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EASTA2 OUTING(=

2009-07-27T00:19:00.006+08:00

Hey Easta2 babes!!!

due to tis friday,some of us will be having cca and have something on.

the outing will postpone until after 17aug

remain on fri ba,will be easier for everyone=D

which date u guys prefer 21 or 28?

pls tag the tagboard(=

will be still bbq.^^

yenping<3

2009-02-22T16:21:00.004+08:00

Hey there people,I am here to blog for this blog!!Kays it sounds rather dumb but yeah.God is AWESOME AMEN?Well,yesterday CSS was totally cool.I meant you see the whole Suntec Convertion is filled with many many people and were seated in the front too.I am totally startled by our puntuality for the FIRST TIME!!!

Well,in service i am sure during Worship and etc God sure did touch you people and spoke to you too as well bah.Well,I sure did.I've been struggling with alot of stuf and I am here to share a testimony with you guys.I meant this days as many of you should know what i am going through.The indecisive me,the emotional me and etc.I have been in a peak where totally droped into the valley so deep and so down.

At a point of time I totally didn't feel God's pressence at all.I was super devastated that i wish I din't know any of this Christian thingy.You see that sentece say how I was really feeling.I still appeared to be seeing that i am alrite.But yeah,no one really know.i kept everything to myself cos is like telling people = no use.

Before i sleep every nite,i pray super hard for everything to bo gone and hope this bad and worse nitemare good just dissapear.Just the same like escaping from it.But remebering the preachign of Pastor Jeff:

HOW TO RESPOND WHEN I GET HURT

Escaping is never the way uh.But the thing is I've got no one to go.Well apparently thats an excuse.To be more precise,there are people there but i didn't go too.I really thank God for placing such a good CG for me.There are so many CGM.Seriosuly all of them are just like treasure that are hidden way deep,I just currently working on the MAP thats all.

I am learning to be authetic infront of GOD but I ought to open up to my CGM?Well yeah,i realised there are so many people for me to talk too.They are like there to help me,I need GOD, but the CG is there for me too.Only when problem start I just close my door deep shut from them. Only yesterday when God place a changed that make me sart to re-decide stuff and make me have a change of many mind set.

My thoughts and Mindsets have been renewed.i am starting anew.God place a new start in me everyday i wake up.So has he did it to you.GOD IS AWESOME AMEN?

♥ STEPHANIE

i'm a sinner, like the israelites

2009-02-21T02:54:00.002+08:00

heyo! i just finished my qt, so late. gosh!
ok anyway. i read Psalm 78:1-30
but i just wanna highlight verse 8-17

⁸ They would not be like their forefathers—
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
whose spirits were not faithful to him.
⁹ The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows,
turned back on the day of battle;
¹⁰ they did not keep God's covenant
and refused to live by his law.
¹¹ They forgot what he had done,
the wonders he had shown them.
¹² He did miracles in the sight of their fathers
in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
¹³ He divided the sea and led them through;
he made the water stand firm like a wall.
¹⁴ He guided them with the cloud by day
and with light from the fire all night.
¹⁵ He split the rocks in the desert
and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
¹⁶ he brought streams out of a rocky crag
and made water flow down like rivers.
¹⁷ But they continued to sin against him,
rebelling in the desert against the Most High.

and while reading this few verses, i recalled all the people of israel whom despite seeing all the wonderful, unexplainable miracles, still doubted and rebelled against God.
like when moses saved the israelites and brought them out of egypt, when moses parted the sea, provided water, the israelites still complained and say they rather be slaves. and after that they even committed idolatry. then i got irritated, like why the israelites so stubborn? so stupid?, like why God already showed Himself real through miracles, they still like that.
but then God posted this question to me, "what about you?"
for a second, i really don't know how to answer God.
i mean, as i looked back, God has also blessed me countless times, and yet, sometimes i still choose to disobey God when i know its wrong, i still sin against God, i still don't wanna obey, don't want to submit. whoa i'm so sinful, i'm, one way or another, like the israelites.
i'm a sinner. gosh! i'm in no position to judge them because i'm also like them, a sinner.
wahh seriously i was taken aback. i want to change. i know i cant stop being a sinner, but i want to do my best not to sin, not to disobey, to obey despite reluctance, to do what is right rather than what i feel like doing.
yeah man!

- jade

happy valentines' day

2009-02-15T22:21:00.001+08:00

valentines' day was so filled with love! haha!
i wrote cards to people. and the things i wrote are exceptionally mushy this time round, cause i learned from one of the sermon podcast at church office that Christians should be known for their love, cause God is love.
so as an application, i wanna boldly say out how much i love those around me.
those words i wrote are really from the bottom of my heart.
i remembered on the night that i was writing the cards, cher asked me why i wrote so much, cause she say she write very little.
i told her that i wanna take valentines' day to tell those around me how much i love them. good opportunity!
on valentines' day, there was FALL ess! it was awesome! the whole thing!
i really felt God's love throughout the service, especially during worship and sermon.
God's love is different and can never be found anywhere else. wahh i was like melting!
wahhh

I LOVE GOD!!
I LOVE EASTA2!
I LOVE EASTA!!
I LOVE EAST!

- jade

2009-02-12T22:57:00.002+08:00

whoo! i just bought i very pretty notebook, and i'm gonna use it as my diary to God.
just like a diary, i get to express openly and let everything out, the difference is, i'm writing it to God. its one way i can talk to God, to tell God how i feel, to just pour everything out to God.
this also helps me focus, cause sometimes in the midst of talking to God, i'll get distracted by other thoughts in my head, and then i'll forget what i've said to God by the time i try to get back on topic.
so when i write, when i forget, i can remember what i've said to God.
this diary can also help me monitor my spiritual life. next time when i read and look back on what i've wrote, i can see what i've grown in and what i still need to work on.
i'm so excited!!! yay!!
why not you get a diary to write to God just like what i'm gonna do?

and also, valentines' day is coming!!!
and FALL falls on valentines' day!!!
LET'S DO OUR BEST TO INVITE PEOPLE TO FALL!!!
WAHH CHIONG CHIONG CHIONG!!!
remember if we don't meet our goal, not only do we have to put yucky makeup, we also waste this opportunity to see our friends coming to know God!! WAHH
JIAYOU EASTA2!!

- jade

2009-02-07T23:30:00.003+08:00

heyo peeps!
think today's service is very applicable for all of us. yeah i learnt alot.
one thing i wanna apply from the sermon is to entrust my hurts to God.
2nd point it say that God Will Relieve My Pain.
its really cool how the real shepherd takes care of the sheep. he mix sulphur and olive oil and pours it on the sheep's head to treat the wounds and keep flies away.
He takes such good care of the sheep and takes note of its every need.
like flies may be nothing much to the shepherd, but to the sheep, its so irritating and a huge problem to it. the shepherd cares so much for the sheep.
i know God cares for us as well, we are His sheep.
i believe all of us get hurt sometimes, mostly because of people. this includes me.
sometimes we expect a certain person to do something for us and when she doesnt, we get hurt.
like we expect our close friend to be there for you, but one day she can't, you get hurt.
or you expect someone to remember something important, like your birthday, then it sort of slipped her mind, you get hurt.
or your mum said something hurtful to you though she doesnt mean it, you get hurt.
yeah.. i've experience some hurts in my life because of people.
i want to learnt to surrender all these wounds to God, to let Him heal them.
though a scar is left, i wanna remember how God healed it and not how the person have hurt me.
yeah God, i surrender my hurts to You! let's surrender together.

and also, i just finished my qt.
i was reading Psa 66 and v18 says:
"if i had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened;"
think some of us have some sins in our life that we haven't let go, be it lying, or holding grudges, or being jealous.
"cherished" here doesnt exactly just mean that you love the sin, you love lying or being jealous, but it can also mean that you're not willing to give up the sin or you havent fully surrendered it to God.
example, lying. you know you shouldnt lie, but you are super tempted to because you wanna gain something, or you don't want to get in trouble, whatever the reason, you still lie even though you know its wrong.
yeah i'm guilty of this sometimes too. nevermind, we're all sinful.
but i wanna change. let's change together man!
surrender our sins to God!
let Him take control!

- jade

THE PASSAGE~

2009-02-06T23:14:00.002+08:00

HELLO EA2!!!!!
Kinda funny to see my name again rite?Well cos,I;ve done somethign covenient for me to blog here.Anyway,thank God for the birthday wishes and stuff haha.Really fetl blessed when i received o many birthday wishes from you guys eh:DWell,actually I am here to post abt a book that I've read its super nice.Is abt a teen that meet up with many many stuff.Know what?Its a Christian Book!!Cook eh,is 'Becoming Beka' seires.

I skipped book 1 and 2 started on book 3 cos it seems of much help.The name is called -THE PASSAGE-I encourage you all to read it.I done reading in less than a week.Someone like me who can't be bother to read books eventually flipped and reay the whole thing.So yeah,while i was reading i really felt God somewhere here and there too.Its really kinda nice.So yeahh^^Take a view at it.

Well,at the very last few section i came upon this sentence

"God wanted to win my heart first"

I totally startled,i mean is a very true sentence eh.God knew us and want us to be with him when we don't know him yet.When he invited us and chose us.Is the very step that show he wants to win out hearts already.Ain't that sentence so real?I allowed him to win over me totally won my heart.How I dwell in him.I knew i allow teh rite person to win my heart over.I can safely say that he is the best person that could ever win my heart.

I know that I love him and he love me too:D Infact he love every one of us.Thats why we are in CG winnign many other peopel heart for GOD!!No matter what schoo lwe are in.We are there to win other people heart for GOD!!Jiayous people you and I will make a difference.Now we'll say that we are proud of God,and when we complete our schools God will say that he is proud of us as a finisher!!GO EA2 ^^

♥ STEPHANIE

Not By Name

2009-02-06T21:15:00.004+08:00

Juliet:
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."

this is taken from the famous story by Shakespeare called Romeo & Juliet.
juliet said this when she wanted to deny her family name for romeo.
she said "what's in a name?", what's so big about a name? does it have special powers or treasures? "that which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet"
a rose smells nice, but it smells nice not because its called a rose.
the flower, whatever you call it, it still smells the same, and nice.
you call it dumb, call it shit, call it anything you want, it still smell nice.

i think what shakespeare said means alot.
in the kingdom of God, we are called to serve to our best no matter what role we are.
be it a CL, UL, SDL, DL, whatever L, a shepherd or a sheep, we are called to serve God.
we are also called to take ownership of wherever God placed us. to take ownership of our cg, our schools.
we don't have to be a CL to do great things for God. we can even be a new believer and do amazing things for God.
even when we go to heaven, God doesnt reward us according to what "position" or "rank" we are. God is not like "oh denise, CL... very good, you get 1 million dollars", then "oh jade, chey you just a shepherd, 1 dollar"
this is just an example. God awards us according to our credibility, according to what we've done on eart, what we've sacrificed for God etc.
so let's not wait any longer, God has called us by name, let's step out and serve God. take ownership!! whoo! Go EASTA2! GO JUNYUAN EASTVIEW DUNMAN!!
WE WILL WIN!!

- jade

1+2+3+4+15 Things about ME! --->shushan

2009-02-05T18:59:00.002+08:00

1)HELLO :)
2)My surname is neo and my name is shushan
3)I'm sec 4 this year NOT sec 2
4)I love travelling overseas ! especially Japan. Hope to stay there forever and ever and ever and ever with my family
5)I love sports : hockey;floorball(my CCA), rock climbing, cycling , swimming , volleyball, running , etc
6)I like to play marjong. And i feel like playing like now now now now now now now !
7)I grew up in a place called . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .u know what?
8)Its my house
9)I have never talk nor speak to my aunties and uncles before :)
10)Was taken care by maids ever since i was young
11)I am the youngest in my family
12)My mother miscarriage before
13)I have a older brother and a older sister who is very dumb unlike me :(
14)I have a group of friends , the group is called EAST A2. The people there are dumb too. Unlike me :(
15)My favourite no. is 41,my jersey number and my lucky number
16)I dislike milk , tau huey and all those that are related to this 2 things . including ida cause she like milk hahahaha joking
17)I like to watch tv . can stay in front of the tv for 1 whole day
18)I like to ride bike. When i was young i often go to those steep steep sand where people do stunts with their bike to play . I fell down once until i was injured badly.
19)I like to eat durian but don't like to get poke
20)I hope to study overseas
21)I LOVE GOD
22)I LOVE EAST A2
23)I LOVE MY FAMILY
24)i'm ending here
25)bye bye

twentyfive random things bout denise

2009-02-05T01:57:00.002+08:00

1. i've been tagged five times, and i'm wondering if i should post 125 things about me instead?
2. i've decided to stick to 25. HAHA!
3. the thing that's going through my head now is, "who will actually read everything?"
4. relationship means a whole lot to me, so i'm gonna talk about relationship.
5. my relationship with God comes first in the top priority
6. family means alot to me, i love love love love love them! me and my household gonna serve the Lord!
7. i treasure friendship alot
8. no one knows me better than phua yanyu
9. no one scares me better than florence chen
10. no one annoys me better than jeslin chen
11. no one encourages me better than ng geckting
12. no one lames me better than jasmine sim
13. no one cracks me better than joleen lee
14. i have alot of friends
15. i have a number of best friends
16. i have a couple of close friends
17. i really enjoy my relationship with my caregroup
18. you all are the one whom i do life with ( eat, shit, sleep, bathe! )
19. my sheep(s) are silly, all of them!
20. life without relationship means life without communication
21. life without communication means life without conversation
22. life without conversation means no life
23. no life means no relationship whatsoever
24. and the cycle repeats
25. all in all, relationship matters!

HAHA i cheated, not all twentyfive things is about me! heh heh! =D

I WAS ONCE...BUT NOW WITH CHRIST

2009-02-04T23:20:00.004+08:00

I was ONCE,emotional
BUT now with CHRIST,I became more cheerful
I was ONCE,down and upset easily
BUT now with CHRIST,I became super crazy and hyper with friends for me
I was ONCE,someone who touch a penknife often
BUT now with CHRIST,I 've got a bible and GOD to talk too
I was ONCE,someone who doesn't talk much
BUT now with CHRIST,I am afraid to voice out opinion
I was ONCE,someone who doesn't clique around
BUT now with CHRIST,I start makign friends easily
I was ONCE,someone who have no selfconfidence
BUT now with CHRIST,I am able to lead and initiate games and etc
I was ONCE,someone who give up easily
BUT now with CHRIST,I persist and became more determine
I was ONCE,someone who escape and cry when i meet obsticles and problems
BUT now with CHRIST,I stay strong stand firm when i meet problems
I was ONCE,someone who is melacholic
BUT now with CHRIST,I help and dry people tears
I was ONCE,leading a lonelylife
BUT now with CHRIST,I fill contentment and is always full of people
I was ONCE,leading a boring life
BUT now with CHRIST,I live me life to the fullest everyday
I was ONCE,someone who is negative
BUT now with CHRIST,everything was never bad and more positive

If god had changed me,so can you.I belive and trust that everyoen could change.It is just a matter of time.Ups and dpwn are parts and partial of life.God unwillingly let bad things happen in our lifes.Not test leads no testimony.When we don't fall or meet obsticleswe won't grow.We had out flaws and past,but God will wipe it away and give us a fresh new astart.As long as we believe and trust him.Keep the faith up and you wil lsee that how God had move in.Its awesome :D

♥ Stephanie

25 things about Meowlan/Mabel(:

2009-02-04T00:42:00.005+08:00

1. My real full name on my BC is Tan Li, Mabel. Not anything else. And it's with a comma ,,,,,,
2. I like sports a lot
3. I'm very lazy and i eat a lot sweet stuff and i feel that i have diabetes D:
4. Hi-5 Jade! I think science rocks too! I also do my own research interesting things i find.
5. Me and my friends would sing any song that has got to do with what the teacher says
6. I love cartoon! They rock. You can say i have deprived childhood :D
7. I like the number 7 (:
8. I think i need to get more tan (:
9. I like any colour. But i prefer RED, PURPLE, BABY BLUE, WHITE & BLACK
10. I used to learn Taekwondo, it was fun! (:
11. My primary school CCA was Track & Field and now i'm in Archery
12. I did 100m or 200m and High Jump (: My reg. no is 12
13. Friendship is extremely important to me. I feel that without friends i would die. I'm in love with friends! (: No need to freak out. HAHA
14. There is 6 family members in my family. My dad, mum, grand-dad, 2 elder brothers and me! Plus 1 cat named Mimi! I love Mimi (:
My eldest brother is 23yrs this year,9 yrs older than me, and my elder brother is 18 this year, 4 yrs older than me. (: i have a pillow that smells good to me but stinks like hell to others. Only able to see at my house!
15. I like playing video games!!! Wolfteam is fun(:
16. I can't swim D:
17. My greatest regret of my life was not to learn how to swim D:
18. I crack my knuckles a lot. And it's very loud. And i do it in front of strangers. I think they are scared. HAHA
19. I look like my father. Very fierce-looking,unfortunately D:
20. I'm hot-tempered but i think i get not angry back easily
21. I like my school uniform a lot (:
22. I think i am smart (:
23. I'm very ego. HAHA
24. I don't wash my school shoes, not even once. I change my school shoes twice a year. So i wear the shoes for 6 mths without washing it. hahahaha. Maybe i will consider washing it
25. I'm beginning to really love Easta2 and God! woo! (:

STEPHANIE DID THE QUIZ!!! (25 things bout me)

2009-02-03T20:48:00.003+08:00

1. I hate studying
2. I go crazy at times
3. I am dumb
4. I am emotional at times
5. I love to receive presents/cards
6. I need alot of encouragements
7. I don't like empty promises
8. I love basketball but not as musch as I love GOD
9. I love the beach
10. I treasure friendship
11. I like praise and worship
12. I have a cheery face
13. I love to take pictures
14. I am easily upset,hyper,angry and easily pleased
15. I can't type well
16. I talk ALOT
17. I've got PMS(Puberty MoodSwing)
18. I like to cook but not washing
19. I love LIMEGREEN to the core
20. I like to dance/sing
21. I love white chocolates/ice cream
22. I prefer noodles to rice
23. I love my bed/GoodLuck CareBear/Piglet
24. I love to pay a visit to swensens/pasta mania
25. I love SimYuShan,Mabel Tan,Neo ShuShan,Cheng WaiMan,Denise Leong,Irene kam/koh, Melody Khoo,Lee Yen Ping,Tan LiXuan,Jade Ho & Ida Lim

Tadada,my first post is abt a lame quiz :D

25 THINGS ABOUT YUSHAN

2009-02-03T00:48:00.002+08:00

1. I'm not a non-living thing; umbrella
2. I love to listen to classical music
3. I've got a bolster which is with me since i'm born and it smells nice!
4. I love to sleeep with something covering my face
5. I do sleeeptalk at times!
6. I treat friendship a serious one
7. I am optimistic; always being happppy.
8. Loves sports; outgoing
9. Quality time with people are awesome.
10. Love kangkong,crabmeat,chicken-drumstick rice, pasta!
11. I used to love playing those masak(sp?) when i'm young
12. I'm very accomodating but don't bully me.
13. I dislike people who don't get facts right and start blaming others and not clarifying it.
14. I love kids and i want to work at a childcare centre!
15. I don't really fancy watching horror movie, but i don't mind.
16. I get hungry very fast and i eat alot!
17. Love drinking ice lemon tea, peach tea, apple tea, milk tea and lastly coffee.
18. Black, green, red, orange and purple are my favourite colour.
19. My eyebrows looks weird.
20. I got small eyes
21. I'm a quality time person
22. I love egg-whites only
23. I dislikes hypocrites.24. I prefer texting than calling.
25. lastly I love god & East & easta2!

25 things about MElody

2009-02-02T22:53:00.003+08:00

1. I'm a girl!

2. I'm not old

3. Love watching Fairly Odd Parents

4. I'm not weird

5. Going to RP

6. Outgoing

7. Not a joke nor a joker

8. Love doing media kind of stuff

9. Love mango, strawberry, cherry (non-artificial) and chocolate (black forest)

10. Joey is the first person who stayed over at my house

11. Dislike people who doesn't reply messages

12. Chinese song isn't my type

13. I used to have long hair when I was young

14. Was taken care by my nanny when I was young

15. CCA was military band and concert band

16. Love watching comedies

17. Dislike horror

18. Learning bass guitar by self

19. Love to play games which are FUN

20. Enjoy people's accompany

21. Dislike hazelnuts and almonds

22. Sometimes I just have 1 meal in a day (I'm not dieting, just that my house doesn't have the food I want to eat)

23. LOVE shakerfries (hardly eat nor easy to buy/find)

24. LOVE Mocha Frappe with whipped cream from Starbucks

24. LOVE my name

25. My shepherd, Denise Leong isn't Drop Dead Gorgeous (HAHAH!)

25 things about ida! yay!

2009-02-01T22:41:00.003+08:00

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you.

1) i like milk :D especially strawberry flavour.
2) likes baby blue, black, white.
3) optimist. but sometimes pessimist. :)
4) game freak! cs, gb, wolfteam, o2jam and maple are my favourites!
5) i have a small bolster. i think it smells nice but the others thinks otherwise. :(
6) don't like smokers.
7) cca is badminton. alot people dun believe lor! GRRRR.
8) swimming is my spare time favourite sport. :)
9) i prefer short hair. but people say i long hair nicer. lol.
10) i confirm want to take E.maths as one of my subj next year. :D lol. joke.
11) i often sit alone and stone if there's nothing to do. heh heh heh.
12) favourite chinese new year goodie is cake banghit(the white white abit power thing) :D
13) likes to dream happy outcomes about things even when i know it will never turn out that way. lol.
14) i will always have my brain in my head when i step out of the house.
15) clip my fringe up everytime after i bathe.
16) TOO talkative people = nono. normal talkative still okay.
16) dun like people who don't know their limits especially in athority things.
17) loves ghost movies/shows. but love even more when there's someone beside me so i can hide behind the person when there's scary scenes.
18) i don't have talking problem. i just like to skip a few syllabus when talking long long things that all. stop saying i have short tongue or talking problem!
19) am able to put myself into other people shoes easily.
20) when there's a problem or anything, i dislike people who ask just to have the 'lastest news', but likes people who ask because they are really really concerned.
21) i used to have loads and loads of toy guns, handcuffs etc etc.
22) favourite dish is fish and chips. :D
23) only 1 boy de friend of mine stepped into my house before. :D
24) again, i must say, i'm a game freak!
25) last one for u all to fill up! hahaha!

25 Random Things of JADE

2009-02-01T22:13:00.005+08:00

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you.

1. i love to laugh. i can laugh at the same thing for days, and even after a few years, when i think about it, i will burst out laughing again.
2. i love God! its because of Him i'm here and changed. GOD ROCKS!!!
3. i used to be a total emo and almost caused people like yushan to backslide. lol!
4. science rocks! especially chemistry and astronomy
5. my dream is to sing for God.
6. i love singing randomly throughout the day, whatever song pops into my mind, i'll sing it. sometimes to the point of irritating those around me.
7. i love libera[a boys choir]!!! they rock!
8. i have a dog in india named benji and a frog named benji.
9. i used to learn ballet and chinese dance
10. my favourite thing at home is my bed.
11. i've been biting my nails since 4 years old. [trying to quit]
12. i can't sleep with the lights off.
13. what i'm afraid of are those supernatural stuff like ghost all that. even a poster of a horror movie in a theatre can freak me out.
14. i'm a weird person, i have weird interest.
15. i do my own research on whatever i find interesting.
16. friendship is super important to me.
17. i love video games, especially those with alot of action and fighting.
18. i drowned in a bathtub before.
19. i can't laugh when i'm eating or drinking, if not everything in my mouth will come out
20. when i'm young, i play with boy stuffs like guns and remote control cars. i cut dolls' hair.
21. denise is my shepherd and my spiritual buddy is candace and yenping is my sheep! love them!
22. i'm very protective over my friends and those i love.
23. sometimes when i'm bored at home, i'll blast music and pretend i'm the singer. like being the praise and worship leader. saying stuff like "whoo! are you ready praise God?!!!"
24. when i'm young, i love to run around naked with my cousin in the house.
25. my closest friends now are yushan and misha

ok! EASTA2!! everyone must do ok, now you all know more about me, i wanna know more about all of you too!!

2009-02-01T11:45:00.001+08:00

THIS SLIDESHOW IS FILLED

WITH SIM YUSHAN ZILIANESS

2009-01-29T23:21:00.003+08:00

hey people!
school has started for about 2 weeks or so le, and cny just passed.
wahh i think we havent been giving our best to win our schools!
including me
but we can't stay like this anymore le! we havent been growing, we havent been moving, and we're not really doing anything about it!
its like as if easta2 is gonna die, or already dead. we can't let this go on!
even this blog is gonna die, why? because we got nothing to blog about, nothing to share. why? cause we're not experiencing God as much as last time le. we're drifting..
c'mon people, we need to get back on track! we need to get back to God
let's get our momentum back, let's get going!
if we've lost the burden, the desire, the hope, the faith, pray pray pray! ask ask ask!
easta2 is not just a caregroup, but its a family! God's family!
we're in this together! all for one, one for all!
LET'S WIN JUNYUAN, EAST VIEW AND DUNMAN!!
LET'S SEE EASTA2 GROWING!
LET'S SEE OURSELVES GROWING!! BREAKTHROUGHS!!
no more slacking, no more lazing around!

easta2, are YOU in this with me?

- jade

2009-01-29T21:04:00.003+08:00

What is your True Fear? Your Result: Being Alone While you may act like you don't care on the outside, on the inside your biggest fear is being alone. You can be quite shy and reserved. You feel like a lot of times people don't really see the real you. You're afraid that no one will really truly love you, and that you will be alone for the rest of your life. On the inside you are great person, so just remember that and don't let your shy nature get the best of you! If you don't want to be a lone then you need to make an effort to be with someone. Show the people that you care about that you really love them, and chances are someone will always be there, even if you think they won't.
Losing Someone
Disappointment
Looked down on
Where Your life is Going
Death
Commitment
What is your True Fear? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

What's Your Best Quality? Your Result: Personality Your best quality is your personality! People like you because you are an all around good person. You have good manners and values. You also like to express your personal style and interests.
Loving
Intelligence
Out-Going
Sense of Humor
Ambitious
What's Your Best Quality? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

What type of person are you really?????? Your Result: Normal You are perfectly fine. just next time try to be more... outgoing instead of just being "normal" cuz normal sometimes will help u get a good job but i might not help u get screwed.
Prep
Me!!!!!!!
Jock
Slut
Nerd
What type of person are you really?????? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

i'm normal, not like denise!
HAHAHA
- jade

this is nonsense!

2009-01-29T00:41:00.002+08:00

What is your True Fear? Your Result: Being Alone While you may act like you don't care on the outside, on the inside your biggest fear is being alone. You can be quite shy and reserved. You feel like a lot of times people don't really see the real you. You're afraid that no one will really truly love you, and that you will be alone for the rest of your life. On the inside you are great person, so just remember that and don't let your shy nature get the best of you! If you don't want to be a lone then you need to make an effort to be with someone. Show the people that you care about that you really love them, and chances are someone will always be there, even if you think they won't.
Disappointment
Commitment
Looked down on
Losing Someone
Where Your life is Going
Death
What is your True Fear? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

AIYO!!!!! i where got lonely lor! HAHA okei nevermind... you girls must always keep me company already! HAHA =D

HAHAHA NOW ! this is outrageously hilarious!

What type of person are you really?????? Your Result: Slut You need to calm down. take life by the heart and not by the feeling that u get down your pants. try to just make friends with other people instead of screwing everybody.
Normal
Me!!!!!!!
Jock
Prep
Nerd
What type of person are you really?????? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

ME?! A SLUT ?! GODDDDD ! ):
like totally omgggg! oh my! this is totally insane, like omggg!

with slutty love,
denise =D
muacks
toodles~~~

2009-01-28T22:35:00.002+08:00

try this out! then post your results here! at the same time to keep this blog alive~

What is your True Fear? Your Result: Losing Someone You love affection and the people in your life more than anything. Your greatest fear is that one day someone you care about won't be there anymore. You are a very friendly and inviting person, who draws in a lot of friendships with your kind, considerate, and loyal nature. However, deep down you are slightly insecure and unsure of yourself. You couldn't deal with it if you didn't have one of your loved ones in your life anymore. You don't have too much to worry about though, because with a friend like you, no one will want to lose you either!
Being Alone
Disappointment
Death
Where Your life is Going
Looked down on
Commitment
What is your True Fear? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

ida. :)

Be Better Daughters

2009-01-25T01:03:00.002+08:00

today's sermon preached by Pastor Prakich was awesome amen?
i'm really determined to show more love and care for my parents, i know that without these, i will never ever be able to bring them to come to know God.
i think i have the tendency to take my parents for granted, especially my mum.
like expecting them to wash my clothes, iron them, clean the house, pack my room etc, to the point that i sometimes see no point in thanking her thinking "its her job", "she's the mother, that's what mother's do"
i'm wrong to think like that.
our parents do all these things for us unconditionally, the least we could do is thank them.

this reminds me of an incident that happened in india during dec08. during dinner, we ate homecooked food at home. there was fish, rice, soup all that. then the fish is the kind that has many tiny bones. so my dad specially took the bones out one by one, making sure all the bones are removed before putting it on my plate. i didnt really realise him picking the bones so i just said "daddy, i don't want fish le".
what i said really hurt him. he purposely take out all the bones even though he cant see the bones properly for me, afraid that i'll get choked on it, and i just said i don't want it.
i didnt realise i hurt him until he said "jade, i took out all the bones for you and now you say you don't want it."
oh man! we will never know how much our words will hurt our parents. not all parents will express their hurt verbally like my dad did. be careful of what we say and do to them.
yeap!

let's aim to be better daughters to our parents!
when they see how we've changed, they'll know its God.
yeap! haha! looking forward to hearing many testimonies regarding you and your families!
c'mon easta2! we can do it!

- jade

my Healer is better than any doctor!

2009-01-19T22:25:00.004+08:00

heyo!
God is cool cool cool!
yesterday my shoulder was hurting like mad after the cg retreat at sentosa, its really very painful and sore. i decided to use my mum's osim ipamper to massage myself.
due to being skill-less in this area, i ended up hurting my shoulder even more.
its was very unbearable and painful to the point that my left arm is practically useless.
i had to type using only my right hand when i'm using the com, and during qt, i had to twist my left arm in such a way that it helps ease the pain a little, even putting my arm by my side hurts.
i couldnt focus on my qt or other stuff. all i thought was "ahh God faster heal my arm", "very pain, stupid osim thing", "God pain uh!!", "my arm, my arm". and i kept complaining to people through sms. and the next afternoon when i woke up, the pain is gone!
its amazing! i can even carry bags which was impossible to do yesterday. God is cool!
also wanna thank denise, she prayed for me. yay! thanks shepherd!
i'm healed!! i'm typing with two hands now. hehe!!

- jade

Our Shepherd ROCKS

2009-01-17T23:24:00.002+08:00

heyo!
today's service was awesome! though i only made it for sermon and altar call, God still spoke to me greatly.
what really struck me was the point about a sheep being a creature of habit[1b]
i mean, there's definitely alot of bad habits in our lives that we find it hard to overcome or get rid of. like me, i have many bad habits, like biting my fingernails. i've been trying to quit for very long le, like since sec 2 i started, but i couldnt. the habit has been with me for almost 10 years already.
so, we need God to help us overcome such tough habits in our lives. i wanna overcome my bad habits!!!

we need God to lead the way, we are short-sighted, we can't see what lies ahead of us. instead of just discovering the mysterious future on our own with the fear of danger, why not follow God's footsteps? go where He goes and we reach our destination safely.
yeah! i wanna hold on to God, the future is so full of uncertainties, but i know with God, i will get there.

i love this sentence alot:
character is like a tree, the reputation is like a shadow. the shadow is what we think of, but the real thing is the tree
i wanna to lift God's name high!!
yay!
let's cling onto God!

- jade

2009-01-14T22:26:00.002+08:00

God is so cool!
you guys know that yesterday we had no cg venue, seriously no one's house could be used.
mine couldn't, despite asking my mum so many times and promising her that i'll keep the house clean, she still said no.
however, yesterday, out of desperation, i asked my mum again.
and it was so cool!
she agreed!
yay! God never fails to do something at the right time!
- jade

God Never Fails

2009-01-13T16:59:00.002+08:00

WHOO! during this whole O'level period God really showed Himself real and faithful to me.
before i sat for my papers, i didnt focus fully on my studies like what most people would do.
but i focused alot more on ministry stuff. and it was nearing the end of cg08 so i was pretty distracted. i was really reluctant to study because i wanna be with the rest chionging for cg08.
anyway, i screwed up some of my papers, like math. so i was pretty worried.
and throughout the week before i get my results, God gave me peace.
i wasn't nervous. Praise God! many people were like "how how? results are coming!" but God made me different, yay! lol!
so here are my results:

English Language: B3
Combined Humanities: A2
Mathematics: C6
Science[Phy/Chem]: A2
Chinese: C5
Chinese Oral: Merit

Altogether i got an 18 for my L1R4, just enough to get into the course i want - moving images!
YAY! PRAISE GOD MAN! especially for my math. i lost like 32marks because i left the questions completely blank, not intentionally of course, but i passed! God is cool!! YAY YAY!!
also wanna thank God for sending people to encourage me, be it face to face, through encouragement cards or smses. they really assure me that i'm not going through this alone.
Thank God Thank God Thank God!! Praise God Praise God Praise God! WHOOWHOO!!
"Today is the day, You have made, i will rejoice and be glad in it!!"
YAY! WAHH I'M SCREAMING FOR JOY!
GOD IS AWESOME!

- jade

2009-01-07T22:31:00.001+08:00

was feeling very very very stress since the start of the year.
this and that din start out too good.
it's like totally cui, cant do anything well.
don't like school system this year, time table sucks etc etc.
family problems.
my own problems.
emotionally very unstable.
everyday worry what will happen tomorrow, what if i do this, later kenna scolding?
what if i do that, later cannot make it?
i worry, problems come somemore, worry more.
until i really really cant take it le.
cry out to God.
some sort of 'blame' him why put me under this whole process over and over again.
really feel super duper cui. keep asking why why why.

BUT THEN,

He told me that he only gave me strength to worry about today and only today.
not tomorrow or any other day.
really felt very relieved then.
He also changed my perspective of seeing things.
always dreaded of going school.
but the morning i wake up, dunno why but feel very excited to going to school~
always thought that tchers will rmb what i did last year etc.
but din't :D
yeah~
hehe.
just to like remind all of u that a new year = a fresh start.
put it behind and start all over again alright? :D
JIA YOU EAST A2! :D
- ida

jade's back on track

2009-01-06T19:08:00.007+08:00

whoo! my retreat with God today was awesome!
God really spoke to me druing my personal worship just now.
wasn't really doing well these past few weeks, i didnt really notice till recently when all the symptoms of spiritual dryness showed in my life.
oh man!
anyway, i had my retreat le, cried out to God, now i feel all refreshed and ready to continue my journey with God.
yeah!

this is what God spoke to me. [got illustrations]
yup, so now we're on our journey with God, going where God wants us to go, choosing God's path.
but sometimes, along the way, obstacles and our own sins will block the way, causing us to be stuck and we can't move on.so we have 3 choices to choose from.
1. we do nothing and just let things be.

2. we make a detour and choose to go our own way
3. we let God come and take the barrier away for us, letting us continue on with our journey with God.
yeah!
this involves us in letting go and letting God.
by letting go of our sins, our material wealth, our life, it removes the barrier away from the right path - God's path. without letting go, we'll just be stuck in the same position. so let go, repent, commit you life to Him. He will forgive and help you throughout the journeys, taking away every barrier along the way.

as i was reading the Bible, i came across this verse. its the first verse of the chapter i'm suppose to read.

Psalm 32:1-5
1 Blessed is he
whose transgressions are forgiven,
whose sins are covered.

2 Blessed is the man
whose sin the LORD does not count against him
and in whose spirit is no deceit.

3 When I kept silent,
my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.

4 For day and night
your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was sapped
as in the heat of summer.
Selah

5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you
and did not cover up my iniquity.
I said, "I will confess
my transgressions to the LORD "—
and you forgave
the guilt of my sin.
Selah

it says in v3-4 that if we keep silent, if we do not repent, we are "wasted away". we will grow weak. but in v5, when we acknowledge and repent, He will forgive and take away our guilt.
yes man!
i believe all of us have some areas or sins in our life that causes us to feel guilty and condemned.
God doesn't care about how many sins we've committed, but about how many we've repented.
when we repent, He will forget and cover those sins up. yay!

i feel so refreshed by God!
whoo!
time to chiong!

love, jade

Testimonies from Irenekam

2009-01-04T14:37:00.002+08:00

I had been wanted to share & blog this testimony in east a2 blog, but I keep forgetting it (!)
But now, I'm so going to blog now. :D

It happened on the 31 dec, east countdown. Yeah, cos i didnt buy my books on 30th,
then I go buy during 31st morning.
When i was waiting for the bus, (common testi, but still must blog down) I prayed
for the bus to come faster. within seconds (?!), it came! :D Praise God!

When I was walking to school, I prayed that the school bookshop will not have so many ppl, if not will wait very long & waste alot of time.
Then i went inside. WOW(!!) Only 2 person, excluding me! Yeah man.
So i get to buy in 10min time.

Then during the countdown, I also prayed that my dad will allow me to go home after
countdown, cos I was supposed to reach home before 11.
So when I called my dad, he was angry, but he allowed! :D
weeeeeehooooooo!

Then while I was waiting for cab with shushan & others, we also prayed that a cab will come. The taxi stand was super duper long, alot off ppl calling cab, we called too, but fully booked. So we had to wait there.

Then suddenly a cab came & stopped infront of us, ppl alighting & driver signalling us to hop in.
It was soooooooooooo WOW (!!!)
See, God help us in different different stuffs. :D

God is powerful, amen?!

Meaningful Stories =)

2008-12-31T01:45:00.005+08:00

first time here=)
tis post is wat i saw in my EL-classblog so i also wan post here=)

TWO SEEDS
Two seeds lay side by side in the fertile soil.
The first seed said, "I want to grow! I want to send my roots deep into the soil beneath me, and thrust my sprouts through the earth's crust above me ... I want to unfurl my tender buds like banners to announce the arrival of spring ... I want to feel the warmth of the sun on my face and the blessing of the morning dew on my petals!"And so she grew...
The second seed said, "Hmmmm. If I send my roots into the ground below, I don't know what I will encounter in the dark. If I push my way through the hard soil above me I may damage my delicate sprouts ... what if I let my buds open and a snail tries to eat them? And if I were to open my blossoms, a small child may pull me from the ground. No, it is much better for me to wait until it is safe."And so she waited...A yard hen scratching around in the early spring ground for food found the waiting seed and promptly ate it.
Lesson: Seize the day

Live your life as a coffee bean would
No one says that life is a bed of roses. We all know that it comes with its fair share of trials and tribulations.

However, our focus need not just be on the problems.

Solutions are at hand on most occasions, but are not necessarily always easy to find. Tackling these situations armed with a positive mindset is by far the best recommended course of action.
Exhibiting a dejected aura is a sure-fire path to grief - akin to admitting defeat when the battle has not even begun.

Personally,I cannot fathom why there are people out there who prefer to see the glass as half-empty rather than half-full. These are the same types who are already anxiously waiting for the worst before anything happens to them.

I am reminded a story told to me by a colleague recently about a young woman who went to her mother and told her how hard her life was and that she wasn't sure if she was going to make it through. She was tired of struggling and was on the verge of giving up. Her mother took her to the kitchen, filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fame.

She then placed carrots into the first, eggs into the second and ground coffee beans in the third. After twenty minutes of silence and just watching the contents boil, she turned off the burners.

She fished the carrots and eggs out and placed them into separate bowls. She then ladled the coffee into a large mug. The mother handed the first bowl to her daugher and asked her to feel the carrots, She did and noted they were soft. The mother then asked her daughter to take an egg and break it. She did and, after peeling off the shell, handed her mother a hard-boiled egg.

Finally, the mother then asked her to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich flavour and then asked: "What does it mean, mother?"

Her mother explained that each of these objects had undergone the same "trial" - being boiled in water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard and relenting, but come out softened and weak. The fagile egg, with its liquid interior, become hardened after the ordeal.

The ground coffee beans, however, were unique. After they were steeped in the boiling water, they started to change the consistency of the liquid. She then went on to ask her daughter: "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"

You may want to ponder these questions: Am I the carrot that seems strong, but who, with pain and affliction, wilts, becomes soft and loses my strength? Or am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart and a fluid spirit, but after a death, break-up or a financial crisis, becomes somewhat hardened? Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the boiling water, the very circumstances that bring it pain. It releases its fragrant aroma and flavour within those adverse conditions.

If you are like the bean, then when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is at its darkest, you elevate yourself positively to a whole new level.

I'd like to encourage you to take a tip from this story: go forth and live life like a coffee bean!

hope u all enjoy=)
-Yenping^^

A Brand New Year

2008-12-31T00:26:00.002+08:00

Yeah. A brand new year 2009 is coming very very soon, in hours time. & It's time to say Goodbye 2008 & HELLO 2009!

And I really pray hard that it'll also be a year, that everyone'll serve Him even more & a year
that our group will really grow BIG BIG time, phsically( :D ) & spiritually(!)

Besides that, I really hope to bond greater relationship with you girls! You all also must FAMILY together ok! heehee. :D

Let's pray hard that whenever we feel very far from God, we must tell our shepherds so that they'll help us to get back on track. yeah.

And I'm so excited about the East Chalet, where we can Family together! Yup.
See you all later!
Irene Loves You, So do God! :D

Dreaming For God

2008-12-30T23:49:00.002+08:00

hey!
today qianjin asked me what my dream for God is.
it really set me thinking.
i mean all of us can serve God step by step, but dreaming big for God gives you not only motivation but also a direction.
yeah!
i wanna share my dream for God!
both in terms of music and ministry.
ok in terms of music, i did dream of having the church choir being so good that we can hold concerts[like libera!!] where people come and listen to us sing and convert. using our singing skills as an instrument to bring people from around the world to the Kingdom of God.
initially, i had a dream of being a support singer and then a worship leader, i want it really bad. i remembered flo went to help me ask the support singing lao da why i'm not in support singing yet. the lao da told her that actually i can be in le, but then i have to help out in the choir. this really affected me alot, i was like huh?! because of choir i'm held back.
then while i'm in india, God spoke to me that support singing may not be what's best now. God placed in me a new dream - one day having to lead the choir. i mean i still wanna be a worship leader, but i would really want to lead the church choir one day!
so cool!
and also i wanna be a drummer for God!
yay!

and also, one day, i wanna plant church, hopefully italy.
haha! and lead a church there.

i mean, our dreams for God may not be what God planned.
as long as its inclined to the Word of God, go ahead!
if its not what God wants for you, He will simply close the door.
yeahh!
so dream big man!

what is YOUR dream for God?

- jade

2008-12-26T19:49:00.004+08:00

i guess most of us heard about zhou chu ming's illness.
some illness that will detiorate his strength day by day.
and doctors said it's INCURABLE no matter what, but it can be treated.
zhou chu ming already knew his illness a few years ago?
he's a christian. i bet he surely sought help from his church people before he announced the illness?
but never been cured.
because God's plan is always perfect amen?!
maybe God's plan was to let the whole of singapore to know zhou chu ming's illness,and then suddenly heal his sickness miraculously.
or maybe something else that we couldn't comphrehend.
yeah!
God will do something in singapore before He comes back!
AMEN!

- ida

stop worrying

2008-12-26T19:41:00.002+08:00

hey really wanna thank all of you for getting the book Travelling Light for me! its awesome and i learnt alot!
wanna share with you all something i really learned which i think is very applicable for all of us!
yay learn new things!
lol! anyway..

i remember there's one night before sleeping, i asked my sister whether she thinks alot when she sleeps, like lie on the bed then cannot fall asleep because you're thinking that kind. then Cher was like "no, don't have, i wanna sleep jiu very fast sleep de"
i got rather frustrated because i always have problems trying to fall asleep because i think alot.
i usually do alot thinking before i sleep. and my thoughts will keep me awake until i slowly doze off. there's even once when my thoughts kept me awake till 5am before i managed to fall asleep.
maybe i worry too much.
i don't believe i'm the only one who worries alot.
we worry about things of the future like "tomorrow cg first time leading games, what if i screw up or the game is boring" or "shucks! what if i get tongue tied while leading Sermon D tomorrow", "what if my visitors pangseh for tomorrow service" "what if my sheep don't listen to me" and the list goes on. what if what if what if, how how how.
and often these worries steal our rest and strength away.

Matthew 6:34[NIV]
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

[MSG]
34"Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes

God will give us the answer and the solution "when the time comes"
The KEY is to: Meet today's problems with today's strength. don't start tackling tomorrow's problems until tomorrow. you don't have tomorrow's strength yet, God gave you enough for today.

so stop worrying and trust God! God will tell us what to do when the time comes.
worrying doesn't solve anything, it only makes you more stress and tired. and the more stress you are, the more you will screw up.
yeah!

- jade

2008-12-21T22:36:00.000+08:00

heyo!
i think this is really cool!
this morning i woke up, and i got a word saying:
Monday at 16.04, something will happen. God will do something!
whoa!
i'm not sure if this is from God or from myself but, i'm having faith that it is from God.
Faith is the Key, that's what candace reminded me when i shared this to her.
yeah man
i've set my alarm at 4.04pm tomorrow.
waiting in expectancy!

- jade

jade's new year resolutions!

2008-12-21T22:10:00.002+08:00

heyo people!
every year, people set new year resolutions, be it believers or non-believers.
its good to set because at least you know what you're aiming for the year too come, and not just lead the year aimlessly.
yeah so have you set yours? i have.
so happy!
ok, behold.

1. CL by end Feb: focus on growing now, some time to get back on track with the ministry stuff when i reach singapore, and find people.
2. Discipleship: teaching and leadership skills
3. Obedience: in all aspects. followed by courage and intergrity when needed.
4. Reliance on God fully and alone.
5. Go for Missions.
6. Master drumming skills and join musicians ministry.

yay!
- love jade

Irene Kam

2008-12-16T23:41:00.002+08:00

yay! i can blog now :D
hehe. anyway people. i had blog some of the camp pictures, can go see. (:
hmm im gonna blog about my learnings now!

there's quite alot. and i believed that God had spoken to each and every one of you.
whatever He spoke to us, lets really dont be a listener, but a do-er ok!
hehe.
as for myself, I HAD REALLY ENJOYED MYSELF DURING THE CAMP!
it is really really a super cool and fruitful camp this time. though sometimes we may feel tired during the camp, like after some runnings and still have teachings etc, but if we really depend on God, i tell you, HE WILL REALLY REFRESH US!!
That happen to me too! during the camo right, there were like 3 times during worship and teachings, i super super tired, really. i doze off a few times.
then i really prayed to God in my heart that He will really take away my tiredness cos i really wanna hear something from Him, if i miss out some teachings or worship, wha, i really regret i tell you, but thank God! that He really answered my prayers.
and if He never answer right, but it's ok. cont to have faith, maybe it is a testing from God. (:

yeah, now i wanna share about the school and xmas services.
hee
Maybe now eastview and junyuan seems to be small, but we are all strong! with that, we really can complete it very very soon. but we must really have faith to the fullest, not just partially, that God is going to do something in our schools.
God spoke to me that He will not let us being the ones whose schools are not complete, He will realy grow us.
we must all have faith, really. cos it pleases God!
God can do everything himself, but He wanna use us, work with us, so that we can be able to grow more stronger!
beside that, we also have to step out of our comfort zone. it is really very difficult sometimes, but we cannot also serve God according to our desires or mood. if it is like that, then high chance we cannot sense God.

so, we gonna invite our friends down for xmas services! there're 3, i dont believed that our schools cant grow! it will grow!
WE MUST CHIONG, REALLY HARD THIS TIME!
this is just the beginning, the schools is just the beginning, we gotta win the world for Jesus! that's the goal we're heading.
let's rise up! sheeps to shepherd, shepherd to CL, CL to UL.....
We'll serve God WHOLEHEARTEDLY! Walk with him everyday, talk to him everyday, include him in everyday of our lives, because he is always longing to hear our voice.
repent to God whenever we know we did something wrong, because we wanna have a new start with Jesus!

YEAH. BLOG YOUR LEARNINGS DOWN. I HAVE SOMEMORE, BUT I LAZY BLOG. HEHE.
SO LONG.

God's Plans Are Better

2008-12-14T17:27:00.002+08:00

since cher and i are missing heroes camp, we decided to have our own camp.. sort of. haha!
praise and worship and all.
worship was awesome!
God spoke to me and reassured me that His plans are perfect and way better than mine, or anyone else's.

13for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.
14Do everything without complaining or arguing, 15so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe 16as you hold out^[^a^] the word of life—in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing. 17But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. 18So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.

and He showed me a picture of a box in the middle of a paradise place.
the things around the box is more beautiful than anything we can ever imagine.
and we're in the box.
the box represents our imagination and thoughts - its limited
whereas the things outside the box represents God's plan and thoughts - its way better than ours.
so shouldn't live in our own confined plans anymore, but step out of the box, and experience God's wonders.
yeah!!!

God, i know Your plans are perfect. though i'm missing out camp and many things in singapore, i pray that i will no longer complain and be reluctant because i know You have something much better in store for me. God i pray that i will be obedient to whatever You tell me to do. in Jesus' name, AMEN

- jade

2008-12-09T20:49:00.002+08:00

whoa thank God man!
i'm suppose to go the kashmir[some snowy, cold place in another part of india] for holiday during camp period!
if i go mean surely cannot go camp.
yesterday my dad was suppose to book the tickets, then i was praying that cannot book.
true enough, really cannot book!
haha!
and i think this is a new step of courage for me, i was prompted to speak out to my mum about going home to singapore, because she said to me "i wish i came here alone, then i won't have to bother about you two", i was prompted to say "since you wished it so much, send cher and i back to india".
but i chickened out[stupid] cause i was emotionally unstable at the moment, and i missed the chance, so i wrote a note to her.
i think she got it, and got angry and spoke to my dad.
pray she really send us back man!
think cher and i are gonna irritate her until she can't stand it that she has to send us home.
MISSION IRRITATE MOTHER on the go!
haha!

- jade

2008-12-08T13:49:00.001+08:00

hey! i'm in mumbai now.
continue to jiayou for cg08 okay everyone? i'll still be sowing on my contacts online and i'll ask them for service whatsoever.
so you all must update me if got any mcg or cg events ok
wahhhh. update in announcements.
i'll still be faithful to this blog, you all must also.
hope to see myself and the group grow!
that easta2 won't be the same anymore!
yeah!!

jiayou easta2!!
i love you all!
and i'm praying for a miracle for me to come home!
wait and see, God will work amen?

- love jade!

Bells

2008-12-04T21:56:00.003+08:00

isn't this a pretty bell.
ok not the point

as i was worshipping, God dropped me a picture of a bell, something like the picture above.
when the bell stays still, it seems ordinary and plain, but when the bell ringer rings it, it produces a nice, loud sound.
so God is like the bell ringer, and we are like the bell.
by ourselves, we are nothing. but when God choose to use us, we are more than ordinary.
and God wants to assure us that He has chosen to use every single one of us in His plan.
as long as we're willing to let God use us to our full potential, we can be the loudest bell ever!
haha!

jiayou!!
- jade

2008-12-02T22:45:00.003+08:00

Numbers is seriously an awesome class!
its like new revelations after revelations!
one thing i really learned in this book is about obedience!
every action has consequence, including disobeying God even in the slightest thing.
though we repent, and we are forgiven, it doesn't mean that we don't have to face the consequence anymore.
an illustration: if a man jumps off a building, but halfway through he repented for his actions, God forgives him for taking his own life, but does that mean he will suddenly fly, no. he will still die, that's his consequence.
and not facing our consequence is also an act of disobedience.
yeah.

there's alot more i learned but if i type it here it'll be too long
but i'll summarise after the last class. haha!
anyway..

LET'S JIAYOU FOR OUR SCHOOLS!
LAST LAP LE!
problems may come but victories will follow!!
what i learnt is:
the most beautiful sunset is when the sky is most cloudy!
problems will come to cloud over the sky, but when it is blown away, it reveals a beautiful sunset!

see!
let's chiong man!!

- jade

Pretty Leong's Amazing Life Story

2008-11-29T01:13:00.003+08:00

HAHAHA YAY i have the best title so far! NO ONE can win me! hehe

alright so here goes my conversion story...

once upon a time, there lived a beautiful girl named Denise! and... that's me! HAHA k unlike the rest , i'm born in a taoist family... what's the difference ? because my family worship "guanyin niang niang" and not "guanyin pu sa" , haha for whatever reason... there's a difference! my parents used to bring me to this temple to worship "di ah pek", however i know deep down in my heart, there's Someone more worthy to worship =D

since young , i've always thought that being a Christian was cool until when i started entering teenage , this mindset of mine gradually changed . when i was in secondary one, shuhfen and i was evangelised by Grace who is currently serving in another church (heard that she's coming back to Hope soon). she shared the bridge diagram to me and back then i chose "don't know" as an answer ( so irritating, i hate people who choose don't know... haha hate myself) while shuhfen said "yes" to Jesus... so cool right , shuhfen haha.. so they started working on me , Jolene ( Jacq's sister) started to message and call me to join them for their events . she persevered on me for almost eight months and finally i decided to visit one of their christmas event =D coincidentally , yuyu was there too... she converted a few days ago before the event with yiqin and winstar...

during my time there , the people were really VERY welcoming and everyone is so friendly that somehow it got quite scary but afterall it was fine , a girl called Yuqian ( now in NE ) shared her life testimony to me... i somewhat believed in the words she said so i decided to receive Jesus but then i know i won't be committed . HAHA and true enough , ever since my sinner's prayer , i didn't attend service and caregroup BUT jolene was really persevering! i appluad her, without her persistence, i might be still roaming aimlessly in the world.. this time round , she tried to connect me for another six months! in these six months , my life of course didn't get better , in school i was called to the General Office regularly and once i threw a chair at my teacher because she attempted to confiscate my phone . i'm one of the most rebellious kid in class and teacher had to pay special attention on me... my parents often received phone calls from teachers and i made around two teachers cry ? HAHA and after school my clique and i will go around TM bullying other school girls! thinking back , my past was really very funny and stupid...

i re-commit to God after six months because i was indirectly challenged by yuyu , she kept saying i won't go for church camp , so i had to prove her wrong! yuyu and i went for one day and only for games but that day God really opened my spiritual eye... i saw that the church lack growth , support and leaders and i really wanna do something to extend His kingdom . during games , Dolphin and Menghong really showered me with attention and making me felt like i'm VIP and i was really touched by their sincerity . so that day as i'm making my way back home from camp , i made a decision to re-dedicate my life back to God =D because if the people can get so on fire for Jesus , there must be something about this Jesus and it doesn't harm to try =D i tasted and see that God is GOOD =D ever since that day till now , i'm still serving fervently =D
mie n God wil live happily eva after worx!

GOD IS REALLY FAITHFUL AND AWESOME ! NOTHING BEATS KNOWING GOD AND MAKING HIM KNOWN ! =D

Irene Kam's Life Story :D

2008-11-28T01:34:00.005+08:00

YAY I AM THE FOURTH ONE! FOURTH ISTHE BEST~
HAHA, well, mine is very wordy. =P

also, I was born in a strong buddhist family. We always never fail to go those buddhist ceremony, rituals blahblahz. But i never never felt that those buddha was with me and love me.
Being influenced by my family, I believed in those retribution, 'tou tai' and what to do to go up to heaven.

Then, as you know right, it is very easy to being influenced by friends at this teen age. my life was meaningless, purposeless too! Slacking, playing, sleeping that was my daily routines. i started speaking vulgarities, for no reason. :P hmm, then i also started stealing. initially it was because my friends did that. but it slowly become a hobby, erm,bad hobby. HAHA.
according to my memory, i think right, i never fail to steal once a day. ooops
Then, 'finally', caught by officers in the ntuc. I remembered, the officer told me that if i never call my mom, i'll be send to a courtcase blahblah.
so i called. Both of my friends were crying, but i dont know why i didnt cry at all. haha! :P
hmm, i know that from the moment the officer told my mom that her child went stealing, i bet, confirmed that my mom is very very sad.
imagine your child went to steal, how would you feel? (:

then when i reached home, my father did not say anything, in his heart he is more sad, rather than angry. =(
then he asked me to nian jing -.-!i seriously hate to nian jing lor! need to talk those 'indian'language which i dont even know a single word, erm, maybe have, some.:D

then i was grounded in the june holidays.. is really very sian!! need to call my dad whenever i going out,and not everytime success. got curfew, arnd 5/6, so early lor?
then, after few months later, i started can go out liao. yeah! then, i never contact with that one of the girl. then everyday after school, lunch, go home. -.-

ok, i cut short. :D
then yay! Valentine's day is coming. :D then right, my sist told me one day that she is a christian, then i dono why, i got quite angry, haha.i think is bec i think is she betray to buddhist? LOL!!
Then, she invited me to 'hello love part2', with my conditions(dont tell!).:Dheh heh.
my heart was determined that isurely wont convert one, for sure!
but, still, as you know, i very 'soft heart' one. :D I was touched by the song 'how could i live without you'. then,i convert le lor.. haha!
though right, i didnt transformed overnight, but i finally know that,wow,there's a God who still loves me, after how many wrongdoings i had done in the past!
Now that i found my life purpose, and why am i doing in this earth planet! I also found out many many things that, how i wish, i could have convert earlier. I had miss out so much, but Im not going to cont to miss! yeah.
i want to be included in everything that to serve God wholeheartedly!
I want to live life with Jesus, bec He had died for me, though i did not witness it, but i know that it happened before, it is a fact! because the bible said so!
I really want to thank God infinite times, for He chose me in my class to spread the gospel, for this wonderful family & friends that cares for me!

God hates sin, but He loves the sinner, which is us! :D

Now, I am still trying to kick my bad habits like being selfish and hot-tempered.
But i know that, with God helping me,I can be a good and obedient servant of God! :D

I pray that, God will just protect me and I will be willing to do whatever God wants me to do & to be what He created me for! :D And Im looking forward to His wonderful plan for me ahead.
May God bless our group!

YUSHAN'S LIFE STORY

2008-11-28T01:02:00.004+08:00

Alright. Sit back, relax and here my exciting life story! - claps claps -

I'm basically from a buddhist family.However, we weren't so strong as to pray everyday to the God or what. But yeah, occasionally, we will pray. In my life, i do believe that there's a God out there. I always do pray to some "GOD", but in fact, i myself am not clear of who i am praying too. No one has invited me to church, nor have i go ask around about church.

Before

My life was basically just slacking around. Doing the same oh routine things like, going to school, having fun with friends, playing computer games, sleeping, watching tv. ETC. All the boring stuff that a normal person would do. I'm someone that is rather shy (seriously). I'm more of a introvert. I only speak when people start to speak to me. I'm someone that is more comfortable with a certain group of friends. I'm very insecure of myself as well. I will always be thinking of how people looks at me or whatsoever. In primary school, i had not much friends. Had only a few close friends, but there's always bound to be backstabbing here and there. I didnt really bother that much but i do have fun with them. We'll always have activites after school, and like always hang out at the bubble tea shop near our primary school. In secondary school,I choose the same school as some primary school friends. However we didnt get into the same class. I had no friends in my class, and that everyone was so stranger to me.However, as time goes by, i made some new friend. I join the same cca as a few friend. Which is BAND! It's like my 4th choice. EW! okay, but after much attending and all. I find band quite fun. I attended actively to band, as i had nowhere to go after school and all. I attended all the practice and all. I made another friend in another class. So during the June holidays, we went out to escape for some fun as it's the holiday season. At escape theme park, we met a senior of my friend, and her name is called JADE HO. So cause my friend wanted to go into the haunted house, so jade ask this girl called pooi yee along. Then we all went into the haunted house. SO after all the rides, and activites. I went into Burger king with my friends for a rest. And jade's unit or caregroup member came over to talk to me. Somewhat getting to know me and my friends more. So we did a ex-changed of number and all. Weeks later, kaysee, jolene and some other more people SOW on me. They shared the bridge diagram and all, and my response was "I don't know". So yeah, they invited me for the very first time to CAREGROUP. I went there feeling awkward, but had a little fun over there as the people were warm and welcome. So after a few weeks or so. I rmb-ed jade, and i saw her in school. So i wave-ed to her. And so, she started SOW-ing on me. She invited me to caregroup and service, but i didnt want to go as nobody wants to go with me. So eventually, someone agreed to accompany there. It's cool for the first time, but i didnt accept christ. Okay, fast forward- I went for about few weeks, 1 month or so? Then i decided to convert. It's because of the love of the people, care, concern, and how fun they were.

After

So after i convert. I wasnt that stable as yet. I had doubts and all. And i'm still afraid of how people would look at me. I stayed because the people there were extremely fun. Esp joyce she's the joker. hahaha! I was attending eastF caregroup, people there were very fun too. Crazy and hilarious. I always thought, speaking in tongues, is some language that we've got to learn. And i'm always very eager on learning. But i don't dare to ask around. All along i thought it was learnt by reading some book or something. Like some language book you know. Aye, come to think it's rather FUNNY.
I slowly got connected. And i'm interested in out-reaching. Slowly slowly, i stay-ed on in church because i want to serve God, and to win souls for him. Not just fun, but God is so awesome in my life. Oh there's a testimony i want to share. The very first time something happened to my mum, some sickness the doctor found out. So i was very afraid, and i decided to pray to God. Telling God to heal my mum. I was just a month old believe that time. I prayed a single prayer everynight, asking god to heal my mum. So a week later, the doctor told my mum that it wasnt serious. So i really thank god for it. God is just so awesome. AMEN?

Now

And slowly, God changed me. People train-ed me up in leading roles for caregroup. And now, i'm not that shy anymore. I have the courage to lead things more courageously. I used to be so afraid of leading, and i will kinda little stutter and so. But now, im courageous enough to evax, to talk to people, and to even take care of God's people. And i'm more secure in christ as now, cause i'm his child. Just want to say, Thank you to people who perserver-ed in asking me for service, people who train me up. And lastly GOD FOR LOVING ME SO MUCH.
Likewise people out there, i believe that God can do so much in your life as well. He can not just do in my life, but YOURS. If you choose to believe and walk with him. He will be always there for you.And and, you can make more friends in church as well! They're awesome people! Right? And now i'm serving God with a heart that I want to do so much more greater things for him. YAY! GOD LOVES ME AND YOU! :D:

Melody's life story

2008-11-27T23:09:00.007+08:00

Hello, I think I'm a rare customer here. HAHA!!!

Before knowing Christ, my life was more on enjoying (which include watching movie and stuff).

When I was in primary school, I mix around with the boys more compared to girls. HOWEVER, I do have many girl type of friends okay... I only hang out with boys after school to smoke at somewhere near my house. We never get caught by anyone. And this goes on from P6 till the start of Secondary school life. When I was in Sec1, I stopped smoking.

And of course, like typical sec1, we MUST join a uniform group and make new friends. So I sort of "join" band and know a few friends through band. I did not sign any form but my classmate asked me to go with her then I drag another 2 girls along with me. So end up the 4 of us were in band. LOL...

Through band, I make lots of male and female friends. As time passes, and I started to drag them to pon-tank band with me till sec2. Because my band instructor have found out that I was the 'master mind' of so many absentees for junior band.

I still remember, one Friday during February, one of my friend in band pon-tank with me to watch movie. On our way up to the mall, Serene and Qinning evaxed on me.

A few days before Easter, they invited me out for don't know what but I know I converted at the TM food court. HAHA!!! Such a memorable place, I still remember where I sat, I sat beside the window near the Fruit stall!

After I converted, my band instructor told me not to drag people to pon-tank with me because Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) is coming, and we have to practice for it.

And most of my days was filled up with band practice. Because band practice is on every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. So that means I wasn't able to go for cg and service.

And I told Serene about it and she tell me to go for make-up cg which is on Thursday with the EC3 peeps. I remember the first time I went to EC3 cg, they said "There's someone darker than Florence." LOL... I forgot who said that. But anyway, I'm much FAIRER than Florence. HAH!

And of course, slowly slowly I was tired of going for cg because I rather go out with my friends in band.

However, I rededicated my life to God again in Sec2 during the month of October. I realised that band isn't everything in life, there's something more then that.

After coming to my senses, I talked to my band instructor and we made an agreement that every Saturday, I can leave after lunch break, which is between the timing of 12.30pm to 2pm.

So some of the Saturdays, I will usually cab to Nexus with my smelly band t-shirt and pe shorts to attend service. After getting the Section Leader position in main band, I wasn't able to leave band practice early every Saturday. So, I made another agreement with my band instructor that I will go for service every alternate Saturdays. So that is the reason why sometimes you see me and sometimes not. It's only after SYF, I was able to go for every services and cg.

And now, I'm serving God in many ways and face no parental prosecution because my mum's a christian too. And she told me that it's my own decision. And during any funerals or chinese festival stuff, my parents know that I can't hold joss stick and they did not scold me because of that.

I really thank God for this wonderful family he has place me in. =D

ida life story! :D

2008-11-26T21:57:00.002+08:00

i'm from a buddhist family. my family was quite a strong one at first. except did not became veggi people. haha. will burn money paper every year, my house also got the god statue and will burn insense one.
then like one by one my sisters became christian. then they told me to say the sinner's prayer. being still a cute child(LOL), i agreed. i was pri.2 at that time. :)
they bought me to hope kids. but slowly slowly they din bought me there cause they lazy bring me. cause it's on sunday. saturday go somerset, sunday also go, can be quite boring. hahahah.
then like slowly slowly drift away from God lor.
when i was p6, starting of the year that time, my sister once again wanted to bring me to church, youth this time. but i rejected cause every saturday morning at 10.30, kid central was showing yu-gi-oh! :D she tried a couple of times more but i still rejected.
then finally, christmas was here! once again, my sister tried asking me. then okay lor, i went.
at altar call during christmas service, chenglee asked me whether wanna re-dedicate my life to God, then i was like 'huh, duwan lah, i'll miss yu-gi-oh from today onwards' but at the same time i was also thinking 'all my jie jie also christian, i not christian very extra leh.' i hesistated, then cheng keep say say say, i forgot she say what le. then i ok lor. :D hehe.
i stayed on at church is because joyce and yushan very fun. hahah.
but God also showed me he was very real in my life lah. hehe. i remember at mid jan, i was travelling home very late, around 10 plus, i reached my house down stair around 11.30. i was VERY VERY VERY hesistant to go up my house, because SURELY my mother would cane me. it was the first time i was home so late without my sisters. then i prayed to God very very hard. at last, i decided to go up. as i expected, my mum was sitting at the sofa. she saw me and ask, "why you home so late?" i was shocked by her tone of voice, cause i thought she would flare up and shout at me. i explained to her. and she said "okay, next time go church cannot come home so late arh"
WOW. i was really really bewilded. really very untypical of her talking to me so nicely when i was home late. i then knew it was God that done it. since then on, i started to serve God and yeah. :) hehe!

Jade's Life Story - YAY!

2008-11-25T23:54:00.002+08:00

i was borned into a christian family, my dad's a christian, my mum is, even my relatives are.
but i never invited Jesus into my life before. its like just a name but has no meaning.
i used to hate going to church because my first church is a chinese church and its like more suitable for senior citizens. it has a very solemn atmosphere.
reading a chinese bible made it worse, i couldnt read the words let alone memorise them.
i would often fall asleep which leads to me being scolded by my aunt.
then i changed church, one that is closer to my house.
there was cellgroup, and its youth and in english.
better, but i still dreaded going there because i don't feel belonged to the group and see no point in it.
other then me constantly hopping churches, my life had no meaning.
in school, because i'm from a i was from a Em1 class, my classmates dislike me due to my enthusiastic, childish and weird personality. they see me as immature.
my good friends weren't really good friends, i just called them that because i talk to them more.
i seriously find my life boring. wake up, go school, go home, watch tv, sleep.
because of all this, i was very insecure, worried about how people looked at me.

secondary school was better, more friends and close friends.
but when i had problems and needed someone to talk to, even my closest friend didnt care much about me.

until sec 2 i met this girl named Joyce.
we ended up in the same History project group due to our register numbers. her is 6, mine is 5. haha! one day during the project discussion, she just asked me down for her church service like "hey, you wanna come my church? got event". i agreed cause its on saturday and i'm free.
after agreeing, at first i regretted the decision because i'm afraid that her church will be like mine.
like everyone sit in a circle, then the leader will ask questions and you have to answer. i was afraid that the leader will ask me alot of difficult questions concerning the bible which i don't know how to answer. so kinda hesistant.
but i didnt regret going.
hope church is indeed very different from the many churches i've been to. one word to describe it at that moment was "rock concert"
and during worship, everyone spoke in tongues. i was amazed and shocked! cause in my other churches, tongues were like holy language which only the leaders get.
so after that service i decided to change church. yay!
i met alot of persecutions from my relatives and family.
my relatives were afraid that the church teach wrong thing, my parents didn't like me constantly going out.
but praise God i'm still here!
i think its really God's plan. junyuan is my 4th choice, and i got in and met joyce and met Hope.
after accepting Jesus, i had more friends who love me just the way i am, and some are even like me. haha! and i found my purpose in life. definitely, my life is alot more abundant and filled with happiness! and i grew in my security, i know that no matter how people see me, i know that God still loves me.

- jade

2008-11-24T22:56:00.002+08:00

heyo!
seriously wanna thank God for healing me!
its really miraculous!!
you guys know i've been having jaw joint problems for quite some time le, and it hurts badly everytime i yawn or open my mouth to big.
yeah its been a few months le. medication and going to the hospital didn't work.
then last saturday during altar call, those who were physically unwell, emotionally hurt and stuff were called to the front to be prayed for by the ULs.
i decided to give it a shot. i went up to yanyu rabbit to be prayed for.
and the cool thing is, when service ended, i remember a yawned and open my mouth really big.
instead of hearing that familiar cracking sound, or feeling the pain, i felt nothing!
its really God man!
i started sharing to everyone! yay! i'm healed! GOD ROCKS!!

and i learnt alot during east shepherds' meet yesterday at church office.
one thing dennis said that hit me was "if you put one thing you learned into practice every week, your life will be transformed" so i decided to buy a small notebook for my weekly application!
i'm excited to see myself grow!
yeah!! WHOO!
private victories will lead to public victories!
let's all aim to have private victories and easta2 will grow man!
YEAH

- jade

fresh manna and bread

2008-11-21T20:17:00.003+08:00

yesterday went for yhope shepherd's meet, God seriously spoke to me big time.
during worship, pastor shirls prophecised.
she said some of us are living on stale bread-word from God that you've received yesterday, a month ago, a week ago. its not fresh. just like the people in the bible needed fresh manna and bread everyday, we all need a fresh word from God daily. manna and bread that is kept will spoil, so the people receive fresh manna and bread from God daily. this struck me.
i used to think that when God speaks to me, i can take time to apply and stuff, then can last for some time before the impact of the Word fades. but i learn that we need a new word, a fresh word from God daily to grow healthily.
how can my sheep receive something fresh, when i myself is living on stale bread.
i wanna change. i want a new word from God everyday!!
yeah!

and also God spoke to me about my growth in Him, think i haven't been growing recently.argh! i really hate O's, but i think it still lies with me. my walk with God shouldn't be situation-based, but God-based.Holiday's are here, time to set objectives and make sure my time isn't wasted

- jade

2008-11-20T09:58:00.001+08:00

EA2 WILL GROW
EA2 CAN GROW
EA2 MUST GROW

in quality and quantity!

difference

2008-11-19T22:15:00.002+08:00

i was watching a tv program and it reminded me how fortunate i am to have God. there's a scene in the show where a basketball coach is like consoling a boy to go for therapy because he became crippled, then the coach was saying something like[its in chinese, so i'll translate]
"you cannot give up, nobody can be with you supporting you forever. you can have people cheering for you, but ultimately it still lies with you. you make your own path, you have to depend on yourself"
this is what the world says.

but this is what God says:
"you cannot give up, I can be with you supporting and helping you forever. my people and I will be cheering for you, rely on ME. I make your path, I've planned it, depend on ME"

yeah, we've got God! instead of just me, myself and i, we have God to run this race with us. LET'S NOT GIVE UP!
WHOO!!

- jade

2008-11-15T23:21:00.003+08:00

today is just so great!
let's welcome felicia into the easta2 family!! yay!
*cheers*
haha!
today's sermon is just so great! its got my favourite topic, astronomy!
haha! lol! its just so cool, the way pastor brendan uses this topic to prove the point that God is real and He's so great!
when we see the complexity of the universe, of life, of a single cell, we know God is real! who else can make such amazing things?

anyway! i got a testimony to share!
my mum sent me a riddle, it goes:
qn: what happened to the plants in math class?

Ans: they grew square roots!

then the next message she sent was that if i guessed it, i get $50, when she didnt know the answer can be found when you scroll down.
so i just told her the answer. she's like "how you know?"
then i got $50, but after that when i got home, i told her can scroll down.
then she was like "you didnt solve the question, so you don't get $50, but since you were smart enough to scroll down, you get half"
so i got $25 for scrolling down a message!!!!

- jade

2008-11-14T23:03:00.002+08:00

hello! :D
my sister dreamt about me dying yesterday night. in the dream she thought of a way to help me instead of soughting God for help. :D i think God wants to tell and remind us that whenever we face problems or whatsoever, we should seek Him first and not we ownself find a way out. cause our decision is not always right. :D :D

- ida[:

be like a tree

2008-11-09T22:05:00.004+08:00

hey, yesterday as i was doing my qt, i came across this verse,

Job 14:7

"at least there is hope for a tree:

If it is cut down, it will sprout again,

and its new shoots will not fail"

yeah, i think this verse speaks alot to me.
we all face different kinds of problems that will "chop" us down or cause us to fall, be it problems with ministry, family problems, financial problems or friendship problems.

but God wants to remind not only me, but all of us, that we should be like a tree, that even when it is cut down, it will sprout again.

when we stumble and fall, let's spring back up.

and when we do, not only do we get back on track, but the bible says "its news shoots will not fail", we will be stronger!

yeah!
remember, we're not running this race alone.

let's run hand in hand to the finishing line, when one of us falls, we pull them back up on their feet.

yeah easta2 will grow!! VICTORY HERE WE COME!!

- jade

2008-11-07T10:12:00.003+08:00

Alright, i'm here to blog again. I really really want to give thanks to GOD. He's just so awesome and real in my life. We had SOW caregroup on wednesday. However the night before, our attendance was very low, i was rather disappointed and discouraged. However god never fail to encourage me. Attendace was around 8 the night before, however the next day we got two more friends joining us. So it's 10 in total. I can say those two girls are super duper friendly? crazy? haha. Thou 10 isnt alot, but we all had fun together. Every soul counts. :D

Alright,this was what was happening on wednesday. Dark clouds came, weather wasnt promising, it look as if it's going to rain anytime. I was praying and praying and trusting god at home. I told god, no matter what we're going to trust in you, and we'll just make our way down to pasir ris park, despite people saying it's going to rain etc. So when i headed down to small mac to meet the rest. It kinda drizzle, so i decided to pray with the group. Not long later, the rain stopped, and as we made our way to pasir ris, there wasnt any rain there, and it's SUNNY. I believe this isnt just fate or whatsoever, but it's really GOD. God is just so real, he is just a prayer away. We should always perserver on, have faith that God will move! likewise, in our spiritual life, we should have the attitude of perserverance as well. I believe God will use us so much more greatly in expanding his kingdom! Let's all give our 100% to god! cheers :D

I just want to thank everyone, for making the caregroup a sucessful one. Thanks yenping, for making sandwhich, thanks kam for cooking hotdogs(you should cook more next time), thanks shushan for bringing drinks. thanks jade for thinking of games despite you're having O level. Thanks melody, stephanie,ida for making the whole caregroup fun. Everyone of you, brings a blessing to the caregroup! :D YAY. Love you girls <3 You all are greatly appreciated!

-yushan-

God Gave Me His Best

2008-11-05T22:06:00.002+08:00

today is so great!
i totally have confidence in my chinese paper, 1st time!
paper 1 is really God blessed!
cause i didnt bring my electronic dictionary, its totally God's plan that i didnt bring cause it was right on my table, how could i have missed it.
so in school, i started panicking and praying, asking around.
until God sent my classmate how cher.
i asked him, and thankfully, he has an extra dictionary.
and what's more, the dictionary is way better than the one i intended to bring.
cause i need to search like how to read the words and i cant do that with an electronic dictionary.
God gave me the best dictionary!
God gave me the best!!

THANK YOU GOD!
- jade

i will have hope

2008-11-04T00:22:00.002+08:00

God has been really cool today.
firstly, today was raining super heavily. before i left house to go to school for olevels, i prayed that once i stepped out of my block, it would stop, cause i don't want to do my exams all wet. faithfully, God answered my prayer just as i've asked it.

and also, i really didnt regret going WAM night today. its really awesome!
was prephecised by joan.
this is what she said:
she said she see a dry cactus, and God wants to tell me that more problems will be coming my way and wants me to stand strong!
though people may not be there for me, but God will always be there for me.
i melted at the assurance.
its so cool, how God uses joan to speak into my life. its not the first time.
God, i wanna stand strong! no matter what kind of problems i'm gonna face, i will cling on to you.

i will have hope. more problems = more miracles amen? haha

- jade

2008-10-31T23:30:00.002+08:00

hey
wanna share what God showed me during worship of grads' caregroup
God showed me 2 towers, one made of cards, another made of bricks.
when the wind and storm came, the tower of cards fell immediately, while the tower of bricks stood firmly.
God wants to remind us, that we should be like the tower of bricks, that stands firm and strong in the midst of problems, and not like the tower of cards that is so weak.
let's be like the tower of bricks!
yeah!

- jade

Time left?

2008-10-30T11:50:00.005+08:00

Yeah, it's me, irene kam, finally. Haha.
Anyway, yesterday went to watch high school musical yea.
Worth watching it. hahaha.

Anyway, ytd night, my sister have a chat with me about my r/s with God & how's my spiritual life.
Yup, I realised that, I had been in the Family of God for 9 months, and what have I done during these 9 months? I had really been slacking all these while.
I really MUST MUST MUST find at least a sheep by end of nov!
Last time I keep thinking that how come God does not give me visitors, and somehow I did blame on God, sometimes.
But my sister told me that, I must think deep.
why God does not give me visitiors? There are reasons for that.

Maybe my spiritual life is not good enough, then if it is not good enough, how would God place a sheep under me?
Or, it is a test from God. maybe God wants to test me that even i do not have any visitors,
will i continue to evax?

yup, I think that I must check it out how's my spiritual life going before I want to have a sheep.
I believed that God will pour down harvest someday, and it's going to happen!
We must trust, and wait on His timing, bec
God is always punctual, NEVER late!
amen!

I really really believed that east a2 will grow very very soon!!
For that to happen, we need to do our part!
God will blessed a imperfect church, but not a disunited church!

Really, there's not much time left. & I really hope that we will use every min & sec!
One min passed, means passed, we can't turn back the clock.
So, if we do our best, God will do the rest. amen?

Irene Kam

Guess who am I?

2008-10-29T21:26:00.005+08:00

Guess who am I?

I'm Melody Khoo

Highlight to see the answer. Hehee...

I'm here to share something God has just blessed me.

I'm actually buying a bass guitar online, and I just made a deal. And the price of it is $200.

And of course, I lack of 50 bucks!!!

When my dad is home, I asked him whether he can lend me $50. And he ignored me. Then I asked my brother... However, he has something crop up.

After that, I went to my room sat down at the edge of my bed and prayed.

My prayer is this...

God, I really need that 50 bucks to buy that bass guitar. So when I ask my dad again, please give me a yes or some good answer.

In Jesus name,

Amen.

After the prayer, I went to ask my dad again. And this time, he ignored me again. I walked to my room and sat at the edge of my bed again. And guess what?!?!?!

My dad came in and pass to me the 50 bucks and close the door. I walked out and told him I will return him one day.

I think that he is thinking when that day will come. Haha...

Let's grow!

2008-10-29T21:00:00.003+08:00

Caregroup today, we had around 6 friends joining us. Yayyyy :D 4 from eastview, 2 from poiching. hahaha! We caught high school musical 3, it's greatt, and i believe all our friends and us enjoyed the show. yeah? Guess what, god is so awesome. He gave us one whole row of sit, thou it's like 2nd row from the front, but we weren't seperated. We occupied the whole row, and manage to sit as a group! IS this cool, or cooler! :D hahaha Wooo, god is the best, his so awesome! I believe god is going to pour down so so so soon! :D Let's await for this harvest! :D

# Let's continue to fast, perserver on.
# Let's renew our r/s with god once again!
# Gather more contacts, build r/s with them.
- We got to be more genuine in wanting to know them more!
# After knowing them, bring them to christ!

EASTA2, Jia you don't give up, and for the O level people, join us after you're done with your O's! Will be praying for you girls :D Concentrate and study hard!

yushan :D

God Is Like A Glass Bridge and HE ROCKS MY LIFE

2008-10-28T19:45:00.007+08:00

heyo! today has been such a great day! all thanks to God
didn't regret at all coming for this morning's qt
wanna share what God spoke to me
while i was worshipping God, God showed me a glass, transparent bridge across two high cliffs way above the clouds. its a very beautiful picture and the bridge is so wow.
i saw us, crossing the bridge, and when we did, some of started started to see what's below the bridge and got scared afraid of falling in.
but we can be secured that though we can see what we may fall in, the bridge will still hold us and let us walk across the bridge safely.
God is like that bridge, though sometimes we see what we may fall in - our problems, struggles, sin - but we can be assured that God will never let us fall in. though we may not always feel, see or hear Him, we must know that He will never let go of us, Never let us fall and will always come to save us!
this is confirmed in [Isaiah 35:3-4]

3 Strengthen the feeble hands,
steady the knees that give way;

4 say to those with fearful hearts,
"Be strong, do not fear;
your God will come,
he will come with vengeance;
with divine retribution
he will come to save you."

God is our Saviour, there's no reason for us to be afraid, because "he will come to save" us! yeah! also, i wanna share a great testimony to you all!

today is my History Olevel paper. i was very tensed up this morning when i got to school, because i'm afraid that i can't finish my paper, as always. i've never finish any History paper before, i'll always either leave 1 SEQ or SBQ question blank. before the exam, i prayed that God will help me, and let me write fast. and true enough, God is faithful! I FINISH THE WHOLE PAPER!! WHOO! and not only that, i'm totally satisfied with what i wrote. all the key points and elaborations just flowed into my head like running water. its like God is my tap of knowledge filling my head with His knowledge! AWESOME! PRAISE GOD!!

i feel so shiok!!
GOD ROCKS

- jade

2008-10-27T22:35:00.002+08:00

you know the coolest thing just happened!
its like my mum is trying to book flight ticket to india online, but the internet doesnt seem to let her. so funny! God is like making my mum angry and frustrated. hah!
she keep going to different websites, clicking "singapore to india" flight, but every website led her to some other page! haha! she ended up to the page which says from bangkok to singapore, then some other weird pages.
she's been trying to book for like 15 mins already still cant find a page that is correct.
she restarted the internet a few times already.
i know this is not just the internet, but is God.
pray that she cant get any tickets. muaha i'm evil.
but i really don't wanna go!
yay God is cool!

- jade

2008-10-27T20:56:00.003+08:00

Hey, yay i've got a testimony to share. Even thou it may be a small lil prayer, but god works wonders in our daily life AMEN?
Yesterday, i went to suntann with shushan, the weather didnt appeared good as we thought. Black clouds came, there weren't any sun. So we went there with a heart expecting nothing. We sat down at the chair, and we kinda doze off. haha. Then i was telling shushan, let's pray for the sun to shine once again. So we prayed, and we pray and tell god, Give us 1 hour of sunlight, so we'll be able to tann. So after we pray, we decided to go for a swim. After the swim, apparently God is so so so awesome. The sun came out, and it's very HOT :D And we manage to tann. Yay.

All praises goes out to god! woohoo. God has been so real in my life, thru prayers etc.
I believe, even a small lil prayer, if you perserver on, God will definately bless you abundantly.
It's the same for our school. I believe god will blesss real soon, As long as we continue to pray and fast for our school. Our hardwork will be rewarded! :D So let's continue to jia you for JUNYUAN AND EASTVIEW! yay.

with love
DUMBEST yushan :D

don't give up dudes

2008-10-27T20:06:00.001+08:00

hey peeps!
let's not give up okay?
though we didnt have any converts or much visitors during Freedom service, but there's still many many chances for us to win our schools!
i believe God will bless us!
remember that ESS, ECGs, are all bonuses. we can still, and we must still invite people down for service and cgs!
let's jiayou all the way! support one another.
and through our hard work, our schools will be won!
the fruits will be much sweeter when we work hard for them!
let's show our friends what true freedom is during this holidays yeah?
haha jiayou!!!

love, jade

Love is...

2008-10-22T23:39:00.003+08:00

you know everyone seeks love, from family, from friends, even from the opposite gender.
like you hear so many love songs in so many different languages.
the most frequent question asked in the world is "What is Love?"
i think this chapter sums it all up.

1If I speak in the tongues^[a] of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,^[b] but have not love, I gain nothing.

4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

love is so important in all of our lives.
besides love from our family, our friends, our boyfriends, we also have love from God whether we know it or not.
God is love. God is the source of all love!
we all need love, so meaning, we all need God!
without God, we are nothing!

share with you all a cool way to remember this[my friend taught me]:
C H R I S T I A N - CHRIST = IAN
= I Am Nothing

yeah man! God is and always will be the person we'll ever need!
let's not forget about Him

- jade

2008-10-20T01:07:00.000+08:00

alright seriously it ain't very nice for ahbe's camera to be with me , cos i nearly died of heart attack today...

i'll say briefly what happen.. haha

basically we borrowed the camera for the photoshoot for our ECG video and yesterday we had half the filming and shootings done , yay ! =D so this morning i was happily looking through the photos and walking around my house ( k actually i went to the toilet ) , and then i left the camera at one safe place of my toilet and i went to pee... ( at this moment , i don't remember if i took the camera out of the toilet )
i was about to leave home to go nexus and the water baptism place to meet sirui.. and vividly i remembered placing the camera into my bag... thinking to myself that my bag's full of gadgets =D i reached YWCA and we gathered at the auditorium to play games.. because joy was so funny , we all wanted to take photos of her . i searched my bag and to my horror , there's NO camera ! i thought it was a prank made by my eyes so i started ransacking my bag a few times , but there's still NO camera ! the bag's large enough that i could see everything inside it , but there's just no traces of the camera... i panicked and called home to ask my mum to search the house but she too said there's no signs of it... i pyschoed myself that the camera must be at home and made a few prayers to God here and there .
soon after i went nexus and took the banner for ECG and set off for home . upon reaching home , i was expectant to see the camera lying at the safe compartment in the toilet but to no avail , i searched high and low but there's still NO camera ! ): i literally broke down and then God prompted me to search my bag for the last time , i opened my bag , took out the banner and TADAA!! there the camera lay right in the bag and infront of my bare eyes ! my God... how can this be ? i mean... something that is obviously missing can re-surface and appear... to me that was totally miraculous, more than magical ! i can't deny the fact that God is real !! He can make things that disappear to appear right before your eyes !

PRAYER WORKS , BUT IT TAKES FAITH TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY YOUR PRAYERS =D

no one rocks my world more than God , i love You God... You are my superhero ! MUACKS ! =D

with love,
denise tiffany =D

WE ALL HAVE POTENTIAL

2008-10-19T20:38:00.004+08:00

WHAT IS SEEN IS ONLY TEMPORARY!
WHAT IS UNSEEN IS ETERNAL!!

just wanna remind all of us that even though we havent seen fruits after working so hard,
but we have to believe that this is only temporary.
we shouldnt just focus on the state our cg is in now, but let's focus on what our cg can become!
strong, biblical, faithfilled and so much more!
easta2 has so much potential!
the problems we face may be great, but that only means we will have greater miracles!
and greater miracles = greater growth!
remember, when problems come, God will not lessen the size of the problems, but He will increase our faith!
let's ask God for faith! ask God for strength! whatever we do, we can guarantee that we have God's backing!
let go and let God! yeah!
stand firm in all circumstances!
though i cant be with you all literally chionging and evaxing to win souls,
but i'm with each and every one of you in spirit!
JIAYOU EASTA2 non-grads!!
you all play a part in this journey!

love, jade

2008-10-16T20:06:00.002+08:00

yay i wanna thank God for guiding me through my Chem and Physics Olevel practical paper!
yay! He really blessed me man!
usually i'm very clumsy in doing experiments, especially for chem de,
its like almost every practical session i will break a test tube, or i'll spill chemicals all over my paper and table, but none of that happened today. yay! God gave me steady hands!
and also i didn't have to redo the experiments, cause usually i have to also. either i couldnt get the results needed, or i spill the chemicals or accidentaly mix the wrong chemicals that i have to restart the whole experiment, the questions are usually interlinked.
and also thank God for giving me wisdom! i can answer the questions, though the chem paper is tricky. i did my best, the rest is in God's hands!
now to chiong for the other papers!
do it once and do it well!
hehe!

- jade

2008-10-15T19:44:00.005+08:00

hello~
i just want to say our blog is so nice and organised and last but not least, I'M ADORABLE AND LOVABLE!
bye~

haha! just joking! i just wanna spur you all on to win junyuan and east view!! they must be completed by end of the year and freedom service is one that we can get a new pool of contacts and bring them down! while we're enjoying after exams de freedom, let's also take out some time to just spend time with God and at the same time to go inter or tm or anywhere that got alot of students and that we can evax on. Let's all work hard and give our best, later on we can play hard with our newbies! just imagine! hahaha. :)

jia you east a2!!! They shall be completed! YAY!! :D

adi brrgirl.

I WANNA JOIN YOU ALL!

2008-10-14T23:58:00.002+08:00

ahh i feel super duper burdened after today.
seriously there's not much time le, its our FINAL lap to win junyuan and east view!
its now or never!
i really really wanna join you all in outreaching, in sow'ing, but stupid Olevels is restricting me!
i really can't study at ease knowing our group isnt growing.
when is the last time we saw converts in our group?
when is the last time we even saw visitors for cg and service?
its very very long already!
just now as i was praying to God, He dropped me this burdened for the school.
some of you might say its like the wrong timing to have a burdened for the school when i'm in the midst of mugging for my Os. i don't know if it is or not, but i really wanna do something!
i can plan strategies or even outreach abit with you all, but ultimately, you all are the key holders of winning these 2 schools!
i can't do much, cause i gotta study as well even though i don't wanna!
i really don't want to study, i want to outreach and chiong cg08 with you guys!
if i have a choice, i rather be sec 2 now and chiong studies another time.
we've got to start sensing the urgency!!!
exams are over le, time to chiong for God!
you all can finally out studies aside first and chiong to win junyuan and east view for cg08!
c'mon people, no time to waste!
when we give our all, God will pour!!

JUNYUAN AND EAST VIEW CAN BE, MUST BE, WILL BE WON!!!
believe it man!

- jade

2008-10-14T23:17:00.003+08:00

Easta2, just want to say our two dear sister called IDA LIM JING ZHEN AND IRENE KAM YUNG YIN will be baptising this very sunday. So why not let's give our support to them by going down to YWCA this sunday for whose who can make it.

Anything can contact me.
Update you all again!

<3 yushan

2008-10-14T23:01:00.002+08:00

HELLO easta2.

Today's district caregroup is so cool! For those who have miss out, i'm here to update you all.
What dennis says today, ulitmately is that we should get our relationship with god back on track again. For those who aren't doing well, aren't walking well with god, let's take a day to really spend time with god. Let's not compromise, but let's do it k! If we take one step to get closer to god, he'll run towards you. So let's take the first step to draw closer to god.

Secondly is that, after we get our relationship back with god, we ought to start to do god's work. Yeah, Our easta ECG is coming up soon! It's called LOVE ACTUALLY.
Let's really make use of everytime in school to outreach, to share the love of god and to invite our friends/juniors/classmates or anyone to this ECG alright? Let's do whatever it takes to invite them. Holidays are approaching, and there won't be much chance for us to outreach in school, so let's make full use of this 1 and half week or so to outreach k!

Let's really see JUNYUAN AND EASTVIEW VISITORS FOR UPCOMING ECG!
CHIONG AH EASTA2.

Lastly, i want to say is that. I believe most of you have receive your results right. Why not let's give thanks to god, no matter what results we get k. God has a perfect plan for everyone of us. Don't condemn yourself for not doing well, but let's give thanks to god.

<3 yushan

2008-10-14T14:54:00.003+08:00

Hello everyone!

I had not been blogging since longlong time. Hehe, sorry ah Jade. :D
Anyway, ytd which is the post-exams celebration, was held over at my house!
Yeah, I cooked alot for them, & Yushan never tell me that we're supposed to cook tgt. Hehe.

And yes, there were me, yushan, shushan, yenping, joline & denise.
We watched tv tgt ( Mr Bean ; that was retarded~ ) as well as eat together!, bounce ball tgt & we hit.. hmm, a photo. :D
Hahaha!
They are super crazy ok! esp denise & joline ah. Both of them kept bouncing the colorful ball at my living room somemore. :P Hehs.

Then, we went down tgt to play the ball (volleyball & soccer) Laughs!
Is super duper hilarious can!
and, we keep miss the ball, make us very embarrassed~ *.*

After sweating so so much, we went back to my house. Both my parents went back.
Then we chatted awhile, then they went off to meet my shep. & we got dabao for her.

Hmm, caregrp is really my family, they are really caring, & fun-going sisters.
Yup, EASTA2, YOU GUYS ROCKS! :D

ALL THE BEST FOR YOUR RESULTS!

IreneKam :D

More Than We Deserve

2008-10-10T23:28:00.004+08:00

hey! just wanna share what i learnt from my QT.

[Ezra 9:13-15]
"What has happened to us is a result of our evil deeds, and our great guilt, and yet, our God, You have punished us less than our sins have deserved and have given us a remnant like this.
Shall we again break Your commands and intermarry with the peoples who commit such detestable practices? Would You not be angry enough to destroy us, leaving us no remnant or survivor?
O Lord, God of Israel, You are righteous! We are left this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it not one of us can stand in Your presence."

all of us are so sinful, we did so many countless things that are evil in God's eyes. we disappointed Him many times committing the same sins over and over.
But despite all this, God treat us so much better than what we actually deserve.
By right, we are supposed to be destroyed and punished because of all the sins we've committed, instead, God treats us well. God still loves us so much no matter how much we hurt Him. i think that's very amazing.
None of us deserve to stand before Him, but yet God still longs for each and every one of us to draw nearer to Him.
if God does not love us, and is merciless, we would have suffered like mad by now.
the key is, God forgives and God forgets.
whatever sins we've done, big or small, a few times or a million times, as long as we repent and make effort to want to change, He will forgive, and put the matter behind Him.
Imagine the whole pile of matters that is behind Him by now.
thank God i'm not God, if not all of you will die in my hands. muahaha haha!

and also
[Ezra 10:4]
Rise up; this matter is in your hands. We will support you, so take courage and do it.

i think all of us should send this verse to our leaders often. no matter how cool or how amazing out leader is, she still needs our support. a little encouragement goes a long way.
its amazing how one word "jiayou" makes a difference. our encouragements and affirmations encourages them alot, and it will help them to strive on!
so let's support our leaders more, and show them we're in this with them. Yay!

- jade

God is Our PROTECTOR!

2008-10-09T21:32:00.002+08:00

hey peeps!
today's cg Holy Communion was special and cool don't you think? well done shushan!
haha and i was reminded of something during that Holy Communion!
remember shushan told us to wrap the cross-shaped bread with aluminium foil, that was cool!
the cross-shaped bread represents us and the aluminium covering it is God.
the ribena poured on top of all the aluminium-covered bread is the sufferings and problems we face.
Let's always remember that Jesus is always protecting us from all the sufferings and problems!
and though we do face problems sometimes[represented by the parts of the bread undercovered properly], He is the one that gets hit the most!

i wanna start seeing God as a protector, that though i face problems, He has it worst.
if there's no Him, i would have been hit so sooo soo much more that what i'm receiving now.
thank you God for sending Jesus to die on the cross, and from shielding us!
I LOVE GOD!!!

- jade

happy (belated) birthday

2008-10-08T03:06:00.004+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IRENE KOH AI LING KAREN AND SIM YUSHAN UMBRELLA

EA2 LOVE YOU =D HAHA SORRY WE HAVE A LAG COMPUTER =D

I AM WILLING

2008-10-08T02:52:00.000+08:00

THANKS A MILLION TO MELODY FOR HELPING ME UPLOAD THE VIDEO (:

before i begin , i would like all of you to watch the "i am willing" video if you haven't do so...

the video showcases certain parts from the movie " Ten Commandments " , it talks about Moses being called by God to lead the Israelites out of Egypt however he felt inadequate and insecure because he do not know how and etc. Nevertheless, Moses despite feeling that he's not able knew that God's able and thus willing to be used by God. And because of his willingness, God did amazing things through him (eg. part the red sea). Many a times we might feel like Moses, feel inadequate, small, or even lousy but as long as we're willing to obey God's command, he can work through us and let His light shine through us. God is a gentle God, He'll not force His power through us if we ain't willing to let Him take full charge (: So in other words, when we're willing to obey God and be used by Him, God will add upon us things that we lack and cause us to be able to complete the task that we're set to do... He'll provide for our needs, needs needed to fulfil the task... =D

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
STUDY WELL PEOPLE =D
soon you'll enjoy while i'll suffer cos school's reopening while you girls can enjoy holidays teehee =D

with love ,
denise tiffany =D

2008-10-06T20:08:00.001+08:00

i wanna thank God and praise God
cause, i didnt even study for my chemistry test, and i didnt even know there was a test, but i got 21/25 for it! yay

- jade

no excuses

2008-10-06T19:39:00.002+08:00

whoa, sorry peeps, havent been online for the past few days, was feeling sick.
yeah. saturday service was awesome!
one thing i wanna really apply is to stop giving excuses in the things i'm called or supposed to do.
like studying. due to my laid back self, i often give excuses in putting off my time to study.
i'll give excuses like, "oh my favourite tv show is on, later.." or "aiya, headache, tomorrow then study.." and "hungry, i cant study on an empty stomach". this always ends off with me not having to study anything at all for that day.
i wanna stop this. jade, be disciplined!
and another area i give excuses is, is outreaching. sometimes because of fear, i give excuses to avoid having to evangelise on a certain person. i'll give comments like "huh? that girl like so scary, so unfriendly, don't want luh" and "that girl don't look like lower sec, think she's around sec 4, not our target, nah...". yes, i'm guilty!
but i repented and wanna change.
next time if i give excuses, smack me please!
thank you!

- jade

light on examination

2008-10-03T20:39:00.001+08:00

Enter the examination hall without any idea on what is the criterion or subject being tested is equivalent to running onto the battlefield without a rifle.

Exams can be said to be a constant in student’s life. It is an annual ordeal, but even more importantly, we must understand that it is allowed by God. Thus the question to ask is why are we being examined and what are we being examined about.

An examination is a test to see if we have acquired a certain level of proficiency in something. Thus the purpose of an examination is always to act as a gauge, both used by God and by man. (Meaning that the purpose is similar, but the standard of gauging may differ)

Already answering why we are being examined, now we need to answer what are we being examined on? We need to know what we are tested upon in order to pass; hence this is the important point. Schools examine our knowledge, God test our character. (I hate to use the word test as it seems to be an understated expression regarding the importance of passing the assessment, but people are often more familiar with God testing us.. so oh well..)
Understand this, God’s main aim is not out to make us smarter. After all, as I said before, knowledge of this world is of no value. In fact, we are merely discovering what God has concluded. He made the world. If He’s so obsessed about us learning how it works, He would have given us a textbook, not a Bible. Besides if God wanted to use exams to test our level of intellect, He would be practicing favoritism with those that He created with higher aptitude for learning.

God uses exams to bring out to light our true character. He’s testing us in discipline, diligence, perseverance. If we cannot even be disciplined to study for an exam which is the basic responsibility of a student, how can we be disciplined to shepherd our sheep? If we cannot even study diligently, how will we be to serve Him diligently? Our character is reflected off simple things such as these.

Get this straight: This isn’t an examination on intellect; this is an examination of character.

Our examination hall isn’t the school hall, it’s our daily life
Our exam duration isn’t the 2 hours; it’s the months leading to the examination
Our exams doesn’t end when the time’s up for writing, our exam ends when the time is up for our preparation
Our pass isn’t in our marks; it’s how we fared in the eyes of The Almighty
He’s not asking for top grades, He asked for top character
Just do your best, for by doing that, you have already passed His test.

- jade
someone sent me this, i found it very meaningful, i hope you guys learn something from it.

JIAYOU EASTA2

2008-10-02T21:43:00.004+08:00

hey dudettes!!
we know exams are here, and for some of us, its around the corner.
some of us may not feel the urgency yet, even those who are taking their O's this year... like me.
ok i admit that i ain't motivated yet.
as much as i want my body to start studying, my body did not.
i feel that laziness is starting to be suh a burden.
my prelim results is terrible!
the highest i got is a B3, and the lowest, an E8.
time to pull up my socks! and you too if you havent!
many of us think that there's no motivation, there's still time. How wrong you are!
God should be our motivation! and every exam, we only get ONE shot!
we wanna do well in exams not for ourselves, but for God!
it pleases God when we give our best in our studies!
no matter how irrelevant you think the subject you're studying is, it doesnt matter, just do your best!
like what we learnt, school should be a joy[though its not for most of us]
let's change that attitude, and tell God we wanna give our best!
personally, i havent started studying, and my O's are getting closer.
but i'm starting today, emath practices. i hate math, but i wanna do it for God!
when we do our best, God will do the rest amen??

JIAYOU!! will be praying for you girls!
- love jade

ps. check out the announcement section for tips to reduce stress!

God, You never fail to amaze me!!!

2008-10-01T22:45:00.005+08:00

hey! wanna share with you guys something very cool that happened when i went to visit my grandma, aunt and uncle[they live together].
its truly amazing! i was taken aback!

my grandma, aunt and uncle accepted Jesus into their lives not long ago, a few months i would say, and my grandma's faith in God is just so great!
during dinner, God was all my grandma could talk about.
she was sitting with us, sharing loads of cool testimonies[in teochew] of how God blessed her.
one of the testimonies she shared was about this brother in her cellgroup who smokes, and he won't heed people's advice of quitting. my grandma talked about how our body is the temple of God and smoking is just like harming God's temple. and she prayed to God that during the sunday service, the pastor would talk about smoking, like tell the church people is bad to smoke and stuff.
true enough, that sunday, during altar call, the response was for those who smoke. she was just so amazed that she praise God right at our dinner table.
its just so cool!
and she talked about this sister[non-believer] who was in some kind of coma, and wouldnt wake up. my grandma prayed for her, together with the other believers, and she woke up.
when that woman woke up and said God brought her to see hell, its a very creepy place.
its really a horrifying burning place, and God let her see heaven as well, because initially, God didnt let her see because she did not believe in God, but she promised that if she saw heaven she would believe and convert. after she woke up from her coma and was healed completely, she accepted Jesus into her life!
thank God i could understand teochew if not i wouldnt have listened to all this wonderful blessings from God.
my grandma is so happy that she sang some chinese and cantonese praise and worship songs for us to hear, its very cool! haha!
God has changed my grandma's life.
and my uncle's!
when he just receive Jesus, he was constantly bugged and haunted by satan and the demons.
there were always scary thoughts in his mind to like tell him to commit suicide and stuff, and my uncle fell into depression. now, he is completely healed and satan no longer has control over him!
wow! God, you are truly AMAZING!!
You amaze me more and more each day!!

and since my mum isnt a believer, my grandma was like trying to convince her that God is real, like "this is the true living God" and stuff. OMGOSH!! so cool! and she also share Christ to her friends and like pray for them!

i believe if God can change my grandma and uncle's lives, He can most certainly change ours as well! aim for life transformation!
give thanks even for the little things, don't take God for granted!
Praise Him!

oh yeah! just now i wasnt feeling well, my grandma and aunt suddenly prayed for me, so full of faith. and now, i'm completely healed!
=)

- jade

i'm forever Yours

2008-09-29T22:52:00.005+08:00

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

2008-09-29T22:11:00.002+08:00

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-

MIRACLES

2008-09-29T01:08:00.001+08:00

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

Miracles!

2008-09-27T22:56:00.002+08:00

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

2008-09-26T20:24:00.002+08:00

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

2008-09-25T02:28:00.000+08:00

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

2008-09-24T23:30:00.002+08:00

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

2008-09-24T14:28:00.002+08:00

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! (:

2008-09-23T20:34:00.003+08:00

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

2008-09-23T17:00:00.005+08:00

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

2008-09-23T11:58:00.002+08:00

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

a world without God is a world of terror

2008-09-22T19:31:00.002+08:00

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

2008-09-21T22:09:00.004+08:00

[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

2008-09-21T20:37:00.002+08:00

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

2008-09-21T17:24:00.003+08:00

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