really tickled me when i read this last last sunday!
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Thank You God.
can't think of any other title.. :\
thank You God.
for speaking on DOP about mission.
it isn't by chance that the almost a month missed of my devotional bk, My Utmost For His Highest, then i resumed last thurs, to read about mission. and Fri and Saturday about Missionary.
It's Mission. in the singular, i learnt. Cuz it's God's Mission, and we are doing it with Him.
I guess i never really been convicted so much about Mission and Evangelism.
God, Thank You for such a season in my life.
The dry periods for much of this year only serves to make this time sweeter.
God, it really is a blessing to see blessing. esp in cf... from what it was 2 yrs back and beyond then...
i recently heard, how at that time, 4-5 yrs back? CF(eng) in SP shrunk to this one girl (think her name's See Kar) who chose to remain and pray... then 5 people came (this was Chin Sing's batch), then YanSing's batch then mine.. and God has really grown us from strength to strength in these years! especially so recently...
it's a blessing to be a blessing, and to see blessing.
cuz it all points to His faithfulness, and divine placement of each and everyone where ever we were/are.
just want to share this cuz, i never thought i will actually to see such amazing things happen in my time, and in front of our 'eyes'...
it's really a blessing, cuz we usually hear abt it only! ;)
the lovely thing about student ministries, is that, there is little or no worry about whether it will survive or whether the flame will be passed on or not, cuz we know that God will really be the one who does that work... spcf has been there for almost 50 years already.. 48 actually... technically shd have closed down a nong nong time ago lor... so the fact that we are still here, cfers, is already a testimony to His faithfulness...
sound super christian lingo hor, this post... like as if it's some pre-recorded, templated post.
heh... like i said before... when cliches become truth personally hor, it is true personally
.
oh wells... God, thanks for putting me in this period. Empower me to give the same praise, same worship, when things arent well.
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oh wells.....
gift of friendship.
two in particular recently... which is an answered prayer. singular again. cuz i didn't expect two.
God, thank You. and thank You again.
it really is such a pity i met these two kindred spirits like in my last sem in poly! gahh... and one could have come to cf at an earlier time, if not for my own forgetfulness!!
but still you two are gifts from God. i'm sure our friendships are too...
Bro, thanks for hearing Him, and obeying. Thanks for walking this short journey together.
Sis, you too. Thanks for hearing His heart, and sharing how He has impressed so much things in your heart, and how you long to see Him work in campus.
thanks!
God, Thanks.
must there be walls and layers? must there be soft ones and hard ones? =D i treasure the friendship. i rly hope that the end pt isn't the end pt."keep hitting the wall" "aren't you afraid the person will hit the wall too many times, but end up giving up cuz kena concussed and hurt from all that hitting?"
thank You God.
for speaking on DOP about mission.
it isn't by chance that the almost a month missed of my devotional bk, My Utmost For His Highest, then i resumed last thurs, to read about mission. and Fri and Saturday about Missionary.
It's Mission. in the singular, i learnt. Cuz it's God's Mission, and we are doing it with Him.
I guess i never really been convicted so much about Mission and Evangelism.
God, Thank You for such a season in my life.
The dry periods for much of this year only serves to make this time sweeter.
God, it really is a blessing to see blessing. esp in cf... from what it was 2 yrs back and beyond then...
i recently heard, how at that time, 4-5 yrs back? CF(eng) in SP shrunk to this one girl (think her name's See Kar) who chose to remain and pray... then 5 people came (this was Chin Sing's batch), then YanSing's batch then mine.. and God has really grown us from strength to strength in these years! especially so recently...
it's a blessing to be a blessing, and to see blessing.
cuz it all points to His faithfulness, and divine placement of each and everyone where ever we were/are.
just want to share this cuz, i never thought i will actually to see such amazing things happen in my time, and in front of our 'eyes'...
it's really a blessing, cuz we usually hear abt it only! ;)
the lovely thing about student ministries, is that, there is little or no worry about whether it will survive or whether the flame will be passed on or not, cuz we know that God will really be the one who does that work... spcf has been there for almost 50 years already.. 48 actually... technically shd have closed down a nong nong time ago lor... so the fact that we are still here, cfers, is already a testimony to His faithfulness...
sound super christian lingo hor, this post... like as if it's some pre-recorded, templated post.
heh... like i said before... when cliches become truth personally hor, it is true personally
.oh wells... God, thanks for putting me in this period. Empower me to give the same praise, same worship, when things arent well.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
oh wells.....
gift of friendship.
two in particular recently... which is an answered prayer. singular again. cuz i didn't expect two.
God, thank You. and thank You again.
it really is such a pity i met these two kindred spirits like in my last sem in poly! gahh... and one could have come to cf at an earlier time, if not for my own forgetfulness!!
but still you two are gifts from God. i'm sure our friendships are too...
Bro, thanks for hearing Him, and obeying. Thanks for walking this short journey together.
Sis, you too. Thanks for hearing His heart, and sharing how He has impressed so much things in your heart, and how you long to see Him work in campus.
thanks!
God, Thanks.
must there be walls and layers? must there be soft ones and hard ones? =D i treasure the friendship. i rly hope that the end pt isn't the end pt."keep hitting the wall" "aren't you afraid the person will hit the wall too many times, but end up giving up cuz kena concussed and hurt from all that hitting?"
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
parny
hahaha... though of course some, i don't get it...
ian... i'm sure you'll love this...
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HUMOR FOR LEXOPHILES
(LOVERS OF WORDS):
I wondered why the baseball was
getting bigger. Then it hit me.
Police were called to a day care
where a three-year-old was
resisting a rest.
Did you hear about the guy whose
whole left side was cut off? He's
all right now.
The roundest knight at King Arthur's
round table was Sir Cumference.
The butcher backed up into the
meat grinder and got a little behind
in his work.
To write with a broken
pencil is pointless.
When fish are in schools they
sometimes take debate.
The short fortune teller who escaped
from prison was a small medium at large.
A thief who stole a calendar
got twelve months.
A thief fell and broke his leg in wet
cement. He became a hardened criminal.
Thieves who steal corn from a garden
could be charged with stalking.
We'll never run out of math teachers
because they always multiply.
When the smog lifts in
Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.
The math professor went crazy with
the blackboard. He did a number on it.
(LOVERS OF WORDS):
I wondered why the baseball was
getting bigger. Then it hit me.
Police were called to a day care
where a three-year-old was
resisting a rest.
Did you hear about the guy whose
whole left side was cut off? He's
all right now.
The roundest knight at King Arthur's
round table was Sir Cumference.
The butcher backed up into the
meat grinder and got a little behind
in his work.
To write with a broken
pencil is pointless.
When fish are in schools they
sometimes take debate.
The short fortune teller who escaped
from prison was a small medium at large.
A thief who stole a calendar
got twelve months.
A thief fell and broke his leg in wet
cement. He became a hardened criminal.
Thieves who steal corn from a garden
could be charged with stalking.
We'll never run out of math teachers
because they always multiply.
When the smog lifts in
Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.
The math professor went crazy with
the blackboard. He did a number on it.
The professor discovered that her
theory of earthquakes was
on shaky ground.
The dead batteries were given
out free of charge.
If you take a laptop computer for
a run you could jog your memory.
A dentist and a manicurist fought
tooth and nail.
A bicycle can't stand alone;
it is two tired.
A will is a dead giveaway.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit
flies like a banana.
A backward poet writes inverse.
In a democracy it's your vote that
counts; in feudalism, it's your
Count that votes.
A chicken crossing the road:
poultry in motion.
If you don't pay your exorcist
you can get repossessed.
With her marriage she got a
new name and a dress.
Show me a piano falling down a mine
shaft and I'll show you A-flat miner.
When a clock is hungry
it goes back four seconds.
The guy who fell onto an upholstery
machine was fully recovered.
A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor
in France, resulted in Linoleum
Blownapart.
You are stuck with your debt
if you can't budge it.
Local Area Network in Australia:
The LAN down under.
He broke into song because he
couldn't find the key.
A calendar's days are numbered.
A boiled egg is hard to beat.
He had a photographic memory
which was never developed.
A plateau is a high form of flattery.
Those who get too big for their
britches will be exposed in the end.
When you've seen one shopping
center you've seen a mall.
If you jump off a Paris bridge,
you are in Seine.
When she saw her first strands
of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.
Bakers trade bread recipes
on a knead to know basis.
Santa's helpers are
subordinate clauses.
Acupuncture: a jab well done.
A lot of money is tainted:
'Taint yours, and 'taint mine.
Sunday, October 07, 2007
"got purpose one"
really leh. everything, everywhere hor, got purpose one...
i seem to be repeating that quite so often this week.
and aptly so i guess.
really such a blessed week! thank You God.
for each and every new CFer! they are really Your answered prayers to us.. and they are each gifts!
Thank You! for Josh Chui, Ronald, Emily (my junior!!!), Shu Fen and Yee Suan!
If you guys somehow happen to read this, the fact you came.. is got purpose one!
And, i'm pretty thankful, that God granted Addi and I such great resonance! God... it isn't that we intend to pray, or our prayers... I'm sure it is You who will be in each prayer meeting / stE / prayer walk. God, You are the awesome, amazing God.
... is go purpose one!
God... thank You, too for the opportunity. it has been three years.KY is in Your hands, God. and even SF, DN, FZ, KM. God, You hear my heart, Lord. i long to see what You have in store for these bros.
And even this morning to church. we were fetched to church by this christian cabby...
and his testimony is such a powerful, well, testimony to Him.
This cabby, though not eloquent in speech, is the kind of Christian man... he was once a hairstylist, lived pretty much quite a lifestyle which was, well, 'cool'. smoking playboy kinda thing... but it wrecked him badly. and somehow, he lost that job. so.. he began searching. for a job. But also for something or someOne more....
He was at such a down point in his life that he sorta gave a 'challenge' to whoever it was on top... he just knew there was this big boss up there, just someone. could it be Buddha? Jesus? etc. He just knew there was this God, supreme being out there...
and so he began to say, whatever, however a job he gets, the first person to help him, he will believe in what god that person believes in.
and so happens, as he kept looking, there was an application for a storeman job. At a church.
So he spent the whole morning and afternoon calling the number. But no answer. Just beeps.
He was really pissed off, and he began to be desperate, and kept saying to himself regarding the "believe whoever comes first" theory...
and he dialled again. there finally was an answer. and it wasn't the wrong number either! ;P
The person who answered was the church secretary. And she realised that she put down the fax no. on the ad. And this guy got the right number... amazing hor?
To cut the story short, one yr into this job, but still not a christian, he just threw his cigarettes away. Without even knowing it consciously. Three years into the job, he accepted Him. and cleared out his idols.
and it was so, like we got this cabby, two weeks into this new job, and he was sharing and quoting verses! and ultimately how Christ is so much his joy and love. He being a cabby, is got purpose one... he say he 'kar kar' share to all his passengers. nthn to lose anyway. and his sharing really touched us on the ride to church.
This is how a christian looks like man.
Really puts me to shame. And more often than not, we expect christians to be the upper middle class people spouting all the God-jargon and laughing with such sophisticated laughter at our upper class calibre and status. Or even forming committees to find out how to evangelise and go for talks and courses on how to reach the world. Not forgetting the note-taking, and the cynical criticism that follows each meeting. And, of course, speaking in good english, having proper jobs, dressing properly and to fit in, you must fit in to us.
Of course, such a paragraph is naiively superficial and sees such exteriors. but it was really a reminder for me. That wherever we are, it really is to seize each oppurtunity, and know.. is got purpose one.
But there are times (like now), where when we really can't understand, really don’t see His plan or trace His hand, must really... trust his heart.
There has to be a purpose at such times. When it's absolutlely bewildering. I trust You, God. I trust that You take care of this... dear friend of mine.
got purpose one.
so what is that purpose?
He alone is faithful and true.
He reigns... with wisdom, power & might.
When the darkness closes in
I will still say,
Blessed Be Your Name.
Our God is the Awesome God.
i seem to be repeating that quite so often this week.
and aptly so i guess.
really such a blessed week! thank You God.
for each and every new CFer! they are really Your answered prayers to us.. and they are each gifts!
Thank You! for Josh Chui, Ronald, Emily (my junior!!!), Shu Fen and Yee Suan!
If you guys somehow happen to read this, the fact you came.. is got purpose one!
And, i'm pretty thankful, that God granted Addi and I such great resonance! God... it isn't that we intend to pray, or our prayers... I'm sure it is You who will be in each prayer meeting / stE / prayer walk. God, You are the awesome, amazing God.
... is go purpose one!
God... thank You, too for the opportunity. it has been three years.KY is in Your hands, God. and even SF, DN, FZ, KM. God, You hear my heart, Lord. i long to see what You have in store for these bros.
And even this morning to church. we were fetched to church by this christian cabby...
and his testimony is such a powerful, well, testimony to Him.
This cabby, though not eloquent in speech, is the kind of Christian man... he was once a hairstylist, lived pretty much quite a lifestyle which was, well, 'cool'. smoking playboy kinda thing... but it wrecked him badly. and somehow, he lost that job. so.. he began searching. for a job. But also for something or someOne more....
He was at such a down point in his life that he sorta gave a 'challenge' to whoever it was on top... he just knew there was this big boss up there, just someone. could it be Buddha? Jesus? etc. He just knew there was this God, supreme being out there...
and so he began to say, whatever, however a job he gets, the first person to help him, he will believe in what god that person believes in.
and so happens, as he kept looking, there was an application for a storeman job. At a church.
So he spent the whole morning and afternoon calling the number. But no answer. Just beeps.
He was really pissed off, and he began to be desperate, and kept saying to himself regarding the "believe whoever comes first" theory...
and he dialled again. there finally was an answer. and it wasn't the wrong number either! ;P
The person who answered was the church secretary. And she realised that she put down the fax no. on the ad. And this guy got the right number... amazing hor?
To cut the story short, one yr into this job, but still not a christian, he just threw his cigarettes away. Without even knowing it consciously. Three years into the job, he accepted Him. and cleared out his idols.
and it was so, like we got this cabby, two weeks into this new job, and he was sharing and quoting verses! and ultimately how Christ is so much his joy and love. He being a cabby, is got purpose one... he say he 'kar kar' share to all his passengers. nthn to lose anyway. and his sharing really touched us on the ride to church.
This is how a christian looks like man.
Really puts me to shame. And more often than not, we expect christians to be the upper middle class people spouting all the God-jargon and laughing with such sophisticated laughter at our upper class calibre and status. Or even forming committees to find out how to evangelise and go for talks and courses on how to reach the world. Not forgetting the note-taking, and the cynical criticism that follows each meeting. And, of course, speaking in good english, having proper jobs, dressing properly and to fit in, you must fit in to us.
Of course, such a paragraph is naiively superficial and sees such exteriors. but it was really a reminder for me. That wherever we are, it really is to seize each oppurtunity, and know.. is got purpose one.
But there are times (like now), where when we really can't understand, really don’t see His plan or trace His hand, must really... trust his heart.
There has to be a purpose at such times. When it's absolutlely bewildering. I trust You, God. I trust that You take care of this... dear friend of mine.
got purpose one.
so what is that purpose?
He alone is faithful and true.
He reigns... with wisdom, power & might.
When the darkness closes in
I will still say,
Blessed Be Your Name.
Our God is the Awesome God.
paradox
Got this from someone's multiply ;)
who i guess got it from an email...
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The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgement, more experts, yet more problems, and more medicine, but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch too much T.V, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.
We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies then ever, but we communicate less and less.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small charater, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses but broken homes. Theses are the days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or just hit delete.
Remember, spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever. Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person will soon grow up and leave your side. Remember, to say "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside you. And always remember, life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breaths away.
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who i guess got it from an email...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgement, more experts, yet more problems, and more medicine, but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch too much T.V, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.
We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies then ever, but we communicate less and less.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small charater, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses but broken homes. Theses are the days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or just hit delete.
Remember, spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever. Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person will soon grow up and leave your side. Remember, to say "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside you. And always remember, life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breaths away.
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Thursday, October 04, 2007
a new dawning
What will You do God?
it's getting exciting to see what God has in store in polyCFs...
But, do we choose to seek His works?
rather than Him?
welcome! Ronald, Josh Chui, Shu Fen(and definitely not THAT Shu Fen), Emily and Yee Suan
God...
thank You Lord...
they are all a gift each.
Let's continue to love one another ya? even tho it may be hard, esp newcomers, and even current ones that we have to sit down... cant stand it.
really one-anothering one another leh...
try our best ya, bros and sisters!
don't discourage yourselves from things like CCA drives, or even StE ya? cuz, i know you can do it... being spontaneous and happening in most groups, but saying that cca drive is hard, cuz must talk to ppl?
can one la...
i realised that spcf's and npcf's place in well, sp and np, are really a mandate for us to keep. and i guess, that if we don't keep our posts in sp, np, and even tp, properly, it isn't good stewardship of the positions He gave us in the poly campuses...
signing off...
blogger's block lah...
:D
it's getting exciting to see what God has in store in polyCFs...
But, do we choose to seek His works?
rather than Him?
welcome! Ronald, Josh Chui, Shu Fen(and definitely not THAT Shu Fen), Emily and Yee Suan
God...
thank You Lord...
they are all a gift each.
Let's continue to love one another ya? even tho it may be hard, esp newcomers, and even current ones that we have to sit down... cant stand it.
really one-anothering one another leh...
try our best ya, bros and sisters!
don't discourage yourselves from things like CCA drives, or even StE ya? cuz, i know you can do it... being spontaneous and happening in most groups, but saying that cca drive is hard, cuz must talk to ppl?
can one la...
i realised that spcf's and npcf's place in well, sp and np, are really a mandate for us to keep. and i guess, that if we don't keep our posts in sp, np, and even tp, properly, it isn't good stewardship of the positions He gave us in the poly campuses...
signing off...
blogger's block lah...
:D
a new dawning
What will You do God?
it's getting exciting to see what God has in store in polyCFs...
But, do we choose to seek His works?
rather than Him?
God...
thank You Lord...
Let's continue to love one another ya? even tho it may be hard, esp newcomers, and even current ones that we have to sit down... cant stand it.
really one-anothering one another leh...
try our best ya, bros and sisters!
don't discourage yourselves from things like CCA drives, or even StE ya? cuz, i know you can do it... being spontaneous and happening in most groups, but saying that cca drive is hard, cuz must talk to ppl?
can one la...
signing off...
blogger's block lah...
:D
it's getting exciting to see what God has in store in polyCFs...
But, do we choose to seek His works?
rather than Him?
God...
thank You Lord...
Let's continue to love one another ya? even tho it may be hard, esp newcomers, and even current ones that we have to sit down... cant stand it.
really one-anothering one another leh...
try our best ya, bros and sisters!
don't discourage yourselves from things like CCA drives, or even StE ya? cuz, i know you can do it... being spontaneous and happening in most groups, but saying that cca drive is hard, cuz must talk to ppl?
can one la...
signing off...
blogger's block lah...
:D
a new dawning
What will You do God?
it's getting exciting to see what God has in store in polyCFs...
But, do we choose to seek His works?
rather than Him?
God...
thank You Lord...
Let's continue to love one another ya?
really one-anothering one another leh...
try our best ya, bros and sisters!
don't discourage yourselves from things like CCA drives, or even StE ya? cuz, i know you can do it... being spontaneous and happening in most groups, but saying that cca drive is hard, cuz must talk to ppl?
can one la...
signing off...
blogger's block lah...
:D
it's getting exciting to see what God has in store in polyCFs...
But, do we choose to seek His works?
rather than Him?
God...
thank You Lord...
Let's continue to love one another ya?
really one-anothering one another leh...
try our best ya, bros and sisters!
don't discourage yourselves from things like CCA drives, or even StE ya? cuz, i know you can do it... being spontaneous and happening in most groups, but saying that cca drive is hard, cuz must talk to ppl?
can one la...
signing off...
blogger's block lah...
:D
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