Thank God For The Small Things

Thank God for the small things in life.

Thank God for the run in school on Monday, which alleviated the pent-up stress and frustration over deadlines. n thank God for the Ah Balling after the run=) its always nice to fill ur stomach after expending energy..ok its always nice filling ur stomach whether u expend energy or not haha..!!

Count your blessings

Count your blessings, name them one by one,
Count your blessings, see what God hath done!
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.

its painful to be in the service of the Lord..feel so helpless sometimes..i can't help you..unless you learn to let go..unless you learn to surrender..very often, all the pain and frustration we experience is b'cos we refuse to let God be on the throne of our lives..its a painful and difficult teaching for people to accept..its painful to watch people in pain yet be unable to do anything b'cos they do not want to heed you..because they love the things of this world too much..b'cos they love themselves too much to want to let go of their desires..to attune themselves to God's will..time to die to ourselves..time to die to our sinful nature..time to magnify God..minimize ourselves..

My spirit pains and grieves for you
My heart writhes with agony at your lost
Perhaps, you've never noticed
How you were valued by others
Perhaps, you've been too preoccupied
drowned yourself in sorrows
its too late
all seem lost
i pray
that you'll turn back one day
come back to God's grace
He'll always be waiting
to welcome you back with open arms

AUGUST

Quite a lot of updating...

Back to school..
but still kinda disorganised n disoriented n dis( you fill in )...
Attempting to be minimalist..

所需要的力量你天天賜給我，

你恩典夠我用。

Its a joy to worship the Lord..!

Its really a joy to worship the Lord..!
This can only be done if you worship in spirit and in truth;
worship with all your heart, mind, strength and soul.

The greatest victories are gained through surrender.
How much are you willing to surrender today?

Struggles

Feel abit unworthy to quote Paul, but yup, here goes..

Who is weak, and i do not feel weak?
Who is led into sin, and i do not inwardly burn?

2Cor 11:29

The story of the doting Father

Once, there was this Father who doted on his children, though He never did spoil them..He gave them everything that they needed and more..they had tasty n nutritious food, nice clothes and many toys to play wif..

but alas, one day, the children decided to take some building blocks and crafted a robot in their image..then they said to one another, let us call it our father..it will provide for all our needs..when the biological Father saw it, He was overwhelmed with grief..year after year, the children refused to acknowledge Him or His presence..when they did they scorned Him and spat on Him..but the Father never gave up..Filled with love, He sought them out and initiated reconciliation with them..

if you are reading this and have not yet established a relationship wif God, i wish to share this with u, that..

1) God made us and wants to have a personal relationship wif us
2) He yearns to share in our joy and sorrow, like a Father to his children
3) but we have sinned and turned away from Him( the penalty for sin is death )
4) but God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son Jesus Christ to redeem our sins through death on the cross, that we may restore this relationship
5)all that is left for us to do is to repent, open the door of our hearts to personally receive Jesus into our lives and through Him experience God's love again..
6) you can do this through a simple prayer: Dear Lord Jesus, thank You for dying on the cross for me, i accept You now as Savior and Lord of my life. Lead me as you know best. In Jesus' name i pray. Amen.

Mission Trip

oh finally..back in S'pore..spent june in EA for my mission trip..quite an enriching experience for me..
really seen how God worked in this trip..i saw that it wasn't me, but rather, it was God who's working..without Him, we really wun be able to acomplish anything..many a time, it was Him who created the spiritual conversations..many times, it was the students who initiated it..
also saw God's providence during this trip...from beginning till the end..from how He provided financially to providing friends there..to the people who are seeking..i experienced His love thru the many students we've met there..they were really hospitable n brought us around..paid for most of the entertainment..took time off to interact wif us(it was close to their exam period) n even lent us their laptop for a few days..! i thank God for whom without the sharing of the gospel wld be much more difficult, of not near impossible..i thank God for the many occasions where we shared the gospel in chinese..and engaged apologetics in chinese, dealing wif all kinds of difficult topics..God was leading all the, and so He alone deserves all the glory..! Praise be to the Lord our God..i'm sure God will continue to work in their hearts n one day they will accept Christ into their hearts..
i've also learnt to work with people..God had put me together wif a buddy who is totally different from me..thru this, ive learnt more abt my inadequacies and also (still learning) to speak the truth in love..

Sunday Posting

Thank God..! cos really pleasantly surprised at all the support raising thing..God really provides..! i think if anyone wld trust in Him, He'll definitely provide for all our needs..=) it has really been encouraging for me..esp in church..all the encouragement people gave in so many ways(prayer, notes etc)..feel like i dun really deserve them but praise the Lord for His grace..

Lots of meeting people of late..lots of eating out n lots of gd food..overdosed liao..but once again thank God for all these opportunities n all these things that we can enjoy..

Had a birthday session at hm today..ended up engaging in apologetics with them..haiz..dun wish to share the gospel this way but think bo bian lar..situation called for it..used the 4 SLs too..so yup..can only pray for God to work in these hardened hearts..

I'm really excited abt the trip..can't wait to see what God has in store for us all..

Post Exams..!

yay..! exams have ended..! so happy lar..i was alr in holiday mode before the stats paper(last paper btw).. but it has really been a bz wk after the exam..
been really bz preparing for mission trip to EA..going for jabs..team meetings...meeting people..support raising..tiring but i suppose its worth it..=) wanna thank God especially for smtg to do wif the support raising..went to the missions clinic for jab but was sick that day..despite gg there( n waiting a few hrs to see the doc)..he didn't want me to take the vaccines that day..so quite sad lar..but at the clinic i saw yx's auntie..! wanted to pass her the newsletter but nv got the chance toin church..then there she was standing before me..yup..n as i walked out of the clinic she responded to the newsletter..yay..! praise the Lord..!
ippt is coming..! argh..went for runs ard the park..then joined all the racket games that i had been invited for..now i'm so physically drained..pengz..at this rate i'm so nt gonna pass my ippt..which is in 1 wk..
got another thanksgiving item..was juz taking to a close fren last wk..then she shared her probd n i met up to share the gospel..the very wk she PRCed..! hope to bring her to church asap..this wk her tuitee changed tuition to sun..sense that it might be a hindrance fr the devil..pls pray for her..
sigh..world tragedies abound..spilled all over the pages of the world section in the ST..so sad..earthquake..cyclone n flood..bomb blasts..
relim: if earth cld remain a non-disaster place, wld it become a better place? more wld be paying for their sins...eg Nineveh..when it flourished it got filledwif sin..our stubborn hearts requires huge shaking, before it can repent..along with more disaster, man will then turn to God..
oh well...knowing all these..we shld jia you on sharing the gospel with the pple ard us=) !

Exam Post

Yoyo..! (Brushes some cobwebs off this blog)..ok i'm in the midst of exams now..ok maybe not IN the exam but having exams in this period..eh i'm not eng2(hokkien for free) ok..juz bo liao..lol..
anw juz wanna give thnx to God for everything thus far..=) though the exams weren't that smooth n had some hiccups but yea..Thank God..that though we may stumble but we will not fall for the Lord upholds us wif his hand (Ps 37: 24 NIV)..
yup thats all..Have a blessed wk ahead..!

i am too lazy to think of a title for this post..

today we had a 2nd healing session by pastor william lau..his sharing during 'youth' was quite inspiring..though after looking at all the pics with miracle healings i was still abit like'zhun bo..?!'..haha anw after reading his acct of how he started i was kinda amazed at his faith n all...i also wanna do that..!
still having issues wif pride, lust, unforgiveness, gluttony n being judgemental..i have a prob reconciling moral n ethical principles wif the workings of the exploitative capitalistic nature of humans n their activities due to sociological education..my oh my..sigh..so if ur reading this pray for me yar..thnx..
psych research articles say that forgiveness n counting ur blessings lead correlates to happiness..haiz these human..its all recorded in the bible 2000 yrs ago..! ur late..! for more wisdom: ref to the bible...

this wk..

was a rather busy wk..cos its even wk and that's where most of my tutorials are..quite thank God anw for completing the dev term paper yest..2 more to go..=) looking forward to the last dg on mon..we're having ice cream at daily scoopz..1st orders are on the outgoing sm..yay..! yix i met ur friend Pearl yest..u noe her..she yr 3 also..same dg? she's gg CA...
its a sat n i'm at hm..sadz..still got term papers..=S i think the C14 radioactive isotope got more life than me lar..

A Rainy Day

oh man..today's ride hm was so long..muz have been the rain..or cld it have been me haha...the train i was waiting for at jurong east mrt was delayed..there were some glitches, apparently..then i boarded the one they sent and it was crawling half the time..stopping along the the tracks for dunno wad reason..then the feeder i took broke down after juz 1 stop..wat a sight..!cos 2 buses in a row broke down at the bus stop..and 2 more buses had to stop on the outer lane for the passsengers..congestion sia..

Post New Year Thoughts..

ok..finally new year's ended..feels quite long to me..don't really noe abt the rest but for me it was juz the 1st 4days of visiting/being visited.. then its almost like non-existent..till the last day called yuan xiao..some background to it...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantern_Festival and..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangyuan.. so that was how yuan xiao was changed to tang yuan..anw..
went to watch Dim Sum Dollies..super hilarious..all the political and cultural jokes n puns...! but pity the foreigners..dun think they'll understand or relate as well..oh well..

SEP

still deciding whether to accept the SEP offer..asked relim for advice..this is wad he said.."
time is precious, limited, with ur family, friends, and even for urself, try to eliminate any earthly wisdom in ur consideration, which will keep your directions clear"yup..that was really fresh..hmm..will keep that in mind..