I've found a friend who died for me

something interesting happened just now.

i was at the bus stop waiting for my bus when it started raining cats and dogs. then 2 wild dogs ran to the bus stop to seek shelter. uber cute black dogs

then after a while, the dogs started barking like crazy. i turned around and saw a wild boar approaching the bus stop too. i thought the wild boar wanted to seek shelter in the bus stop too, but it turned out that the wild boar was targetting the dog's food! heh.

so the poor dogs were barking endlessly at the wild boar, but the boar simply ignored them, and continued eating their food.

i tried to scare the boar by stomping my feet, but it ignored me also. heh. maybe i should have thrown the abandoned umbrella at the boar.

but thats not the interesting part. the interesting part came when the boar finally finished the food. it started to trot away when 1 brave doggie decided to chase after it. it started running towards the boar, barking endlessly. but when the boar turned around and gave the doggie some attention, the doggie would turn around and run away from the boar.

so much for being so "garang".

even the aunties at the bus stop were laughing at the doggie that attempted to scare off the boar, saying that the boar's so huge, it can probably kill it if it wanted to.

but then, the doggies are so poor thing. cold and hungry, they still have to endure such abuse from the boar. sigh~

hope the doggies are doing fine and hope that they're not freezing now in the cold.

been quite sometime since i last blogged. not a lot of happenings, but loads of dramatic incidents.

shall not disclose the incidents as they're secret happenings.

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weekend services with pastor phil! he painted the last supper, while preaching about the 12 disciples. i was really blessed by the "sermon"; if you count describing the 12 disciples a sermon. ;)

anyway, pastor phil shared about the 12 disciples, their characteristics and history. there were disciples that i never heard of and the bible didnt accounts for. they were normal people, but yet they were in close fellowship with God.

why?

because they had a heart after Christ. they all had different backgrounds, non of them were perfect disciples. each had their weaknesses, flaws and struggles. yet Christ accepted them and made them His disciples.

amazing eh?

of cos Christ didn't just stop there. He discipled them, taught them and most importantly enpowered them to do even greater things for the kingdom of God.

there's a disciple for everyone.

interesting day today~

served, as usual, and today was quite busy. first pastor yong came, before i left the room, pastor kong came. walked out to the carpark, then pastor tan came. after escorting him to the guest room, pastor derek came.

i think i walked up and down the way 3 times in a row. haha

but its really my honor to serve such great man of God and i really feel blessed. thank God for His grace upon my life.

before i was about to leave for cellgroup, bro kokyew and i had a chat. he's one of my favourite security leaders because he's super friendly and approachable. always armed with a smile in his face and always looking very fatherly.

he asked about my future plans and he started to ramble out some stuffs. to my surprise, it was exactly the plans that i had in mind. haha! SOT, CGL, ZS and eventually Pastoral.

then he said he just prophesied over my life and it was a confirmation of God's vision in my life. really felt extremely encouraged when he said that.

but of cos, things wont happen overnight.

cellgroup meeting was fantastic! presence of God just filled the entire place and everyone was weeping in His presence. Jason prayed for everyone and boy it was powerful.

on such occasions, you just want to keep worshipping Him, sing love songs to Him continually.

i think everyday, i've to remind myself of this - WWJD. What Would Jesus Do? in everday's situation and difficulties, what would Jesus do if He faces such challenges.

its impossible to overcome such problems and difficulties myself, but becomes easily when i rely on God. i learnt today during service that spiritual warfare is literaly war. i don't juz "recite" the promises of God to myself.

but i claim His promises and pray through it until victory. war also means aggresiveness, decisive decisions and swift actions.

got to make the right decisions in the shortest possible time and keep fighting until breakthrough comes!

Arise & Build!!

Pastor shared about having a vision and remembering it, not letting the terror of the night drain away my faith.

what really amazed me was that pastor mentioned that financial blessings are the easiest blessings to receive! simply because of the promise of reaping what we sowed.

think of it this way - every dollar is a seed. the moment you plant a seed, it grows. same goes to our finances! we sow our finances into the kingdom of God, expect it to multiply.

woah!!

another thing that pastor shared that blew away my mind.

our visions can be sidelined we lose sight of it. i've to continually remind myself of the vision God has placed in my heart and keep envisioning it happening; definitely work towards it also. if not, i'll get sidelined and miss out on the vision that God has placed in me! - this statement confirmed what i've been hearing from the Holy Spirit. that if i do not pick up my cross, the vision will go to someone else who's willing to carry the cross.

REMEMBER JOEL! PICK UP YOUR CROSS!!

most importantly, i learnt that in order to receive something, i've to give that thing that i need. eg: i need a healing, so i pray for people who are in need for healing.

another principal of sowing and reaping!

these are like, basics, which i know by knowledge. but after today's sermon, it became more of a revelation!

and because of this sowing and reaping principal, whatever that God did once, He can do it repeatingly!

so. who needs financial help? haha=X

what are the things you would spend your last few dollars on?

$2 mixed flavors ice cream
$0.50 Jack&Jill Spicy Potato Chips
$0.60 The New Paper
$1.20 M&M Minis
$1.20 Hersheys Special Dark Chocolate
$1.20 Milo Canned Drink
$1.70 Iced Honey Dew Sago + Pearls

Cruxify my flesh!!!

near future seems bleak; not sure if i can pursue my desires of studying in SOT this year because i'll only ORD on May 5. SOT starts classes on April.

did consider the plan to take half day leave during the start of my course, but i found out that i'll be given only 7 days worth of leave. best of all, due to the block leave, my leave will be deducted. thus leaving probably less than 3 days?

struggles.

other concerns affecting my decision too. finances, how am i going to pay for the school fees? work, definitely have to work, but a job thats ultra flexible?

really want to enroll into SOT this year, but why does it seem like a dream so far away?

something in me feels fearful to lose out in the coming year's SOT. the coming year's SOT feels special; somehow, i feel like a part of the coming year's SOT intake.

Lord, grant me the desires of my heart.

recently a friend of mine shared about his plan for studies after the army. he extended his contract for about a year so that he's able to save money to study overseas.

tempations.

is it wise for me to extend till next 2009's april, so that i can save money for 2009's SOT?

thing about saving money is that i really have to be extremely disciplined.

headache.

Lord You called me, i'll take the step of faith, and walk on water.

only You know the desires of my heart.