East D1 love for GOD section

applying the word of God!

2009-09-24T02:12:00.002+08:00

hey all! aloy here =D just wanna remind all of us that we're still on the application of building the cracks of our cg walls! we talked about it last wednesday in cg=) and so do you rmb what was the 3 application points?

-Be sensitive!
-Have self-control!
-Be punctual!

and this is so random, but it's acronym can actually be BHB! not buay hiao bai!(meaning thick-skinned in hokkien). well we've got nothing to lose, but lets be BHB tgt! the positive one! hah! we agreed on going on for at least a month=) one week has just passed! 3 more weeks to cultivate those stuffs into us as habits! so when u see one another not having any of the above, remind them lovingly of what we agreed to apply tgt=)

[note: don't point fingers at them! don't tell them where they went wrong, tell them how they can make it right instead!=) this is being sensitive too!]

=) jiayou guys! we're in this tgt! as ED1!=)

My Life Transformation

2009-09-01T23:49:00.001+08:00

I am not sure how many people know my story of life transformation but until today, i am still very grateful and thankful that i have been brought to know God. Most importantly, to help people to know God. Let's start from when i was a kid. When i was in kindergarden, my parents work as a stall holder in a secondary school (even till now), thus i got to go home on my own. I always envied the peers around me when their parents fetch them. When i go into primary school, i took school bus from pri 1 to 3 and go home by myself from pri 4 to 6. I sure had a lot of freedom, but i lack a lot of love from my family. So what i did? I seeked attention from others. When i was primary 6, i was the head of AVA and the school bully. I was in the second best class yet i always find trouble with the EM3 classes people to see who is bigger in the school and i won. Since i was pri 4 (my brother is 3 years older), i had bad relationships with my brother, we often fight and quarrel. I still remember clear incidents of using a house telephone to whack his head because we were fighting and he once put a knife at my throat.I simply hated my brother and i felt as if i had none. This led me to put on a strong front and be insecure about myself.

Since young, i do not believe in whatever God or Religious thing because i think it is all crap. I once told myself that i would never become a christian or believe in any God. However, God had His plan when i broke my forearms, it happened when i was sec 1 in June. Starting of sec 1, i somehow knew my brother was in church and i told myself i would never go if he asked me, NEVER! I saw how my brother slowly change when we slowly stop fighting and then stop quarrel until reasoning only. When i broke my forearms playing basketball, my friend called my brother to come down and go to the hospital with me. When he came down, he was very upset and clutching his fist. I thought i had troubled him and i apologise but he said it was not my fault, he was upset with my friend (because he thought it was my friend who caused this accident). At this moment, i felt the love and concern that my brother had for me and my heart was soften. My brother on the second night when i was hospitalise, he came with a friend and shared to me about Jesus (At that moment, i did not went for any church event before), and i sort of accepted Christ because I saw how God changed his life.

After i came to know God, i was not changed overnight, in fact it took quite sometime for me to change. My clique in school paikia as i influence them negatively when i have not come to know God. When i told them, they was like, "Eh, don't joke la" and i told them that it is real. After they comfirmed it was a fact that i converted, they started to joke about christianity and Jesus, but i knew i got to do the right thing. I had a lot of problems in school like disturbing teachers, rude, problems with technical students and a whole list more. Jesus slowly changed my life, from disturbing people and leading astray people to changing lives for God which i found a great purpose in it. To cut the story short, it took me very long to change my personality, even now, i still have a whole list of things yet to be changed but it is a process of God changing my into what He created me to be. My friends who are all making fun of Jesus, had mostly came to church before which was like an impossible thing to them and to me. I indeed learnt a lot of people skills, like commuunicating, leadership, public speaking and a lot more from this Church and Jesus which i believe would help me in my future. It is just so great to be in church and i have never regretted converting. In conclusion, being a Christian is not a bed of roses but a lot more problems to go through with God and experiencing His greatness! Hope that you will be blessed by this long testimony! haha

- Alfonso

we the redeemed

2009-08-18T02:59:00.005+08:00

i am falling deeper in love with this song after Saturday service man! It's not just the atmosphere very high or whatsoever. But the whole song is so meaningful! And once again god really reminded me- we the redeemed, are called to go out to the world and spread the great news of salvation! Let's rise up to be the 'Army of the Redeemed'!

Verse 1:
There is nothing like Your love
No exchange for all You gave
To be welcomed into life
So I can know the love it takes

Verse 2:
Now forever to be loved
To walk with You for all my days
There’s no greater love than this
You are the Author and the Way

Pre-Chorus:
This is the sound of the redeemed
Rising up to praise the King
Our hope is in You
This is the sound of the redeemed
Rising up to praise the King

Chorus:
Singing glorious glorious One You have saved us
Honor and Power and Praise to the Savior.
You are the Answer You are the Answer

Verse 3:
You come with power come with fire
As we lift Your name on high
And join with all the saints to sing
In bringing Honor to the King.

Bridge:
We the redeemed
Hear us singing
You are Holy
You are Holy

enjoy!
(o my fav part is 3min33sec! bring out the whole essence of the song! =D)

qin +)

15 July 09 Caregroup!

2009-07-23T23:57:00.001+08:00

while waiting for yihao and alfon to come, darren and samuel made us play spelling bee, which is, if you are the chosen one, you must spell your name backwards in the given time. Song and Qin cheated. thats why forefit for them. darren and samuel the game masters got pulled in.
-Andrew

2009-07-18T00:08:00.003+08:00

If no one gonna help to revive the blog, then I will do it too!

Anyways, Today I was just thinking to myself about next week, school;common test are coming..
RENDITION
will be too!
So I was just thinking, like in care group, during testimony, people sharing on how great
their outreaching progress is, some already have confirm coming!
Praise God! however, whats worst? Instead of getting inspired and encouraged,
I got discouraged and worst still; I felt very helpless as I haven't even given out a single invitation card, i have yet to even invite a single person!
BUT! I was just thinking through that why is it after 4 years in BDS, Yet there isn't any single one who came, Know God, worst still to actually stay on!
Now, even as I am blogging now, my heart is already crying out!
If some one needs to cry over a school that needs revival after so long but there still isn't any fruits; that will be ME!
Now, I don't know how to continue but, I really just wanna say..Your gonna be discouraged.
still Jiayou guys!
Now, let me do my QT first!

[Psalms 42:5]

transformation=)

2009-07-15T22:15:00.002+08:00

hey guys! aloy here heh, just really wanted to say i really enjoy being with the group! i don't think we have a lot but i think we are great still!=D

anyway all of you remember our unstoppable camp? where most of us respond to God, wanting to change areas of life, laziness, lack of faith, want to outreach more, do more for God etc? how is it coming along?

for me i responded to God in having a sensitive heart to Him always, and to never give up no matter what because i'm still a hypocrite in transition. i can't say i've always been successful, but i'm really trying my best! i take out extra time to just speak to Him and listen to Him everyday and in whatever i do, i try to give my best tho i still fail at times. but main thing here is, i'm not great / good or anything like that, but i'm not giving up on my promise to God still!

we all want to see changes somewhere here and there in the group, in the blog, in our lives or wherever it is. wanna encourage us not to just talk / speak change! start to do something about it, even a small start is good! jiayou!!

John 15:5
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

we are all ppl who will fail, face troubles and live a normal life. BUT! as long as we remain in God daily, we will NOT remain the same, we'll grow. bit by bit, we'll grow! jiayou everyone!=)

one of the greatest gift

2009-06-24T00:54:00.002+08:00

i just went for a small run recently on monday, and i really thank God of these times where He slows me down in my pace, and speak to me about things that are essential but lacking in my life.

one of the things was how i enjoy my life too much, because i was just running and i was trying to make things interesting for myself so i won't be tired out from the running mentally, but in the process of making things interesting, i kinda made it quite interesting with different beats and stuff, but i had left God out from the run. and so that's when i realize that actually in my life, i really try to make my life interesting with watching animes and dramas etc, and sometimes abit too interesting and too much such that i forget to enjoy my life with Jesus.

and one other main thing God spoke to me about, He reminded me again one of the greatest gift we can give to our good and beloved friends around us. to hear our friends out and to understand them. it's really not much of doing ministry etc, but simply to be just there to listen out to our great friends that have been serving and supporting us. really thank God for always being there for me whenever i need someone to rant or speak to. God i wanna hear You out more too!=)

i think the rest of us out there can do something for friends whom we really love, to take time out, hear them and understand them if we haven't done so for a long time.=) - Aloy

[to be heard and understood, is one of the greatest gifts in a man's life.]

brothers night!!!!

2009-06-23T09:26:00.002+08:00

yo!!!!! later on, we are going to have our very first Brothers night!!!! WOAH!

so what's going to happen later is this- after cg, we are going to have our dinner. Menawhile, we can stock up snacks and whatever junkfood we want for the night. After that, we will return to Vylan house for some deeeeeeep sharing.. oOoooOOoo...
we are going to talk about some very real man issues and together, we're going to see how we can overcome it victoriously tgt! then we will just go home.

WAIT! of course not!

haha. For those who can stay over... PLS! Make your way down and spend the night tgt man! there are few things we can do tgt. One of which is to watch overnight ' TRANSFORMERS!' at Downtown East! haha. that will be VERY exciting!
Or wed morning we can cook our very own English breakfast! haha. But no matter what, i promise it's going to be a fun night! heee. you can bring along some games you have, some DVD you have, extra $$$$ and your overnite clothings etc.

alright alright. I need to go for class already. But rmb- if you desire to be a man of God... then you better make your way down man! cya later alligator! >.-

2009-06-18T23:16:00.000+08:00

Today was the East District Training Day, enjoyed it loads.

The whole event was planned out very well, though I know it was pretty last minute. The whole thing was only finalized the day before. And, I was only informed about being a game master the first thing I woke up in the morning. However, everything still flowed smoothly and I guess the objectives were met, people were trained.

Being the game master was honestly easy, compared to the others. All I needed to do was to be there earlier, be briefed about the thing I need to do, help out abit here and there, and give the teams instructions on what to do during the station games. That was totally slack. But thank God for that, I do not have to suffer the torturous 200 pushups and 200 jumping jets. Muahahaha. And I seriously salute all those who did that. They really persevered and endured all the pain. Sherman is one that I have to give my highest respect to. Though his palm skin has already peeled and it hurts really really bad, he did not give up but persevered to end. Three cheers to him man. He deserves the most persevering award.

The war game was really fun too. I love war games. How I wish I am in the ancient times when people fight war with weapons, so fun. I love the strategic planning and whacking ahead kind of feeling. CHIONG AR!!! I can feel the adrenaline gushing in my body when I run forward and digging my way through the defense and hitting down their stronghold. Man, all man should love this kind of thing man.

Then after the war games, Dennis talked about this whole training class and how each station represent it characteristics of every servant of God should have which was taught in the church camp. He brought it across to in a way that links back to our lives. How we should keep enduring the hardship of persecution, strength to carry on, and courage to evangelize. I pray that everyone will really grow in these characteristics and be a powerful servant of God.

After the whole has ended, was the beginning of another war, a war between every single individual who was still around. It was time for some water splashing fun. Everyone began to gather water and pour on one another. The whole place was in chaos. People refilled water from the sea, imagine how unlimited the resource was. Until a point when some got tired of transporting the water, they just went to the beach and pushed one another down. No one left the place dry, those who were still around. And for some, they are the ones who are always being targeted at. Though already all drenched, people still love to pour water on them. Reason? – their expressions and reactions are priceless. Not forgetting the photo taking session. I love taking photos with people. I consider myself abit of a sentimental person who likes to keep this kind of photos for memory sake.

At the end of the day, we all left the place physically drained, I was. But one thing for sure was that I enjoyed the fellowship and time spent together with others. And the most important thing of all is that we have all played enough. It is time for some work to be done, schools to be won, people to outreached, and our service to God.

Unstoppable!

2009-06-16T21:25:00.004+08:00

Man! Unstoppable was really a AWE-some! First things i wanna share is my Objectives
My objectives are
-Having a New burden/Understanding God's heartbeat
-Receiving a Vision
&
Drawing me closer to God!
During camp, God speaks and teaches me a lot!
I learn to lead my own team during the camp as I was place as a games team leader
Being brought to a higher position was rather difficult for me.
whats more i am actually leading about 10 people!
Plus I am leading alone other than Father,Son & Holy Spirit.
But well, Thank God! everything went smoothly! i get to know more people,
And I also get to understand what its like to be a leader leading people.
(By the way, they did not practically tell us what to do, they just
"Ok, you are taking care of this and they only tell us
how the game will Function but not how to Lead!")
Anyway, God shown me his heart for the lost.
People who haven't know god.
I can't describe it unless you experience it yourself!
One last thing I wanna share of Camp,
I am glad that I drawn closer to God More!
I really Trust* in God that the best gift he can ever give you is, His love & his heart to want to have a relationship with you"
And my relationship with God is Indescribable! so, too bad! If you ask me how its like.
because my relationship with God is only between Paulus & God! not anyone else!
but you can as well experience God yourself!
but let us remember that, having a relationship with God is All About Faith!
because you must see God beyond what you can see!
As long as I have this relationship with God, As long as I have God,
Nothing else matters! and I can do beyond what I can!
On my Objectives on receiving a Vision, If I got it, then i will use it for His will.
If i don't, so be it. I can still have Faith for He will Still speak to me!

A few days before the camp,
I was on the bus, with Alvin,
where God speaks to the both of us,
and God ask " Are you ready for leadership?"( If you notice its a question of the NS advertisement on "The Steel Within")
So, My Answer is " I don't think I am, But! Again I said as long as I have God!
I can serve the kingdom beyond what I can even if it means of becoming a Leader!
SO!
Paulus Is UNSTOPPABLE Because God Is With Him!
AMEN!
Love, Paulus =)

UNSTOPPABLE!

2009-06-16T15:04:00.002+08:00

hey guys! aloy here and i just wanna share about my experience in unstoppable camp=D

i went into camp with 2 objectives, to recommit my heart to God and to seek God for His direction in my life. which up til now, i'm still not quite sure where exactly God wants to lead me to yet.

but starting from the first day to the last, in every worship, teaching and whatever i'm doing, i constantly ask God to take my heart and change it for a new heart of flesh, one that is sensitive. and i totally understand the sensitivity of having a heart of flesh, cos before camp i was injured quite a few times on my leg! and there were flesh wounds, when it was exposed it was definitely sensitive to the surroundings and i'm definitely protective of it so i don't get hurt! and that's what a heart of flesh is to be like, sensitive to the spiritual surroundings and us being protective of it so we don't allow sins or anything of that sort to come into our heart.

and along the way God spoke to me even more about my life which i really thank Him for those blessings!

few things that really struck me during the camp!

1) i am still a hypocrite in transition, i say what i want to do and accomplish and many times i fail. but one thing i want to do, is to never give up so i won't be that hypocrite! i'm just an imperfect human which has many imperfections and sins but i don't ever want to give up, especially when it's in regards to Jesus and His kingdom!

2) in regards to having pride in my life, one of the incidents that really struck me was the battle of sexes, that even though the guys won, i wasn't really like very happy kind. because even though we won, there had to be conflicts in the process, which then i would rather not win. many times in my life, i'm like that, trying to win, do things my way and live life however i want, though i kinda get what i want, but at the end of it, i'm not really as happy because of the price i had to pay together with it. which God reminded me again that our victory does not lie in the results shown, but in the efforts put in. as long as we give our best to Him with Him, we ARE winners already! that's our victory.

3) its really not about how capable we are, but how much we rely on God. this really struck me real hard on just how much i've not relied on God even tho i serve Him. we can do all the work we can, but only God can move the heart and situation! no matter the situation, ultimately as we give our best to God, we need to give our hearts to Him as well, trusting and relying on Him in all that we do.

and it was not just lessons learnt and all, i really really enjoyed the camp because i was in camp with ED1! with our cool towels reminding us on how we should be servants of God! and all those memorable and unforgettable nights of crap, "dj-ing" and "turn-tabling"! hahaha you definitely have to be there to know what i'm talking about and understand the amount of fun it had. and i really got to know more ppl in the cg, and made good friends during the camp! and discovering the hidden and talented super massager, daniel!

lastly, i myself am a little afraid of returning the old me before camp, not fulfilling and seeing to past what God has convicted me in camp. and i believe some of us have that fear too, but i believe that's what the caregroup is for! in accordance to what was spoken during today's morning qt, i really believe that God is really gonna bring us to greater heights, with all the difficulties we need to stick it thru as a family of ED1, that when we have problems, troubles and struggles we need to account to our shepherds / leaders and even to each other so we can help to keep watch over each other so that we'll sustain even after camp! jiayou guys! we can definitely shine God's light and love thru our lives after camp. rmb to keep a close walk with God daily=)

-Aloysius

=)

2009-06-16T00:18:00.002+08:00

Woah! Ii slept from 230pm to 730pm. haha. This camp was the only camp i did overnight the last night because i was sick!

This camp was so.... just so.... indescribable! I bring brought home a lot of things! haha... God spoke to me during the camp! First it was something very simple yet impactful. It was the love of God, the love that God had for me. It really touched me when God told me that He loves me. He also reminded me that His love is enough to dispel all my fears, my guilt, my sins, instead His love will give us courage, strength and confidence. As i look back into my life i felt that i was really unworthy of God for all the things that i have done in the past and now. But God still love me the same and forgive me. God, i love you!

Second, do you still remember what animal you want to be? For me, it's the OX! I want to become bigger like the ox! haha, just kidding. Ox represent Endurance. I have been in church for near to 3years already and i am still in church, is it called endurance? Nope! It is only when i stay on in church, loving and serving God with God. Somethings i may be tired to do stuffs but i do it anyway, however it is serving God without God. I want to endure and serve God till the end of my life! It is not a statement, it is a prayer i want to make to God daily!

This brings me to my third point, Love again! I want to do everything with love. What do i mean? It is in 1 Corinthians 13. If i have done everything single on Earth for God but i have not love, it is in vain. Amen.

In this camp, I ask God to show me what He wants me to do in the future, i asked him for something big! Then God showed me a very cool vision. I saw Africans, the underserved, the oppressed, the people in starvation. It was the compassion of God on His people. When i saw the vision, i just broke down and ask God, "God what then can i do?". Then God told me to save and heal them. I do not know how or when i will be fulfilling this vision but i will definitely go to Africa one day and spread the love of God. I want to be rich for God, i want to heal them! So i got to study hard now! I got to outreach more! I will to say this prayer to God daily, "God, haunt me with the vision you gave me!"

Lastly, This camp will be the lowest point of my life this year, you know why? Because i will be even more close to God than in camp. I will listen more to God and obey God more. Bigger breakthroughs of my life, here i come!

I really enjoyed this camp a lot, with all the mad things that the caregroup have done. I'm so so so proud to be in EastD1, this family of god! This camp is memorable!

2009-06-15T15:38:00.002+08:00

I just reached home not long ago. Unpacked my stuff and had a refreshing bath. Now, before I move on to sleep, I know that I have to journal my experiences and learning first. I want to take note of these things while it is still fresh in my memory.

The overall camp, to me, was rather fruitful and meaningful.

At the beginning of the camp, I remember I was telling God how expectant I was to meet Him and wait for Him to speak in my life. I stated my objectives clearly to Him. I was eager to experience the kind of church camp ‘feeling’.

My objectives in camp were:
• To focus on Daniel, getting to know him better and getting him more connected to the Caregroup
• To have God use me in a different or new way e.g. word of prophesy
• To have God speak to me on where He wants to lead me to next

Unfortunately, besides the first objective, the other two was not met. I waited on God since the first night till the very last night. Every praise and worship session I was asking God to meet me and don’t pass me by. But I do not know why, I just cannot seem to focus at all. Partly because I can’t sing the songs because of the bad condition of my voice, partly I believe it was also I am distracted. But when I actually reflected on it, I was not exactly distracted. Rather, I am expectant of God and was in continuous prayer to God. “So what is the thing that is stopping God from speaking to me?” I wondered.

Then God actually reminded me this – camp is not the only time God can speak to me, if He wants to speak to me He will speak to me at the correct time. Why be so anxious about wanting God to speak? True to say that it is this kind of eagerness and desire that will allow God to speak to us. But, another truth is that sometimes are we too eager that we get ahead of God and do not allow Him to speak in the correct and perfect timing?

Besides that, another thing that God reminded me about was that it is not the kind of camp ‘feeling’ that I need to look forward to. Truth is that this very camp feeling is just merely like adrenaline that hypes us up temporarily. This very camp ‘feeling’ is not the feeling that will sustain me through my whole Christian walk with God. Feelings are not stable, they fluctuates. One day we might be happy, another day angry, another discouraged. When these negative feelings come, will I still make decisions to do the right thing for God? Thus, it is not the camp ‘feeling’ that I need to seek. It is a commitment. A commitment to love God whole heartedly, serve Him wholeheartedly and give to Him whole heartedly. Decision that we make in life not based on the feelings that we have at the current situation or circumstance, but based on the commitment and loyalty that we have pledged to God during camp.

Though God did not meet my objectives in camp, he allowed me to realize that:
• Growth does not take place only in camp but daily in my walk with Him
• Decisions should not be based on our feelings or emotions at the current time, but on the pledge of commitment that we have to God

These are just mere two points that I have received during camp. There are so many other points that I need to grow and change in.

Hey, I encourage you also to note down points or areas that God had spoken. Certain specific areas that God wants us to grow and change in, note them down. Things that you have learnt during the sharing of the word, note them down. Practical application points, note them down too. So that we are clear on what we learn and need to grow in.

AND!! Remember the challenge made by Yiqin to the Caregroup, and Dennis to the district.

Yiqin challenged us to fulfill ‘Project 123’, which affects 3 groups of people:
• Those who are alone in the school to build a seed group which consists of at least 3 people by the end of this quarter
• Those who have at least two in the school to have a Caregroup with around 5 to 7 people in the group by the end of this quarter
• Graduating people to serve in an free lance outreach, outreaching to any school as and when it is best

Dennis challenged us about 3 things
• More good musicians to rise up in the district
• More people who are able to help out in the IT and media side of the district
• New generation of leaders from the lower secondary

Think about what you or I can do to make these things come to pass.

That aside, I really enjoyed this camp a lot. During the camp, elements of fun and family were well displayed by the Caregroup. The nights when we had our ‘turn table’ were really sadistic, but very enjoyable. The ‘alien game’ that we played repeated and sabotaged people on stage to do forfeit, those were memorable. Especially those sharing at night and how we squeeze in the cozy room were very warmth filled. Not forgetting the ‘feng shui’ spot that we talked about. These things had created great memories which can hardly be removed.

I cannot deny that our Caregroup had grown a lot together during this camp. There were greater bonding amongst the people and people serving one another e.g. getting the food. I believe even the rest of you noticed it the change. Really have to thank God for it, now that we are growing more and more like a Caregroup. However, we still have to work towards the perfect standard demonstrated by the early churches in the book of Acts.

The whole camp was enjoyable and memorable because of every one of you. You make a difference; you are part of us EastD1. I pray that we will continue to grow even more together.

One parting thing to remind you people is this:
Cultivate spiritual habits such as quiet time and prayer to sustain this spiritual life.

Love,
Winstar

1 more day to camp!!!!

2009-06-10T01:50:00.002+08:00

O man!!!!!! counting down to 1 day to camp!!! haha. I'm really really really really really so excited man!!!!
I'm am so excited and can't wait to see how many of you are going to soooo soooo soooooo 'ENJOY' the games, can't wait to see how all the 'weird/interesting/stupid/funny' sleeping poses! And i can't wait for all the fun and laughters... and all the stupid things that we are going to do in this camp! OMG! And most impt... i can't wait to experience God so close... so tangible... so personal once again! I can't wait for that ONE word from heaven... that is going to change and mould my heart. And i know that i will never walk out of Downtown the same Yi Qin again! man... I heart's going to jump out man!!!! Oppsss haha.

And after doing and applying all the camp devotions, i really can feel that my heart is so much more open and preapred to hear God's voice! i pray that you feel the same way too!

but i also believe some of you, esp those who are first time with us in camp... such as....

Daniel, samuel, yun zhang, russell, darren, alfred, song (****CLAPS CLAPS!!!!***)

must be wondering what to bring right?- simply check out : http://unstoppablecamp.blogspot.com/

Some other extra things pls (rmb to) bring!
1. 2 dark colour clothes for games!
2. BLUE shirt for 'Battle of the Sexes'
3. $7 for smth SPECIAL!
4. Thermometer! haha. better to be safe than to be sorrie. =P

rmb pack ur bag k? haha. cya! =)

super looking forward for UNSTOPPABLE!

2009-06-09T23:31:00.003+08:00

ohhh mannn! UNSTOPPABLE is already arriving!! it's really unstoppably arriving in just 3 more days! i really pray all of us are constantly preparing our hearts to really meet God and experience God during our 4 days 3 nights camp!

but seriously im so looking forward to camp! we have so many ppl going for camp this time round! we have at least 15 full timers! and 2 - 3 more part timers! this is camp is surely surely SURELY not to be missed!

not just that, i have a special information for those looking at this very blog right now. for all ed1 campers, part or full timers, there will be something REALLY special for us (positive special, not negative) and if you haven't or are still unable to sign up for camp yet, keep praying ! camp is really really not to be missed. and i can't say enough of it.

lastly let's pray for a few things together for the next few days
1) That God will really prepare and soften our hearts
2) For all the camp volunteers involved in the running of the camp, for them to really stay healthy, strong and full of energy and that the preparation of camp would go smoothly
3) For all of the rest of our brothers who haven't been confirmed to be able to sign up for camp yet! i only know of alfred at this point of time, please tell me if there's others so we can all pray tgt! for God to soften the parent's heart, solve all money issues
4) Pray for God to be in the camp! otherwise we would totally be wasting our trip there, pray til all of God's presence fills downtown east from 12 to 15 of june!

oh and yes! today a few of us went with vylan to check out this value shop in pasir ris, i bought 12 packets of hello panda in a package and guess how much is it? ITS $1.95!!! and how much are the cold canned drinks?! $0.60!!! and so with the super duper uber freaking cheap prices, we're gonna head down there on the camp day before camp to store up for the next few days so we dun need to visit expensive shops like cheers! once again! rmb to pray for the 4 things above and i'll see u at unstoppable camp!

check out http://www.unstoppablecamp.blogspot.com for more details on to bring list and how to get there etc.=) anything unclear can ask me, winstar or qin or your shepherd=)

-Dearest, Aloy.

Caregroup June 9 2009

2009-06-09T23:22:00.002+08:00

“It was memorable” – Jemson (our beloved new addition)

I am certain none of those who were in Caregroup today will ever forget the experience we had back in Pasir Ris Park. I too, had memories stained on my mind.
I was late for Caregroup today, sadly. Missed out all the fun they had disturbing Yi Hao I guess. When I arrived, many were gathered near the ‘web’ sitting down on the rubber floor, being entertained by people whoever was down on the ‘sand stage’ (obviously it was Yi Hao…again). Then Alfred did a stun – squeezing through the small square hole. I tried…and my big butt got stuck.

We moved on to the ‘web’. Everyone climbed, except Yi Hao. He was reluctant. He knew that we would disturb him. Only after much persuasion that it was too dangerous for us to play, he relented. Obviously, as if we guys were so merciful to let him off. We disturbed him of course, details not to be disclosed.

Soon, Yi Hao, him again, got hungry and wants to eat. Don’t you guys realize he is always the one initiating to eat?
Here comes the picnic part. Mat opened, food positioned, people sat and ready to dig in!! Foods that were present include hotdogs, ham, bread, egg, lettuce, chips and crackers. Thank God for Yi Hao and Vylan in particular for preparing the food!! And thank God for Alfon and Yi Hao for stacking our sandwiches for us. Mandon was weird, he actually took the chips and sandwich it. tsk tsk tsk…. His shepherd must have been feeding him with weird food. Oops….

Chit chat chit chat, people started to get restless. At least they proved themselves to be boys, they can’t seat still for long, their butts just have to get off the ground and move around. They needed something more active than just mouth exercising, something wild.

We climbed the coconut tree and pulled down the coconut, four of it. Then, we used Alfon’s broken scissors to cut off the first layer, and penetrate through the husk, creating a hole for the coconut juice to flow out. The best part is, we savored it. After finish drinking, we even broke it open by smashing it onto the rocky platform, then, Prana Alfred and I tried the flesh. Nice. Others were not so courageous to take on the challenge. ‘Peh hor’…

Well, that was unquestionably wild and an experience that we Singaporeans could rarely gain.

Ultimately, I believe everyone enjoyed the Caregroup and a memorable one indeed. Thanks to all who were present, you all are part of the memory. Let’s all continue to create more memorable Caregroups in which we all can reminisce in the future.

Love,
Winstar

2009-06-03T19:06:00.003+08:00

Hello people. Me again. I have good news and bad news. Which do ya wanna hear, I mean see/view /look/glance at first?

Bad News: Good News:
I can't come for camp. I'm coming for part-time! At least got come.
Aww.. Which slot? Too be Confirmed!!

REALLY THANK GOD PEOPLE..

At first, I can't even come. With much praying and a boost from you guys

esp. Yiqin and Brotha J.

God is so totally (L) man.

Got it real drilled into me.

-Mandon(Oliver)

p.s. not water bap.xD

2009-06-02T01:28:00.002+08:00

Holidays are here again people. While you guys are diggin LAN, Tamp1 and all, I am like so totally stuck home. Why? My friggin results sucked big time. Seriously, not what I had also expected, failed 2 subjects? Hahas. Not since I remembered. L1R4 of 19?! I got pissed by the papers man. Hahas, fast and pray are the best thing one can do in my shoes which I am doing. Its so totally crazy. Rotting at home. TV then PSP. What a life. Rubbish. I know you guys are having a good time man but really, in this holiday, there's WFL, crazy shepherding times and all to keep your spiritual health at full burst. Heard that there are 2 guys that joined us at/on MASQUERADE. Really hope that you guys would not shit around just because they are not the people you bring but get them really to be a family to us, just like how you were treated when you came. Remember the times when we first came? What kept us here? Let's all do what we had been did and pray that I can still meet the two guys. Hahas. It sucks staying at home all day but with God, I know and believe that I will not spend this holiday well, lousily.

-Mandon(Oliver) ASK ME WHY!!!

11 more days to camp!!!!!!!!!!

2009-06-01T01:02:00.003+08:00

WOOOOOHHH!!!! times really flies! It's 1 june already!!!! That means its' only 11 days away from camp! As camp is drawing closer and closer, I am getting more and more excited about this! This camp is really going to be so great and awesome! Shirley in her blog has given her very 'interesting' conviction of camp, which I TOTALLY agreed to it man! Check it out man! =D

But can i just draw your attention to soemthing that is really really important? I need to tell you soemthing that is so important that it can affect your camp TOTALLY! So if you want to enjoy your camp fully... carry on reading!!!!

PREPARATION.

Yea. The word is PREPARATION. i know some of you are like thinking...."huh? wat de?" But hey! I'm really serious! PREPARATION is really important! in order for you to really enjoy the camp fully, all of you guys need to prepare your hearts prior to the camp itself! what do i mean?
Read Luke 4:8-15.

v15 -"But the seed on good soil .... who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop."

Our hearts are the soil that Jesus is referring to. And the seeds are like God's Word. In order for us to be people whose God's word will bear fruits in our life, we need to make sure that our hearts are good and softened soil- That when Jesus speaks to us, it's very easy for His word to reside in our hearts and grow into a great crop and bear good fruits! And this require much effort.

1 simple thing that can help you prepares your hearts is to start doing your devotion! So simple but YES! DO YOUR DEVOTION!!!!! you need to get used to hearing God's voice and God speaking to you! I mean when we go for camp, the thing that we Sosososososo desire is for god to drop that one simple word into our heart and change our lives for eternity isn't it?! Well, if that is so... you need to get used to hearing god's voice! By doing your devotion daily and seeking god daily, you can learn to get used to god speaking to you through his bible! So when camp is finally here... It's so much easier for you to hear from God himself and come into God's presence with much ease since you have been doing that for past 2 weeks!

Dun let laziness stop you from experiencing God today! Just spend 15 mintues everyday with God and hear from Him! Play lesser computer, watch lesser TV, sleep 15min later... Not that hard man! Trust me in this- It really makes a DIFFERENCE!!!!!

C'MON BROTHERS!!!! Let's be a generation of guys that seeks after God's face everyday of our lives!!!! =D

Highs And Lows!

2009-05-29T23:43:00.003+08:00

The Last Day Of Devotion!
Actually I just realized I have completed this devotion without missing out till the last day!
well most probably I did in one of the few days & the starting cause i started out late.

ANYWAY!
Tomorrow, is the critical day. The day for MASQUERADE.
I have no idea whether my last minute contact gonna come or not.
That is all depends on God.
in Highs And Lows,
I learn to observe my weakness.
which is basically doubt.
As a human I will doubt God.
I am imperfect. And I am easily stumbled by situations and circumstances.
Still, that isn't gonna happen this MASQUERADE!

I will fill it up, with an long Prayer till MASQUERADE begins.
Don't know how am I gonna do that.
because my longest prayer is only 2hours I think.
But, I don't believe that after 5hours of prayer,
God will NEVER speak to me nor soften the heart of my friend.
Brothers, before i end this devotion,
I want to end it with a prayer

God, I want to pray for all of the brothers here, God I will pray that this Masquerade. the group the GROW! and all of us will grow as well and learn! God, some things are impossible for us, but for you, NOTHING is IMPOSSIBLE! God we want to trust in you! and I will commit the visitors, the whole event, and our Group into your hands God! In Jesus Name! AMEN!

Love,Paulus

Offense is the best defense

2009-05-29T02:59:00.002+08:00

today's devotion title is "Somewhere over the Rainbow"! talks about how we can have hope in God even when we face troubles etc.

and what really blessed me today thru the devotions is how we can pray in advance whatever we know we are weak in, e.g. impatience, easily angered, pride etc. and this is what i meant by this post's title. offense is the best defense, rather than allowing your temptations and struggles pull you down when they come into your life, then we repent and pray for strength. we can take the first move by starting our day with a prayer for strength to overcome our weaknesses!

God i pray You'll help me to be patient, less complaining, diligent and a good salt and light in my class tomorrow as i wake up and go for class. i know i can do all that through You who will give me the strength to do it. and all these i pray in Jesus' Name. Amen.

Somewhere over the rainbow

2009-05-29T00:32:00.001+08:00

My prayer to God:

Help me to be more dependent on You, not taking things into my own hands but to put things into Your hands, my life, my everything. I may be facing difficulties now, facing opposition but help me to overcome them by committing every single thing into Your hands. God help me to not be angry when people insult me or You for who am I to judge but for Your will to be done. I pray for protection for oncoming attacks of Mr. S.A.Tan the evil guy. I pray and commit everything in the name of the Almighty God, the God of Nehemiah! Amen!

Somewhere~ Over The Rainbow~!

2009-05-28T22:51:00.004+08:00

Somewhere~! Over-the Rainbow! la, LA,La.
Well, that is how the song goes~..
Today God reminded me that we should always trust in the solid rock
During the times where there are sinking sand everywhere.

I made a prayer once during the Oasis Camp.
That I wanted MORE Troubles so that I can grow!
And God Says: " Ask And It Will Be Given"
So...I have MORE and MORE troubles each new day.
but not long later, I soon learn to trust in God more!
and as well change the way i respond to it.

Today, it reminded me again of -

[ James 1:2-6 ]
²Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, ³because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. ⁴Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. ⁵If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. ⁶But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

Yeah! lets learn to respond differently towards troubles and trials because God uses circumstances to make us rely and depend on him more!

Tomorrow is going to be a big day for me.
Its The Last Day Of School AND I Have Yet To Ask 5!
Tomorrow I am going to chiong! but temptations DO come.
I will often be scared, afraid, doubtful in the situation whereby i need to GO!
one more verse, written in the devotions

[ 1 Thessalonians 5:17 ]
¹⁷pray continually;

This struck me that, In this time, I need to pray even before,during & after i have invited my friend's because We can do little, but God can do BIGGER!

One more thing! Lets Be A FROG; Forever Relying On God.
Quote From : One Of Pastor Shirley Melinda's Sermon
Amen!

Patience

2009-05-28T02:25:00.003+08:00

today's devotion title is My Great Big Daddy. as i read through the devotions what really struck me was Nehemiah's love for God and his patience in God. when he faced troubles, tho i could imagine those guys hurling insults at him, his people and God, he would have every reason to feel real angry and flare up at those guys. but however he was patient in God, he knew all he had to do, was to do what he had to do, and then ask God for help in the rest that he could not do.

and that in my view, is the wisest thing he could ever have done, to be patient. and being patient requires love, love for the people whom you get impatient with, and ultimately to get that, you first have to get that love from God, the source of love. and that so happened to be what God reminded me in the morning.

and today at the start of the day, i had quite a bad fall from running for my bus who was stationed and picking up passengers. okay normally, this would get me in quite a frustrated mood, and when im frustrated, worse things do happen to worsen my frustration haha. but anyhow, thank God He kept me calm and cool, after i fell, i picked myself up and boarded the bus. as i sat thru the bus ride, i was thinking, God what exactly do You want to tell me thru that incident that just happened!

i fell because i couldn't stop my legs from running even tho i tried to stop, and i've never experienced that before as i always run for my buses this way haha. so why so special this time round to include the fall? and as i think thru, God reminded me of just how impatient i always get when such lousy stuffs happen to me. i get all frustrated and easily irritated.

and this really reminded me of how i really need to love ppl around me more, learn to keep my calm and cool knowing that God IS in control. so i won't say / do whatever i want to them when im impatient, that may hurt them or like how the devotions put it "win the argument, but lose the soul."

really wanna thank God that i wasn't injured in any other way that im injured right now, like running into the bus or smth. and also really wanna thank God for all His timely reminders of the need to love, the needs in my life.

1 Thess 5:18. we truly are able to thank God in all circumstance, if we really sit down and think through how God may have really blessed us through all kind of situations, injuries or whatever not. God does have everything in plan afterall and your blessing may just be in disguise, and may pass you by if you just focus on the problems and situations=)

[impatience show a lack of trust in God's control over certain situations.]

My Great Big Daddy - God

2009-05-27T22:13:00.003+08:00

In This Devotion,

I remembered that, things will go against us, that is true!
Life wasn't meant to be a bed of roses! Duh!
But in life with God. In the midst of trouble,

We Have The Victory.
We don't have to worry,
Because God is always there to bring us through it all!
Being A Christ-Follower wasn't easy. That is for sure!
But we can decide on how we are going to respond to them.

Are we going to give up and say " God, I Am Tired, I Wanna Stop........"
Or Are we going to continue and say " God, I am discouraged, but i choose to trust in you! Because Lord you will never shortchange me! And you will always be there for me.Amen!"

Guys, I believe God wants to speak to you through this verse in

[ John 16:32-33 ]
³²"But a time is coming, and has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me. ³³"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

Lets Jia You together shall we?
Being in the world Is Tough,
But remember that our God Is Omnipotent and IMBA!
Lets look to him always! for he have conquered and overcome the world!
Love,Paulus =)

Ownership

2009-05-27T02:05:00.002+08:00

Today's devotion titled Wall Street, as i think through the devotions' question, "What is entrusted to me, and do i take responsiblity?" this really got me to reflect on just how much ownership do i have with the things God entrusted me with, and as i evaluate there are indeed things in my life, i need to start leading it with a direction, owning it and then i can see those things being completed in my life.

i'm reminded of one of our East's values.

Leadership = Ownership = ________ (whatever you want to achieve can be achieved!)

so really, the questions we need to ask ourselves are, what has God entrusted me with, and do i have enough ownership?

East D1 is ours! as long as you are part of ED1, you have a certain amount of ownership already, but do you take more ownership of ED1, by contributing and training yourself in God and the WOG to help lead ED1 to even greater heights? we had 25 people for service last saturday, and that's not even the Masquerade yet!

we thank God for the people who came for service, but more importantly let's take even more ownership of ED1, and give our best tgt with God this week in inviting our friends! and we'll definitely be able to see more than just 25, we want to see ED1 bringing God's light into even more people's life this week! jiayou guys! ASK5!=)
-Aloy

Guard our hearts

2009-05-26T23:53:00.002+08:00

From the passage, we can all see that those who needed protection was not just the commoners and the weak but those of high ranking like priest, mechants, goldsmiths. As we who we are, no matter of our status, our rank in the leadership leader we all still got to defend our hearts with all our might because the the bible says, "strike the shepherd and the flocks will scatter" so all the more the higher we are we got the keep ourselves accountable. One thing i have learn, we got to guard our hearts and search our hearts for god to move constantly!

Wall Street (Rebuild)

2009-05-26T23:31:00.001+08:00

As The Saying Goes: Defense is the best way to Attack

This reminded me about my walk with God.
The Important of all when serving God is our relationship with Him.
Are we really putting effort to spend time with him?
Are we putting him as the first priority above all?
Are we letting ourselves get distracted from our main purpose?

Brothers! lets remember to spend time with Him!
Lets stand strong in God!
Amen!?

Love,Paulus

Getting your hands dirty

2009-05-26T00:14:00.002+08:00

as i thought thru what could hinder me from serving God / doing certain things for God. other than laziness, lack of discipline or prefer staying in comfort zone. one other thing would be failures, if i had prior experiences failing at what i'm called to do, i tend to stay away from it whenever i can. and i do hate failures a lot in my life haha, however it's not just about failing, it's also about how i look bad each time i fail i guess.

and God reminded me of this. failure keeps a man humbled; because it keeps a man reminded that God is God, and he is not.

God i pray You'll soften my heart towards You always, let not pride or anything hinder me in serving You and experiencing the joy of serving You always! i want to continue to love You even more, in Jesus' Name. Amen!

anyway, just smth random haha!

which country of men belongs to pig liver?

they are the men of Te-koa!

seriously when i saw the word and tried pronouncing it i laughed! it's in the passage part of the devotions today hahaha.

[everything happens for a reason, therefore we give thanks to God in our circumstances.]

Getting My* Hands Dirty

2009-05-25T22:20:00.003+08:00

Hands Dirty? Use Kirei Kirei! Or Dettol! Or Soap!( like Duh!)
Anyway! Other than soap advertisement,

I believe in this devotion, it help us to check! on our Pride, Sin, Burden,

Having our physical hands dirty is easy to wash, just like this like that and rub! There you go! Clean hands! Simply because its proven! furthermore* the soap really does clean our hands right?
Spiritual Hands is in the same way! all you need is do is Do Whats Right AND Trust God!
Why do you have to worry "My Nails!" about it? Even if your gonna need some effort to do the work, are we gonna give our best to God? Are we worrying more about the problem rather than looking at what we can do for God?

For me, In This Time Of ESS Masquerade. Which probably the whole devotions for my reflection as I am going through.
I believe I am lacking Courage. Courage to speak out and invite my friends. sometimes what holds me back is Awkwardness..That I can just summon all my courage and Just Whack!
which is what I can do to change in that area!

Brothers! Lets learn from one another! lets grow together amen? =)
Love, Paulus

BBITU BBITU BBITU!!!!!

2009-05-25T03:01:00.001+08:00

BBITU BBITU BBITU BBITU BBITU BBITU BBITU BBITU BITTU!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today afternoon, i was praying and asking God about the group's direction, about where He want to lead me and the group to in the month of June. And god spoke to me about certain things and put some thought for me to think of. The more i think about certain issues, i thought to myself... "eh God, you sure can anot? I not sure can anot leh God. How God?" I was just not sure and certain of certain things.

But as i read the devotion, i was once again blown away by God! Blowned and slapped awake! haha. He reminded that indeed God is the BBITU!!!!

Biggest Boss In The Universe!!!!!

With him around, i dun have to be afraid of anything! I dun have to afraid that i dun have enough resources, time, manpower, wineskin, support etc to do certain things for the group or for Jesus. with Him around, i dun have to be afraid that i am adequate enough or what! I dun even have to be AFRAID!!! Becuase God have already promised me and you that as we give our heart and life fully to Him, he WILL supply!

Simply, he telling us- "you need it, I got it! JUST ASK!"

Man... i am just so awed by Jesus =) o god! how can i not LOVE you! heee =D

The Big, The Bad and the Ugly.

2009-05-24T23:49:00.002+08:00

one thing i really caught from this devotions is that, no matter what happened, happens or is going to happen, it doesn't change the fact that as long as we call on the BBITU (if you don't know what's this, go read your devotions !) we will be victorious people!

in my lives there are times when sin, distractions and problems arise, and times when i fall to them. but God really reminded on how, losing once doesn't mean the battle is lost already. and all i need to do is to call on God, pick myself up and hold firm to the shield of faith so that the next time they come again, i'll hold firm my ground and not fall!

thank You my BBITU!

oh and anw i've got a testimony to share! recently i took this test for this subject called ITPM, and i just got the results back recently. though i studied hard for it, still i was worried i won't get good results when the lecturer said more than half the class failed! and when i got it back, the result was 20/30! it's really quite good as i have friends in my class whose studies are quite good de and they failed or borderlined passed. really thank God He provided for my studies as i avail myself to serve Him!=)

-Aloy

Today's Devotion

2009-05-24T23:41:00.002+08:00

This has spoken and impacted me. As i have been pioneering in quite a number of schools before, and failure often occurs to me. I failed to pioneer the school and reach the goal, sometimes i did my best, sometimes half-hearted, but it still failed and for a period of time i was greaatly discouraged. I always managed to pick up the pace and pioneered but failure kept occuring. However, it was the moulding of God for me in areas where i do not see, like persevering, faith, discipline and a lot more area. Therefore today's devotion helped me to see that the BBITU is OUR GOD, no one else therefore we can have hope and joy =) -Alfonso

The Big, The Bad and the Ugly!

2009-05-24T23:14:00.004+08:00

Today's Devotion Is About -> The Big, The Bad And The Ugly!

This reminds me about the Story of David And Goliath.
And what secures me is that, even if we are young,
If God Is For Us Who Can Be Against Us?
Lets also not care what the world thinks of us.
We Serve 1 God And We Live for His Purpose!
Lets Together stand firm in God!
People will mock us, people will go against us,
However, we have our Laoda with us!
Lets listen to the Boss! Listen to the Voice of Truth!
For we have only 1 Audience. which is God himself. =)

Love,Paulus

After exams!

2009-05-24T12:17:00.003+08:00

yesterday after service we had a super great time celebrating at Just Acia, near Dhoby Ghaut station.

and before i carry on! after exams wasn't just the only happening and joyful thing! let's thank God and welcomeeeeeeeeeeeeee, Alfred! he just joined our ED1 family ytd! =D

it was really super fun just eating food tgt, slacking around tgt, having mini competitions with each other (like see who eat ice cream fastest!) and disturbing one another haha! the fun we had, seriously, it's not smth i can blog it out! so i'll let one of the photos we took ytd show you what i mean!=)

this was our supposed spastic shot!! some of us were trying to point to the spastic one.

howeverrr.. looks like in the process of it, the real and natural spastics show their true colours!

look at those circled in red! i think they're really spastic hahaha!

and so, that ends our celebration of the day heh. not including us playing lan after eating =D

anyway just a recap of ytd's sermon on how we need to move beyond good intentions!
the sermon talked about how we can't just have good intentions (wanting to do something) but not having intentionality (wanting to do something and you do it!)

i believe that applies to all of us in the next week til masqueradeeeee comes! we all have intention of asking our friends to come for service next week! but rmb in the sermon, how to be intentional? you need to sustain your effort + plan to do something! and so, in the next week, don't just ask your friend for service straight! you can ask them out for lunch / lan in the week, together with the cg! because when your friends know more ppl in the group, they'll definitly feel more comfortable to come down for service!

so start planning, and keep up the efforts in asking our friends down for masquerade. let's apply the teaching and start to not just have intentions, but intentionality as well=) jiayou!! ASK5!

The Call

2009-05-24T03:14:00.004+08:00

i still don't quite know what is God's calling for me in my future. but i do know, and am certain of that God has really called me to help build up a generation of guys that really loves God, knows God and knows God loves them! The Allout kind, the unstoppable kind! the one kind, that truly truly loves God and nothing else!

And i really do want to help all of us to truly experience God, and experience His realness in all of our daily lives! if you haven't already experienced it yourselves!

and to really experience God truly and loving Him more every single day, we need to start by taking out time everyday, to spend time with Him, read His word, and for now, also do the camp devotions given to us! if you feel that it's abit sian to read the camp devotions, pray! pray for God to help you not feel sian! pray for God to help you love Him more! pray for God to help you desire for Him more every single day!

and lastly! we need to kill off "procrastination" in our lives! a simpler term would be this word called, "wait". stop waiting another day to do your camp devotions! if you haven't started YET, you've waited for a week already!!! if you're tired, ask God to give you strength. if your mind is dead, ask God to refresh it for you! there are MANY times in the past week when i'm tired and my mind is dead, and that is exactly what i do, just so that i can read God's word and experience Him through my time spent with Him alone!=)

Lord i pray that as i trust You with my life, You'll help me to use every part of my life to fulfil the calling You've called me to accomplish. my talents, big or small, use it all Lord! even though i don't have much, but God add on much to me, so i will be used by You to add on much to others and to Your kingdom. In Jesus' Name i pray, amen!

-Aloy

[Just having intentions is NOT enough! We need to be intentional, in other words, giving effort or actions together with our intentions!]

The Call - For Revival

2009-05-24T00:40:00.004+08:00

Yeah, Today devotion is The Call. Just wanna share what I learn today

The is a Prayer Point there and in that blank, what I have written is The Revival Of BDS In This Masquerade

Well BDS simply means my School Bedok South Secondary For Short. This ESS, I don't know whats gonna happen or who I am gonna bring or whatever it is. However, God knows it! and this devotion really reminded me about my school again and again and again. That I really wanna make this ESS fruitful and A Seed will sprout! this Masquerade.

For me,My Mission Currently is, To Complete BDS before I leave singapore. Basically I am most probably going to Sydney for further studies after O's.

That Future lies in God's Hands. But now,

All I want is to see this school being completed!

In the same way, Lets us* really believe that God is gonna make a BLAST this Masquerade!
Cmon! We are in this together AMEN!?

Lets Give Our Best Together!
ASK5 People!

-Love, Paulus

My burden!

2009-05-23T02:37:00.005+08:00

hey dudes! regarding today post... well... i was a rather personal one i would say. It really made me think of the problems that i might faced in my life and ministry in the future.

one thing that i was really afraid is this:

That i will serve God and His people so much so...
that i forgot how is it like to live a life WITHOUT God!

Don't you agree that sometimes we can serve God and keep outreaching because we need to hit certain goals... that we forgot how is it REALLY to live a life without God's love. We forgot how is it like to live without God. And that's when we start to serve God and outreach without a BURDEN! If that's so... we are losing the whole point! We are just like... living zombie? Moving w/o a heart! Jesus reach out to people because he felt burden and compassionate for the people as they were lost!

Mark 6:34
When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.

So guys! let's us not lose that burden for the lost out there in the world! Let's pray that god will relight that burden in all our hearts today!

He Provides!

2009-05-23T01:33:00.003+08:00

wow.. as i read the devotions today, i really saw how having a direction from God will really determine how much more victorious you are! Nehemiah didn't start out knowing what to do, where to go or what to plan for first, until in his relationship with God, God showed him the direction of his life at that point. what Nehemiah was truly called to do, other than cup-bearing for the king!

and i really love the sentence, "Big tasks will always face big problems'. that is true and totally makes sense! and i'm really convicted that we really need to grow closer to God even so much more! only when we are even closer to God, we hear His voice, we know His directions for us, and we have all the help and resources we need because He will provide everything we need already!!

i seriously can't get enough of Him every single day, through every devotions and time i spend with Him, God shows me how spending time with Him is really so much more worth it, and so much wiser. that life can really be much better off when i'm living with Him than living by my own strength! i love You God!!

oh and.. as i thought through, this problem is potential problem for all of us in the very near future. the problem is having a busy and fast-paced life! as masquerade draws nearer and us inviting our friends, we need to take care of ourselves and each other in the cg, to meet up not just to play and have fun, but to slow each other down in the busy-ness of each other's life through cg worship and prayer!

Lord i pray everyday You will heal the fatigue of our minds, take away the dryness of our souls and soften our hearts as we spend time with You, help us to love You and love our time when we are with You. to not let games, nor studies, nor projects, nor tv nor anything else distract our precious time that we put aside for You. in Jesus' Name i pray. Amen!=) jiayou ED1!
-Aloy

[Are we doing what we are truly called to do by God?]

Ask with faith

2009-05-22T04:07:00.004+08:00

The title for today's devotion is Ask with faith.

and God really reminded me on how we don't even ask enough! in the sense, we dare to ask things to are small in our lives and SEEM possible enough to happen, for e.g. praying for bus (maybe because we see it happening often). but when it comes to stuffa in our lives that may SEEM unlikely, we may tend to withdraw from asking as much, or do not ask enough! for e.g. praying for my teacher to be later than me for class even though i'm already late! (it's VERY unlikely for that to happen in poly!). not encouraging us to purposely be late then pray for that! but however you can really pray for anything and everything!

God also spoke to me on how asking with faith is NOT just about daring to ask for more as well=) asking with faith is also about having a closer relationship with God, such that God will show us how we can ask and pray for more in our lives as well! areas which we don't know we need to pray for!

and so i really want to grow even closer to God, by really spending time with Him daily, conversing with Him more when i'm alone on bus and such, praying for not just every single little thing but big thing as well so i can rely on Him even more! i want to love God even more=) jiayou guys!

[When you rely on God more, you learn of God's reliability firsthand, and this experience increases everytime!]
-Aloy

Bless me!

2009-05-22T00:08:00.003+08:00

A lot of times we may tend to ask God to bless us! bless me! But have we do what is required to receive the blessing? For me, something that i learn is that, 100% man is the part of us planning, praying and excuting but we need to also see the blessing like how Nehemiah saw it and take it by faith. Then 100% God will definitely come if it is according to his will.
-Alfonso

The Door God opens!

2009-05-21T03:50:00.004+08:00

I was reading the devotions for today, which entiltled 'The door he opens'.

Something that struck me was that the fact that Nehemiah is just like anyone of us! He was afraid of asking the King what God has placed into his heart. Isn't that the same as us? haha. Sometimes god prompts us to do somethings, but still we are afraid!

Something that happen to me today was very applicable to this topic. Today during my project group consultation, I had one friend who was feeling very vexed and overwhelmed by the amount of things that he need to do for the report, which is due NEXT WEEK! But at the same time, I was very pissed at him! I was 'amazed' at the amount of things that he didnt do properly! I was irritated by the amount of information that was missing from his notes. Man... i was really pissed off.

But guess what? God was telling me to cool down... and also... to PRAY for HIM! I was like... man... god... not now can?!?!?!?!?! ARGH!!!! as you have known, God is a persistent God! He keep nudging me throughout the discussion and even when we were walking towards the bus stop. But honestly there was NO appropriate setting for me to pray for him. But i knew i have got to do it! OR else god will make sure i cant sleep lor! haha.

So what i did was... I smsed my prayers for him!!!! Heeee... Yeah i really did! but i was really afraid as he was a buddist, and he have NEVER come to church before! so i dun know open he is to christain things! Yet... i still took the risk and smsed him! Minuntes later, he replied. And becos of his reply, i was glad that i took courage, obeyed god and sms him my prayers!

"Of cos i would not mind at all. really thanks a lot of the prayer. =D Really appreciate that!"

man.. i would trade anything to see non-believers around me coming 1 step... (JUST 1 step!!!)... closer to Jesus!!!!! I believe he was touched by the sms and by god himself. So i am praying thta e will come for this sat poly's ESS! =D

The question that can change your life

2009-05-21T02:29:00.004+08:00

hey i just read this post awhile ago, and i really feel that if we ask ourselves the very same question the pastor asked himself few years ago, our lives will definitely take a big turn=)

http://www.perrynoble.com/2009/05/11/the-question-that-changed-my-life/

take time to read through the whole post, catch his spirit, convictions and start working on your current life !=)

these is what ED1 is all about! heeeez...

2009-05-21T01:04:00.014+08:00

hi to all! Welcome to ED1 blog! This blog is specially made for all ED1 peeps to post up their learning... their testimonies... and their stories etc. Great things are definitely coming your wait! Just way and see!

BUT....

Before you continue reading, i think it's VERY important to let you know what ED1 is all about! Since pictures speaks louder than words.. let these pictures tell you then! hahahaha.

ED1 is about.....

(alfon and hao hugging?! this is such a rare sight! HAHA)

Love!!!

(Guess what were they doing? =s)

(PEPSI COLA 123!!!!!! haha)

(well... quite obvious who lost yea? bleah!=x)

Fun!!!!

(yes yes yes... what were we thinking right?!
well....
I DUN KNOW TOO!!!!)

( a cock-eyed prana banana! opps! =X)
Acceptance!!!

(why not try guessing what they were trying to do!

....hmm... not very hard anyway haha)

Random/lame!!!!

Word-centered!!!

(ooo.... so loving!!!!!
ooooo.... so sweet!!!! >.< )

Family!!!

Spastic!!!

Etc...
etc etc ...
etc etc etc...
etc etc etc etc......

these are just some FEWWWWWWWWWWW of who and what we really are! If you are interested in finding out how ED1 really is.... JUST JOIN US!!!!!!!!!
We'll promise you TONSSSS of fun, excitement and life transformation through a Christ-centered community!!!!!!
feel free to call anyone of the ED1 (admission is free! heeee) =D

~yiqin =P

Blog

2009-05-20T23:42:00.003+08:00

I learn to not depend on my past experiences to do things, as Nehemiah could have said, "It would work if i plead the King since it did not work when it was in the past. What differences can i do? I may be risking my own life just by saying that" But he trusted God and took the step of faith and did what he could do. He also saw his position as a cupbearer to be able to speak to the King. I want to learn from him i got to take up courage and use my position as a student in secondary to do what i can too advance the KOG! Amen. Alfonso

The Door He Opens

2009-05-20T22:26:00.004+08:00

The Door He opens, that's the devotion for today, day number 5.

as i read through, i really ask God what are parts of my life, that i refuse to take up opportunities that God will put in my life.

and one of the really common ones would be opportunities to rest! as much as i always think to myself i need to get more rest, i am the one who lets go of that opportunity, for e.g. i don't have much to do at night, and God reminds me thru various ways that i can sleep alrd and get my rest. but i pre-occupy myself in doings things that are really unnecessary, like.. using facebook, blog surfing or even reading news! things i can do when i wake up the next day.

and many others as well.. such as speaking to certain ppl i meet on the streets or smth, there are ppl i can't bring myself to relate to yet as well haha.. or ppl whom i simply dunno what to talk about, and all those are chances for me to be that light He've called me to be in that situation. but i'm slowly learning and growing through these heh..

God help me and grow me to never let go of opportunities that i can take to put Your kingdom as top priority and advancing it! i'm weak, but i'm willing to grow and change! i'm afraid still because i know problems will come so i can grow! however i want to go thru it and grow thru it! so i can love You more, obey You more and have more of You in my life. all these i pray in Jesus' Name. Amen=)

thank God as i read thru this devotion, i really allowed Him to search within the deepest of my heart for even the slightest disobedience in not taking up opportunities He placed in my life!=) jiayou ppl! let's be ppl who wants to love God more and more each day in different ways=)

Devotion, Waiting Is a Virtue

2009-05-19T21:51:00.005+08:00

Yeah, lets get the Devotions ball rolling. Hehehe So today is entitled Waiting Is A Virtue. I believe God wants to tell us and learn that at time we will really rely on ourselves which we should actually wait until the appropriate time where God says : Go!.. And normally if we do things ourselves we will get screwed like this -> =S and oh dear! either in a situation whereby we are serving god's kingdom like leading care group roles..and i believe we should wait upon God to take the wheel and be spirit lead! Because God knows what he is doing! like duh! I believe god just want to remind us again in

[ Proverbs 3:5 ] Trust In The Lord With All Your Heart And Lean Not On Your Own Understanding

Yeah! So lets really let God take control!!! If its not the time yet God Will Say: Wait, if your not giving your best or an area of life you have yet to repent God Will Say: Change, If your ready and the time is set God Will Say: Go!

Jiayou ED1!!! We Will Grow In Jesus Name! By Masquerade, We Will See Souls Being Saved, Lives Being Touched, And ED1 Growing From Glory To Glory!!! AMEN!

Love, Paulus

devotions!

2009-05-19T11:05:00.004+08:00

hey guys if you haven't start doing your devotions, start already!! haha

and i confess! i only started doing my devotions today =( but i really thank God i did the devotions, what's more the devotions really don't take up much time to read, and so from now til our unstoppable camp. let's post up our learnings in our daily camp devotions in this blog!

and i shall start first! heh, anyway i took time in the morning to read all the devotions i missed too to catch up to the current one because i don't want to miss a single chance to be spoken to by God! (you don't have to do the same. but still! a chance for God to speak to you, you don't want to miss it out!)

as i read the first devotion, God really reminded me on what is the state of my heart today? our heart is like a fortress whose enemies are temptations, satan and all satan's act. however if the walls of our hearts are like Jerusalem's wall, then imagine how easy enemies can get in our hearts and turn us away from God! and thats why we really need to come before God and pray for Him to restore those walls and cover our hearts with His word!

and for the rest of the devotions i read today, it's really a lot on me slowing down my life for God amongst all hurried project deadlines and tests in my school, learning to slow down, depend on God and look to Him for directions, not worrying nor panicking.

and i really want to do just that! as i look back at my past weeks, it's been so super busy! as i have 2 / 3 tests, 2 projects and a presentation to handle in the very same week! my life was moving so fast that the week passed before i could even start reacting to it!

but from now til camp, though i'm still going to have quite a few tests and projects to hand in, i'm going to trust in God, take it slow and move along God's directions as i seek Him everyday.

i believe past 2 - 3 weeks, most / all of us have been busy studying..=) or playing(busy playing?! !@#!@#) during the exams period, and may have missed out God in the process of it! but i just want to remind us that being unstoppable is something that will happen during june camp! it is something that starts today! with a heart for God, loving God, we will be someone who is unstoppable! let's really start being faithful to God as He stays faithful to us in our exams! start reading your camp devotions and spend that extra quality time with God everyday! i look forward to seeing other learnings being posted up=D jiayou !!

- Aloy =)

Burn! For God!

2009-04-21T22:12:00.005+08:00

Hello~! I believe this blog is getting dead so i am gonna share somethings =). yeah, In this time, I was just surfing the net, chatting in msn, listening to songs,when this song just struck me and encourage me a lot.The song is "Planetshakers - Burn" despite can't find any audio in some sites believe you will know the song. So what really struck me is that we should really continue to burn for god!
In Bible [Galatians 6 : 9] it says "let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." yeah! some of our hearts may become dry after serving god for a while, during ESS, chiong outreach,chiong sow,chiong meet people up..these things may cause us to become very dry,exhausted and weary, why not as you read take this time to pray and check our hearts if we are actually getting tired. Lets remember to really spend time with God really jus refresh ourselves and let our Fire BURN For God!!!
"God I pray for the people who are reading this and lord i pray that you will refresh us once again and really remind us that we are doing all this outreaching,sowing all for your kingdom and lord I pray that your spirit will just pour in our hearts and BURN An Everlasting Fire for you God! Open up our hearts God! In Jesus Name I Commit This Prayer, In Jesus Name Amen! =) SO! Let us not become weary!
ED1!!! We will Grow!!! We will BURN FOR GOD!!! Amen!!! -Love, Paulus Prana

AND THIS BLOG NEED TO BURN TOO!!!

Step out of problems, and into presence

2009-01-05T21:02:00.002+08:00

was doing my qt, and was really reminded of how amazing God really is, below is an "illustration" of how to get out of problems

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firstly problems usually seem bigger than what we can handle, otherwise we won't call them problems haha, especially when we see just problems.

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Then, when we start to feel that way, we've already stepped into the area where problems seems to keep coming to us, and it's all around us! and we try to find God but He seems to be nowhere=(

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But we may have never realised that we've been looking for God in the wrong place. God is not a part of our problems, He's outside of it to overcome it!

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so if you are met with big problems, don’t stay inside of it! get out of it, and get into the God’s presence, and allow Him to help you through the problems!

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God is definitely more than able to help us through our problems, no matter how big our problems may seem to us!

in fact i won't even to be able to draw how big God is, cos imagine He created the universe, and in the universe, the earth is just like a speck of dust! imagine God's greatness! don't focus too much on the problems, that you miss out on the God that is always behind you waiting to support you!

however great God is, He is on our side, right beside us wanting just to be with us=) when you're with Him, remember to speak God and allow God to tell you how it is possible for Him to help you with your problems! even if He doesn't tell you how, keep praying, keep giving your best and never give up!=)

remember! step out of problems, and into God's presence which is just outside of your problems. jiayou together with God!=)

The solution to overcome problems is this.
To step out of problems, and into God's presence=)

-Barnabas Aloysius

God Spoken Areas.

2008-12-22T22:28:00.003+08:00

God Spoke To Me Deeply In Many Areas
Through Heroes Of The Bible

Moses - Humility
Humility Means Knowing One That He Is Weak (And He Needs God.)
Action => We Need To Accept Partnership With God Because Though I Can't* God Can*
Which Is Why We Should Spend Time With God Daily Where We Can Listen And Hear God's Message And Calling.

David - Loyalty
Loyalty Means Act Of Bringing Himself To A Faithful Commitment To The Leader Or Cause.
Action => Obey Your Leaders Faithfully ,Whole Heartedly And Lovingly. To Love And Forgive* The Unlovable & Unforgivable.( Loyal To Each Other )

Abraham - Faith
Faith Means Trust On Something Or Someone. Trust On Something That Has Yet To Come(Something) / Trusting The Person Of A Task Or Responsibility(Someone)
Action => Having Great Faith Moves Mountains, I Will Pray And Have Faith In God That This Christmas,
God Will Do A Miracle And Bring The Friends And Contacts We Are Working, Fasting, Praying For And Let Them Begin Have A Relationship With God Too =) And Our Group Will Grow! Amen !? =)

Ester - Courage
Courage Means Standing Up For The Right Thing Despite Fears.
Action => I Will Overcome My Fear Of Outreaching To A New Level Of Courage ( In A Sense, Despite My Soul* And Spirit* Wants To JUST WHACK*, My Body* Will Reluctant For A Moment. Where New Level Of Courage Means Overcoming The Reluctant Fear Of My Body*) [Hope Not Too Complicated For This One.]

Paul - Ambition
Ambition Means Having Conviction In Goals
Action => Just Like The ALLOUT Caregroup, We Should Be ALLOUT Like Paul Too =). Giving Our Best To God Rather Obedience Than Performance. [Paul: For One Audience, God And God Only]

If You See Things Clearly Right, Moses Was Short-Tempered, David Was Simply A Shepherd, Abraham Was TOO Old, Ester Was Just A Girl, Paul Was Once A Persecutor.Its Like Are You Serious? These People Are SO Imperfect & Normal! But Really, Thanks To Their Obedience, God Use Them To Make A Difference. Thus, We Should Learn From Them =)

-Paulus, Prana

2008-12-19T22:05:00.000+08:00

What did i respond to God in Camp?
Before:
- Humility, Quite proud of my studies and that i am smart I think that it is because of my hardwork that i can play guitar well

- Courage, I have failed God many times because i gave up easily I feel that i cannot be a pioneering leader

- Faith, Unsure of why things are being in that way

- Loyalty, I am only loyal to selective people I take personal time with God with no urgency

Want to be:
- Humility, i do not boost on my own abilities or achievements but to Give all the glory to God Like my grades, skills and etc

- Courage, to take up the role of pioneering which i have failed many times but by God's grace He will use me To Pioneer BVSS again
To take on another school also
To increase my stamina for pioneering by getting fresh manna daily from God

- Faith, to have faith in God, not myself
To recognize God's Lordship over me

- Loyalty,
being loyal to God & His people
To listen to my leaders and to shepherd my sheep with the spirit of excellence
To walk with God daily

- Ambition,
having Kingdom Ambitions
Playing guitar to minister to people
Being filthy rich, but for the Kingdom Being in the media industry next time

What to do:
-Humility,
Asking people around me to keep watch over me
Ask God to humble me
Lifting everything back to God everyday

- Courage,
Pray for courage

- Faith,
Trying to clear doubts asap
Look to things with God's perceptive

- Ambition,
Study hard
Pray through it

- Alfonso