HEY!! HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!
Actually wanted to upload a very cute pic that my fren sent me but couldn't..sorry guys..
anyway, you know what?! River Ang Bao will have fire works every nite until the 15th day of chinese new year!! i just saw it..but guess where was i? hehe..i watched the fire works from the bathroom..hehe..i peeped out from my bathroom window to watch the fire works..hehehehe..it was really nice..got big red ones, got one that was very nice, its a combination of purple and green..its quite a weird combi but it turned out rather nite against the black nite sky.. =) then there's this one at the very very last, where its super big and ended with glittery stuff.. hehe.. there were also the oldish kind where its only white colour..tried to give it the benefit of doubt that maybe it was purple, but couldn't convinced myself..haha..
anyway, its EVERYNITE at river ang bao..so you guys can go take a look..hehe..
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! =D
Monday, January 30, 2006
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Jeremiah 1:19
"They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the Lord.
WaO! i find this so cool! Who dares to say this, only the ONE TRUE GOD..my confidence in God is increasing, thank God for His grace and love.
WaO! i find this so cool! Who dares to say this, only the ONE TRUE GOD..my confidence in God is increasing, thank God for His grace and love.
Monday, January 23, 2006
(You're) Watching over me by FFH
Where could I run, where could I hide
Where could I go where You are not
Where could I be where You don't see
All of these demons chasing me
What kind of sin could I find myself in
Where You wouldn't stop
The world from spinning 'round and 'round
When it seems like I am upside down
But in Your comfort I have found
A safe place to fall
And I'll be alright
Safe inside
Stayin' alive
As long as You are watching over me
Where could I go where I don't know
All of the comfort You bestow
Where could I fall, where could I land
Where I'm not resting in Your hand
How could I stray too far away
Where You won't leave the ninety-nine
To come and bring me back
And put me on Your shoulders and
Carry me around Your neck
Until it's safe to walk
And I'll be alright
Safe inside
Stayin' alive
As long as You are watching over me
And I will be fine
'Cause You are by my side
And I'll be okay
'Cause You're with me every day
This one thing is sure
I could never, ever ask for more
And I"ll be alright
Safe inside
Stayin alive
Where could I go where You are not
Where could I be where You don't see
All of these demons chasing me
What kind of sin could I find myself in
Where You wouldn't stop
The world from spinning 'round and 'round
When it seems like I am upside down
But in Your comfort I have found
A safe place to fall
And I'll be alright
Safe inside
Stayin' alive
As long as You are watching over me
Where could I go where I don't know
All of the comfort You bestow
Where could I fall, where could I land
Where I'm not resting in Your hand
How could I stray too far away
Where You won't leave the ninety-nine
To come and bring me back
And put me on Your shoulders and
Carry me around Your neck
Until it's safe to walk
And I'll be alright
Safe inside
Stayin' alive
As long as You are watching over me
And I will be fine
'Cause You are by my side
And I'll be okay
'Cause You're with me every day
This one thing is sure
I could never, ever ask for more
And I"ll be alright
Safe inside
Stayin alive
Isaiah's Commission
Isaiah 6:5 - 8
"Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty."
6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for."
8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"
And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"
I admire Isaiah's attitude towards serving the Lord. I hope to feel the same intensity that he felt towards his revelation.
This verses enlightened me. As i shared with the leaders of the IB on saturday, i pray that whenever they are discouraged, that they do not forget the great plan God has, of his great commission, of his great salvation plan for each individual to each church to each nation to the whole of the earth. Be excited! for we all are part of God's wonderful and great plans! I want to be part of it! I want to do be part of what my loving Father is doing! like what Pastor williby (ops, dun know how to spell his name) preached about he wants to be where God is, he's excited to see people turn to God, excited to do God's work, excited to show the world of God's power and miracles. As i'm typing this a surge of excitement just fills me..hehe..
though i know, i'm not of the TJ's pastor's faith and maturity, but i am simply just excited! hehe, for once, i'm excited of the unknown, because i know God's in it. =D
Maybe i dun know what's required of me, i dun know what is expected of me, but i pray that God use this excitement to motivate me in my service. i know God can do it!
hehe..
and...i wana thank the people who has been giving me the extra attention after reading my struggles? hmm..people might not have noticed, but all your extra little care and concerns and even conversations do encourage me and brighten up my day and brings a smile to my face. thanks so much every body!! hehe.
I hope i can be more concerned about other's life too..hehe coz that's what God's concerned about!! hehe..i not KPO ok..its call concerned...(fuquan always classify it as being KPO..haha..hope you're doing great in NS, Fuquan! dun lose hope that there are nice people around..AHEM..like here...hehehe..)
To shirley: my dear sponser, hehe, i'm sorry that i haven't been very accountable, things are just happening so fast i can't even catch my breath. dun be guilty of neglecting me, a prayer or two will be deeply appreciated. I know its not easy to be working at the same time studying, i really know its tiring and exhuastive. i'll try to cooperate with you more k..hehe..sorry for the late reply ystday..hehe..thank you so much for always checking out my blog though i super long didn't blog liao you're still so faithful..thank you very very much Shirley!! hope you had a great birthday!! --your sponsee, xiuchun
"Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty."
6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for."
8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"
And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"
I admire Isaiah's attitude towards serving the Lord. I hope to feel the same intensity that he felt towards his revelation.
This verses enlightened me. As i shared with the leaders of the IB on saturday, i pray that whenever they are discouraged, that they do not forget the great plan God has, of his great commission, of his great salvation plan for each individual to each church to each nation to the whole of the earth. Be excited! for we all are part of God's wonderful and great plans! I want to be part of it! I want to do be part of what my loving Father is doing! like what Pastor williby (ops, dun know how to spell his name) preached about he wants to be where God is, he's excited to see people turn to God, excited to do God's work, excited to show the world of God's power and miracles. As i'm typing this a surge of excitement just fills me..hehe..
though i know, i'm not of the TJ's pastor's faith and maturity, but i am simply just excited! hehe, for once, i'm excited of the unknown, because i know God's in it. =D
Maybe i dun know what's required of me, i dun know what is expected of me, but i pray that God use this excitement to motivate me in my service. i know God can do it!
hehe..
and...i wana thank the people who has been giving me the extra attention after reading my struggles? hmm..people might not have noticed, but all your extra little care and concerns and even conversations do encourage me and brighten up my day and brings a smile to my face. thanks so much every body!! hehe.
I hope i can be more concerned about other's life too..hehe coz that's what God's concerned about!! hehe..i not KPO ok..its call concerned...(fuquan always classify it as being KPO..haha..hope you're doing great in NS, Fuquan! dun lose hope that there are nice people around..AHEM..like here...hehehe..)
To shirley: my dear sponser, hehe, i'm sorry that i haven't been very accountable, things are just happening so fast i can't even catch my breath. dun be guilty of neglecting me, a prayer or two will be deeply appreciated. I know its not easy to be working at the same time studying, i really know its tiring and exhuastive. i'll try to cooperate with you more k..hehe..sorry for the late reply ystday..hehe..thank you so much for always checking out my blog though i super long didn't blog liao you're still so faithful..thank you very very much Shirley!! hope you had a great birthday!! --your sponsee, xiuchun
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
THANK YOU JESUS FOR THE ANSWERS!!
hmm..thanks alot of reading my blogs people, really appreciate it..
anyway, really wana thank God about how he answered my struggles these past 3 weeks..
Many opportunities are opening up..i do thank God for them, but i have to constantly reming myself that its not about me God, its all about you..but time to time, it never fails me to look at my shortcomings, my weaknesses, qualities that i do not possess that is required of my to do my job.
One good example is, i can't sing! in primary school, i still remember that i have difficulties singing our national anthemn..that's no kidding..every morning i go to school, line up and get ready to sing the anthemn, i struggle..i sing horribly..i sound horrible and i always try to hide away from teachers so they wun see that i'm not singing and catch me..until one day, i saw some people dun need to sing national anthemn, i so happy and thought, they dun sing, i also can dun sing..so happily i enjoyed my mornings listening to the national anthemn..UNTIL i realized, foreigners dun have to sing national anthemn..-_-"' ok so i have to sing my national anthemn..then until one fine day, i caught one of my good frenz not singing the anthemn!! haha! i so happy!! got pple who is a singaporean who dun sing the national anthemn..so that's about my singing in primary school..
in secondary school..i only sing my band song..hehe..its very nice, even the lyrics are so nice..i'm getting to appreciate the lyrics of my band song more when i became a christian. it goes
"we are a part of a military band, we are one and only outram band...*forgot lyrics* but still, i remember this part..
If God gonna a test on us, we will never fail the task, His spirit in build in all of us, we will survive till the end...coz we're one and only outram band and the best is our band..........blah blah blah..ok i know you must be confused
but anyway, i like that part about if God gonna put a test on us, we will not fail bcoz His spirit is in us! amen?!
ok so thats all for my "singing life" then i got a big bunch of frenz who like to go KTV..so i reached another "peak" for my "singing life"
then after becoming a christian...dun know what happened..i became a worship leader........... *thunders & lightnings* I can't sing!! how can it be??!! i'm still struggling with my singing today.. but anyway, that's not my main point..
Next, about leadership opportunities that are coming up..my spiritual life is not doing well..and things are just at a pace that is too fast for me to even catch up with myself..I start to question many things including myself, my motives..i dun have the answers, i prayed that God will reveal my motives to me and if its wrong, i pray that God corrects me..Comparing with people like Grace/Gary/Choonleong/Yvonne everybody else who are all more senior than me, has a longer history with God, are more exposed to Christian teachings and had more time communicating with church people and all..In what aspect of my christian life am i suitable to take up this leadership opportunities? especially now that i'm not really right with God?! I dun have it!! i dun have the qualities!! how to lead when i have nothing to give?!!
about my motives, especially when you're in a leadership position, motives are really impt and we must be very sensitive to it..we should be servants and we serve not for our own glory, but for God's..
but why serve God? besides that because the bible says so, why do I want to serve God? How does my relationship with God answer that question? this boils down to my motive of service..do i serve God for my own glory? Do i serve God bcoz pple tells me to? Do i serve God so that He can bless me? so that He will answer my prayers? What is my motivation of serving God?
its definitely, not easy to serve..it even discourages me to see people not serving..Choices Choices Choices..I choose to do it..WHY? what's my motivation? i tell meself, "just do it la..if you dun than who will?" i really want to thank people from the ushering team..its really not easy to be faithful in service alternate weeks, even continuous weeks..and just by seeing them serving motivates me..seeing people like Ms Tan, Paul, Terence who are serving almost decades of their lives and still going on..they're not superman or woman..they're just mere humans, like you and me..These people motivates me..but ultimately, i know its for God's kingdom..that's something i can't figure out, but God reveal through really unexpected ways!
First, why do i serve?
Out of a thankful and grateful heart. For all that He has done for me, He saved me, He died for me..these speaks to me and answered my doubts..
Guys, i know its not easy to feel for things like this, esp when you're down, but i really pray that as you read, God will touch hearts and reveal.
and than, that very same day, these came out from my own mouth:
When God gives the opportunity, trust Him that He has His plans that prospers us and not to harm us. Even when we feel that we can't do it, dun limit God to our limited minds.
that very same day that i talked about the above, a thought struck my mind and reminded me
like what jonathan suber preached about last week, He can do miracles in us! we have the capacity to be miracles of God!
in short:
dun limit God's miracles with our limited minds + have the faith that God has plans that prospers us + God already put in us the qualities to be a miracle when He created us.
the above equation: plus keeping an open mind when serving.
elaboration: we're all not perfect YET, God mould us through opportunities. therefore, an open mind is crucial if we want to be better people for God's glory.
I hope you guys know what i'm talking about and i hope that these answers God revealed to me will reveal to you as well..
anyway, really wana thank God about how he answered my struggles these past 3 weeks..
Many opportunities are opening up..i do thank God for them, but i have to constantly reming myself that its not about me God, its all about you..but time to time, it never fails me to look at my shortcomings, my weaknesses, qualities that i do not possess that is required of my to do my job.
One good example is, i can't sing! in primary school, i still remember that i have difficulties singing our national anthemn..that's no kidding..every morning i go to school, line up and get ready to sing the anthemn, i struggle..i sing horribly..i sound horrible and i always try to hide away from teachers so they wun see that i'm not singing and catch me..until one day, i saw some people dun need to sing national anthemn, i so happy and thought, they dun sing, i also can dun sing..so happily i enjoyed my mornings listening to the national anthemn..UNTIL i realized, foreigners dun have to sing national anthemn..-_-"' ok so i have to sing my national anthemn..then until one fine day, i caught one of my good frenz not singing the anthemn!! haha! i so happy!! got pple who is a singaporean who dun sing the national anthemn..so that's about my singing in primary school..
in secondary school..i only sing my band song..hehe..its very nice, even the lyrics are so nice..i'm getting to appreciate the lyrics of my band song more when i became a christian. it goes
"we are a part of a military band, we are one and only outram band...*forgot lyrics* but still, i remember this part..
If God gonna a test on us, we will never fail the task, His spirit in build in all of us, we will survive till the end...coz we're one and only outram band and the best is our band..........blah blah blah..ok i know you must be confused
but anyway, i like that part about if God gonna put a test on us, we will not fail bcoz His spirit is in us! amen?!
ok so thats all for my "singing life" then i got a big bunch of frenz who like to go KTV..so i reached another "peak" for my "singing life"
then after becoming a christian...dun know what happened..i became a worship leader........... *thunders & lightnings* I can't sing!! how can it be??!! i'm still struggling with my singing today.. but anyway, that's not my main point..
Next, about leadership opportunities that are coming up..my spiritual life is not doing well..and things are just at a pace that is too fast for me to even catch up with myself..I start to question many things including myself, my motives..i dun have the answers, i prayed that God will reveal my motives to me and if its wrong, i pray that God corrects me..Comparing with people like Grace/Gary/Choonleong/Yvonne everybody else who are all more senior than me, has a longer history with God, are more exposed to Christian teachings and had more time communicating with church people and all..In what aspect of my christian life am i suitable to take up this leadership opportunities? especially now that i'm not really right with God?! I dun have it!! i dun have the qualities!! how to lead when i have nothing to give?!!
about my motives, especially when you're in a leadership position, motives are really impt and we must be very sensitive to it..we should be servants and we serve not for our own glory, but for God's..
but why serve God? besides that because the bible says so, why do I want to serve God? How does my relationship with God answer that question? this boils down to my motive of service..do i serve God for my own glory? Do i serve God bcoz pple tells me to? Do i serve God so that He can bless me? so that He will answer my prayers? What is my motivation of serving God?
its definitely, not easy to serve..it even discourages me to see people not serving..Choices Choices Choices..I choose to do it..WHY? what's my motivation? i tell meself, "just do it la..if you dun than who will?" i really want to thank people from the ushering team..its really not easy to be faithful in service alternate weeks, even continuous weeks..and just by seeing them serving motivates me..seeing people like Ms Tan, Paul, Terence who are serving almost decades of their lives and still going on..they're not superman or woman..they're just mere humans, like you and me..These people motivates me..but ultimately, i know its for God's kingdom..that's something i can't figure out, but God reveal through really unexpected ways!
First, why do i serve?
Out of a thankful and grateful heart. For all that He has done for me, He saved me, He died for me..these speaks to me and answered my doubts..
Guys, i know its not easy to feel for things like this, esp when you're down, but i really pray that as you read, God will touch hearts and reveal.
and than, that very same day, these came out from my own mouth:
When God gives the opportunity, trust Him that He has His plans that prospers us and not to harm us. Even when we feel that we can't do it, dun limit God to our limited minds.
that very same day that i talked about the above, a thought struck my mind and reminded me
like what jonathan suber preached about last week, He can do miracles in us! we have the capacity to be miracles of God!
in short:
dun limit God's miracles with our limited minds + have the faith that God has plans that prospers us + God already put in us the qualities to be a miracle when He created us.
the above equation: plus keeping an open mind when serving.
elaboration: we're all not perfect YET, God mould us through opportunities. therefore, an open mind is crucial if we want to be better people for God's glory.
I hope you guys know what i'm talking about and i hope that these answers God revealed to me will reveal to you as well..
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
hey hey..
wa..i haven't been writing my blog till i almost forgot my userid n password..haha..
hmm..feeling the stress from home and school..keep feeling that i'm behind time in school and plus stuff at home..mum feeling insecure and keeping an close eye on what i do..which i'm absolutely not comfortable with. home is not like a home anymore.. sis busy with her work and frenz, she does goes out with mum sometimes, bring grandma out, dad's busy with his own business but tries to come home earlier sometimes, mum's feeling bored with no one at home, no one to cook for, no one to talk to..i'm feeling like a stranger at home. maybe coz i've been minding too much of my own business and not others..maybe i'm like that coz i dun want people to mind my business too? which is, i know, its very dangerous when things goes out of hand..
maybe its my PMS and there are stuff that i bring upon myself..
hmm..i need a reformation of my life..
hmm..feeling the stress from home and school..keep feeling that i'm behind time in school and plus stuff at home..mum feeling insecure and keeping an close eye on what i do..which i'm absolutely not comfortable with. home is not like a home anymore.. sis busy with her work and frenz, she does goes out with mum sometimes, bring grandma out, dad's busy with his own business but tries to come home earlier sometimes, mum's feeling bored with no one at home, no one to cook for, no one to talk to..i'm feeling like a stranger at home. maybe coz i've been minding too much of my own business and not others..maybe i'm like that coz i dun want people to mind my business too? which is, i know, its very dangerous when things goes out of hand..
maybe its my PMS and there are stuff that i bring upon myself..
hmm..i need a reformation of my life..
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