blessed
its been a very long weekend, but i really treasure, experienced and learnt many things.
Monday, August 29, 2005
Thursday, August 25, 2005
willy wonka~ willy wonka~
hAaz=P finally i watched Charlie And The Chocolate Factory!! defintely worth the money and not only the show was nice, i really felt captivated, like as though i'm the in the factory itself!! =D
i don't understand why so many critics derate the movie just because the chocolate river isn't realistic enough or about some other stuffs~ really. i sat throughout the movie as though a 5 year old staring at a huge display of wonka's chocolate, wondering which chocolate bar contains the golden ticket. i was totally absorbed in the movie, thoughts alike from karenty. heh~
the show teaches about several stuffs~ not being greedy, not being whiny, not being proud and not being rude. at the end of the day, the good and humble boy, charlie, became the only survivor and he inherited the chocolate factory.
he had several extra points too. a boy at his age, his thinking is very matured and growing up in a poor family, he has learnt to place his family first in his life. not only that, he respects his elders and parents~
he was ready to sell his golden ticket so that his family would have money. he was determined to stay with the family members even though willy wonka gave him the chance to join him in the factory.
basically, he's the good boy in everyone's heart~ lolz=)
hAaz=P finally i watched Charlie And The Chocolate Factory!! defintely worth the money and not only the show was nice, i really felt captivated, like as though i'm the in the factory itself!! =D
i don't understand why so many critics derate the movie just because the chocolate river isn't realistic enough or about some other stuffs~ really. i sat throughout the movie as though a 5 year old staring at a huge display of wonka's chocolate, wondering which chocolate bar contains the golden ticket. i was totally absorbed in the movie, thoughts alike from karenty. heh~
the show teaches about several stuffs~ not being greedy, not being whiny, not being proud and not being rude. at the end of the day, the good and humble boy, charlie, became the only survivor and he inherited the chocolate factory.
he had several extra points too. a boy at his age, his thinking is very matured and growing up in a poor family, he has learnt to place his family first in his life. not only that, he respects his elders and parents~
he was ready to sell his golden ticket so that his family would have money. he was determined to stay with the family members even though willy wonka gave him the chance to join him in the factory.
basically, he's the good boy in everyone's heart~ lolz=)
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
sacrifice. giving what we have to God, not the surplus.
everyone sacrifices in the kingdom of God, its all an equal amount. doesn't mean that if i stay throughout prayer meeting, i sacrifice more than those that left halfway through.
we never know the situations they are going through and they maybe facing crisis, but they put God first in their lives and honor Him by sacrificing their time to focus on His face.
such unsung heros, God will honor them.
everyone sacrifices in the kingdom of God, its all an equal amount. doesn't mean that if i stay throughout prayer meeting, i sacrifice more than those that left halfway through.
we never know the situations they are going through and they maybe facing crisis, but they put God first in their lives and honor Him by sacrificing their time to focus on His face.
such unsung heros, God will honor them.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
let me take you all on a journey.
on our church's 16 anniversary, we filled up indoor stadium. we had to reject close to 300 members. i was told that indoor stadium maximum capacity is 12,000. Pastor Kong shared that some zones had their service on saturday~ something that not everyone knows.
lets switch our faith mode on.
if SIS is still small for our church, won't our future 7,000 seater stadium be TOO small within 2-3 years?
18,500 divide by 6 = 2,642 <- currently this is our average attendance for 6 services.
so if we have a 7,000 seater stadium, we would have 2.6 services, which rounds off to 3 services. in 2-3 years time, by the grace of God, if we have 6 services again, the attendance would run off to 42,000!!
old trafford sits 55,000 people. if we have 6 services, it would total up to 330,000!!
can you just imagine the day when 55,000 people come together and worship as one body of Christ? AMAZING.
our God IS amazing.
on our church's 16 anniversary, we filled up indoor stadium. we had to reject close to 300 members. i was told that indoor stadium maximum capacity is 12,000. Pastor Kong shared that some zones had their service on saturday~ something that not everyone knows.
lets switch our faith mode on.
if SIS is still small for our church, won't our future 7,000 seater stadium be TOO small within 2-3 years?
18,500 divide by 6 = 2,642 <- currently this is our average attendance for 6 services.
so if we have a 7,000 seater stadium, we would have 2.6 services, which rounds off to 3 services. in 2-3 years time, by the grace of God, if we have 6 services again, the attendance would run off to 42,000!!
old trafford sits 55,000 people. if we have 6 services, it would total up to 330,000!!
can you just imagine the day when 55,000 people come together and worship as one body of Christ? AMAZING.
our God IS amazing.
Sunday, August 14, 2005
sunday=)
praise God!! my mom signed up for maxonline 6500 and they gave away a HP pocketPC as part of the promotion!!! though its not the latest model, but quite a number of church members are using that model and it seems rather well liked=D
pastor kong shared about worship today and even though it was a repeated sermon, and my third time listening to it, i learnt so much more and understood things better. pastor phil shared that worship is when God is the ONLY one in our life.
joshua clearly showed that God is His only one in his life. though he wasn't the outstanding leader, God used him to bring the israelites to the promised land. joshua oftened lingered in the presence of God, without any agenda!! he simply loved the presence of God and he often stayed behind to pray, to dwell in the presence of God.
when we have an intimate relationship with God, He reveals secrets to us!! isn't that amazing?
God is looking for someone who's after His heart. not someone who's after His heart and with conditions attached to it. someone who's willing to lay down his life in exchange of all of Him. not knowing what the future may bring; just wanting to serve God.
often people ask me whats my plan after the army, and i'll rattle off - i'll enroll into the SOT and hopefully by then, i'll get into full time ministry.
i realized that such plans is not serving God, but its ministry. its like telling God what i want to do for Him, instead of what He wants me to do. furthermore, the bible says that we can never be assured of what tomorrow comes. everything happens by the grace of God, by His divine timing.
its great to have visions, as they're from the Lord. but to have plans is another thing altogether. bible says if we don't plan, we plan to fail. but we have to plan with the fear of the Lord. when God gave a vision, His people planned. why? because God never fails to make the vision come to past.
back to worship =)
worshipping God is definitely amazing. pastor ming once said that he doesn't understand why some people worship God and their facial expression doesn't change. its always a -_- look, even when its fast beat songs.
kinda understood that today as i found myself FULL of expressions, singing till my throat hurt, giving my best to my Lord and i looked around and saw people just standing there clapping their hands with that i-can't-be-bothered look.
really sad seeing that happening. is our God such a boring God that you can't stir yourself up and praise Him? please don't say that you worship Him in your heart, because whatever your heart expresses, your physical being expresses it too.
oh well. i'm not in the position to judge people too. heh~
well. KEEPING MY FOCUS ON GOD!!!
praise God!! my mom signed up for maxonline 6500 and they gave away a HP pocketPC as part of the promotion!!! though its not the latest model, but quite a number of church members are using that model and it seems rather well liked=D
pastor kong shared about worship today and even though it was a repeated sermon, and my third time listening to it, i learnt so much more and understood things better. pastor phil shared that worship is when God is the ONLY one in our life.
joshua clearly showed that God is His only one in his life. though he wasn't the outstanding leader, God used him to bring the israelites to the promised land. joshua oftened lingered in the presence of God, without any agenda!! he simply loved the presence of God and he often stayed behind to pray, to dwell in the presence of God.
when we have an intimate relationship with God, He reveals secrets to us!! isn't that amazing?
God is looking for someone who's after His heart. not someone who's after His heart and with conditions attached to it. someone who's willing to lay down his life in exchange of all of Him. not knowing what the future may bring; just wanting to serve God.
often people ask me whats my plan after the army, and i'll rattle off - i'll enroll into the SOT and hopefully by then, i'll get into full time ministry.
i realized that such plans is not serving God, but its ministry. its like telling God what i want to do for Him, instead of what He wants me to do. furthermore, the bible says that we can never be assured of what tomorrow comes. everything happens by the grace of God, by His divine timing.
its great to have visions, as they're from the Lord. but to have plans is another thing altogether. bible says if we don't plan, we plan to fail. but we have to plan with the fear of the Lord. when God gave a vision, His people planned. why? because God never fails to make the vision come to past.
back to worship =)
worshipping God is definitely amazing. pastor ming once said that he doesn't understand why some people worship God and their facial expression doesn't change. its always a -_- look, even when its fast beat songs.
kinda understood that today as i found myself FULL of expressions, singing till my throat hurt, giving my best to my Lord and i looked around and saw people just standing there clapping their hands with that i-can't-be-bothered look.
really sad seeing that happening. is our God such a boring God that you can't stir yourself up and praise Him? please don't say that you worship Him in your heart, because whatever your heart expresses, your physical being expresses it too.
oh well. i'm not in the position to judge people too. heh~
well. KEEPING MY FOCUS ON GOD!!!
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
spent the entire day thinking about the current affairs of my life.
sometimes sacrifices have to be made, lines have to be drawn and determination have to be increased.
you just wish to shut everyone out and meet God face to face. i've nothing to say, but i just want to linger in His presence, to soak in His love. He has been so true to me and there's so much more for me to know about Him.
so much more i've yet to experience and see.
i don't want to lose out on God's blessing because of a wrong decision i make.
sometimes sacrifices have to be made, lines have to be drawn and determination have to be increased.
you just wish to shut everyone out and meet God face to face. i've nothing to say, but i just want to linger in His presence, to soak in His love. He has been so true to me and there's so much more for me to know about Him.
so much more i've yet to experience and see.
i don't want to lose out on God's blessing because of a wrong decision i make.
what a long day!
woke up at 7am and blurly messaged the wrong person, telling her that i've woken up. traveled down to eunos to meet up with the security guys to play soccer!
was rather excited because its my first time playing soccer with them and its been a long time since i last exercised too~ game started and i was quite on form. the first match lasted really long and it drained most of my energy.
we reformed groups when everyone was there and i was in kuowei's team, compromising of Bro ChongKeng, Bro Michael's brother, Bro KuoWei and another bro whose name i can't remember. all of them were great players and we won all our matches and some of them were won at record time! hahazz! praise God=P
had lunch and went to east coast park to join my cellgroup of the meeting. had a really bad headache by then, but i i just went ahead and met them. the other cellgroup came and they started playing games~ didn't join them as my headache got worst and all i wanted was just to sit there and rest.
my headache finally got slightly better after hours and we played captain's ball. bad move. headache came back on. eugene came back and offered to bring his radio down, so i followed him and we started jogging. bad move again. headache came back, worst.
finally we got back and the bbq was starting.
didn't eat much because of my throbbling headache.
chinpor, eugene, eyoung and myself then made our way to the stone walls and watched the fireworks from the padang; it was quite an amazing slight.
we started singing worship songs and eugene started to share with chinpor about his friend and about things he went through before. could feel that something special was happening and could also feel the conviction in their speech~ thank God for that=)
i didn't talk much, but continued worshippin God.
finally we packed up and left.
received a call from zhaowei, asking if i'm able to head down to suntec and get Sister Cynthia a cup of coffee from starbucks or coffeebean. agreed to help since its on the way.
coffeebean was closed by then and i walked all the way back to buy the coffee from starbucks. then its a long walk back to tower 3. but Sister Cynthia didn't answer my call when i was standing outside church office, so i left the drink at the security post.
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as you can tell, today's entry is very dry. i'm still suffering from throbbling headache and STOMACHACHE now. =/
woke up at 7am and blurly messaged the wrong person, telling her that i've woken up. traveled down to eunos to meet up with the security guys to play soccer!
was rather excited because its my first time playing soccer with them and its been a long time since i last exercised too~ game started and i was quite on form. the first match lasted really long and it drained most of my energy.
we reformed groups when everyone was there and i was in kuowei's team, compromising of Bro ChongKeng, Bro Michael's brother, Bro KuoWei and another bro whose name i can't remember. all of them were great players and we won all our matches and some of them were won at record time! hahazz! praise God=P
had lunch and went to east coast park to join my cellgroup of the meeting. had a really bad headache by then, but i i just went ahead and met them. the other cellgroup came and they started playing games~ didn't join them as my headache got worst and all i wanted was just to sit there and rest.
my headache finally got slightly better after hours and we played captain's ball. bad move. headache came back on. eugene came back and offered to bring his radio down, so i followed him and we started jogging. bad move again. headache came back, worst.
finally we got back and the bbq was starting.
didn't eat much because of my throbbling headache.
chinpor, eugene, eyoung and myself then made our way to the stone walls and watched the fireworks from the padang; it was quite an amazing slight.
we started singing worship songs and eugene started to share with chinpor about his friend and about things he went through before. could feel that something special was happening and could also feel the conviction in their speech~ thank God for that=)
i didn't talk much, but continued worshippin God.
finally we packed up and left.
received a call from zhaowei, asking if i'm able to head down to suntec and get Sister Cynthia a cup of coffee from starbucks or coffeebean. agreed to help since its on the way.
coffeebean was closed by then and i walked all the way back to buy the coffee from starbucks. then its a long walk back to tower 3. but Sister Cynthia didn't answer my call when i was standing outside church office, so i left the drink at the security post.
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as you can tell, today's entry is very dry. i'm still suffering from throbbling headache and STOMACHACHE now. =/
Monday, August 08, 2005
okie. i decided to give glory to God by sharing some of the amazing things He done for the past few days.
Day 1 - the first day was more of the moulding and sharpening process. i was assigned to be with the south african ambassador and escorting her is fairly easy because Pastor Yong Kiang is with her too~ didn't do much that day, but learnt more about approaching people.
Day 2 - Bro Michael said that i'll be assisting Bro Robin in escorting Rev Colin Dye. was SUPER excited because its like a huge responsibility. i opened the door for Rev Colin and he stepped out with a smile, shook my hand and asked for my real name.
i had no idea why he asked for my real name, until he started preaching. loLz=P
throughout the day, i learnt several things that an elite must take notice, moving at the right timing and bring pro-active.
Day 3 - the best saved for the last day!!
Church Anniversary - i was assigned to escort Pastor Sun's parents~ they're really nice people and Pastor Sun's mom kept thanking me throughout the day~ hahaZz=P Bro Joseph was with them too, so i was assisting him in some stuffs too. firstly, he needed guest passes for some other guests. thank God i took hold of some passes and handed them over.
then, he told me he needs one more. so i went to the ushers' logistic room and got it. felt the Holy Spirit prompting me to get one more and i obeyed. went out to meet Bro Joseph and informed him that i've an extra pass. immediately, he smiled and said he needs that extra pass too~
thank God! like what Bro David says - being an Elite, we're to assist church leaders in any ways and to provide security.
church anniversary was great! Pastor Kong preached about having a vision for the future. before the salvation altar call was given, suddenly the Holy Spirit showed me this person, gary, who's karen's friend, and i felt led to pray for him.
felt a breakthrough in him when Pastor Kong gave the altarcall. felt extremely excited in my Spirit even though i was rushing about.
messaged karen - TELL ME GOOD NEWS!!! and moments later, i didnt receive good news. i received GREAT news from her!! hahazz!! praise the Lord!!
gary received Christ and he was touched by the love of God. praise God!! upon hearing gary's "past" from karen, it was already amazing that he agreed to go for church service. now he gave his life to Christ and wants to continue going to church services!! hallelujah!!
prayers work MIRACLES!!
well, karen did most of the job~ hAhaz=) but i can't help but feel excited for her too~ she has been really making a difference in the lives of other people.
FOP - i was assigned to MARTIN SMITH!! ok. girls please stop screaming. its quite normal for TWO good looking guys to be together=) hahazz!! martin smith is the lead singer of Delirious? and he has an AMAZING voice.
he's seriously cool, funny and very friendly. chatted with him at backstage and he even put his arms around me~ lolz=P
then Bro Michael called me over and informed me that i'll be following him. not knowing what was going on, i followed. he gave me instructions and i did so. then Bro Michael came over and thanked me, even said that i'm very sharp~ praise God for that! =D
i realized on my way home, the amount of responsibilty that has been given to me. i really thank God for that and ALL the experiences i went through. definitely there's so much more to share, but its mainly in the Spiritual Realm that "exploded" with excitment.
Bro Robin shared that when we serve, there's no right or wrong. but we must serve to our best because we want to serve God with the best of our abilities. when we try our best, no one can blame us =)
REALLY feel blessed to be in the elites team~ Bro David isn't as scary as what i think and he has been teaching me a lot of things, sharing with me some stuffs that i need to know. Bro Robin has been encouraging me, boosting my confidence. Bro Michael has been really happy with my performance and he got promoted to 45!! an offical team leader!! praise the LORD!!
last but not the least. thank God for the wonderful 3 days. great moulding, stretching process.
how great is our God.
Day 1 - the first day was more of the moulding and sharpening process. i was assigned to be with the south african ambassador and escorting her is fairly easy because Pastor Yong Kiang is with her too~ didn't do much that day, but learnt more about approaching people.
Day 2 - Bro Michael said that i'll be assisting Bro Robin in escorting Rev Colin Dye. was SUPER excited because its like a huge responsibility. i opened the door for Rev Colin and he stepped out with a smile, shook my hand and asked for my real name.
i had no idea why he asked for my real name, until he started preaching. loLz=P
throughout the day, i learnt several things that an elite must take notice, moving at the right timing and bring pro-active.
Day 3 - the best saved for the last day!!
Church Anniversary - i was assigned to escort Pastor Sun's parents~ they're really nice people and Pastor Sun's mom kept thanking me throughout the day~ hahaZz=P Bro Joseph was with them too, so i was assisting him in some stuffs too. firstly, he needed guest passes for some other guests. thank God i took hold of some passes and handed them over.
then, he told me he needs one more. so i went to the ushers' logistic room and got it. felt the Holy Spirit prompting me to get one more and i obeyed. went out to meet Bro Joseph and informed him that i've an extra pass. immediately, he smiled and said he needs that extra pass too~
thank God! like what Bro David says - being an Elite, we're to assist church leaders in any ways and to provide security.
church anniversary was great! Pastor Kong preached about having a vision for the future. before the salvation altar call was given, suddenly the Holy Spirit showed me this person, gary, who's karen's friend, and i felt led to pray for him.
felt a breakthrough in him when Pastor Kong gave the altarcall. felt extremely excited in my Spirit even though i was rushing about.
messaged karen - TELL ME GOOD NEWS!!! and moments later, i didnt receive good news. i received GREAT news from her!! hahazz!! praise the Lord!!
gary received Christ and he was touched by the love of God. praise God!! upon hearing gary's "past" from karen, it was already amazing that he agreed to go for church service. now he gave his life to Christ and wants to continue going to church services!! hallelujah!!
prayers work MIRACLES!!
well, karen did most of the job~ hAhaz=) but i can't help but feel excited for her too~ she has been really making a difference in the lives of other people.
FOP - i was assigned to MARTIN SMITH!! ok. girls please stop screaming. its quite normal for TWO good looking guys to be together=) hahazz!! martin smith is the lead singer of Delirious? and he has an AMAZING voice.
he's seriously cool, funny and very friendly. chatted with him at backstage and he even put his arms around me~ lolz=P
then Bro Michael called me over and informed me that i'll be following him. not knowing what was going on, i followed. he gave me instructions and i did so. then Bro Michael came over and thanked me, even said that i'm very sharp~ praise God for that! =D
i realized on my way home, the amount of responsibilty that has been given to me. i really thank God for that and ALL the experiences i went through. definitely there's so much more to share, but its mainly in the Spiritual Realm that "exploded" with excitment.
Bro Robin shared that when we serve, there's no right or wrong. but we must serve to our best because we want to serve God with the best of our abilities. when we try our best, no one can blame us =)
REALLY feel blessed to be in the elites team~ Bro David isn't as scary as what i think and he has been teaching me a lot of things, sharing with me some stuffs that i need to know. Bro Robin has been encouraging me, boosting my confidence. Bro Michael has been really happy with my performance and he got promoted to 45!! an offical team leader!! praise the LORD!!
last but not the least. thank God for the wonderful 3 days. great moulding, stretching process.
how great is our God.
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
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