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Wednesday, March 14, 2007
yooo!! haha..
norman i nv hear wad ps aaron shared, but glad to know you got smth out of it..
just to come here and write testimonies for myself..
remember i asked you all to pray abt my bowling competition last week? well i got 2nd position! haha.. praise to God! haha next time show you the trophy hah..
i not getting baked in the sun liao.. turning into ba kua soon.. have to the the parade to change the chief of defence and chief of army, so maybe can see me on TV.. wahha..
update you more on fri and sun..
hope you all got miss me during sunday.. haha.. dilys quite fun for you right? haha..
okok signing out,
cheers,
joel
Posted by exquisite me, @
7:19 AM
Sunday, March 11, 2007
norman here. uh was just thinking about ps aaron's message, about unforgiveness. and i realised unforgiveness can come in many forms, not just in the usual, you hurt me, i dont forgive you kind. but it can also come in a form of bitterness, as in i see that guy's face i dont like him, that in a way is unforgiveness too. unforgiveness can also come in such a mild form you dont even realise its there, but its there. and its probably hindering us from delving further into the presence of God.
for me, my unforgiveness is aimed at my baby brother. noel, as it turns out, might be slightly autistic. a lot of signs have appeared to be showing that. and my mum has sat down and chatted with my older brother and i, talking to us about the future and all that. and it seemed i bore some sort of bitterness at noel, even though i did NOT know it. because when i thought of the things i'd have to go through, a touch of self-centredness here, then i guess i sort of 'blamed' him for it, even though he has nothing to do with it and no one should be blamed.
i think God worked in my life during the altar call, and i think this unforgiving nature should be dissipating, but i guess i could still use some prayer.
on another note, i think that when we pray for people's hearts to be softened, we should not go about it in such a way where we fault them. its not their fault to have believed in the 'wrong' thing, but rather we should respect them for having such strong faith in what they believe in. we should learn from them, from their faith in their belief, and win their hearts for christ through love.
hmm i hope i got the right thing across.. if anything seems wrong here please notify me haha. they're just my thoughts, i never counter-checked them with anyone.
Posted by sPongEbOb, @
11:28 AM
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
hello guys :)haven't posted for so long! :) how has everyone been doing, from the looks of it almost everyone got into your first choices for posting right? thank God :) just wanted to encourage you that prayer really works, and that if you include God in your planning, the peace from the knowledge that you are where He wants you to be is immeasurable :) remember to keep including Him in the planning of your life! about street e, am really proud of all of you for contributing and coming down, and meeting and sharing with people even when you all were initially shy :) really makes me very proud to see all of you daring to step out of your comfort zone! don't be too discouraged if people don't want to accept, the important (and i think most joyful thing) on saturday was that almost 140 people heard the gospel! which means they heard (in many forms) about Jesus' love for them and God's great plan for their lives :) so for that we must be thankful :) remember sometimes all it takes is that one step out of our comfort zone, its' obedience that God is looking for, people who are willing to stand up and step out for Him.I pray this street e will not just be a one-off experience, but it will fire in us a passion that will keep going, that we will keep refining and keep learning how to share the gospel with other people :) remember the best testimony still is not words, the most powerful testimony is through your actions, your speech. people are looking :)found this while i was surfing the internet, just thought i'd share it with you. scary thoughts, but oh how true:"The Devil's Beattitudes"
If the devil were to write his beatitudes, they would probably go something like this:1. Blessed are those who are too tired, too busy, too distracted to spend an hour once a week with their fellow Christians - they save me the effort of trying to keep them from God's blessings.2. Blessed are those Christians who wait to be asked and expect to be thanked - its pretty easy to keep them from working for God.3. Blessed are the touchy who stop going to church - they are my missionaries.4. Blessed are the trouble makers - they shall be called my children.5. Blessed are the complainers - I'm all ears for them.6. Blessed are those who are bored with the minister's mannerisms and mistakes - for they get nothing out of his sermons.7. Blessed is the church member who expects to be invited to his own church - for he is a part of the problem instead of the solution.8. Blessed are those who gossip - for they shall cause strife and division - that pleases me.9. Blessed are those who are easily offended - for they will soon get angry and quit.10. Blessed are those who do not give their offering to carry on God's work - for they are my helpers.11. Blessed is he who professes to love God but hates his brother and sister - for they shall be with me forever.which beatitudes are all of you living with today? remember to check your lives always, lest you fall into the Devil's trap..see you all on friday k! :)meanwhile take care and be good :)in His love and mine,
paula :)
Posted by exquisite me, @
6:34 AM
hey hey everybody! praise God! our "fresh from secondary" cell-ies have got their results! and it is good to know that most of them are happy with their results and many got their first choice! here are their results everyone.. 1. dilys - srjc 2. stephanie - business IT @ TP 3. Xiang Kuan - business IT @ TP 4. jonathan - accountancy @ NYP 5. norman - audio visual technology @ NP 6. pearleen - marketing @ NYP once again congratulations! cheers, joel
Posted by exquisite me, @
3:29 AM
Monday, March 05, 2007
street e exaltation.. hahacheers,joelWHY FISHERMEN? (Part 1 of 2) ““Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him.””Matt 4:19 Jesus had four and possibly seven men in the band of disciples who were professional fishermen (Jhn 21:1-3). Why would Jesus call so many fishermen to His side? There are 5 traits of fishermen that we can learn from: 1. FISHERMEN ARE BUSY PEOPLEThey are usually busy with something. Professional fisherman did not sit around doing nothing. They were either * Sorting their catch * Preparing for a catch or * Mending their equipment. The Lord needs busy people who are not afraid to work, to be the salt and light of the earth, to make a difference and to reach out consistently. The opposite of ‘busyness’ is ‘idleness’ or ‘laziness’. Laziness is a fatal virus able to incapacitate the best of men. In our politically correct school system it’s called “energetically declined.” Laziness is failing to take advantage of your God-given opportunities and abilities procrastinating what you know you should and must do until you are forced to do it and then taking the least path of resistance to see it happen. It was said that a lazy man can be so lazy that he can put popcorn in his pancakes so that they might turn themselves over (W.C. Fields). He let others do the job rather than he himself does it. In the Bible laziness is seen as a serious problem with damaging consequences that should be avoided at all cost. Let us not be lazy in everything we do! 3. FISHERMEN ARE SKILLFULL PEOPLEThey must have skill. They must learn from others where to find the fish and how to catch them. You don’t use the method that catches crab to catch a fish! Serving the Lord demands skills too. So, keep improving yourself with necessary skills to make you effective in your ministry. Do not be afraid to invest (Remember the parable of the talents in Matt 25).2. FISHERMEN ARE COURAGEOUS AND PATIENT PEOPLEThink about the type of weather fishermen have to meet when they are on sea. In our service unto the Lord, some of us encountered ‘smooth weather’ and some of us experienced ‘The perfect storm’.Serving the Lord are not all days bright and sunny. There are just times when we meet these ‘storms’ and we have to be courageous in facing them and not fleeing them. These storms should not discourage or deter us from fulfilling the life assignment given us by God. Rather, know that they can grow us and make us stronger, wiser and effective in our future service. If you have ever gone fishing before, you know that to wait for a fish to be baited, you have to wait. How true it is for some of us that when we failed the first time, we give up. Patience is one of the characteristic of the fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22). Jesus himself did not give up reaching Peter, who denied him 3 times. Let us learn to be like our Saviour! Have a great week! AaronL
Posted by exquisite me, @
3:47 AM
Sunday, March 04, 2007
OKAY! i'm here to keep the blog alive.
PRAISE JESUS FOR WAI KEAT'S SALVATION!!!!!!!
i just heard this statement on tv, "advertising" for the ren ci charity.
not only do we have love, we wanna share the love to others as well.
for non-christians to say that, how much more should christians do! the love they share is imperfect, but yet we can share God's perfect love!
fulfilling the commission doesn't just stop at yesterday's street e. [though sadly, i wasn't able to do much yesterday. boohoo:( ] it's about adding God into our conversations with non-christian friends. it's about displaying His love in our lives. not for the sake of doing it, but with a genuine heart! and i'm learning as well (:
it's the same with our fellowship with fellow siblings in Christ! a fellowship isn't a fellowship unless God is the center of our attention, in the session of fellowship.
and i'm so glad all of us are doing these things! cos we have our leaders being our role models. THANK YOU PAULA AND JOEL! we greatly and deeply appreciate all that you are doing!
and lastly, i just wanna say i love you guys so so much!
and continue blogging! share what you feel and learnt! even if you're sad and you need someone to listen, blog about it here! or if you're happy, share the joy here! and esp when God has taught you something, share the good stuff here!
HAHA!
signing off,
PRINCESSdilys. EVERYBODY, HAVE A GREEEEAAAAT WEEK AHEAD! (: remember to tap on God's blessings!
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