There are so many news about my church now.. But still, i trust my pastors and the leadership. Never have i one day regretted attending CHC til now.
I've been in this church for almost 7 years. This is the place where i grow up with. This is my family. Though the person who brought me to know God is not in church anymore, i'm still standing firm with my loyalty and trust towards God and my church.
Seriously, it's a big joke if i don't voice out here. This is my church, where you are reading, this is my blog. I have my say.
I've been reading the newspapers for the past few days to update myself of what's happening. I didn't purposely went to buy, but my mom will buy.. All i can say is that, i'm utterly disappointed with the reporters, especially 联合晚报。 There's a new saying.. 联合晚报？ 联合乱报， 乱乱报！
I can't imagine they have no updated news and dig out all the "used" and "old" news to make sure they reach the number of pages for the newspaper. Media should be the most updated pillar in society. Yet, the photos that they used for my Pastor and Sun is... don know how many donkey years ago..They are totally tabloids newspaper.
Oh well, all i can say is that, i will pull myself to fight the war through prayers. If you don know anything about my Pastor, please do not think that you know him. 7 years in church, his humility, wisdom, care, kindness and love for people impacted me alot.
I never want to miss his preaching at all times, unless i'm really unwell or i'm overseas. No matter what, i'm standing with the church and Pastor. We serve a mighty and fair God, He will bring us out of the valley together. I love CHC and my pastors!
This is my prayer in the desert
And all thats within me feels dry
This is my prayer in
the hunger in me
My God is a God who provides
And this is my prayer in the fire
In weakness or trial or pain
There is a faith proved
Of more worth than gold
So refine me Lord through
the flames
And I will bring praise
I will bring praise
No weapon forged against
me shall remain
I will rejoice
I will declare
God is my victory and He is here
And this is my prayer in the battle
And triumph is still on its way
I am a conqueror and
co-heir with Christ
So firm on His promise Ill stand
All of my life
In every season
You are still God
I have a reason to sing
I have a reason to worship
This is my prayer in the harvest
When favor and providence flow
I know Im filled to be
empited again
The seed Ive recieved I will sow
This is one of my fave worship songs ever. I love the prayers in this song, the sincere words of the prayer.
Ps 23:4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Like what P.K preached last week, we lived by the promises & revelations that God gave us individually. This is one of the many promises that i lived with. It definitely lift up all my challenges and bring me to my victories.
I've prayed, praying & will be still praying for a miracle to happen. You are the miracle-MAKER.
When no one understands, You gave me the assurance. When no one is there to hear me, You appeared. When I'm discouraged, You encourages me. I'll keep on keeping on, keep on believing. Thank You J!
This will be our church in 12 months time! - Suntec Convention Centre.
Instead of an hour of public transportation, or 35 mins in the Latio, it only takes 40 mins of public transport and 15 mins of Latio. Whee!
Instead of only Foodcourt and Burger King in Expo, now we will have a problem to choose one out of so many food restaurants to fellowship.
Instead of rushing to Tampines Mall to get a birthday gift and cakes and rush to service, now we can just go to Suntec City to do a one time shopping and go to church!
Instead of always forcing myself to drink Coffee Bean, now i can enjoy Starbucks without any complaint.
I could still remember vividly my first Arise & Build campaign in 2005. I could remember clearly how i managed to write down my pledge, and more than that, how i managed to fulfill it in 6 months time.
This is my 4th A&B, i'm really looking forward to give and give to build the House of God.
I'm ready to sow and ready to reap. God is simply awesome! :)
I've been doing some self-evaluations on my way to work and school recently. And a question came up to me: Am i appreciative of others, or do i show enough appreciation when I'm really thankful to people?
I guess maybe some of you are also pondering about this, and I'm gonna blog my thoughts down. :P
Since young, I haven't been brought up in a "lovey-dovey"family. With all the experiences, ups-and-downs, when a word/action of love & concern, my heart will melt easily. But this also teaches me to be wise in loving others, showing love & concern to people does matters, matters a lot. However, they are also people who chooses to avoid being loved, hence they are be the people who keeps their love bank to themselves.
I choose to a person of love, and love brings down to be appreciative of others. I may not show THE best appreciation, but it's definitely MY best.
If you know me well, i don't like, or rather choose not to "owe" people. The simplest example is that, when you bless me with something, i will try to find a way to bless you back. In fact, i really love to bless others and be a blessing to others.
Being belonged to both the working force and the schooling environment motivates me to know others well, know what they like and what they don't, and blessing each individual. Like what i said, i may not bless the best things on Earth, but its my best. :)
This simply shows that I appreciate them in my life, hence i want to bless and give.
Like what we always know: You can love without giving, but you can't give without loving.
I want to be even more appreciative of others in my life, especially my loved ones.
1 Cor 13:1-3
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing
This few weeks i'll be busy mugging for assignments, classes and exams. Time really go pass fast, at one glance, i'm having my exams soon.
Assignments are all piled up, all thanks to my procrastination. :S I've an outstanding of 14 modules of review questions left untouch and my due date is next Thursday. I'm forsaking my lunch hour to complete them, burning midnight oil real soon. Really need to balance our my commitments and activities.
Talking about assignments, sometimes i really dislike group project. For one of my module, we have to complete one group project and an individual assignment. A group of 4-5 is suppose to come up with a presentable project. I really dislike last minute cork-ups; project can't be presented well (or least presentable to the lecturer), last minute additional information needed (and its one junk) and just went overseas for work without any notice. I guess the person who's suppose to compile everything holds the responsibilities to check and check and check if any changes needed, at least inform the group within a day and not wait til 2 days the project's submission. I can understand that everyone of us holds a job and are busy with a lot of commitments, but well, we have to be responsible as well.
Sigh.. Like what I've realized, everyone is not indispensable. Life still moves on, projects still have to be handed up. Just be wiser when you come to finding your project mates. :)
Oh well, I've getting over about it. Right now, I'm fighting with time to get my assignments and focus on my upcoming exams. Do keep me in prayers if you get to see this. Thanks! :)
Psalms 36:9
For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.
It just happpens that the both of us have to be in the same class for the first 6 months of our journey at SMa. It was awkward during the first few minutes in class that he's sitting beside me. Never have i imagine or think that we will end up in the same classroom, listening to the same lecturer, receiving the same kind of notes. (hopefully the assignment that we are handing up will not be the same!) Haha!
Although we missed a bit of the orientation, we still enjoyed the time. Both of us like our lecturer alot, he's cool and not boring. Well, at least there are laughters during the lecture. :P
When he gives a break, it seems like there are no time limits, until someone ask him how long is the break (when i'm already out of the room to the toilet, according to Dear) Hehe, so am i the one who's rude to walk out of the class before he "officially" give the break time, OR is he so lenient to give us so much time? :P
Well, so we had some time camwhoring with his precious Iphone while waiting for the lecturer:
I insisted in taking this photo, cause the rabbit pencil case was bought by Dear! haha!
Here we are... sitting beside each other.
The pile of notes for the whole subject.
First day of school had been exciting for the both us and we are looking forward for tomorrow's lesson again. It's really fun and awesome to move on at where we are, making the commitments to do well and excel in our class.
"Don't be distracted at your track. You will be disqualified if you lose your focus." - Pst Tan
2009 had been a good year, but i believe the best have yet to come! 2010 will be a better year!
Old things have passed away, New things have become new!
I've been so excited for the start of 2010, excited for what God had instored for me in this wonderful year. Of course, start of a new year, there must be new year resolutions.. :)
1. Top my class for my course. (at least 1/2 of the modules)
2. Fulfill my bank loans. ( i want a debt-free lifestyle asap!)
3. Better relationship with Dearie. (must at least spend time to celebrate our anniversaries, ha!)
4. Go to Batam, Bangkok, Genting at least once this year.
5. COG to grow to at least 20 mbrs by the end of the year.
6. Spend more time with my family and doggie.
I realised every single year, as i planned and note down my new year resolutions, every year, it had been bigger and greater dreams! With all these things to happen, the only thing that keep me going is God's grace. Truly, God brings us from grace to grace, glory to glory! Shortchange is not in His dictionary. :)
I've been so busy, but at the same time, i dont wanna neglect my precious little bloggy.
Just a few updates of what I'm up to. :)
Last weekend was packed with welcoming my fellow German colleague, Frank. We organized a BBQ for him on Friday night. Dear and I also went to picked him up from the Airport. It was quite challenging as i've only seen a photo of him before. But still, i've powerful eyes. Hehehe, i managed to spot him on!
On Saturday after service, i also head off to my lovely ama's birthday chalet, another BBQ. :(( And i simply love my aunties' marinated food. Yummy-licious! We stayed over til Sunday. Its funny to have Dear over the night, with loads of laughters with my sisters too.
On Sunday, we have some BBQ food again! Argh! Feeling super duper unhealthy! Don't think i can finish counting all the calories consumed.
After all the fun, Dear and i went to meet Frank for dinner and we bought him to Orchard Ayam Penyet-ria. Its totally unhealthy with all the food in the afternoon. Felt totally sinful! :(((( But still, i ate it. Haha! But i encouraged myself - its okie, after the dinner, im supposed to bring Frank around Orchard and take some pictures, and with this, i'll lose some useless calories. (wonder have it works..) We also bought him to Harry's Bar that night to visit Dear's teacher and we enjoyed some nice and jazz music.
Right now, i'm still in the midst of planning for my company retreat and its this friday. (and this is the main thing that is keeping me like a bee) Praying for wisdom, grace & strength!
Our God He lives forever
He reigns in power and love
Let Earth bow down before Him
For He is exalted
We look to Yahweh Yahweh
Forever Yahweh Yahweh
Our hope is God Almighty
His love is greater than all
Lift high the God of Heaven
Give all the honor
We look to Yahweh Yahweh
Our hope is Yahweh Yahweh
And He shall reign forever
He shall reign forever
He shall reign
Forever and ever (Our God)
After so much that had happened, feeling tired & burdened will be a 'yes'. However, i believe the most important decision is still looking onto Him above all the situations in life. Everything that we do, let's choose to seek Him first. Be it my work, studies, ministry, relationship, family, He shall reign forever. Will you look onto Him before making any other decisions too? I'm be praying for you..
Ps 37:4-5
Delight yourself also in the LORD,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the LORD,
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass.
Today is my last day of 30 days vege-fast! I'm excited for more breakthroughs and miracles happening around YOU and my life. [Yes, i'm fasting for everyone who's on my mind each day] :D
Sunday, October 18, 2009
How great is your life? <=> How much pressure can you handle? - Pst. Kong.Hee
Wheeew! October is here! This is the month that every year i'm waiting for. Hehe!
Full of parties & pressies! There are always a lot of October babies around me, including myself. :)
However, this year is a bit different. Every October, i love good food on my birthdays, buffets on friends' birthdays & parties. But I was inspired by Carine's sms and decided to have a 30 days vege-fast. I guess its really a time of sacrifice and renewing my commitments to Him, & of course surrendering every bit & pieces of my life to God. -my cg, ministry, job, studies, relationships, family, health etc etc.
Today is the 6th day of my fast. Do pray for me too.
Anyway, i'm so excited for my birthday. Daddy is coming back, hopefully with brother. Hehe, i really miss him loads. He went Jakarta for 2 months! Cant wait to see him.
Few months back, dear also told me that he has already been planning for my bday. Just cant wait for surprises! =)
Inside every little person is the potential of thousands. There’s a tree in every seed. Don’t be discouraged by littleness. God loves making great things out of nothing.
Instead of seeing yourself as being buried. See yourself as planted, getting ready to expand, grow, increase. Love those very few scriptures that tell us God is going to do something quickly. I believe right now God is accelerating all His works to reach an entire planet. That’s why we must expand the way we see ourselves.
You may be weak today, but you can become a strong nation.
Felicia got a message that on this day, God wants her to know...
... that it's OK.
Just rest for a moment. It's OK. Yes, things are crazy, yes, the world is going nuts. Yet, deep underneath the stormy waves, there, in the core of your being, there is pure silence, pure love. And ... it's ... just ... OK.
Yes, things hasn't been right for me. Stormy waves are not fun, risky, future and lives will be involved. I'm worried (definitely) and filled with discouragements. But still, i want to stand upon my solid Rock.
I love what this says: "In the core of your being, there is pure silence, pure love, and its just ok."
The source of the pure silence and pure love is from You.. and i know it.
Weekend has always busy as usual.. Sometimes its rather hard to find time to rest at home and have a good sleep. Saturdays will always be packed by GB, CG, Service and Fellowship. Sundays will be packed with service (accompanying those who cant attend Sat svc for the week), fellowships, and some time spent with Dear.
However, isn't this how a Christian should live by and busy about? ( Well, of course with Cultural Mandate)
I was really convicted of what Pst Tan preached during service this week. It was really one of the best sermons i've heard in the best season! :) He shared about the attitudes of a Christian, the first shall be the last, the last shall be the first.
a) Attitude of CONSTANT repentance b) Attitude of CONSTANT believing c) Attitude of CONSTANT bearing fruits.
I was sharing with Dear how this message really convicted me. Well, truly Christianity is not a bed of roses! To say the truth, i really have thought before, just before my deathbed, i'll just quickly say the sinners' prayer and immediately i can go to Heaven straight. Then i enjoy the worldly life, and go to Heaven happily. [P/S. I've not left church before, ha!]
But Pastor really open up my minds this weekend! This give me a desire to do even more for God, because at the end of the day, i want to be able to present my fruits in front of Him :)
Come into this place Rejoicing hearts ablaze How awesome is Your throne O God
Everlasting light Shining in the night A firm foundation strong in You
You gave us Your Kingdom keys We're changed by Your power and mercy Living our destinies So free
I have found my home I have found my purpose On this sanctuary Set on Your great love
Living for Your cause Dreams alive forever more In Your house, In Your house We find our home
Your city on a hill The sick and wounded healed In Your presence, Storms "Be still"
Hear the Heaven's sound Your miracles abound Now we stand on Holy ground
Yes, i have found my home and purpose in You! In Your house is where my dreams are alive and i will stay here forever with You and my purpose. I love you Lord! =)
