in You. This day, and every day, I pray You will bring me closer to Your ways and Your will. In Your Name. Amen.

August 8, 2008
"Love Your Enemies"

But I tell you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
Matthew 5:44

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: The salvation story of Jesus Christ reaches around the world. So that the readers of our Daily Devotion may see the power of the Savior on a global scale, we have asked the volunteers of our International Ministry Centers to write our Friday devotions. We pray that the Spirit may touch your day through their words. In Christ, I remain, His servant and yours, Kenneth R. Klaus Speaker of The Lutheran Hour

Many people living in the Middle East and North Africa live in a world where Jesus is considered to be someone other than the Savior of the world. Many think of Him as only a prophet, neither greater nor lesser than Abraham or Mohammad. Sadly, the redemptive work accomplished by Jesus on the cross as our Savior is not believed by the majority of people in the Middle East. Bitter animosities between different faiths and cultures have a long history in the Middle East.

Often, these hard feelings lead to violence and injury - - or worse. When strained relationships lead to fresh wounds, the Christian faith encourages forgiving. The Christian is to turn the cheek and forgive.

Christians are to go the extra mile in seeking and offering forgiveness, especially to their enemies. Jesus teaches us this very clearly when He said, "But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you" (Matthew 5:44).

When people hate one another for decades, huge barriers develop and it becomes very difficult to forgive. Yet, we are told that even these hatreds can be overcome, ". . . with God all things are possible" (Matthew 19:26b). As we look to Jesus as our example we, too, can learn from Him. His words on the cross were, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing" (Luke 23:34).

In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus taught us, "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors" (Matthew 6:12). It is an easy thing to say we will forgive our enemies but, in fact, it is very difficult. It is difficult because we feel we are becoming weak and letting the enemy off easy.

In truth, offering this forgiveness is something that requires enormous strength - - possible only through the power of the Holy Spirit.

THE PRAYER: Heavenly Father, help us to learn from Jesus to fully and honestly forgive our enemies. Fill our hearts with Your peace and comfort. In Jesus' Name, we pray. Amen.

August 7, 2008
"God's Name"

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.
1 John 3:1

Most people don't like their names. That's what one study after another has shown. Most people, at least for part of their lives, don't like the names their parents gave them. With that as a given, I wonder how soon-to-be-born Dixon Willoughby Partin will feel about his name as he's growing up. I think Dixon Willoughby is going to feel put out.

You see, Dixon Willoughby's father, David, has promised he will name his son after two hosts on a Florida radio station. Dixon Willoughby's father, David, won a contest by promising to name his son after those two radio personalities. And what was the grand prize which Dixon Willoughby's father, David, has received for winning this contest? He received - - are you ready for this - - a $100 gas card.

It's hard for me to believe that this bit of news is going to help the boy's self-esteem or increase his sense of self-worth. In truth, a name ought to be worth more than a gas card, which is here today and driven away tomorrow. I know my name is worth more. So is yours, if you're called a "Christian."

That's what St. John was trying to convey to God's people when he wrote, "See what kind of love the Father has given to us that we should be called children of God . . . ." John wanted them to know that being called "children of God" was something wonderful and honorable. John was able to offer such encouragement because he had seen the Father's love in the person of Jesus. John had been there and seen the wonder, compassion, and power of Jesus' miracles; he had heard the Savior's words of wisdom; John had witnessed the Christ's arrest, trial, and crucifixion. John had been among the first to look into Jesus' empty tomb and had been blessed to repeatedly visit with the risen Redeemer.

What kind of love enables us to be called "children of God"? It's a love that never stopped giving, sacrificing, and reaching out.

What kind of love? We have a love that, because of Jesus, forgives our sins and moves us from hell to heaven.

What manner of love? It is the kind of love that can only come from a unique and wonderful Father.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord Jesus, for Your love which has made me a child of God, I offer my thanks. May I live like one of Your children. Amen.

August 6, 2008
"Bad Days"

Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Matthew 6:34

People have bad days. Recently, police officer Tim Pochron had a bad day. A few weeks ago, Tim was sworn into his new job in Bart, Indiana. The following Monday was scheduled to be his first day at work. Tim's excitement was visible to all. Tim was ready, eager, and able. He had the skills; he had the equipment; he had a new patrol car. Everything that could be ready was ready.

Everything was ready until Tim Pochron's police vehicle was wrecked in a crash. No, it wasn't Tim's fault. Tim wasn't in the car; he wasn't near the car. Tim was still in his house when, one half hour into his first day of work, another car hit a tree and plowed into Tim's parked squad car. It hit Tim's car so hard it bent the rear axle. And Tim, rather than going to work, ended up at headquarters filling out an accident report.

People do have bad days. Like the fellow who was arrested, after he tested positive for drugs, after he lost control of his vehicle, and after that vehicle rammed into the parked patrol car of officer Tim Pochron. Now I just mention Tim's story because his story seems like ours. Sooner or later, we all have bad days. You may, like Tim Pochron, be the person who is crashed into; you may, like the anonymous fellow who was arrested, be the person who does the crashing.

Either way, it's a bad day. Our Lord Jesus recognized a sinful world would produce bad days, both real and imagined. Because of those bad days that come, and those that might, the Savior told us not to worry. Yes, He realized saying that was easier than doing that. But, so we could be given peace - - a peace that passes human understanding - - Jesus came into this world.

Jesus came to forgive us, ransom us, redeem us, and rescue us from the worry of bad days. With every breath He took, Jesus showed His mastery over sin, devil, death, and bad days.

Read through the Gospel stories, and you will be amazed to see the level of Jesus' concern. There was no problem too large or too small for Jesus. There still isn't.

Look at the cradle, the cross, the empty tomb and believe. Believe Jesus has redeemed you and believe Him when He says, "do not be anxious about tomorrow. . . . " Jesus is in control.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord Jesus, for being willing to bear my sins and help me through my bad days, I thank You. Today and tomorrow, no matter what comes, may I believe You will get me through it. In Your Name. Amen.

July 29, 2008
"The Right Path"

You make known to me the path of life; in Your presence there is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Psalm 16:11

Daniel Boone was once asked, "Have you ever been lost?" He replied, "Nope, but I was once mighty confused for three days." Boone's answer was cute. The story of Kay Gadsby is tragic.

Kay was a 21-year-old English woman who suffered numerous physical problems. In her brief life, she had already gone through a heart transplant and was on the waiting list for her third kidney replacement. Kay Gadsby died in an ambulance that had lost its way as it made the 30-mile run to the hospital. It seems the driver had only been to the hospital once before and when the navigation system in the ambulance conked out, he couldn't figure which way to go.

As Kay repeatedly asked her mother, "I'm not going to die, am I?", the paramedic helping her had to climb into the front seat of the ambulance to give directions to the confused driver. As I travel to various speaking engagements, I see tens of thousands of cars and trucks. So do you. It often occurs to me that many of these people have no relationship with the Savior. They're very busy going somewhere, but the somewhere to where they are going isn't heaven. They are lost and although they may not know it, like Kay Gadsby, they are also terminal. They are going to die.

This is one of the reasons you and I, souls who have been saved by the Christ, do what we do. If we know someone whose navigational system is broken, we point him or her to the Holy Scriptures where, as the Psalmist says, the Lord makes known to us the path of life. If they are in need of a transplant, we introduce them to the Savior who is the great Physician of both body and soul. If they are confused as to which way they should proceed, we try and direct them to Jesus who alone is the way.

My friends, it is a great tragedy that Kay died as she did. It will be a far greater tragedy if those around us, those who are lost and dying, never meet the Savior who can forgive their sins, heal their souls, and take them straight to heaven.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord Jesus, all around me are people who are lost and dying. Whenever possible, I ask You to use me to help give them directions and assistance. In the Name of Jesus who alone is the way, I pray it. Amen.

2D Outing

2008-08-08T08:47:00.004-07:00

Wow..A power packed friday!

Ended school pretty early today.... Then class decided to play dog and bone.
Needless to say...MY TEAM WON! woot..Cos..we have the faci...wear skirt still can run fast! Her first time playing that game too! It's like totally cool! Hahhaa great Faci !

Loser team did a forfeit...CAT WALKING!
Well...It's real funny...Haha..I'll miss these people...Gotta move on...you know what...I was unable to tell much of them about the hope I have...about Jesus....I really failed to be a neighbour to them. Haiz...gotta work on it. Lord...grant me what ever it takes to shine for you in all places I go. I don't want to go through life by going through it only. I want to take part in the plan to save souls...people lost without anything but to live out this life and die. How sad is that?

hmm...well weell...

Ok off the not so bright stuff to the sunnier part of the evening!

I walked....from CLEMENT TO WEST COAST FOR A BBQ!
With my old old classmatey from Secondary 2 D! Woot and two special friends who is now studying abroad in canada and USA is there! Ain't that beautiful? I MISS THEM SO!...sobss... hahaha.

Anyway, the journey was not easy.
I travelled through the maze of what's left of Clementi. Trudged and navigate with the little memories I have of west coast park. Then I happened to be the first to reach the BBQ pit. My Canadian Ganesh messaged me eariler on that eveyone is at the BBQ pit and that I'll see them when I get there. .. the problem is this.... there is only one person there and I don't know that person.

I considered messaging Ganesh but rejected the notion. So I figured that I may be at the wrong barbeque pit. (Although I checked the map eariler on at the entrance of the park and was pretty sure that there is only one pit and that I am there.) So off I went in an adventurous spirit... wasted my time...walked the whole of West coast park and wind up at the same area only to see them.

Happened that they reached later than me and someone mistook that they had booked our pit.
Haha...what a coincidence that mess up my evening huh?
I spent 40 minutes walking..... well...then my mind turned to how this is like how I live my life. I live as if I am in control of everything. All I need is to message Ganesh and I would have been spared the walking. I did not. I thought I was capable. even though I know it is the end of the road as there is only one cluster for BBQ in west coast.

God is telling me... Call upon me. For I am the planner...I know all things. Pray and seek and you need not waste your life on things and setbacks that tires you out. I have not being relying on God. It's so simple to just do all thingss by yourself and when you get hurt or in trouble...you blame God.

Still, I glad to have that lesson. I set the charcoals on fire. Hees. Pro Arsonist here!
Helped out and have a great time. Chatted with Joyce and Tabitha about their walk with God. Glad that they are doing ok. Gonna pray for them=]

Ganesh is doing well...He has the accent...wahahahaha. Glad to see my friends are doing well.. same bunch of people. Rowdy, noisy but fun. They became more vulgar through. There are some that changed drastically but I shan;t talk about it. This ain't a gossip area. We took loads of photos and even planned for soccer in school tomorrow.

Haha...Nazerah drove us home. So cooll...Eddie ride his bike beside us. They have their licenses. On the way back chat more with Joyce and yeap. Got her E-mail. I gotta start getting the e-mails of the rest too.

Ooh oh! HAZEL WAS SO NICE!!
Hahaha She did some thanks giving post on her blog and wow...she gave me much credits ...haha Her Go girl! Ccontinue to grow and shine k?

Anyway....I gotta focus on my YFC now.=]

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2008-08-08T08:47:00.001-07:00

Job 19 (That ending is the begining of a fabulous never ending)

2008-08-05T05:03:00.000-07:00

Job the poor guy.

Here is a few things I learn reading this chapter.

1) When Rebuking someone, do not exalt yourself, be self righteous or humiliate the person.

2)There are going to be times when everything seems to be crushing you and when you call, God is silent. Furthermore, He may appears to be your enemy. Blocking your every step, snatching your hopes and making things worse for you. At that time how do you react? Do you still then trust that God has a plan for you based on what He mentioned in Romans 8:28?

28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28

Sounds tough ah?

but it's Amazing that Job still can say this.

25 I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth.
26 And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;
27 I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
Job 19: 25-27

What gave Job the strength to do that? To still hold on to God? Even his wife asked him to curse God and die earlier in chapter 2 I believe ut's the same thing that kept him to be blameless in God's sight. He even atones for the sins of his children when he suspected that they are sinning. Wow...

I do not know what goes through Jobs mind...but there are this verses that kept me through times whereby God appears to be against me.

Future Glory
18I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
19The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.
20For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
21that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
22We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
23Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
24For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?
25But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.
27And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.

Romans 8 : 18-26

And

God Disciplines His Sons
1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
4In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
6because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."
7Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
8If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
9Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live!
10Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness.
11No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
12Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 13"Make level paths for your feet,"so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.

Finally...the verse that started it all...the verse that prepared me to take the steps of faith to run towards God through all the thorns and briars of sin.

2 Timonthy 3:12
12In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

Yeap...and so on. I may not suffer as much as Job but I know Jobs ending. He saw God, spoke with God, and walked closer to God. And I know by faith that my ending will be just as good.

And guess what? That ending is the begining of a fabulous never ending.

"Christianity Shaken? I Don't Think So!"

2008-07-27T05:21:00.000-07:00

Daily E-mail.....

July 17, 2008

"Christianity Shaken? I Don't Think So!"

Remember how He told you, while He was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.
Luke 24:6b-7

Jesus just can't win.

Really. For the last century or so, skeptical scholars have said the resurrection thing was a myth. Some have said it wasn't talked about in the Old Testament and that the disciples made it up. Others said it simply was too far fetched for anybody to take seriously.

Now a three-foot-high tablet, which probably comes from the time immediately before Jesus' birth, may talk about the Messiah being raised after being dead for three days.

I know that last statement has a lot of qualifiers, but in recent years many of these "findings" have proven to be hoaxes. Along with that, the translation of the tablet isn't entirely without interpretation.

So what are scholars saying now? They're saying, "The disciples stole from established Jewish traditions when they said Jesus had risen from the dead." They're saying, "The faith of Christians should be shaken because this tablet shows their faith is not real or factual."

They're saying, "The reality of the Christian resurrection is based on its uniqueness, and this stone says it's not original."

So, if I get this right, the resurrection isn't real because it's too original, and it isn't real because it's not original enough?

I have only five things to say about this attitude, which takes pot shots at the Bible and the resurrection account no matter what I say: balderdash and bunkum, hogwash, hokum, and hooey.

The resurrection reality is based on the fact that Jesus' prophecy of resurrection in three days happened. It is based on the fact that a Man who had been whipped, beaten, crowned with thorns, nailed to a cross, and stabbed in the heart with a Roman spear was repeatedly seen alive by hundreds of people. It is based on the fact that those people who saw a risen Savior were willing to die - - some in terrible ways - - rather than deny what they had seen. It's as simple as that.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord Jesus, for Your personal prophecy fulfilled on the cross and at the empty tomb, my deepest thanks. Because of what You have done, I am saved. Now I pray the faith of others is not be shaken by the words and actions of those who wish to push You back into the tomb. In Your Name. Amen

Why me?

2008-07-01T19:54:00.000-07:00

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Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS which he got due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983.

From the world over, he received letters from his fans, one of which conveyed:"Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease"?

To this Arthur Ashe replied:"The world over, 50 million children started playing tennis, 5 million learned to play tennis, 500,000 learned professional tennis, 50,000 came to the circuit, 5000 reached the grand slam, 50 reached Wimbledon, 4 to semi final, 2 to the finals.

When I was holding a cup I never asked GOD 'Why me?'
And today in pain I should not be asking GOD 'Why me?' "

"Happiness keeps you Sweet, Trials keep you Strong, Sorrow keeps you Human, Failure keeps you humble and Success keeps you glowing, but only Faith & Attitude keeps you going... "

- Arthur AsheRemember that "attitude is always part gratitude"

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Arthur Ashe died on February 6, 1993 at age 49.

Collapse after Donating Blood

2008-06-26T08:49:00.000-07:00

Today didn't really start well.

Woke up late.

Decided that it will be a blessing. Did my quiet time. Lots of doubts flood me.
God as arranged time in a way that I had to choose either Him or FYP.

I asked...Why Lord....Have I not proven enough that you come before even my studies?
I knew it's not enough or it would not have plague me to choose God first.

Anyway...God answered immmediately. With the example of abraham.

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
Hebrews 11:8

In short, I need not worry but proceed knowing that God has a plan for me.
Well...i kept it to heart and set of for School.

Agenda of the day.
1) Reformat Hp Tablet
2) Get Strum
3) Donate Blood
4) SYFC Camp Committee meet
5) Meet Amos's PEP

Well....class...was noisy today. Solomon got castrated by Zhi Ping ....and well....Jimmy and Zhi ping disturb Jaime with the volley ball and then began singing patriotic songs. Issac tried to bounce the ball off the wall and failed....oh by the way..it's classroom setting. Haha...cute class.

I never intend to participate in the lesson today...but I ended up doing so and I must say...quite and fine and fast job I did.

Donated blood....OH THIS IS INTERESTING! HAhaha...

THis is my third time. I'm still scared.. The momentum was lost. Still I'm convicted to look as the needle poke into my veins. I went through the whole ordeal ! Proud that I did not look away.

Hees! Objective accomplished!
I am now not afraid of needles and blood drawing that much.
Fantastic work!

Anyway...I don't really know why but alot of people...ahem...ladies...kept looking at me. Throughout. Am I doing something wrong or what. I think I'll just credit it to my great looks. Hahah..oops..

Anyway, It was done . 450 ml of blood is gone. The medical personnel came. Removed the blood bag, and ask to see if I'm ok. Me feeling lots of red flags coming up but unable to pinpoint why decided to say yes. He asked me to go to the donor's lounge to get some food and drink. I got up, in the back of my mind I thought...shouldn't I lay down for at least 10mins before getting up? It's written in the card they pass out....but i have not even rested a minute. Anyway, feeling confident, I gingerly got up and walk. The Medical personnel held my hands and bag and walk me to the donor's lounge some....10 meters away.

THEN THEN! I started to feel light headedness, Then I told the medical personnel who seems unresponsive, after the 2nd to 3rd warning, it gotreally bad...So I decided to sit down while I can......and yeap....
The medical people started to flood me!

Haha....
I laid on the floor not far from the donating spots. The nurses and doctors attended to me. had to lay down with my feet elevated. I felt weak , hungry, and dizzy. Tiredess the most of all. Wow...and I felt better after this doctor gave me a drink. Then the people around are so nice, offer me drinks too...I was treated like royalty foe quite a long while, and erm...soon I am transferred to a proper lying place and given 3 blankets....I'm shivering....

All this while, My camp had been posted and daniel msg me to inform me...which is great! I'll need the rest. But I was not allowed to leave till.....6 ++ LOL....I came at 5....By the time I'm finish, My lappy is locked up by IT help Desk...Awww...Luckily I brought 2 lappys today.

Arghh...tired....to type....

Anyway, going Carrie's home tml! YEAHHH! DINO TIME!

Not the Cross that Saves.

2008-06-17T20:03:00.000-07:00

June 17, 2008
"No Magical Properties"

As soon as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel gave a mighty shout, so that the earth resounded. And when the Philistines . . .learned that the ark of the Lord had come to the camp, the Philistines were afraid. . . . And they said, ". . . Take courage, and be men, O Philistines, . . . So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled, . . . And the ark of God was captured. . . . 1 Samuel 4:4ff (excerpts)

According to a Reuter's news story, Tom Higgins, Irish entrepreneur, has snagged a real bargain. Of course your idea of a bargain and Tom's idea of a bargain might be two very different things. Last week, Tom bought the desk at which Charles Dickens wrote Great Expectations and composed his final correspondence on the night he died. Mr. Higgins' bargain cost $850,000. $850,000 for a desk. Mr. Higgins explained the reason he was excited to have bought the historical piece of furniture: "It's a part of Charles Dickens, so I'm delighted to be its owner."

Mr. Higgins is right, of course, it is an historical desk, but it's still a desk. Just like God's ark was still an ark. It was special, yes, but magical, no. Magical, that's the way the children of Israel thought of their ark. That's why one day when they went into battle against their enemies, the Philistines, they brought the ark along - - like a mighty good-luck charm. Our text says what happened. The Israelites got clobbered and the ark was captured.

It took a bit before God's people learned their protection came from the Lord, not a metal-covered, adorned-with-angels ark. It's a lesson God's people need to remember.

In the Middle Ages, God's people put their trust in the "true cross" which had been discovered by Constantine's mother, Helena. They thought the cross was so special and brought so many blessings, the church ended up selling slivers of that cross to faithful and gullible believers. It was faith in slivers of the cross, and many other sacred relics that caused some degree of spiritual discomfort to a monk by the name of Martin Luther.

By God's grace he came to believe it is faith in Jesus, the sinless Son of God and Redeemer of sinful souls, which brings forgiveness and salvation. Only Jesus can rescue. Not His cross, not His robe, not His tears can save us. Nor can all the relics of all the saints and sacred spots of Scripture, make a difference when it comes to getting us forgiveness. Our salvation, which comes to us freely by the grace of God, is that which saves. It is a free salvation for those who believe. Christ's redemption is the best bargain there will ever be.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord Jesus, I give thanks for my salvation, which You have procured. There are many wonderful things in this world, but let none of them ever become more precious to me than the gift of eternal life which Your grace gives. In Your Name.
Amen.

Hees..think about it. And reevaluate your lives. Believers or not yet believers alike.

A God who wants to reach out to you. A God that is a real being .... not something like a miraculous or magical material. A God that demands that He is the only one to be worshipped and to be placed first in our lives. A God that loves us so much that He walked earth 2008 years ago(Yes, even the calendars testify to Him), declared to be God and then died for our sins. A God that did not stop at dying for our sins but showed that He is the one true God by rising again from the dead 3 days later defeating death and the gates of Hell and is being witness by more than 500 people. A God that had made the creation(World and everything in it) an undebateable fact that He is powerful and very real so that man are without excuse to say there is no God. A God who used the bible as another evidence to show His wisdom and foresight that man are again without excuse saying in saying that they had no chance to find out who He is.

Church Retreat

2008-06-14T06:00:00.001-07:00

Phew....This is a really interesting Church retreat...as well as a tiring one.

Not the bad tiring but the fun tiring. HAaha.

We went swimming everyday and wow...muscles ache everywhere now.
The slide is fun. So fun that...we can play it for hours ....lol...hahhaa....

Ohoh...anyway, the fun is one thing I may talk about later but what actually caught my attention are the development of characters. hmmm...really interesting. Well there are good developments and baad developments. To think of it, I believe I should not jot it down. I need to further observe .

Still....I think Josiah will have alot of issues of the youth coming up soon. Think only think only. Hmmm....Hmmmm.....

Haha...My birthday celebration was really nice. An surprise at the resturant and wow....two birthday party happening at the same time at two extremely far location. what more can I ask ?

(But for unity)

I learnt alot of things. ALOT ALOT ALTO OF THINGS!! I'm still so far from being a nice person.
Still still....I seek solace now....I need a good quiet time. Well.. and and...It'll bee great to hang out more often with people. Hees.

I miss everyone already....

Ohoh...Pillow fight is super fun. Haha...Stacy, Stacia, Carine, Felicia, Angela, Aaron, Zenith and me!
Only Zenith and me are a team. Awww..Bully but no worries, Zenith is the son of the Chairman and I'm the strongest! Wahahahhaa! LoL. My personal favourite picks ....erm...as in targets are stacia and aaron. More on stacia because it's so funny!!
hahahaha!!

She's like the smallest there second only to aaron...hahaI like to pick on small adorable people. Wahahahaha...Micheal Jackson...lol

Haha...the fun thing is this. Carine will always try to protect stacia ,,,and and, I'll make her fail...jhahaha then stacia just scream and scream and scream...the felicia will start charging...lol...hahhaa

Then angela and aaron will stick together. Haha...sibling teamwork. The brother is gallant. hahaha Fun fun fun.

Oh the opposition team has felicia...wahhh....tough match...but I AM STILL CHAMPION ON 1V1! YEAHHH!
Hahaha...lol

Then they made zenith andd me complete...out of cheek I decided to sugeest that we complete in hitting stacia. LOL IMAGINE THE PANDEMODIUM! HAHAHA!

The small hamster screama nd ran...with Zenith chasing her. I just laugh and laugh and block the panicking Carine. LOL HAHHAHAHAHAA..I'm so Evil...erm..on my birthday! Haha..That was the highlight of my birthday. Pillow fighting.

Murderers is a fun game!
hahaha...
Yu Ki the mass killer or over kill. LOL
haha

LOL...Phew...didn't sleep...so yeap...i'm currently lagging. LOL Tomorrow's sunday. YEAH! Christopher...I long time never disturb you le...here I come!!! What is love? Baby dun hurt me , Dun hurt me, no more.

Phew! Oh Kungfu panda is great. HAHAHHA..I saw thee trailer for don't mess with the Zohan....lol.....I WANNA WATCH!!!!
HAHAH
NARNIA TOOO

So much to do yet so little time and money

Lol...but but....what is really important.

I guess I would wanna ask people wat is really important to them in their life.

For where you treasure is, there your heart will be.

GLADYS D GLAD

2008-06-01T08:39:00.000-07:00

Yeap! Today! Is the birthday of Gladys D GLAD!

Proudly named by me! Hahahaha

I almost forgotten it's her birthday well...but it doesn't matter. Haha My birthday more important. 14 JUNE

REMEMBER! 14 JUNE!

Anyway, we had a really memorable day.
Well...started before Youth Fellowship, I planned a lunch outing with Fengnan and by the end of our Youth Fellowship, the gathering for lunch increase to include Matthew, Ivan, ZhenWei, Jermyn, Jackie, Christopher, Elena and Gladys A Glad.

It was a great lunch ! Should have it more often. Too bad ...Eunice and co cannot join us. GOing shopping .HAha...weird...it's like how can you chose shopping over food? It's just plain weird.

Anyway, Evie got a shock of her life when she heard all the frogs she gave me are dead. I guess...not feeding them for 5 days is a bad idea. Ooops...Careless me.

Ok! Back to topic, we disperse quickly after lunch with exception of Gladys B Glad, Fengnan, Ivan and Gladys Bro Fabian. We were waiting for him to finish eating.

After that, we decided to join in an outing at Singapore Plaza with Stacy, Stacia, Carine, Carrie , Matthew and Christopher. Unfortunately, Ivan and Fengnan cannot make it and Gladys bro require to go to his grandma's home. So Glady C Glad and me would send Fabian home then proceed to Plaza Singapore ourself.

THIS IS WHERE THE FUN BEGAN!

We are suppose to alight at SMU...but we didn't know. We were busy chatting and the funny thing is this, I was telling Gladys D Glad about Dons Joshua studying in it. HAha...In the end, we ended up in Hougang..somewhere 40 mins from where we should alight.

We cannot stop laughin lol...Longest ride Gladys F Glad ever taken. So..we took a bus back ..this time knowing that we are suppose to alight at SMU(Courtesy of her mom). But we spent time looking at her presents. AND THE PRESENT OF THE DAY! ELENA'S SLIPPERS! She needed it because of her shoes...girls.....always wear stuff to torment themselves...haha...sadistic.

Anyway, her present is with me now..as she place them in my bag and I forgot to return her. Hahaha.IT"S MINE! lol.

We reached SMU in no time...and before I decide to navigate to Plaza Singapura from SMU, something caught our attention. This Uncle beside a Rickshaw or Trishaw...or whatever you call it. I decided that maybe we can just take a ride there. And...since it's her birthday, it will be a good experience. IT"S$17 HaHaa!But But, we lower the price to $5..pro huh?

It's kind of squeezy but it's super fun! and SUPER COOL TOO! Exciting in many ways! Hahaha...I believe we had a fun time and also, to our relief, we did not walk, as it is very very very far. In the end, we decided to tip the uncle with $1 more. Haha..It was so much fun.

Uncle pick up a battled 50cent coin and pass it to us...ohoh! He kept advertising while carryinig us about. So funny as he has this beeper that goes beep beep . Hahaah...He pick up an Ezlink card too...it's rather battled too, but it's pretty interesting.

(Censored)

Hahaa...

Fun fun. I wanna sit in a rickshaw again. Cooled.

We ate pasta mania after we meet up with the rest in the Arcade....(found out I scored the highest in the is swing the hammer thing. HaHA I knew I'm strong. HAHAHA Cos..Matthew injured. LOL)

Anyway, Pasta Mania taste good and we had a great time shooting ice at Christopher...I developed a few new methods to shoot people..wahahaha..Christopher is a guniea pig. PIG!

Then then ..the day ends...tml..more work and ,....more fun...I hope fun...but SYFC = Work.
Sianed..hahahaha.

I'll Stand By You!

2008-05-28T06:25:00.000-07:00

Alright!
This is for Min and all my fellow emo friends!
Here's a song pass to me by my Secondary School Friend Liang Chen.

It is one of my favourites and... check out the Lyrics k?
Let me be your pillar and I'll also show you someone who can be so much better a pillar.
And died to be your pillar.

I'll Stand By You
Girls Aloud

Oh, why you look so sad?
Tears are in your eyes
Come on and come to me now.
Don't be ashamed to cry.
Let me see you through
cause I've seen the dark side too
When the night falls on you
You don't know what to do
Nothing you confess
Could make me love you less

I'll stand by you
I'll stand by you
Won't let nobody hurt you
I'll stand by you

So if you're mad, get mad
Don't hold it all inside
Come on and talk to me now
Hey, what you got to hide?
I get angry too
Well I'm a lot like you
When you're standing at the crossroads
And don't know which path to choose
Let me come along
cause even if you're wrong

I'll stand by you
I'll stand by you
Won't let nobody hurt you
I'll stand by you

Take me in, into your darkest hour
And I'll never desert you
I'll stand by you

And when...
When the night falls on you, baby
You're feeling all alone
You won't be on your own

I'll stand by you
I'll stand by you
Won't let nobody hurt you
I'll stand by you

Take me in, into your darkest hour
And I'll never desert you

I'll stand by you
I'll stand by you
Won't let nobody hurt you
I'll stand by you
Won't let nobody hurt you
I'll stand by you

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Wanted to get a video from Youtube. BUT!..one looked sandalous and the other...erm...dark...lol...
Sian Diao....
Anyway! My HP got the song! Ask me for it! Haha
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Oh..Today is such a hyper day!

I reach Lab first!
Raymond was last...it's like; what a surprise....I thought he'll be either second or first.
I was joking with Estella saying...Hey! Ain't ya happy? You are second to reach. LOL

FYP was like....getting scarier....tml will need to collect 198 samples....Siao liao....and and..it's only part of what we need to do.

Hmm..Just got a relevation....=] Smile Yu Ki Smile!

Dreams

2008-05-27T19:19:00.000-07:00

Hmmm....

Awoke from a dream....

Wondered....Is it better to dream on?

Nope....better to wake up and create the dream.

Anyway, FYP ended at 10.40 ++ yesterday...wow..it's tiring....

then cleared some issues...

Now now, don't know what to blog. So many things happened at once.

Ohoh! finally remembered!

Raynond showed me the stars yesterday! It's beautiful...Told me that the star constellations appear 15 mins earlier everyday! Cool huh?

Showed me the crux, Scopio and alot ! Haha!

Met my Trekking IG mates in the train..Taught Cloud abit of Rubics Solving. Fun fun....

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
when sorrows like sea billows roll;
whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.

Refrain:
It is well with my soul, it is well, it is well with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
let this blest assurance control,
that Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
and hath shed his own blood for my soul.

(Refrain)

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole, is nailed to the cross,
and I bear it no more, praise the Lord,
praise the Lord, O my soul!

(Refrain)

And, Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
the clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
the trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
even so, it is well with my soul.

This song kept coming and playing in my head. Comfort it brings except for the bolded part. Haha...I think I'm slowly understanding why God did not just end the world immeddiately. Yeap..God is Good.

Have I ever regreted asking God to show me how He feels? In a way...it has hurt me alot and I'm sure God held back(He loves perfectly and I do not) but yeap not regrets. I wanna learn and grow.

I'll be a better person. I'll be more Christlike.

I'm Just Tired.

2008-05-25T08:56:00.000-07:00

Phew...It's a really power packed weekend.

Well...I did not have enough rest that's for sure and it's activity intensive...

With 8 hours of stall management, 3-4 hours of intense basketball, 3 hours of intense badminton, Final Year Project and a Birthday Celebration.

Wow..It's wooooshhh! Haha...Not that I don't like it...I had loads of fun! I enjoy being with the people and stuff...and with so much sports even, it reminds me of old times(Miss it Dearly).

Here's an update on today!

Started day travelling to Church with Bro. He brought a sandwich and both of us shared. It is until the train statiion that he forgot his ez-link card. He went back to take..well...he ended up doing that 3 times as he had stomach ache and forgot to take his ezlink.

Haha..I went to church and...I'm the camera man today. So I had my normal fun with the camera. Ashley! Andrea's little sis is there! Her dad brought her there. So we did out ritual! Some weird children game..but it's fun!

Here's a thing I'll like to share. A parent a easily hurt a child's feelings. I notice that from a few of my friends and that's what happened to ashley. I think it's some error that happened then she got scolded. After that, I can see that she's hurt. Then she began to do what girls usually do. Looked hurt and then when asked "what happened?", shakes head and keep quiet and remain looking sad. Well...then her dad(like most guys) had trouble comforting her. She just sulk o while sitting on her dad's lap. Hmmm..I wonder how can this issue be solved? Strangely, the first thought that came to my mind, is that the dad should hug the child.

Anyway, I tried to cheer her up and after a long while, succeeded! Yay! Yu Ki is great with kids hahaha.

Ohoh! Darius is having trouble kicking me now. Haha..and I kept disturbing him. That's for disturbing me. Whahahaha.

Kids are fun.
Oh! 2 july, I'm gonna go and take care of kids with Ian! Heard that they are problematic...and we are bringing them to west coast park and then to a elderly home.

Service ended, the pastor preach rather long and that ate away my announcement time...which means I did not go up to announce the upcoming book fair! Eeeyerrr....

Oh....dino did not come church today. Haiz....Her parents made her stay at home to study. Parents can be an issue alot of times...especially when they are bad examples . Especially in their relationship with God. The child will be affected.

And..ya....

Anyway, we went off for Badminton afterwwards. It's CLEMENTI STADIUM! WootS! I miss Clementi...So much memories...Haha Still loving the past. Oh..I'm invited back to the Sports Leader's Camp. They miss me.... I MISS THE SPORTS LEADERS!!! and Boy's Brigade too...but the time has yet not arrive. Time is precious...I cannot anyhow spend it(which I do most of the time).

Side tracked.

Oh..Half of us went to eat first while the other half went straight to play Badminton. Well...since I have no money to eat, Idecided to start playing! Haha..My only regret is bro did not eat too and join in to play...Arghhh....

Anyway, It's really fun. Samantha and Jonathan's dad is really good(coach Lei) trashed my bro and me upsidedown...Haha...bro do not know how to play....only sit in front of my laptop only ahahha.

Well...but everything did not go smoothly. There are some ego issues that rose up...and yeah....I was like playing and my partner and another guy on the opposite are like....aiya.....My partner kept smacking and hitting the other guy ..yeapp.and the other guy kept taunting...I was like ...hmm....okok...fine...keep quiet and control the scores. So that no side get's too big headed or discouraged. Well...I played non stop and yeap. I survived! Tired and playing well!

Oh...Elena did not chop off her partner's head this time! hahah! Last year I was her partner and I almost lost my head. Haha. She's and Squash Champion! Cool huh? Badminton Squash style!

Playing with Josiah is the most fun. We kept laughing and he is super funny as usual. Haha...our guys should learn from Josiah. He is a great role model!

Oh...Celebrated Maggi's birthday after that! Her mom baked her a cake that was super nice and super big....wowed...Haha!! Maggi looked so awkward but well she had fun! That's great! Ohoh...I created some funny mixture..by mixing cake...cream...and all the sauces you can find in mac..the result...some dirrhea like mess...haha..eeek!

OH! I discovered today that I CAN DO SOMETHING NEW! It's call flaking! Creating snowlike effects my shaking my shirt! Causing dead skin cells to flake of and snow from my body and shirt LOL! Hahahahaha! wwwooooottts!!! hhahaha....

That is mostly all the excitment I had today, yeap...seeing Joel, Jacquerline, Barnabas, Charlton, Simon and Wanting today was great too!

Gonna miss Jacquerline when she go off to America! (Sobs)

Oh...I have 4 friends that are not feeling well today! Do pray for them!
1)Hui Min - Tummy ache
2)Ariel - Still recovering from her allergic reaction to her drugs and her tummy ache
3)Jimmy - I think he hurt his hands and legs over performing during badminton and he could be hurted by tauntings too.
4)Barnabas - sick today.

Yeap..for now take cares people!

QLCK Funfair

2008-05-24T06:50:00.000-07:00

Oh ya..on such an exciting day, of course there is a need to start it of excitingly. With a miracle.

Ok!!

I'm suppose to get 1.5 litre bottles for Steffi's coconut bowling station. Oh I have 3 only actually and I forgot to bring on that day. Well...God remind me through an empty 1.5 bottle on the floor. Haha..I went back and lo and behold, I've got 6 bottles suddenly. LOL

HAHHAHA
Talk about cups being overflowed, here I have an overflow of bottles.

Reached, last year, I'm water bomb target. This year! no diff. HAha.

But this year, we have a board. As a protection. Haha...but with dino around, it's useless...took away my board a few times...and...well..ouch. But ssince I already am an experienced target, I can handle the pain. I'm strong!! whahaha.

It was draining but a few people made this day nice.
1)Dino - treat me Ice cream! Played at deflated castle.
2)Josiah - Treat me...today's meals!
3)Bumblebee - greenbean soup, ice cream!

After the Fun fair, we played basket ball....

Then then...I realised...how tired my body is.....
The situation:

Since Wed, I have no money for food..neither I have enough rest.

Reason: Yu Ki....stepped away from God...for..some reasons....

Result: Stepping from God = to stepping from all the things I depended on Him. Haha..which is my daily needs.
I repented soon..haha...God then supplied me miraculously till today. Tomorrow, I dun know where my food would come..but God loves me and I know it and...best of all, I know he'll provide.

What Yu Ki needs to Do: put God first and right himself(still doing)=]

Anyway, what do I mean that my body is tired?
My stomach is filled but it's usually at the balance line. God still sees it fit that I reflect upon an not so filled stomach. LOL. Always do that! hahaha..Guess If I learn what he did to me, I'll be a great parent. LOL..He God ma.

Anyway, I got difficulty breathing, had multiple stitches and slow reaction lol....but the people are pro too.. lOl..haha..so it could be because I noob..Hahaha

This China guy owns..all....

Wah...no mood to blog..lol....I wanna chat on MSN...Okok..tml Badminton! can exert myself again!! YEAH!!!
FIt YU Ki!! hahaha...

I need to seek God...put Him first
Remember! God First Trust Him and He'll settle the rest! Him first..on one else!

Find Me Here....
Speak to Me.....

I want to feel you...
I need to hear you...

I'm gonna learn the song Everything by Lighthouse! sooo..nice....

ok! MSN! HERE I COME!

What you should know about Jesus and You.

2008-05-23T05:08:00.000-07:00

May 23, 2008

"Sheep or Savior"

How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! Hebrews 9:14 (NIV)

Watching a two-year-old get dressed is interesting. The child knows he is supposed to put his legs into his pants. Yet, knowing where to begin is a problem. First, he tries putting his foot through the bottom of the pant leg. When that doesn't work, he puts both legs into the same pant leg. After half a dozen attempts, he brings his pants to his mother, holds them up to her, and says, "Help, please!"

The Israelites of the Old Testament weren't much different than that two-year-old. They wanted desperately to please God. They offered sacrifices for their sins, but they had to do it over and over again. Every year they took animals to the temple, watched the priest kill them, and sprinkle their blood over the people and on the altar.

For a while, they felt forgiven. But, then they sinned again. They told a lie, got angry, maybe even cheated their neighbor out of some grain by holding their thumb on the scale. Before they knew it, they were feeling spiritually dirty and in need of help.

Jesus' death on the cross was God's answer to mankind's cry of desperation: "Help me, please!" Our conscience tells us we break His standards daily by our sinful thinking and rebellious actions. According to God's perfect Law, we are condemned-hopeless and beyond help. God had another plan in mind for us, however: Jesus, His Son, the sacrifice Lamb. Jesus kept every one of God's laws perfectly.

Having done this, He alone could satisfy God's wrath. God used His Son's death as payment for us. Because of Jesus' sacrifice on our behalf, God forgives us our sins, cleanses our conscience, and liberates us from guilt and shame over our sinful thoughts and actions.

The lesson to be learned from children is to give up trying to do things ourselves-especially when it comes to our salvation. He alone has made a way for us.

"It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture (Psalm 100:3b).

THE PRAYER: Heavenly Father, teach us to yield our lives and our wills to You. Belief in your Son's atoning life and death is the only hope we have. And You guaranteed that hope by raising Jesus from the dead and sending us Your Holy Spirit. Thank You, Father.

Island Life Sentosa is Burning

2008-05-20T19:15:00.000-07:00

Before I go into Sentosa. Let's look at an article I got from a friend.

May 20, 2008
"Unclean"

And as He entered a village, He was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us." Luke 17:12-13

When the Dalits of India talk about being "unclean," they don't mean they need to take a shower. They mean their touch can make a respectable person dirty.

According to Hindu belief, in the beginning there was a single man who was separated into parts. From the man's mouth came the Brahmins, or the holy men. From the arms came the Ksatriyas, or the kings and warriors. From the man's thighs came the merchants, and from his feet came all common laborers. Dalits were too low to have come from that first man.

According to the outlawed caste system, Dalits are unclean. They're so unclean they must drink from different wells, use different doors when they enter or leave a building, and never walk on pathways reserved for the upper classes. According to a CNN report from a few weeks ago, a six-year-old Dalit girl walked on a road reserved for those of the upper caste. One of those men, filled with road rage, lectured the girl. He then pushed her into some burning embers. As of this writing, the girl was still in critical condition.

As sad as that story is, you should know I'm not going to say that all Dalits are clean. I won't say it because they're not. You heard that correctly. India's 250 million Dalits are unclean-just like Ken Klaus is unclean-just like you are unclean-just like the ten lepers in our text were unclean. Every person in the world is unclean and is made unclean by the sinful nature they have and the wrong they do.

God would have been well within His rights to ignore us, avoid us, and condemn us. That is not what He chose to do. Instead of allowing our sins to take us to hell, the Father sent His holy Son into this world. By divine directive Jesus was given a special job to do: He was to make the unclean, clean. Did He succeed? Look into the empty tomb! Did He make us acceptable? John tells us (1 John 1: 7b) "the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin."

Through Christ's life, suffering, passion, death, and resurrection, all things necessary for our redemption and recycling have been done. Jesus, our Master has had mercy on us.

THE PRAYER: Dear Savior, for sacrificing Yourself so humanity's unclean might be rescued from who they are and the condemnation they deserve, You have our unending praise. In Your Name, I offer thanks. Amen.

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Woke up really tired today. Even last night, I never did chat on MSN. Don't know why... Must be the sunburnts affecting my sleep.

Anyway, after a serious fight with my sinful nature to spent some precious time with God, I did. Thank God. haha. I picked up something...something that I need alot.

Faith. Faith to wait. Faith to put God first. Faith to not be afriad of what is happening or what might happen. Faith that God has what's best in stored.

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Sentosa TIME!

Ok!! Here's the pics!

Not in Chronological order

Attendance List
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Doesn't this look very much like a part of a Sandcastle? Where did the space come from?

Shuai Dao! Ice Mountain gives Music Talents
Mavis Meddling Musical Monkey
How I got Burnt...
We Sing!
I love Me Castle!

Er....Michellin(is it spelled like that?)
Hmm...Popular?
Buy...Ice Mountain
Buy Ice Mountain Again
Over Enthu Promoter

End of the Castle

Phew... What a day...Oh..the next day which is yesterday, I had training. Thank God that it is light Training. Just a 5+ Km Run and Do as much as you can Pull ups.

Oh!! On the Day of Sentosa, Alot of my friends are there too!

Rosa and Min were at Palawan Beach through they see not each other.
Suhaila working in Siloso Beach
Farhan working at the Sky train station
Marcus with his Parents in ViVo!

Wow..Me and My group? Siloso burning!.

While travelling back yesterday, wow..It's horrible. It's like a 500+ meters walk...with...the clothes and bag digging into your sunburnt skin and your ankles hurting. A killer it was. My load is heavy too..

But God is nice, brightened my night with 2 friends! I love meeting people I know! First was sabrina, one of the rare sweet lady like ladies left in this world. Then Mr Goh, one of the few humble people left in the world. These two kinds of people really brighten up my day...I meant night. Yeap...Travelled..Home...scare a cat and played with another faithful cat that always kept on the look out for me.

Phew....Sunburnt must recover...Oh I hope it peels...It's fun! wahhaahahhaa!

Ok...nevermind that.

Ariel is mean...she did something real bad...wahahaha.. I was surprised too.. but O wells...
Let's see what happens next.

Body Broken Like Never Before

2008-05-18T01:25:00.000-07:00

It's a long time since I hurt that much.

My bones are aching, joints are in pain, my muscles are aching and my mind is heavy is heavy with fatigue.

It started on Friday. . .

16 May 2008
Friday
2359 Hours

RP Treking IG gathered at Commonweath MRT station.
In attempt to try an overnight hike.

Objectives?

To Clear 4 Hills.
1) Kent Ridge
2) Labodor Park
3) Telok Blangah
4) Mount Faber

Reward?
A supposedly beautiful Sunrise.

Highlights?
1) Beautiful Sights
2) Sleep Hiking
3) Fun Bonding
4) Tired Like Nobody's Business
5) Sunrise

Oh..Tell you about the sleep hiking. I can never thought such things existed. Well... till it happened to me. It was during the middle of the trek, we are approaching the treetop walk to Telok Blangah. It is at this stretch of road leading towards Alexandra Hospital. I was like...walking walking walking.....Spaced out and still walking....till I walk towards a bush/light post or stumbled. Well...spaced out as it I cannot remembered what happen neither did I know what is happening.

I stumbled about every 300-500 meters? And I often walk out of the pavement...to a bush...or lampost. It's only after I reached the tree top walk then I got energy to not sleep walk. That is when I realiesd something.

It's the light that affected me. The tree top walk is dark and I had no pproblems while the sleepy road is lighted with a dull orange hue. I guess I've been hypnotised by the lights or what.
Anyway I'm still safe and sound. That's great.

Anyway, I finished the trip. Saw the Sun but it is not as I had hoped. Seen better ones. Ate Roti Prata and rushed home because by the prompting of the spirit, I asked Steffi what time do our gospel sharing start. I thought it was 12 nn but it was revealed to be 10am. Wow....I travelled Home and Change. God spared me a much needed of 15-30 minutes sleep.

Gospel Sharers at JE !
Christine
Elsie
Josiah
Christopher
Steffi
Eunice
Aunty Monica
Jermyn
Jackie
Brandon
Yu Ki

It was great. I'm suppose to be dead tired. I prayed for energy, strength and wisdom and God provided. I had a great time and Brandon(my partner)'s courage is refreshing. We shared to a classmate of Jackie and a passerby. We invited them to come to our church and ask queestions if they have.

Oh!! Next Week It's going to be sports in YF! BADMINTON! I heard. I should invite people. =]

Anyway, After the Gospel sharing, I went for my FYP. It's supposed to be at 6pm but since I have two trips left in my ezlink, I cannot go home. I went to northpoint to walk. Well...For 3 hours and I almost died. My joints and bones are feeling as if they'll break if I jump. AND IT'S BORING!

haha..I then slept at the MRT station from 5 pm - 6 pm . Met Raymond and He repaid the meal I treated him the last time. Which I've already forgotten. Ate Estella's share of food too as she cannot finish. wahahaha..Then it's FYP after an interesting video Raymond showed us.

I was blinking in and out of sleep throughout the end of FYP at 10pm. Wow...Got home..bath...Knock out.

Oh! Thanks Min! For entertaining me throughout the trip home! Haha..

Anyway, in case anyone is worried, I'm recovering fast as expected. Only some of my muscles ache now. By tomorrow, I'll recover!

OH WHO WANTS TO PLAY BADMINTO ! TELL MEE!!!!

2008-05-15T06:57:00.000-07:00

Another Interesting Food for Thought Article.

May 15, 2008
"Tempted Beyond"

But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
James 1:14-15

Chocolate is good for you. I remember the overwhelmingly positive reaction of many when that bit of information made the evening news a few months ago. Now British researchers are calling for volunteers who are willing to eat a bar of chocolate, every day, for an entire year. Best of all, the volunteers can forget any guilt, because the chocolate will be consumed for the good of humanity and in the name of science.

Now, I should tell you, the test, which begins in June, is trying to see if it can reduce the risk of heart disease for menopausal women with Type 2 diabetes. So, if you don't fit the criteria, and you don't live in England, don't bother to apply. Disappointed? Many people might be. Chocolate is a weakness for a lot of folks. Indeed, volunteers in this study might find themselves hard pressed to confine their chocolate intake to a bar a day. After all, the thinking might go, if one chocolate bar is good for you, why not a dozen?

Now, before I go any further in this devotion, I want to say that, as far as I know, eating chocolate in moderation is not a sin. Having said that, I'd also like to add this: the devil likes to use things that interest us to woo us away from the Lord. When Eve looked at the forbidden fruit, she noticed it was good for food and pleasing to the eye. Hers was the first in a long line of sins finding its root in personal preferences.

James says it better than I ever could: "Each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death" (James 1:14-15).

James wants God's saved people to realize what tempts one person will leave another person cold. Even so, each of us has an Achilles' heel and Satan works tirelessly to find it. When he does, he tempts us to sin and that sin will bring forth our death. The deplorable condition of the world shows how successful the father of lies has been. There is, Scripture tells us, not a just man on the earth that does good and doesn't sin.

This is why we need a Savior. The Father in heaven, who is the giver of every good and perfect gift, has also graciously given us His Son to save us from our sinful desires and actions. Jesus' life was dedicated to the single purpose of redeeming us from, how do pastors say it, "our sinful desires." In short, Jesus saves us from ourselves.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord Jesus, for saving me from sin, death, devil, and me, I give thanks. Now I pray that the Holy Spirit will keep me from sinful temptations that are my weakness. In Your Name I ask for help. Amen.
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This remind me of this session I once had in "Christianity Explored" It talks about sin. I learnt why sin is an issue we cannot save ourself or cure ourself. Many people tried to overcome this issue with good works, religon, achievements, great deed, beliefs, holy living or all of the above. But the thing is this. Sin is like something carved into your hand. All our good works, religon, achievements, great deed, beliefs and holy living covers our ugly mark call sin. It's like things you use to cover up a wound or an ugly mark. It makes you look better. That's for sure definitely. But at the end of the day, when everything is stripped away and you are judged as who you are, the ugly mark remains. In clear sight. The issue is not solved.

So what's so big deal about our sin?

Genesis 6:5-6 puts it in this way.
5 The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. 6 The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain.

It grieved God and it made God sad that He had created us. In layman's term, imagining doing something so bad that it made your mommy or daddy regret giving birth to you.. It was this bad.

James 1:14-15 place it
"Each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death"

Sin brings about death? What does that mean? Well... a good example will be a picture. Look around you. That is the death that was being spoken of. Cut from God. No one knows God. Everyone lives for himself or herself. In short, everyone suffers and that my friends, is nothing compared to Hell. where the separation from God is going to be eternal. Here we still have God working through people. There...I don't think so. This I believe would give you an idea why it gives God so much. Imagine watching the one you loved walk the path of self-destruction. It ain't pretty.

1 Corinthians 15:3 tells us this
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance : that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

Sin was so bad that God has to come down and die for us.

and finally,Matthew 5:29-31
29If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body
than for your whole body to go into hell.

This is a really dark verse huh? But it is the least of our problems. Because, if this can really save us, then ...yeah...we can be saved by ourselves! We just need the courage. but ...

Matthew 15:18-19 states
18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean.' 19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

We have an heart issue. We can cut off our limbs...yes...but we cannot cut out our hearts. That is why God have to intevene. We are helpless.

Romans 5:6-8
6You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Yeap. That is how much God love us. He died for us.
Talk about love stories? The bible is The Love Story. Authentic and Life Changing.
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Today, it was kind of funny. You know, when you make an exclaimation to God, do expect a reply. Today, Estella shared to me about her late coming. She could have made it in time if not for the many things that delayed her. (Her first time) She told me that however, she told God that late or not, she'll praise His name.

SO ME! Being inspired by our dear Estella here, thanked God for the many blessings and EXCLAIMED in prayer that no matter what, I'll praise Him.

And...God...Hmm...decided to test that. UT time! I decided to pray and ask for the ability to do well...first time praying for UT this Semester. UT = Test by the way. Well...Feeling confident, I entered the test..and God...blocked my mind. Wahahahhaha

Well...Of course I'm annoyed. YEap...Still have not give thanks yet...Ok..now is the time. I must fulfil my promise. Haha.

DONE!

YAY!!

Went for Trekking IG today....Ran around the school....did sprinting twice. 4 times in once. and then a sprint up the Ramp of RP. Shiok.

Hmmmm.....Now...MSN TIME!!!! Someone's waiting for me...in fact...is alot....Wahh........hahaha. [8 Mew!

2008-05-14T07:51:00.001-07:00

An Email..That is send by a brother in Christ. For believers to be encouraged to do good.

May 8, 2008

"The Found Book"

Go, inquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the Lord that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us. 2 Kings 22:13

Some weeks ago in the Daily Devotions I talked about how I lost a cross that had been given to me. No, it hasn't been found.

I just wanted to let you know I'm not the only person who loses things. According to a story carried last week by the BBC, plans for New York's Freedom Tower, the building designed to replace the World Trade Center, were recently found in one of the city's rubbish bins. The plans were clearly labeled: "Secure Document-Confidential"; they were found by a homeless man.
Steve Yang, an architect who spoke to the New York Post, said the plans would have been helpful for a terrorist planning an attack. No, I'm not the only person who loses things.

Centuries ago, God's people also lost some important plans. In a time of Godlessness, somehow, someway, the book of the Lord's law was misplaced. It was only when King Josiah was trying to restore and rebuild the people's relationship with God that the document was found. When the Word of God was read, the king was both pleased and distraught. He was pleased because God's commandments and promises had come home. He was distraught because he realized how far the Lord's people had wandered.

As we look at this sinful world, most of us find ourselves concluding humanity has managed to lose a great many things. Reverence for the Lord, reliance upon His Word, respect for the Savior's sacrifice, regard for each other-have all been misplaced. As Christians, we, like Josiah, ought to pray for a restoration of these qualities that should always be precious and dear to the Lord's people.

As Christians, it is our duty, responsibility, and opportunity to go to the Lord and ask Him to be merciful and bring us back to His pasture, His protection, and His Fatherly preservation. We need to plead with the Spirit to make sure we will never lose sight of the Savior's sacrifice, which alone can save us in this world and the next.

THE PRAYER: Dear heavenly Father, help me remember those things that are most important. Let me look to You for grace and compassion; to the Savior for redemption, and the Holy Spirit for a sanctified life. May I never lose these things, which ought always be of the highest importance. In Your Name. Amen.

Do you know I've just gotten 4 frogs? HAhahaha..

Cool and eeky.

One of them escape today. I was searched the toilet immediately. There was nothing. Then I look at the kitchen then the drying area. And i thought I'm going to die searching for this small frog in such a messy place. Well..then God spoke. Pray.

One word. Haha...I remember Jonathan's Cobra on the loose story. So I prayed! And yes. As expected, God reviewed the frog immediately. Behind the washing machine.

Got Dad to help and the frog was caught in no time. AND AND! The underside of the washing machine is so cool....if the frog hid there, it'll probably die there without me knowing. Haha...God is Great!

I wish I wish I wish my parents and my friends will get to know Jesus. Cos. God is real. He is good and loving. At the same time, God is holy and there is judgement for all who do not turn from they ways and seek God. So..... I wish I wish I wish and I really wish.

Time to start praying for my Classmate's Salvation!
Open your eyes and see!
2008 years ago!
An real and recorded historical event!
A man named Jesus Christ, Claimed to be God. Lived a blameless life. Died on the cross. Fulfiled all predictions maded centuries before His birth. Rose again from the dead. Affirm that He really is God and concluded God's love plan of Salvation and Redemption for all of mankind.

Snoring time!
Wahahahaha....I really love my classmates....got to learn to love them more than myself. Heeheehee...Ian said that I'm a narcissist....wahahahaha...

Ohoh! Shared the Gospel in School today. It was great.. Full gospel shared...but that Guy unfortunately still wasn't saved. Relativism (what you believe is real and what you don't believe is not real) is a real big issue. Well...pray that he'll see that what you don't believe will not cause what is real to become unreal one day.

Ate with fellow workers in Christ. Joked shared about our lives ..and ya...great fellowship.

Thank God for faithful Brothers and Sisters in Christ.

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Min...SMILE!

You are my Everything -Everything by Lifehouse-

2008-05-10T01:37:00.000-07:00

Lifehouse - Everything

Find Me Here
Speak To Me
I want to feel you
I need to hear you

You are the light
That’s leading me
To the place where I find peace
again.

You are the strength, that keeps me walking.
You are the hope, that keeps me trusting.
You are the light to my soul.
You are my purpose…you’re everything.

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

You calm the storms, and you give me rest.
You hold me in your hands, you won’t let me fall.
You steal my heart, and you take my breath away.
Would you take me in? Take me deeper now?

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?
And how can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

Cause you’re all I want, You’re all I need
You’re everything,everything
You’re all I want your all I need
You’re everything, everything.

You’re all I want you’re all I need.
You’re everything, everything
You’re all I want you’re all I need,
you’re everything, everything.

And How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?
How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

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This simple skit has never failed to touched me.
Everything I see it, I'm reminded of God's grace.
His coming in at our time of need.

It's so undeserving...but that is what grace is all about right?
The undeserved favor.

I think about it. Each time I am downtrodden, discouraged or each time I fell to sin.
I look to the cross and think what am I that You would die for me?
Around 2008 years ago. You came, the Creator, came to the created. Bound Himself to time and space. To walk the earth as a mere man. Came to be scorned, abused and ultimately to die on the cross that we may be justified for all our wrongdoings and inabilities. Yet, there are many that still not willing to come to You despite of the evidences that You are the true and living God. not only so, they mislead many away from You. Not only that. Even those you came to you did not come full heartedly and are flawed in so many ways. I myself am not proud of my life. I knowing God did not still put Him first in my life.

And...You know that. You knew that even before You came. Even when You are hanging on the cross , in pain and dying, you knew the kind of people you are dying for. An unrepentant and stiff-neck group. Yet You still held on in love. The nails that hold you to the cross are there only because you allowed it. And you let it hold you there so that we may be saved.

You knew yet You came. You knew yet You died for us.
Where to find love?
The world gives a wide range...indulgences, pleasures, romances, company, relationships, care concern....part and bits of love.
You point to the cross, where the infinite God made Himself finite. Reduced to the lowest and murdered that we can come back to Him and be restored to what really satisfies.

Not to mention, rose again from the dead to assure that it is something real and possible.

I cherish the day that I'm saved.
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"Before we can begin to see the cross as something done for us, we have to see it as something done by us."
Author:John Stott

"The cross is a one time, visual representation of God's grief over sin."
Author:Dean H. Harvey

"At the heart of the story stands the cross of Christ where evil did its worst and met its match."
Author:John W. Wenham

"A world of nice people, content in their own niceness, looking no further, turned away from God, would be just as desperately in need of salvation as a miserable world---and might be even more difficult to save."
Author:C.S. Lewis

Scared

2008-05-09T07:40:00.000-07:00

I'm Scared... Really Scared... I don't wanna extinguish a life.

Grace and Love like no other

2008-05-06T22:46:00.000-07:00

After blogging about Psalms 32, I went to look at this video...I watched it a long time ago...it's great....a must watch. A skit done by a group of youths in Life House.

The youtube webbie is this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUiEeM5TAUY

It's touching. It'll never fail to remind me of God's love and grace. That He, our creator has never given up on us even as we continually walk away from Him an indulged in self destructive and ways that are offensive to Him.

There are many things we deserved. Judgement, punishment but instead of letting us destroy ourselves with things that will never satisfy, our God came and at a time while we are still dead in sin with no hope at all and rescued us. He himself paid the price for our mistake that we may be saved from all the things we put ourself in bondage to.

Colossians 2:13-14
13When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature,[a] God made you[b] alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross.

Now that we have a hope. Given to us. Will we accept it? Or are we going to step away from God again?

Wow...3 posts in less than 12 hours

Psalms 32

2008-05-06T21:44:00.000-07:00

Psalm 32(NIV)

Of David. A maskil.
1 Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

2 Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit.

3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. Selah

5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD "— and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

6 Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you while you may be found; surely when the mighty waters rise, they will not reach him.

7 You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah

8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you.

9 Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.

10 Many are the woes of the wicked, but the LORD's unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in him.

11 Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous; sing, all you who are upright in heart!

I did not do a proper reconciliation last night. Too tired. Well..of course, i woke up with still the heavy burden on me. I'm feeling pretty down..and had to lead a prayer group today. And I cannot access the computer...my Laptop is still dead.

I did QT and this Psalms is presented. I read...immediately, I know what to do. Repented and .... reconcil myself to God. The Psalm hit the spot. Esspecially this verse

9 Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.

That is what I did yesterday. Well...Things are better now. My Laptop is back...all issues cleared...preparing for my Prayer group now. Hees!

YeaH!

The day Yu Ki did not love God so much

2008-05-06T08:06:00.000-07:00

Alarming title ah? Haha

It's a day of wrong choices for me. Yeap..decisions against my loving God.

It started...with a day of anticipation! An exciting day.
The study teams are been changed and I'm finally going to Trek IG and get some work outs.

In the past, I relied on some church mates, and it did not even leave the attempt to rely on them part. Which is rather bad but nevermind.

Then I relied on Jacob and Raymond. My Campus Crusade friends. It was great but soon...all of us are too busy and our schedules did not meet.

Andrew, a Church mate invited me to swim...it was great but FYP took my time away.

Eliane use to go rock climbing with me but...it's really far...aljunied.

No one I know lives near me. Except Chole...whom i did consider asking to jog together...but it never left the consider to ask part. WAHAHAHA! ok..nvm.

I relied on self....not so good..lazy me.

The Trek IG really happy thing for me! Hazel is there, so there is someone I know and I'll have to motivation to go because it is organised by someone. The training will be of standard too! The people there are interesting and it'll be great to know them better.

Most importantly, they need Jesus.

Anyway...I got side tracked...but you can see how eager I am to be in somewhere I can exercise.
Well...and recently, God has been testing me. Sports or Him . Sports or Him. Many times, i did not get to work out or play sports because I'm serving Him. Not that it is something bad nor God do not want me to do sports.

It's just that God knows that deep in me, sports has always been a competitor against Him to be first in my life. And...God wanted to change it and yes...it'll be painful.

Today, is suppose to be a day whereby I'm gonna jog to an abandon hospital near RP. Cool huh? Then Jacob message me to ask me to be in his discipleship group. I was of course Devastated. I asked him what's with the sudden meet? (Was not in my schedule book)
Found out that it is not my discipleship group but just an invitation. I know that this is an alarm from God...supposed to do calling today too..but dismissed it too....well, in short, seeing that all things are "cleared", I hopped on to the Trek IG.

Met Hazel and ate with her but before that, dropped my LapTop and spoilt it. Sadded. How am I to do UT is again questioned....I don't even have to resource to study for it now.

Anyway, Trek IG was really fun. We Jogged and entered a state land. Well...it is wrong...but I love these places and pushed God out again. Saw the Cameras in the area. God is still being nice and warned me that the police will come. Well...me being me ..of course put that aside too.

We had loads of fun till....the police came. LOL. that is when I sober abit and think about what God is trying to tell me all this while ... gave my ID and had a fun run back to school.

Hmmm.....I ain't proud of my actions...gonna reconcil to God later. I really give thanks for a loving God willing to die for someone like me. Amazing Grace huh?

Anyway...Gonna be more thoughtful now. =]

Oh....a note to all...when you call me at around 8pm onwards, do check if I'm walking home or not. If I am so, continue talking only if you are a person I like to talk to or don't mind talking to. Haha...Cos...bad mood...bag heavy ...hahaha keep to that and Yu Ki is a nice guy in your memory. Haha

Currently, I'm being thrown into things or events without my permission or consultation as if I'm some object. I don't really like it. I think it's rude but i'm keeping silent for now.

Oh..here are some prayer requests

Ariel- Recover from stomach pains
-Health
- emotional stresses from funeral and sick grandad.
Yu Ki - Really stick close to God
- A Lap Top
- More time with friends
Minn - Rest
-Health
Giang Yee - Recovery from illness
Hazel - Rest, Energy
- back pains
Ian - Rest
- Cope with work load
- Growth in God

Ironman

2008-05-03T08:44:00.000-07:00

Today! Yes, Today is the day out with Tabitha, Daniel and Hassanah!

Guess who's the planner? ME! So that equates disaster. Haha...

Okok...Tabby is the initator while I plan. Sze Jin is suppose to come alone...but he is not well aquainted with Daniel and Hassanah.

We met to eat at Long John Silvers. Shared about our lives and catch up with each other. It is really nice. Miss them. Of course there is a sense of awkwardness due to the fact that we have not met for sometime but still it is great.

Daniel was nice and treaated us. Haha...guess what....all of them are working and earning...I'm the only one without spending power. Wahaha....Hassanah being the top earner. Haha..She cook sia.

After that, Hassanah went to work...While Tab, Dan and I went to watch Ironman.

GREAT SHOW!

No spoilers here. Haha.

After that, Off to home we go.
And..the book I brought to return to Daniel, it's still in my bag...LOL. Dumbed

Haha...Wanna Sleep le....TOMORROW!

It's to the HOUSE of THE LORD!
YEAH!! Loves SUNDAY!

SEAFOOD BARBEQUE!

2008-05-02T08:04:00.000-07:00

WoooHoooo!!!!

This event is another highlight in my exciting life.

Today's Big Events

1)Second Break Rush!

Conditions:
Within 2 hours,
- FYP Culturing 2 sets of Cells.

- Meet Lion(Liyan) For prayer and Gospel sharing points.

- Research about and Finish Slides of presentation on Careless dumping of
Hexavalent Chromium into unlined ponds and Prevention of industry related disasers.
(I used 3 slides)
- Meet Campus Crusade For Lunch.

2) Understanding Test : Laboratory Management
Conditions:

- Pass you Exam styled Test.

3) Seafood Barbecue
Conditions:
- Rally the people of RP who are going
- Rush to SP/ Moberly

- Eat and Enjoy

- Tell friends about Jesus

Wow! All in a day. That's a Christian!

Alright I shall start with early in the morning, I woke up 15 minutes late, dilly dalied and reached school 30 mins early. Is that not skilled?

Had a great Quiet Time and ran through my memory verses.

Reached My class...Realised that I did not bring my Adapter and that my Laptop has the l ongevity of 20- 30 mins. It's around 8.10 by now. School starts at 8.30 and usually around this time, all the LapTops are already borrowed...Which may means that I cannot do my Test after School....which will be a big impact on my results. I got down to the It Helpdesk...Lo and behold!

All the Laptops are there and ready to be borrowed. With great joy I borrowed.

Discovered that the Acer Adapter can be used to supply my Hp tablet with electricity! So..There I go.....I used my Hp Tablet of course. Haha

Event 1 : Second Break Rush.

Phew....Lion had message the other night to ask for a prayer meet. I was not really keen..I knew I'm busy so it'll affect my work. On the other hand, I wanna put God first in my life. So I went ...by faith. As expected, it took longer than promised, and I was put to greater test by being requested to waste more time running from the lab to the class to get the broshure to pass it to Lion a little while after my prayer meet with her. I ran in faith and only to discover that Lion is missing and my handphone is in the Lab. So I gotta run back and located Lion(who is at the canteen...the other end of the world(RP) and where I search earlier and found no trace of that furry thing) I was almost giving up...but I still ran...oh...I forgot to mention that I pulled a tendon...and I was in pain because of the running and the limping.

After Sub Culturing the cells, I made the same mistake I made last time with my HCT 116 Colon Cancer cells. I failed to trypsined it fully. Thus the cells came out in batches instead of in pieces.

Well.. No time to grieve. I set of to do my research and everything. Barely made it in time for presentation.

Presentation went well.

Event 2 : Understanding Test
This is the fun part.
My Fugitsu Laptop died on Sunday and My Hp Tablet's keyboard died on Monday. My worries are how am I do do my Tests....which are online? My Hp Tablet Pen is also broken.

So I meant it with masking tape....it's good but slow and a lag can easily kill me.

But my laptop's keyboard was restored with the combination of George and Issac! THANKS GUYS! I was happy! No more worries.

On the test day...which is yesterday, I realise that....hmmmm....I for got my adapter and...welll...My Hp tablet cannot last 30 minutes on a full battery. Rushed down to borrowed a Lap top and miraculously gotten one.
An Acer...Realised that It's adapter can fuel my Hp tablet, I took no hesitations to use my Hp tablet.

The time for ethe test came....And...I realise that most of the class cannot sign into the test...something is wrong with the school. I've got 2 laptop. My Hp Tablet cannot sign into the test and...My borrowed Acer do not have the test......ARGHHHHH!!!
Hahha... I was so funny ...all the effort of the week gone down the drain and the solution was simple.

Do it on paper...With the faithful pen and my now....bloody pencase. The Red pen decides that it's accomodation isn't nice enough...uncapped itself and welll...coloured my pen case to a bloody red colour and design. Kind of cool I must admit. Lol

Test was well...of faci did not fund us back the wasted time...so I missed a 3 mark question.
Oh wells....results are in God's hands. =]

Event 3: SeaFood Barbeque!
Oh...must tell you about this guy....I seriously suspect is a pervert. LOL
Ok....My job is to gather all the people of RP and go to SP together . Everyone was there except for this guy. My contact. he gave alot of issues by saying that he is coming but we did not see him.

We waited ...for a very long time...30+ mins..and we are all late. I then decided that he is some joker as got everybody to go. Halfway to the MRT station, he messaged..where are you. I was shocked! Am I wrong? He wasn't playing a fool?

Well...I decided to jog back...IAN followed! Thanks Ian. Well..We jogged back to RP and yeah...same issue.He did not appear. We called him...and the smae thing happened....said that he is coming. At the second call, he mention that he is in the canteen.Weird.

I was wondering...what's wrong with him. We went to the canteen...he hanged up and refuse to pick up the phone. After a long waiting, we hurried back to the MRT...We ARE VERY LATE.

When we are at the MRT, he called to find us again...I was wondering...what's up with this guy? do you really want to come? Anyway, he called Lion. Lion told talked to him and stuff...then she pass the phone to me. Well.. He put down the phone only when he heard my voice. Hmmm..

Later, he messaged Lion....claiming that he is actually that guy's friend . Asking her that if she wanna meet the guy, she should meet him alone instead of sending other people. Or he will be afriad.

I messaged that guy back and told him that I am Yu Ki and was there and I even described myself so that He can find me easily.

He replied that he did not see me.

I replied that I am a guy. ( Well.. people often mistake me as a girl )

He replied, accusing me that I am a liar and Yu Ki is not a guy. Well...I was thinking..is this guy ok?Can't he meet a guy ? I am Yu Ki after all.

I replied back. I am a guy not a japanese girl. ( A common mistake fo people )

He replied: I'm wasting my time loser.

Realising that my early message may sound sacastic, I decided to clarify. Stating that there is a misunderstanding, reassuring him that I am a guy and that he can meet me and I'll show him my I/C.

He got the message and replied: Where is the girl who want to meet me?

I decided not to reply anymore. Sick pervert. Got to warn the ladies working with me...Careful of sick perverts out there.

Well....I really don't know what's up with that guy...but...I'll be finding him. I know his friend. Curious about how who that guy is. Wahahaha.

Okok.....that's the problems faced ...now for the fun.....

Seafood barbeque equates to loads of food eaten ..and If you notice, I did not eat lunch. Well.. i devoured...erm...40-50 + Cockles and Mussels...Sandwiches,....4-5 Chicken wings....A crab.....and cannot remember. Hahaha....OH!! MUSHMELLOWS!!!! I was joking with them that I was aiming to get Hepatitis B and Diabetes at a young age. We played Jango! Fun game...I just watch ...cause...I'm busy eating. OH YA!!!

I finally repaid Suan Choo My debt of 1 Hum/Cockle. I felt so liberated...no longer in debt.

After that, I told my friend Xiao Yang(guy...haha...in case) about God. He is from China and has been to a church before. So I asked him about what he thinks then a shared about God.

Told Him that God created Heaven and earth...and that we are in trouble because we all chose to push God out of our life and because of that, we are separated from God and will be judged and punished.

I didn't get to share about Jesus coming to take our place. Taking the punishment so that we can be with God again because Reggie came and we all have to go for GAMES!!

I forgot the name of the game but it is real fun. We did not win however...sad sad. We had a fun time playing with light sticks too...

I stayed back to clear up ....well..clear up the logistics....and the food....hahaha.....Yeah! The muschmellows are cool...It has ...Bananas and chocolates and it's sweeeeet!

The girl carrying the mushmellows happened to be my groups Barbequer. So she said..I'm going to get hepatitis B and diabetes. Lol...haha...

Daniel showed me the way out and became my tour guide. Showed me where he studied and his hang outs. It's really nice. Haha..Actually I'm kind of afriad of him as he seems ficere...but he is a really nice guy. I then went home alone but was joined by Jasmine and Shi Hua. Volunteers. Chatted till I SAW JACUERLINE! A faci from RP...So said hi..and chatted. She just came back from a birthday party and JACOB was there ! Haha...It's like so fun.

Phew..Got home tired...got on Msn. Supposed to check whether Min is ok. Somebody pushed her down while she was going to work... Hmmm.She ain't online..SO I went to sleep around 12....Snored...my way till 9!

Haha...Suppose to meet Tabitha and my secondary school mates today....No reply yet...gonna message her..Wahahhaa...Where's the short tabby Cat. Today's is gonna be another FUN FILLED DAY!!! WOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!

Lost and Found Key!

2008-05-01T04:51:00.000-07:00

Labour Day! = Public Holiday! = No School! = Holiday! = No Work! = More Time= More Rest/Play = Yeah! = 8]

Well...It can be a boring holiday or it can be spiced by God. Being a Christian is never boring. especially when you have a loving God who takes an active roles in grooming and growing you. 8]

I met up with Jacob, Zhong Kai and Raymond today! Our very own Campus Crusade Guy's Meet. Erm...for old people like us. haha.. but Marcus joined in halfway. Well...he is year two but he is as old as Uncle Kai. Wahaha.

We ate Botak Jones and saw a botak bird. I don't really like the food. Expensive and not tasty.

We chatted alot ...shared our lives and then prayed for each other. Asking God to continues to guide us. 8]

Marcus, Zhong Kai and Jacob went off for another meeting. Raymond and I stayed back. I teached him the Rubiks Cube and he learnt it!

Yeah! Congratuations!! Raymond!

We went off after that....

and then it happened. Unbeknowst to me, my keys has fallen off my pocket . I took my bag and walk to the MRT station with Raymond.

I realised it only when I'm at my doorstep.
First reaction. Panic.
Searched my pockets a few times in hope of finding it.
Then I decided to go and retrace my steps.

While walking through Ikea, I realised....I'm making the mistake of not relying on God again. So I prayed...it was panicky and unsincere at first the kind that is like throwing God a shopping list.

By the grace of God, I quicky realised it. Stopped ...Calmed myself down and pray a sincere cry to God. Asking Him to have mercy and get me my keys. I walked to the bus stop. God was nice to provide me a shuttle bus home. I got the idea that it is somewhere in Clementi.

I travelled all the way back to clementi. I intended to jogged today but it's far from my mind at this stage. My keys are really important. Without it I lost entry to both my mom and dad's homes and the usage of my bicycle. I reached clementi. I'm pretty sure that it is at Botak Jones that I'll find my keys. Well....God used the moment to test my faith.

My prayers requested God that it will be at the floor and no one notice it. God gave me something better but I know not. I search Botak Jones and yeah..I find no keys.

Haha..I panick again. I rushed to macs....as that is the only place left...where I teach Raymond how to play with a Rubiks Cube. I prayed and I prayed. No longer so confident.

Then a question came to me as I'm walking. How much do I trust God, I made up my mind that I'll trust God to the end till I find no key. Well...till I find no key. You can see the lost of faith here.

God is faithful through. I reached there, I still find no keys. A man and his wife caught my attention....so I asked him. He direct me to the counter of Macs. And...there..I've found my keys.

Well! Happy Ending. Got home through Shuttle bus today. God is nice to provide the Shuttle bus three times today and at the right timing. Or I'll need to walk alot.

8]

On my way back I met the courageous and bright little girl again. 2nd time meeting. I think she's about primary school age. Surprise me by talking to me as if we are long known friends. I had wanted to be able to do that. So I am very intriged by the courage she has and the life and intelligence that seems to emit from herself. Cooled.

Labour Day is really fun....well...especially you have a God so real. 8]

Confess Me

2008-04-23T08:04:00.000-07:00

A little something ...sent to me by Eunice's Daddy.

April 23, 2008"Confess Me"

So everyone who acknowledges Me before men, I also will acknowledge before My Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 10:32

There are times when I just don't understand. Last week a federal appeals court ruled a New Jersey school board had the right to tell their football coach he cannot kneel or bow his head when members of his team have a student-led, pre-game prayer.

One judge said, "Since the coach used to lead prayers, people would think he was endorsing praying." A second judge said it didn't make any difference if the coach once lead prayers or not; his kneeling and bowing would show approval of religion.

Understand, the coach wasn't advocating any special religion. He wasn't asking to lead the prayers himself. As far as I know, he wasn't assigning students to lead those prayers. He just wanted to bow his head and kneel with his team.

According to the court, he can't do that anymore. What he can do is turn around, or look straight ahead, or not be present, or pretend nothing is happening, or keep on talking, or do anything he wants to do other than bow his head and kneel down.

Please understand, I'm not endorsing mandatory prayer in public school classrooms or in any endorsed state school sports program. I am saying that many, if not all, of the options seemingly available to the coach may look as if he's against religion. If that is so, the pendulum, rather than stopping at a neutral spot, may actually have swung to the anti-religion side.

The coach is caught between a rock and a hard place. The court says, "Don't do anything religious." Jesus says, "Acknowledge Me before men." What will the coach do? Whom will he follow?

As Christians, the answer is easy: we must obey God rather than men. The choice may get cloudy if you have a family to support. It's the same cloudiness confronting students when they realize their grades may depend on them giving an un-Christian answer on a test or final; it is the same cloudiness many businessmen face when they know promotions don't always go to honest men and women.

Since there are so many who are being forced to take a hard stand, I would invite you to join me in prayer. Let us ask the Lord to give these people direction and strength to witness to the Savior who gave His life so they might be forgiven and saved.

THE PRAYER: Dear Lord Jesus, the days of persecution did not end when the last apostle breathed his last. Places of persecution exist all around us. Send Your Holy Spirit upon those in difficult straits; give them the wisdom and guidance they need to confess You. In Your Name. Amen.

PEP 20 (23\04\08)

2008-04-22T18:31:00.000-07:00

Jeremiah 1:4-10

That is what I need to prepare to lead my prayer group in RP with.
I had a difficult time. I don't understand the text. The familiar feeling of fustration and anger began to surface... then I heard it.

God's gentle whisper. The whisper that I ignored last night. Nudging me to pray. Then it all make sense. My mistake and foolishness; yesterday. So, I clasped me hands, bow my head....quieten myself and went before God. My first words are "Father...I'm Sorry."

:::::::::::::::YesterDay:::::::::::::::::::::::
The computer I'm using is giving alot of problems with it's laggyness. Alot of time is being wasted. Alot of things to do. I didn't come before God to ask for help. In fact I push God out of the picture. I just wallowed in anger.
:::::::::::::::Present Time:::::::::::::::::::::

After my prayers, I got some encouragement from God to have faith. After reading the text , I'm ready to lead my Prayer Group.

Jeramiah 1:4-10

This verses tells me of the comfort one can have because one knows that God has chosen , appointed him or her with full knowledge of him/her before she was born. It also comes with the question: What then is one's response to the calling or...in simpler terms appointment?

We look in to verse 5
God made us, He knew us and before we are born, he appoint and chose us to be his people. Note that prophet is for Jeremiah. Don't go around claiming that we all have to be prophets. Haha. Still still, we are all chosen and appointed to serve God in some different ways and in some similar ways in life.

Then in verse 6, we see an all too familiar response."I am not ready", "I've never done it before", "I don't know how to."Not to say that these are not valid reasons or feelings. It is natural and ok to feel afraid and inadequate. It is how you approach this issue that matters.

In Verse 7-8, God replied Jeremiah " Do not say,'I am only a child.'You must go to evryone that I sent you to and say whatever I commanded you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you." The last part starting from Do not be afriad was Declared by God to Jeremiah.

So the issue is this , I am afraid , I am inexperience , I don't think that I can do it, But am I going to put that aside and step forward saying" Here am I , send me" or are we going to cower and says " Let me be a "normal" Christian? In life , we are always faced with 2 decision, for myself or for God. And we have to chose between this two. To put aside ourselves and put God first or to put God aside to put myself first. If you have never asked yourself such questions, it is most likely that you have been putting God aside all this while.

Still, we can put aside our fears and go share the Gospel (All Christians' calling[Great Commission]) Because in verse 8 God as already promised to be with us and He will save us.

This brings me to another point. Often I hear people says "I don't feel God" or "that I cannot see God" or even from my own brothers and sisters in Christ " My walk with God is dry." Not that I don't say all these things myself but I realise that the reason all these things can be said when we have a real and amazing God is when we put God out of our lives.

When we truely serve God, we will be placed in situations whereby we need to come before God on our knees with hands clasped and hearts yearning, crying out to God for help and for providences. Those are the times you can see God moved his hands and perform miracles. If you are going to live your lives in an all safe for yourself manner, it is natural that you see only a little of God or none of Him at all. Because You never need Him niether did you include Him in your life. Then you'll say, " I can't feel /see God" If you live a life for God, then you'll get more than just feelings of God. You'll have a relationship with God. Which means it is possible to serve and still put God aside. So becareful. To lean on Him. Look at Proverb 3:5-6 for reference.

Verses 9-10 tells us that doing God's works is not easily. You'll face difficulties. Read and you'll find out. Haha.

Spray of Blood

2008-04-21T07:37:00.000-07:00

Hey Hey!!

I'm back!

Well..Guess what happened today! A miracle happened today.

I have a packed day. School, Final Year Project and SYFC Meeting. It happens to clash in a way that I have no time for dinner.

Then Then....The Lord Provides!!

Hui Min a classmate of mine asked me to help her out with her FYP. It's some pricking of my finger to get blood that I'll need to help in. So I went...and lo and behold!! Claudia and her boyfriend!
Wow...Hui Min has a interesting team. Claudia's boyfriend prick my finger and milk blood from me. Well..it was not that bad an experience...but it's unpleasant.

It's like squeezing blood out!! Shiver me timbers!

Ohoh!! To the blessing part! I got no time to buy food right? The reward for helping Minn out is Kinder Bueno and a can of potato chip. Cool huh? But God prepared me a proper meal later when I reach EH. God is so sweet right?

Oh oh just the day before, on sunday. I had a fun time in church....but I was so tired. Alighted at Queenstown MRT station. I was like hoping to God (I should learn to pray) can get me a ride home. Of course I can take a bus but I don't want. Expensive.

God was nice enough to provide a free shuttle bus. Cooled. I got a free ride to Anchorpoint. Then I walk home!! Yeah!!!

Hees!! Enough of my Blessings!!
Lets pray for fellow friends!

1) Brian
~ Injured his hand and going for an operation on Wednesday.
~ Pray for safety
~ Pray for swift healing
~ Pray for Courage and Peace

2) Zhi Ping
~ Driving Lesson
~ Pray that He'll do well

3)Minn
~ Rest

4)Angelina
~ Friendship Issues
~ Pray for Recovery

5) Irene
~ Stage 4 Cancer
~ Family to be strong
~ Healing

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Keep Smiling!

Great Poly Garage Sales!

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Wooohoooo!! Another Huge Event!

The Great Poly Garage Sales!!

First in Singapore! An Historical Event!

And it's Exclusively for Poly Students!

An all Ra Ra event!
That's surface, but such a huge event can only spells huge things God is doing in my life and of those around me!

Woots!

Starts the day before!
Loads of prayer for the success of this event! It's new and we are expecting alot of people. We face a lot of issues! Like the wet weather and the shortage of manpower. As well as the outcome and the turn up.

Today, God put everything into place and the crowds come in nice batches and the weather is surprisingly sunny! The out come is great!! Both shops that I took care of profitted! Haha.

Okok! Throughout the event, I had no time to eat but God kept my hunger at bay. Sent nice people to provide bites here and there to keep me moving. I had 4 cups of float, 2 sandwich and a few fishballs. Haha.

Met a guy with a cool hairdo! The kind my mom would kill me if I have. Punk Rock Kind. haha. His name is Darly! So Cool! Pretty nice Guy. If God is willing, I must catch up with him!

Also, there is this Rubiks pro...did the cube in 43 Secs...Heard that he did a 30s one before.....freak. Haha

I was kind of sad that those I invited did not come but....well.. their loss.. haha. I had a great time with Jolene and her sis Candice and also Jolene's boy friend! Allan! Quiet Guy haha.

Elieen was there with her boyfriend too! And And All of us GPGS Stall holder hosts are pretty high. Lol!

Music and Deejays were great too! My other team is a team of TP students! They are really nice. Gave me Cheap Ice Creams !! Yeah...die le....ice cream over load.

When everything ends, there is a lot of good spirits...and.....FREE STUFF! I got....erm...
1) lots of T-shirts and shorts!
2) A cup
3) 4 Books
4) Pencil box
5) Perfume
6) JOLENE GAVE ME A KEY CHAIN AND A STUFF ANIMAL!! SO NICE! Haha..It's like super cute.
7) 2 Pack of LAYS
8) A Deck of Card Games...Which I need to learn about...never see before.

Oh the best thing is this, I got all this for $2...haha That includes free dinner and...drinks!

Wah...Talk about blessedness. God is really giving alot. HAha Cos Recently I've been hoping for a pencil box, more clothes, a game that can gather people and also perfume. Cos..it's fun. HAha.

Well well...So much I have. God is Great!

Great Poly Garage Sales!

2008-04-19T08:31:00.000-07:00