here i stand within Your presence longing for Your touch
a thousand days cannot compare to one day in Your courts
hold me now and never ever let me go
my Jesus, my precious saviour
i'm forever Yours

yesterday on my way home listening to the songs my handphone
listening carefully to the lyrics of the worship songs
when this song started playing. i had no idea that i even had this song in my phone.
this song totally melted my heart
i long for more of God and i know that no matter what, He will never ever let me go.
it goes the same for all you people, no matter what, God is not gonna let you go!
as long as you don't let go of Him, His hands will always be holding firmly to yours!
TRUST!
the closer you are to God, the easier to trust
why not we all take a few minutes daily to just settle our hearts and just pray.
just talk to Him about anything. i'm sure that when we talk to Him, He will speak to us as well.
open your ears and listen...
and instead of just listening to the latest pop music or hits, why not listen to some worship or christian contemporary songs. God can speak to you even through music!
the lyrics, listen and understand what they mean and meditate. dwell in God's presence.
you'll be amazed at how much God can speak and touch you just through one song!

yay'ness
- jade
i'm forever God's

Alright i'm here to blog down about what's last week memory verse is about.

COLOSSIANS 3:23-24
23Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the lord, not for men,24 Since you know that you will receive and inheritance from the lord as a reward. It is the lord christ you are serving.

Basically, yeah we're all entering the exams period right. And i believe some of us have already started our papers. As written in the verse, we should have this heart attitude that we're studying for god and not for men. We're not going to please men but God! We shouldn't study for the sake of pleasing our parents, our teachers, showing off to our friends or any other motives, but the only motive that we should always remember is that, we're studying for our one and only audience, which is God! God is greater than the person who set our exams paper, amen? So nothing is impossible for god to handle! Seek him, if we need strength, wisdom, knowledge or anything that we lack off. Always go back to God our creator.

Whatever results and achievement we get on earth, can't compare to the reward that we are going to get in heaven yeah. God has prepare a reward for us in heaven already.

So let's give our very best in this two weeks for our exams, let's really trust god, rely on him in any circumstances, give thanks to him in whatever results you get. Let's work hard, and let's look forward to the tremendous growth we're awaiting for. JIA YOU EVERYONE!

labels : we're living for the audience of ONE, which is GOD!

-yushan-

NO DOUBTS ! saturday sermon really pierced right through my heart ! seriously... it's always when i doubt God , He'll come speaking to me ! GOSH , He's always so real ! =D

i'm believing God for miracles... during sermon , God asked me if i really believe in Him and His plans... He refreshed my vision i had during june camp once again ! problems in life is inevitable and what more all these are for God to show forth His power to do signs and wonders ! He promised me a miracle , a miracle that we'll all witness God bringing us out of our current caregroup state to a place where He call us to be ! our current problems are here to let us see how BIG a miracle God will provide for us !

people let's not be wavered by issues and trials in life , God is moulding and shaping us . yes the process is tough and heart wrenching but with God's abundant grace and strenght , He's more than enough for us =D we're not facing our own failures and problems alone , the whole caregroup will be rooting for you , we love each and every individual out there in the group to leave you alone =D let's grow and stand firm together as we run this christian race , and it sure require FAITH and TRUST in God =D i'm with you..!

with love ,
denise tiffany =D

Labels: MIRACLES

today's sermon was awesome to the core core core!
i seriously learnt alot and there's really so many things i wanna apply!
let me share!!
ok! i learn that we should focus on the supernatural rather than the natural.
usually when we pray for something, like when we're facing a problem, we tend to focus on the normal things that God can bless us with.
e.g you have a subject you keep failing, and you pray for God to move and help to pass in the upcoming exam. usually you'll expect God to help you pass, like a c6, but you won't usually focus on God and trust that God can help you to get an A1.
we should dream BIG for God. by expecting little, we are actually looking down on God.

By focusing on the supernatural, it helps us to:
- see the possibilities and amazing things God can do
- try the possibilies
- hope in the possibilities
the possibilities is ENDLESS, cause God is a God of possibilities!
this hit me hard!
let's not just thing of what the natural things God can do, but focus on the supernatural things God can and will do!

and also, i learn that the opposite of faith is not doubt, but unbelieve.
doubt is like in the middle of faith and unbelieve.
when we doubt in God, we have 2 choices:
to look back to God and renew your trust in Him, this becomes faith or
to dwell in your doubt and let it manifest until it becomes unbelieve
so whenever we doubt, look back to God!
don't just keep thinking about it and not doing anything!
c'mon people! exercise faith!!

yeah!
i really need a big miracle in my life
one of it is camp! if you guys don't know, every year i face problems going to camp.
because i have to go overseas to see my dad, but so far i've never missed any!
i remember one year, i had to go overseas and miss camp, the air tickets[to indonesia] were even bought already. but cher and i pay the camp deposit by faith, and we prayed hard!! we even cried before God. we prayed like maybe the air ticket invalid, or there got storm cant go over.
the air ticket is already bought! and it just a few days before we had to fly that God moved!
around 3 days before our flight, my dad came home. we were like "HUH?"
in the end, he came home because he was framed and sacked by his indonesian boss.
but we were happy also because dad being home = can go camp!
we were happy like mad!
not only that, a few days after his return, my dad got a job offer in india, with a much better pay, and get a free house!
omgosh! if that's not God, what is?
but i believe this is not over, i want God to solve this overseas and going to camp problem ONCE AND FOR ALL!
i don't know how God is gonna move, but i'm praying!
i want a miracle!
YEAH!!

- jade

hey peeps!
tomorrow is exams ESS!
let's invite our friends down! we shouldnt miss this opportunity!
its not every week that we can have special service!
c'mon! don't give up till you've asked EVERY SINGLE PERSON
don't lose faith! when we desire, God will GIVE!
PRAY PRAY PRAY!!
PRAYER + EFFORT + TRUST IN GOD = RESULTS + FRUITS
i ain't giving up, and neither should you!
let's labour in prayer!

- jade

CHILD-LIKENESS


as i was talking with geckting on the bus today , it just dawn upon me that most of us have lost what it means to be child-like . we were reminiscing about the past whereby how we do ministry and stuff , and seriously in the past we were like super innocent haha.. basically cos we don't think as simple as how we used to think in the past , thus complicating many things . HAHA

many a times when we are running this marathon of christian life , we tend to think that we know alot . the longer we are in church , the harder it is to be child-like , because we experience more things and take things for granted from God . however it is possible to be child-like cos God made all of us like Him , we need to ask God to humble ourselves =D
i pray that our whole group will be child-like , always having the kind of simple faith in God , knowing that God is our big daddy !

Mark 10:14
When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

with love ,
denise tiffany =D

i just watched this show called 'Moment of Truth'
its a tv show where contestants answer a series of 21 increasingly personal and embarrassing questions to receive cash prizes.
they were strapped to a lie detector when they answer the questions.
if their answer to the question is false, they will lose all the money, the more questions to answer truthfully, the more money you get.
however, you will risk breaking your friendships and relationships with your loved ones.
what's more, your loved ones will be there witnessing you answering those questions, you may even see them breaking down as you reveal your deep thoughts and secrets that you will never want them to know.
the questions they get are madness.
like just now there's one where the girl was asked "have you ever taken naked pictures of yourself and send it to a magazine" and "will you be upset if you were to look like your mother at her age?", her answer was 'yes' and her mum was sitting right there!
omgosh!

this show set me thinking as i was bathing.
we all have thoughts and secrets we don't want anyone to ever know, fearing of how your friends and family will look at you, or fearing your relationship with them will go down the drain.
what will we do if all that thoughts and secrets were flashed on the screen in front of everyone to see?
this leads to me thinking, is there anything we've been hiding from everyone? even God?
God knows everything, even our thoughts. we should surrender such thoughts and repent instead of trying to hide it from Him. no matter how hard you try, He still knows.
confess and repent, rather than letting it haunt us and snowball until one day we can no longer take it.
let's all take some time to reflect on our life, is there such thoughts or secrets which we havent surrendered to God? if there is, let it go. don't hide.

ps. you guys should try watching this show. it so totally rocks!

- jade

Hey ppl out there. Kam Gong here.

Hmm, I want to blog about ytd, at melody's house. Haha.
Of course, we had fun together. But most of the ppl didnt come, I thinks that it is the exams drawing near bah. (:
Well, I want to share with you guys what I'd learned that day during the shepherding yeah..
I had learned many things, but I just want to summarise it. Haha.

It is about the 'negative statements'.
Be it in school or with our family, we tend to say some negative remarks or some awful things when we get together, with our friends.
Maybe, in school, our teacher asked us to do some work, some of our classmates, will tend to talk back to them, and we the one who represent Jesus, also tend to follow them & joined them.

It is common that when our friends gossip, we ourselves will join them. But, why not we think before we act? Think of God.
Set a good example in school & family, so that they may see Him in us.
Yeah.
People may thinks that we act holy or timid or whatsoever, but we must know that, we are born to this world to please God and not our friends.
Whatever things we do, we must think first ''WWJD'' (what will Jesus do if He is in my shoes.

Yup, so I want to summarise this post by saying:
'Be a God-pleaser, Not a man's pleaser'.
Yup. May God bless you in the rest of the weeek, & we shall share testimony tmr!
See you guys tmr k! :D

[Proverbs 3:5-6] We must trust him! (:
[Matthew 10:22] Those who stand Firm to the end'll be saved! (:

just had mass shepherding just now.
the teaching taught by denise had been taught to me for around 3 times already,
but each time, God never fails to speak to me something new.
this is what i learnt,

firstly...
why am i serving God?
is it because everyone is serving and i'm just following?
is it to gain people's approval/attention?
is it because we think that by serving God, we can gain more of His blessings?
why?
i think we need to constantly ask ourselves this question, to make sure what we know why we're doing what we're doing.
we need to know why we're working so hard for God - because we love Him
Love should be the reason why we're serving God.

we often fall, but we need to learn to stand back up
if we serve God for the sake of it, then when we fall, we will start to think that serving God is pointless.
all of us need to rededicate our life over and over again to God
sometimes when God bless us, we kind of expect it, because we lost the thanksgiving heart that we should have when we expect God to bless us.
its like, God becomes a blessing machine in our life.
whenever you pray, and God bless, you may think like "oh, its expected de"
but we shouldnt.
remember how you felt as a new believer when God blessed you with even the smallest things?
you start thanking God, and get all excited when you shared that testimony.
that should be the way we're feeling even now after serving God for so long.
take some time to renew your relationship with God, remember the good o' times.
hahaha!

- jade

I came across this verse days ago,
and felt it's really important to have a strong foundation in God's kingdom.

Luke 6 : 46-49

46"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say? 47I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. 48He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. 49But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete."

Buildings that doesn't have a strong foundation on ground,
collapse and is destroyed easily

It's the same when it comes to our relationship with God
and our desire of loving him more

If we want to stay firm in God's kingdom, we must have a strong foundation in Him
How? Put God's word into practice, pray, read the Word.

Not read for the sake of reading,
but read for the sake of understanding what God wants to tell us
read for the sake of listening to what God has to say

Yes really, exams are round the corner.
And this is the time when we'll neglect God often.
An example is myself.

But I promise I'll still spend time with God every single day despite how busy I am.
I don't wanna fail God again and again, and don't repent at all
Talk is cheap, action is gold! :D

- weiting

HAHAHAHAHAHA

thank God for those who are involve in the completion of the blog and advance thank you to those who'll continue to make this blog alive ! =D

in this coming exam period , everyone stand firm alright ! know that our labour in the Lord is not in vain , and each time as we place His kingdom first above all else , He's bound to bless us abundantly ! God will never ever shortchange us =D


* remember our angel and mortal game , gotta bless your fellow mortal with some things yea ? *


love all of you super duper uber alot MUACKS !

with love ,
denise tiffany =D

hey, just had a scary and weird dream.
i seldom have scary dreams nowadays, but weird dreams still happen frequently.
maybe because i'm weird.
anyway, that's not the point.

i dreamt of our world being a world without God
that God didnt exist at all
we all know God is the source of all good things, and since in my dream, God didn't exist, the world didnt know right from wrong, and no one had a conscience to bug us when we're doing something wrong.
chaos was all around. no one had a purpose.
people were stealing like nobody's business, running around murdering people just for the sake of it. what's worse, no one stopped them.
even if you don't wanna do all those evil deeds, you will feel pressurised because everyone is doing it and you'll be the only one not doing.
in my dream, i was the only one who knows all these are wrong, but i didn't know there was a God. [don't know why]
due to being pressurised by friends and people around me, though i was scared, i joined them in doing evil.

our sinful nature will overule us if there is no God.
[Rom 7:15-25]
but because of God, we are saved from our sinful and evil nature,
and we can stomp them under our feet.
we have an awesome God.

God, thank you that you exist in our lives, freeing us from the slavery of sin. help me to overcome temptations and sins. i want to grow more like you, and because of you, i have a purpose in life. i want to be secure that what i'm doing now is right in your eyes and is what you have set apart for me. in Jesus' name, amen!

- jade

[Shepherd]--------------[sheep]

Denise --------Yushan, Melody, IreneKoh, Stephanie, Jade
Yushan ------- Shushan, Ida
Melody ------- Michelle, Sylvia
IreneKoh ----- IreneKam, WeiTing
Jade ---------- Yenping, Joline, Waiman, Reena

Hehe! :D I Love ALL Of Them!


٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶AdiBrrgirl٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶

wahaha...
cg got bloggy le.
but i delete mine ..
not the right time..

ROAR!
hahas...
erm..
cn someone list out all our sheep n sherpherd??(*dun noe how to spell*)
saw this please post..
ASAP!!!

WAHAHA!!

loves uu all..
jolinxx

Labels: god is always wib us

hey hey hey!
guess what? today is our dear Yenping and Joline's 1month Spiritual Birthday!
whoo!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YENPING AND JOLINE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOOOOUUUU!
really really happy that you both made that awesome decision to accept Jesus one month ago!
we pray that as you both continue to walk with God, to talk to Him, He will reveal more of Himself to you. and i also pray that you will draw closer and closer to God each day!

WHOO!!
CELEBRATE CELBRATE

LOVE YOU BOTH!
MUACKS!
- jade

yay! i'll be the first to blog, honoured!
anyway, i know most of us are facing alot of problems and stuff in the past few weeks.
have been praying about it.
and i believe God wants to tell us to stand firm and persevere on!

James 1:12
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those whol love Him.

James 1:2-6
Consider it pure joy my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know thet the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blowm and tossed by the wind.

sisters, we must stay strong and support one another ok? perseverance goes a LONG way!
and if you ever need help, ask. Ask God, He has all the answers.
we will BE VICTORIOUS!
remember, BIG testings -> BIG impact -> BIG VICTORY!

- jade

hey peeps!
this is our very first EAST A2 BLOG! yay!
i believe all of u hv received the username and password for this blog
feel free to blog here.
but please don't blog about crap, because the purpose of this blog is not to crap with one another.
you can blog about your testimonies, your learnings, your new insights from God, what God spoke to you, your prayer requests etc.
if you have new ideas for the group, you can also blog here and we see how we can make it work yeah?
let's stay committed to this blog, and to one another.
i'll keep watch over you all if you all keep watch over me.
haha!
happy blogging!

- jade