You know you're old when...

Ok... so this morning I went to Starbucks to get a coffee. When I got there, I ordered my usual and proceeded with the payment.

As the counter girl was getting me my change, she asked, "So...... Not working today?" =(

That's terrible... They've always always asked me, "Not in school today?"

i'monlytwentyfive...really...onlytwentyfive

I surrendered...

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I Love You Lord...

I give my life...
To honour YOU
YOU are the Christ
My Saviour King
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How can I give anything less
When you gave heaven's best?

For the gate is narrow and the way is hard......

I totally applaud this pastor for his uncompromising stand. These posts might offend, and they're definitely hard to swallow. But these are issues that we (esp the youth of today), need to address. To say that these things are not a struggle to me would be plain lie.

I really wished the church really talked more about such stuff. Our God isn't a floaty, happy clappy "inthecloudswithprettystuff" type god... He's GOD. GOD OVER ALL. He may be loving, but He's also strict, uncompromising... because He's unchanging.

To give our God anything less would be to cheapen the work of the cross.

Really... EVERYONE needs to read this... THESE rather...

1. http://www.perrynoble.com/2006/11/02/masturbation/

2. http://www.perrynoble.com/2005/08/17/thought-on-pornography/

3. http://www.perrynoble.com/2007/09/11/nice-christian-boys-and-girls-make-me-sick/

War cry...

The battle for this broken world can only be fought on our knees......
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Now who's going to answer the call?

Fine Tension...

Glenn... sucks... at the art of holding things in Fine Tension.
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And thus... he is not a very happy boy.

Leadership Experiences & Struggles #1

1. Sometimes you wonder if it is all worth it.
2. You can't please everyone.
3. You will ALWAYS mess up... ALOT.
4. Never expect people to appreciate you.

Photosss... from the last couple of weeks

Introducing...... TAN WEIYING! (She eats boys for breakfast...)

Weiying: I'm hungryyyy!!! Roarrrrrr..........

Weiying: 1 down... many many many more to go...

Denise: How does she do it?!

The NEW URBAN MALES of Connect. (and some very tall girls... either that or those males are just... errrm... nvm) I love how every single person's expression does not seem related to each other. Haha...

And now for the good stuff. Presenting... The SJC Mission Team to Ban Chang, Thailand!

Ok we're still missing Joel Chan from all these pictures. Do pray for us as we prepare for the trip! =) Lives will be changed... and He's gonna start with us.



idunnowhatweweredoing...

In pain...

Having a pretty rough week. A rollercoaster week of sorts. Trying to hear His voice in the midst of my work... wondering why on earth I do what I do, be it in church or in the office. I figure He's calling me to Him... the question is: How will I respond?.............. (Matthew 11:28)

I love you Lord
And I offer my life to You
I know you're leading me to the point of death
To the death of all that is in me that does not honour You

I ask Lord
For a heart of obedience
Even to the point of death

Do you believe it?

A vision...

Of a young people in love
Young people so in love
So in love with their Saviour
That they're willing to count the cost
And follow Him to the end

For He counted the cost
He paid the price
He crossed the great divide
All for love to take our place
All for love He finished the race
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This is a vision...

Of a people willing
Willing to pay the price
Willing to carry the name of Jesus Christ
The name above all names
The name of the Saviour who gave His life
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A people...

Who are in the world but not of it
Who are willing to have their hearts broken
Broken for the things that break His
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These people...

Are not afraid
Not afraid to take the stand
Not afraid to bow to His plan
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A people...

With a hunger
A passion
An unquenchable desire
To see the name of Jesus Christ
Lifted high above every land
On earth as it is in heaven

Empowered by the Giver of Life
They will give themselves no rest
Holding on and never letting go
Till the day
When every nation, tribe and tongue
Exalts the name of the King of Kings
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Can you see it?
Do you believe it?
Can you see it?
Do you believe it?

A generation carrying the Light
Shining bright against the darkness
A generation of warriors
An army of light, rising forth
From the valley of bones

Beaming like a city on a hill
There is none but ONE whom they fear
Breaking free
There is no turning back
The battle cry is on their lips

His hands, His feet they will be
In the midst of a world that's lost
They will be speakers of truth
Believing that the time is near
And the hour is almost here

Can you see it?
Do you believe it?

Sydney...

Few places in the world make me smile like Sydney can. I can't even explain why. I just like the place.

And right now... I wish I could just run away and stay there.
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Drink? No Drink?

http://www.dankimball.com/vintage_faith/2007/07/would-jesus-be-.html

Good, well-written article. So what do YOU think? Feel free to leave comments.... But don't unreasonably slam anyone.

This just blew me away...

From a Franciscan Benediction…

May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep within your heart.
May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.
May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, and war, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain in to joy.
And may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in this world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.

Wow......

Snaps

So many things (I want) to do, so little time. I know I'm supposed to post on Japan. I promise I'll do that in detail soon (soon enough). In the meantime, picture update.

Me on the subway in Japan. My dad's pretty trigger happy with his phone camera, much more than me! So anyway, when we first got to the hotel our rooms weren't ready yet so we decided to go explore first. So that means those were the clothes I wore on the plane! Haha!

Taken at the Mt Fuji Visitor's Centre. This picture apparently depicts an ancient myth about history of the mountain. Haha.... quite the funny.

Ok enough about Japan for this post. Couple more before I go...



The Lims have gone to Jakarta. And while it's really sad to see them leave, I also couldn't be happier for them because they're right smack where God wants them to be. Our prayers are with you. You'll be missed, all 7 of you.

Little Things

"Come to Me... and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28)

My first post back and it isn't happy stuff. Haven't been the happiest camper at work. It's just been terribly difficult to motivate myself to actually do my work, and be happy whilst at it. I keep thinking of church, Connect, JYM, the worship min, people I wish I had time to meet with, etc. And then I wish I had 48 hours a day (and of course the rest of the world has to have 48 too).

Sometimes one struggles. While I am certain of where He's leading me in my life, I just can't keep focusing THERE and not be at rest in Him NOW, where He's placed me for the moment. God is not just THERE, but He's also HERE, walking the journey with me. I need a fresh revelation of Him in these areas of my life which I find myself far from Him, unable to see Him or hear Him. Do pray for me.

But God is faithful, in the midst of tough times He does these things just to show me He's listening, that He's there:

• I'm in the prayer room and I'm praying hard for this person who's in this situation. Almost immediately after I finish praying, I get an sms about this person, and it's positive! =)
• I had the privilege to be used to minister to someone today, and God literally gave me all the words (through His Word) to say to this brother! The words were like a perfect match to his situation! And those verses were all the verses He led me to read and meditate upon last week! Coolness beyond words.
  

"Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." (Matthew 6:10)

Think BIG, Start SMALL, Build DEEP! Let's be faithful in the little things my friends! Let our lives be windows to HEAVEN!

Back... almost

Hello all,

Been missing for a while cos the past 2-3 weeks have been pretty darn crazy, what with my Tokyo trip, 24/7, IDMC, the Lim's leaving, etc... Add to that me trying to get back into the swing of things at work, you have one insane time.

So anyway, to those who actually read my blog (whoever you people are, if you are actually out there...), I'll be back soon... I think.

Looking back, I also realised that this last 2-3 weeks has really been a time of cleaning out the closet. Things are changing, things are falling in place. So praise God... I'm a gonna let Him clean out the closet in my life some more.

Ok... till I actually have time to blog properly... toodles.

1st September 2007

While I still maintain that I thoroughly enjoyed myself this past week here in Tokyo, today was probably the least enjoyable of all the days. I went through the day with the nagging unsettled feeling in me once again. And I realised it was because today was the Family A'fair carnival that we've been looking forward to for quite a while now.

Throughout the day I actually felt this longing to be back in Singapore with the Connectors getting all hot and sweaty making and serving drinks. It got so bad I really couldn't enjoy myelf at certain points. All I could do was pray continually for the Connectors and the church as they came together to serve one another.

Thank you Lord, for blessing the church with good weather today, and for making the carnival a success. Thank you Lord, also, for the really WONDERFUL bunch of people we have in the Connect Ministry. Thank you for the unity in the ministry and also for their relentless commitment to see this project to completion, and not just to completion, but to SUCCESS!

All BLESSING, HONOUR, GLORY & POWER be unto YOU LORD! (Also, Thank You Lord that the Connect Ministry doesn't hate me for "abandoning" them as we neared the carnival...... I hope they don't...)

To the Connect Ministry: THANK YOU. It's truly a testament to His goodness they way you guys & girls pulled this off. Awesome... AWESOME.

To Collin, Jeanette, Debbie, Weiying: I passed the baton on to the 4 of you, and I know you people did the FAB job pulling everything together. It's only the night of the carnival and i'm already hearing praises! Dinner on me when I get back (someone remind me about this).

I can't wait for Friday.

iHeart Connect.

at least it's not a brAwl...

I'll be leaving Tokyo tomorrow morning. It's been a great week so far. In brief:

1. I didn't get no BEEF with anyone. Not with my parents, not with any locals (of course not!).
2. Overall, I must say I had a BALL of a time here in Tokyo. More on this when I get home and transfer all my pics onto my computer.
3. It's in Tokyo (Harajuku to be precise), where I had the best BOWL of ramen everrrrr....... I don't know if I can go back to eating the normal stuff back home. Haha.
4. The english here is really quite bad. Haha... as you can see.

So is it BOWL, BALL, or BRAWL?! Hur Hur Hur...
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My parents and I during the Mt Fuji & Hakone tour.

Tokyo Blog #1

Herro everyone.

Ok so here I am in my little sardine can of a hotel room in Asakusa, Tokyo. It's the end of Day 2 of my holiday here. It's been good fun so far, getting lost in the complicated (mainly due to the language barrier) subway system, hunting down obscure eating places, EATING, shopping (Uniqlo rocks my socks). I intended to do a photo update every night (make that every 2 nights), but Glenn the clever boy forgot to bring the USB cable for the camera.

Just a snippet of stuff from the 2 days, I'll do a proper post (or posts) when I have pics lah:

1. the food rocks. the raw fish melts in your mouth, and the ramen is like how shiok, and beer is cheap!
2. Mcdonald's has a McPork here... hahaha... I want!
3. Japanese people are actually really nice. I can't understand a word they say, but the service beats Singapore's anytime.
4. Tokyo is messier and dirtier and less futuristic than I imagined it to be. =(
5. It's SUPERRRRRRR HOT, but minus Singapore's humidity.
6. Uniqlo UT is heaven in the form of a THREE storey t-shirt shop, and every tee is $20SGD!

btw, I haven't bumped into Hello Kitty on the street yet. I wonder why... hmmmm

And I MUST remember to blog about the FLIGHT, which kinda sucked. Haha.

Things one should never do when leading worship

1. Never attempt Chris Tomlin's Forever with no band (2 acoustics) AND without practicing beforehand with your co-leader/guitarist.

2. Never start preparing for worship at 5.15PM the day you are leading.

3. Never have completely no time of practice with your co-leader (no matter how good he is).

I'm sure there are more... but for starters I did all 3 tonight. =( There was some hiccup with our roster and the person who was supposed to lead wasn't aware of it. So I took over. Technically it bombed. =(

But God is faithful, and I saw people worshipping, which is great. Cos then I know it's CONFIRM NOT me, but Him at work. Hallelujah