this is so funny! haha.

but in our walk with God, i feel that it's the same scenario.
sometimes, it is just so hard for us to trust God.
enjoy the video

pc

Dear cell,
I know that this is a long entry which may just make u feel not like reading it, but i really hope that everyone of you can spend some time reading this few passages that i've taken out of the book 'purpose driven life'. Read and digest it slowly. If u can't, then just read those black words right at the bottom.

"Love is not a good part of your life, it's the most important part.' The bible says, "Let love be your greatest aim."

Often we act as if relationship are something to be squeezed into our schedule. We talk abt finding time for our children or making time for pple in out lives. That gives the impression that relationships are just part of our lives along with many other tasks. But God says relationships are what life is all abt.

4 of the Ten Commandments deal w our relationship with God while the other 6 deal with our relationship with pple. Jesus summarized what matters most to God in 2 statements: Love God and love pple.

I have been at the bedside of many pple in their final moments, when they stand on the edge of eternity, and I have nv heard anyone say,"Bring me my diplomas! I want to look at them one more time. Show me my awards, my medals, that gold watch i was given." When life on earth is ending, pple don't surround themselves with objects. What we want ard us is pple- Pple we love and have relationships with. Don't wait until you're on your deathbed to figure out that nothing matters more than relationships.

Relationships, not achievements or the aquisition of things are what matters most in life.
When our schedules become overloaded, we start skimming relationally, cutting back on giving the time, energy and attention tt loving ralationship require. What matters most to God is replaced by what's urgent.

Busyness is the great enemy of relationships. We become preoccupied with making a living, doing our work, paying bills, and accomplishing goals as if these tasks are the point of life. They are not. The point of life is learning to love - God and pple.

Many pple have said to me,"I don't understand my wife and kids. I provide everything they need. What more could they want?" They want you! Your eyes, your ears, your time, your attention, your presence, your focus - your time. Nothing can take the place of that.

In heaven God won't say, "Tell me abt ur career, your bank account, and your hobbies." Instead he wil review how u treated other pple, particularly those in need.

The greatest gift u can give to someone is your time.

The best use of life is love.
The best expression of love is time.
The best time to love is now.

Pray this: " God, whether i get anything else done today, I want to make sure that i spend time loving you and loving other pple -because tt's what life is all abt. I don't want to waste this day." Why sld God give you another day if you're gg to waste it?"

With love,
farmer

hey all chris here.and this is my 1st post on the CG blog.

Sometimes i wonder what is the right thing to do but before i saY,HAPPY NIU YEAR TO EVERYONE.wishing you all a prosperous niu year.now,being a sever in Holy Family for 7 years,i sort of got "banned" for not serving.ok this is my fault.now i'm staring to think whether i should join back or not. one of my friends,who is also going to "retire" from serving,gave me this quote :


It doesn't matter how long you've served you can't decide to stay on or not because of that. Just do what you think is right. There always other ministries you can join. It's abt the giving that's impt. You're doing a service and a duty to Church. Not for personal gain just rmb that.


okay.i was in shocked when i saw what he typed out.reaction: stunned !!!!!! now at least my mind is settled.at least it won't be so hazy.got to really think about it more often.hopefully,the decision i make is not for personal gain but for myself. well,i'm gonna nap now.tata^_^ and once again,wishing all my CG mates,classmates,family and friends a happy and prosperous NIU year ^^


P.s: if anyone has help on what i should do,please give me your guidance.i'll do my best to do what's right for myself and hope GOD will not get angry of my actions.

Labels: "fork" in the road.right or wrong ?

something for u 2 do when ur bored... haha.. its not as easy as it looks...
meow~

Here's a little encouragement for the ppl who are feeling uncertain bout the economic crisis, their career path, or even some of us who are feeling with burdened with academic woes, etc. God already knows what we are going through (and will be going through). Jeremiah 29:11 'For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.' He has already gone before us and will be walking alongside with us. So let us all live victoriously and look forward with the confidence that never disappoints! (: (paiseh.. cldnt find a better video) happy cny in advance!

I Know Who Holds Tomorrow - LeAnn Rimes

Matthew 6:25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life[a]?
28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Hi all,
this is from an email that my ex-coach has sent to me a few days ago.
It is written by Pastor Mitchell Tan from his church. Enjoy...

Honoring our elders is something that God wants us to cultivate. It is part of learning to practice the Lordship of God.

1.Respecting our parents “Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father,…I am the Lord your God” Leviticus 19:3 The Lord commanded all men to respect and honor their parents. They were meant to give the proper reverence and regard that were due to parents.. Let’s make the effort to honor and show respect to our parents.

2. Respecting the older generation “You shall rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and fear your God: I am the Lord.” Leviticus 19:32 God also told Moses that the people should give honor to the older generation. Whenever they see a gray headed person, they should rise from their chair to greet him. They should give proper respect to an old man. Furthermore, how we respect older ones would also affect our regard for the Lord. When we give honor to older ones, it would enhance our fear of the Lord. Many young people today do not know how to show honor to the older generation. Let’s seek to be different. Let’s practice the Lordship of God by respecting our elders.

Farmer

devotional thought of the day:

finding truth is like quenching thirst

his word holds so much truth and when revealed to us, we find much delight

-aaron

Morning everybody!
I was so tired yesterday( wed), knock out straight after i came back home at 10p.m. So i have to wake up earlier today to gather some info for my proj, so i can 'jiao dai' to my grp mates..haha

I was reading the book on 'Intercessory prayer' yesterday while on the train and this time i didn't fall asleep while reading..It goes like this:

That God is not directly in control of everything that takes place on Earth can be seen in the simple facts:

-He would nv decide a person sld be raped or abused
-He would nv desire that the innocent suffer
-He would nv will murder, pillage, racial genocide, and a thousand other things.

Most of us don't like that. It threatens us and somehow weakens God in our mind to imply He's not in total control of everythiing.


Friends,
God's power is waiting to be released through our prayers!
- Our prayers can do wonders!
- Our prayers can change the situation! Definitely!!
BUT, only if we start praying.

'-Is it possible that some who have fallen away from Christ would not have if someone had interceded for them?

-Is it possible that much successful persecution against the church could be stopped or rendered unfruitful if we were alert and interceded against it?'

Farmer

hi friends,

just want to share with you an interesting experience i encountered in the midst of my office shift. i have 2 bosses above me, one is my direct manager, the other one is the head of my agency. during the office shift, i realised the agency head who is a catholic, wanted to shift a small scupture on his table, the shape of a lion, those they normally place near the doors, to the new office. i was quite shocked when he requested for red paper to blindfold the lion's eyes for some fengshui reasons.. all these while, he also requested for radio to be on at all times in the office, for unknown reasons which i didn't bother to ask.

during the shift itself, my direct manager asked if whether he could get his fengshui shi to take a look for in the office for me and my teammate, my teammate who also happens to be a christian said ok and i thought since the process didnt have to involve me, im ok with it. i was chatting with my christian teammate and she mentioned that the agency head had many significant changes after he supposedly, made some fengshui adjustments.

i kept pondering after that and wonder how i would react in different senarios, for eg. if my direct manager comes to me and tell me which seat i should take. etc
when i was doing my devotion, i decided to read Acts because i thought Alvin would also be reading near Acts and God spoke to me through this verse:

Acts 1:18
18(With the reward he got for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out. 19Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
20"For," said Peter, "it is written in the book of Psalms, " 'May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,'[d] and, " 'May another take his place of leadership.'[e]

many times, we find ourselves in a senario when we turn to the world for rewards and it does reward us.. But does it trully satisfy us? No.. it does not, in fact sometimes in the midst of chasing after our "rewards" we lose too many things altogether.

He's our provider! and as peici reminds us.
He's our Fortress and refuge, our God whom i trust.
We only enjoy the rewards that come from Him best.

May His word always be our guide and truth the days of our life.

The Fellowship of the Believers
42They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. 46Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

to be remembered in prayer,
aaron :)

YO YO YO! !!!

my dear friends!..
Today will be a day of new beginning as our blog gets to see the daylight once again! I repeat..see the daylight once again. (get the hint?......... pls do something abt it...)

HOORAY!!!

Updates for the new year 2009!

Grace - going for water baptism soon
Peici - thinking of joining SOT
Ivana - sick (pls pour down prayers!!!)
Marilyn - busy studying
Aaron - hmm..bored (prayers!!!)
Nandi - bro has chest pain, warded (prayers!!!)
Michelle - just cut her hair
Peisi - drowned with projects (prayers!!!)
Joseph - successful in job application
Alvin - reading the bible enthusiastically ( all others, pls take note)
Jinyu - just rebonded her hair

OoooK! WHATZ UP in ur lives peeps! Pls do update ur life's journey in the cell blog, since we are all very loving and caring pple who can't wait to know more about u!..yes U! YOU! get what i mean..YoU!!! sitting right in front of the comp...start moving ur fingers on the keyboard NOW!!!!

As a celebration for the resurrection of the blog and it's beloved pple, i shall do the first posting.

Hey there!
feel free to write down ur prayer request, so we can pray along with you.
Just a reminder, God's telephone line is always ON! I REPEAT.....ON!
No registering of miss calls and................... IT"S FREE!
'It's free?', yeah yeah stop asking...I'm telling you, it's FREE!
FREE!
FREE!! FREE!!!!!!
So go on and give him a call!

1 peter 3:12
'The Lord is watching his children, listening to their prayers.'

PS: Zone gathering in church this FLYday..23/01/09

Farmer
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