The best times in my life,

i spent with you guys.

the worst times in my life,

i held on to you guys.

God has blessed me

with this family.....

the question in my mind,

that pops up after the high

is "do i belong?"

the voice says "regular outsider!"

my heart cries "no!"

and yet i see

possibility.

- -

i do not know when it started. all i know is everytime i have a good time with you guys,

i end up going home thinking..is this real?

am i one of them? really and truly?

or am i kidding myself.

there was a time where i truly believed i really belonged.

..wasn't there?

i know i have changed.

the ivan i used to be would never reach out for help.

belonging or not, i love you guys.

leaving you guys when the time comes..

will be the hardest thing ever.

saturday nights when i see you guys,

the rest of my week dissapears.

and yet there's always a loneliness.

why am i even typing this.

should i even post it up?

am i being selfish?

sigh.

GC youth is the best youth ever.

whether i am one or not.

='D

sigh.

An update!

*ahem* Okay. Hope I don't sound too preachy, but I thought I'd share my thoughts on this, especially my own personal experiences and feelings so far.

(Haha it's like 3.17am now xD But it's Saturday! So who cares =p)

It is so easy to backslide when you're away from home, away from your original church, away from your fellow Christian friends.

It is so easy to backslide when there are temptations all around and when peer pressure surrounds you. I mean, seriously.

It has actually tugged at my mind to skip church, but I've still been going (heck, I've been to 3 different churches since I arrived here xD). One reason is cuz the churches are all quite far, and I have to wake up early and walk quite a distance xD But thank God that Clement and Eunice (aunty Iris's son, who got married last year, I think.. Remember him?) have offered to pick me up at an MRT station which is only 3 stops away from my nearest MRT station =)

The name of the church is Pasir Panjang Hill Brethren Church (or PPH for short xD).. There are basically 2 main English services.. The first one (as Eunice explained) is somewhat a little more traditional, and yeah, it more or less reminded me of worship service back home in Grace Chapel xD As for the 2nd service, which I attended last Sunday, the worship is more contemporary, and the songs too. I'm still deciding which service to attend.

I haven't found a youth yet. Actually there's been this girl from the first youth I went to, called Culture Youth from Centre of New Life church, who has been SMSing me and asking me if I'm going for youth, and I always feel so bad cuz I can't go cuz my mom won't let me. The reason is because they finish at around 7pm, and then by the time I get home it will be dark and my mom doesn't like the idea of me walking home alone in the dark. So yeah =( I feel so bad...

Uh, school life, on the other hand, has been quite hectic. A lot of projects, like oh my gosh! T.T Busy busy.. and then like everytime have to buy things >=( Oh well. Sighs.

Hope everything is going well with everyone back home =) I'm going to sleep now, hahaha.. Good night and God bless y'all! <3

XOXO

REVELATIONS OF HELL

http://spiritlessons.com/Documents/7_Jovenes/English_7_Jovenes_Hell.htm

nick pang gave me that link.

it is scary, to say the least.

it is the account of seven people's experiences when the Lord brought them into hell so they could come back and tell us.

(only six testimonies are there cos it was translated and the seventh dunno y dunhav)

i do not know what to say.

read it.

Birthday of Vanessa Cham

Sorry for the late post, the birthday was yesterday!

So if you havn wished her, her hse no.: 088 420 256, e-mail add.: cjyvanessa@yahoo.com

i suppose i gotta delete this post and timo's bday notification post in the near future in order to safeguard their personal details..

16 August 2008, Sat: YF

Well, uncle Chin couldn make it for YF so uncle Kiok What took over. To make it short, it was about this poem wrote by John Newton, who also wrote the song, Amazing Grace. I don't have the copy of the poem as i'm bloggin here in school, but i'll just write out the gist of it.

The poem uses a kite as an analogy. The kite would be ourselves, while the string that holds the kite, could be anything in our lives e.g. parents, church, studies, responsibilities, etc. One of the questions asked by uncle Kiok What was, just like the string, is there anything in our lives that we want to break free of?

There's no fixed answers in the discussion that followed on, which the whole sharing was made of. We were told that when the kite's broken free of the string, it would eventually fall down to the sea (or land).

So another two questions to ponder on were if this 'string' is important or not and if this whole kite thingy is applicable to our lives.

Well, for those of you reading this who weren present in the discussion, feel free to ponder and comment on your opinions regarding this whole thingy and thank you.

And after that, we celebrated Timo's birthday. His aunt bought a cake from Hyatt, a really thick choco cake. And there's only a pic taken..didn't get to record or something as we sing the birthday song..i was playing the guitar, haha:

There was only a candle. Which i suppose Timo still wanna be young eh? well at least he still have 2 more teen years to enjoy after this year, haha..

That's all.

sorry for wasting space.

i have a very important post that can't come out because i'm mad at a very silly stupid little thing.
invisibility.

ONE LIFE!!

hey guys, i was at church just now n throughout the whole sermon time, i was thinking about the youths. not that i wasnt concentrating like wat justin said, haha it just reminded me so much about the youths..also for myself.

as u can see, the title is "one life". we only have one life to live. but the question is "what are you gonna do with it?" what are u using ur life for? what motivates you? what inspires you?..is it God or the things of the world??

sermon relates itself to 2 Timothy 4 : 7

1) i have fought the good fight.
-paul said that he had fought the good fight.that means there are fights that are not worth fighting. if you're fighting for something that'll only give you temporary results or values, then u know for sure that's not the fight that's worth fighting for. fight for smth that has eternal values!! so learn to pick the right fight.

friends, i know the youths itself are facing many challenges n problems but who doesnt? God didnt promise us a life with Him tat is carefree n no problems. in fact it is thru all those challenges that He moulds us n make us more strong in Him. if just because of one small thing n the thot of giving up comes in...is it worth it? is it fair for God? He has never given up on us tho it required Him to give up Jesus. wat more can we compare that with? NOTHING!!

2) Daniel 3 : 24-25
- Daniel's friends experienced God in such a powerful way because they refused to succumb to the demands of this world.

guys, if we let the situation n circumstances around us win us, win our hearts n make who we are then we've actually let the devil win hands down!! he doesnt want us to be strong. he doesnt want us to remain firm in faith. so dun ever think of giving in to problems or so. when life is getting tougher, that is when u're gonna go a step further from the devil IF you choose to surrender it all to God, fully rely on Him n continue to trust in Him in every single thing that comes in your way.

3) i have finished the race
-it is very interesting to note that Paul sees this life as a race and it is not a sprint but a marathon!! our walk with God is meant to be a long run. we wana live a life in God's way but when God changes the direction of our lives, it is always n definitely better. we dont know wat are His plans for us but rest assured, our destiny is already decided!! run the race with Him and you'll see wat lies ahead of u. to win a sprint, we need nerves, but to win a marathon, we need stamina. our heart is where we keep our stamina!!

guys, the stamina lies in our heart. its like how strong is our faith in Christ. how much we trust in Him leading us thru all the hard times without forgetting the good n great thing He has done in our lives. we ought to keep a good attiture and a sweet spirit. always keep your heart moist but not hard. have ur heart like a sponge and not a rock. a sponge can always absorb n also give out as well. u can absorb wat God is putting in ur life and share it with others to touch n bless others around you with wat God has done in u.

- proverbs 4 : 23
we want a form of godliness together with God's power. dont let unforgiveness steal ur destiny in God. protect ur heart. dont let discouragement or disappointment steal ur heart, love or faith.

4) i have kept the faith
- this i believe is more important than all our achievements and ideals of life-that until the very last moment, we are stil faithful and faith-filled.

2 corinthians 11 : 24-25, 28
- choose to remain faithful
-choose to remain fervent
-choose to pray
-choose to read the bible
-choose to come to church
-choose to put God first
-choose to find a Godly partner
-choose to be disciple

its reli about how you live your life.you have one life, will you live it to God?

Today's the BIRTHDAY of TIMOTHY LEE!!!!

Well, for some of you who dunno or have forgotten, go wish him even if it's belated when you see this. Sorry for the late notification. His no. is

016-810 7360

do it now.

help..

need saturday.

The REaS0N

hey guys.........long time din post a blog..and finally i gotta do it!!!hahah.....sorry for being so weird in my xpression....hahah....



The past two weeks has been buzi wit orientation and this juz started lecture...The reason i was able to write some words down here is because today i m totally free from any lectures and this will last fro one sem...so nost probably av wednesday i will " kei po" and b '38" or even "reload" our blog with some stories or xperience .....



Lecture week was quite interesting....my 1st two lecturer are from china and 1 of them and find it hard to understand His english...i m not condemming Him bt i think he has given his best effort to teach.....even in my stay in the hall...there are many from china...some of them , their spoken chinese is almost like ours...bt some is like they speak three words in one pronounciation...."3 in 1" chinese " ping ying".....dono whether once i m back in sabah...i will be speking the " 3 in 1" chinese....hehehe....However their some of thier english are superb....i think better me...my language are all rojak...haiz....so better







Well as i have mentioned about my buziness in my orientation, what u have learnt was the effort and commitment put in bythe seniors ........the spent the past three months during the school "mega" term holiday to prepare and plan the activities for us.....I was in admiration the energy and most of all the commitment they have given ...... I think thats is so important as for those who are in the youth committee , u must have the youth commitment....heheh...bt for those who r not in the youth committee.....u r not left out as well.... as ambassador 4 Christ... ur commitment to Christ in life shall be strong in every circumstances....the opportunity to serve and share His words or eve in times of trials.........

自私的破坏者 (Selfish Destroyer)

[hi..ronan here..i felt that i'm obliged to translate since i was in a chi school..translations are in itallic]

只是坐在餐厅里吃面
just by sittin in a restaurant eatin noodles
也可以患上肺癌
can also get lung cancer
这世界越来越不卫生了
this world is gettin more and more unhygenic
另称“破坏者”的吸烟者
smokers, a.k.a. 'destroyers'
是自私的人
are selfish people

今天早上在课室里上MUET（英文）做练习时，恰好做着一篇有关吸烟报告的文章。我灵机一动，立即在簿子写下前面两行句子：
This morning when i was doin MUET (Malaysian University English thingy) exercise, it was an essay relating to smokin ads. I was moved right then to write down on the exercise book this 2 sentences:

只是坐在餐厅里吃面
just by sitting in a restaurant eating noodles
也可以患上肺癌
can even get lung cancer

坐在我旁边的同学看到后，她问我是否在写诗。因为我只写了两句，她不理解也不奇怪。我就开口问她：“假设你在餐厅里的时候有人吸烟，你是否会觉得周围的人也有可能患上肺癌？”她想了一下，然后很是同意地点头。我把视线再次转回那两行字上，在下一行写上：
my classmate sitting beside me saw it and asked if i was writing a poem. Because it was only 2 sentences, she couldn't understand nor felt strange about it. So i gave her a question: "If you're in a restaurant and someone's smoking, would you think that the surrounding people may get lung cancer?" She thought for a while and then nodded in agreement. So i turned my attention back to that 2 sentences and added the next sentence:

这世界越来越不卫生了
this world is becoming more and more unhygenic

接着我告诉她，这世界真的越来越不卫生了。“是咯，有时候去到一些茶店吃东西的时候，会看到一些人在抽烟。”其实一般上的茶店，也就是茶餐室，的墙壁某地方，会贴着一张小得可怜的禁烟启示。“那个人在很多人吃东西的时候吸烟，可是老板好像也没有理会的意思，吃东西的时候嗅到烟味真的很不好受。”这就是别人正在吃得津津有味的时候的破坏者！
so i then told her, this world is getting more and more unhygenic. "Yup, sometimes going to some restaurants to eat, there would be people smoking." Actually, some restaurants, and that's 'kopitiam's, stuck on some part of the walls, are these very small-till-it's-pitiful no-smoking signs. "That person smokes when there are a lot of people eating, yet the restaurant's owner seemed like he/she doesn't care at all, thus the people eating can only suffer breathing in the cigarette smoke." And these people are the 'destroyers' when people are eating happily!

我个人非常反对人们去吸烟，就算是一秒钟的尝试也不可以！原因是我本身对烟敏感，嗅到烟就会呛到、鼻孔痒、甚至呼吸不到，烟被嗅到肺部，我可以强烈感觉到肺部缺氧、喉咙干燥。当然也不止，吸烟真的可以严重影响身体的健康，有人可以因吸烟而瘫痪终身。
Personally, i'm very against those who smoke, even if it's just testing for a second i also will not allow! The reason is I myself is sensitive to cigarette smoke, once i smell it i would choke, nose itchy, can't even breathe, when the smoke got into my lungs, i can strongly feel myself lacking of oxygen and my throat dried up. And not just that, smoking can really badly affect one's health, some can even get paralysed for the rest of their lives.

我所说的并不虚假，是有确实的例子存在的，而且也有很多卫生局科学家都一致把吸烟这活动定于罪行！
What i've said is true, such example really does exist, and quite a lot of scientists from sanitation bureaus have been treating smoking as a criminal act!

其实聪明的人都知道，吸烟是完全带来不了任何好处。那些所谓的“为了要放松”、“减轻疲累烦恼”之类懦夫的逃避借口，完全不是理由，也不能成立为吸烟的理由。如果以为吸烟是示威的行为的话，那么这些人也只不过是名副其实的“人头猪脑”罢了。
Actually, those who are intelligent also know, smoking does not have any benefits at all. Those who used "to relax", "to ease stress" as excuses, all are not reasons nor can be used as a reason to smoke. If smoking is for showing off then these people are worthy to be called 'people with pig brains'.

如果要放松，要解劳的话，我建议你们都去喝白水！水不但无毒无化学，而且又便宜、容易得到买到，可以帮助开胃开脑！做数学前喝白水的话，思考能力也可以因此上升！水拥有氧气，喝白水让身体补氧可以使身体更有效率地工作和活动。白水益处多多，怎么也不可能可以让任何人找出弱点吧？！
If wanna relax, reduce stress, then i suggest you all go drink water! Water is not just without poison or chemical, it also helps excretion, easy to buy, and helps give appetite and operates the brain! By drinking water before doing maths, your thinking ability will be increased! Water contains oxygen, so by drinking water it can resupply oxygen to make the body more effective in doing work and activities. The benefits of water is a lot, it's impossible to find any disadvantages of it i suppose?!

回到“吸烟”这个话题，长期吸烟，可以导致肺部活动缓慢，呼吸器官可能也会有诸塞状况。持续维持吸烟习惯的话，肺部会变乌黑，甚至在肺部形成无数的破洞。可见被烟粒子经过的物品都会黑化，形成小型缓慢的燃烧，把吸烟者的肺部一再侵略、烧烤。包着这样不健康的肺部的身体体能自然会下降、呼吸困难、缺氧等等健康问题，这就等于一个抱着随时丧命的人，痛苦又提心吊胆地等待生命的最后那一刻。
Coming back to the topic of 'smoking', long term smoking, can cause lung activities to slow down, breathing organs may also have blockages. If the habit of smoking continues, the lungs will become black, even till the shape of the lungs becomes punctured with numerous holes. It can be seen that stuff in contact with tar will turn black and burns lightly, thus also it also invades and barbecues the smokers' lungs. With such unhealthy lungs the body's form will naturally decrease, having difficulties in breathing, lacking oxygen, and all sorts of health problems; this is just like someone having a life that will slip off anytime, suffering and worrying as the last moment of that person's life comes.

烟粒子不但可以腐蚀肺部，它也会把体内的细胞烧毁消灭。当细胞被消灭到差不多的数量而严重不能再大量修复再生后，吸烟者的四肢细胞就会开始接受不了大脑的信息而促渐退化、不听使唤。我父亲也是例子之一，少年时挥霍无度嗜上吸烟喝酒，现在换来的是身家惨败一身疾病，他的腿，已经不能再自由行走，他只能撑着一个超大助行拐杖，脚板拖着地板慢慢行走，现在他的脚板都磨得差不多快要平平的了。看看老师的父亲，比我父亲年长许多，但是我天天都见到他很有精神地在跑步，这就是吸烟者和非吸烟者的巨大差别。
Tar not just corrodes the lungs, it can also burn and destroy cells in the body. And when the number of body cells is badly decreased till they cant multiply in large numbers, the limbs of the smoker will start to be unable to receive messages from the brain and degenerates, no longer accepting orders. My father is one of the examples, since in his youth days has been smoking and drinking alcohol, and now in exchange, body in bad form and full of diseases; his legs can no long walk freely, he can only support on a super big walking stick, dragging his feet on the floor as he slow walks; now his feet have been rubbed against the floor till almost flat. Seeing my teacher's father, being so much older than my father, yet everyday seeing him jogging with full of spirit, this is the obvious difference between a smoker and a non-smoker.

现在烟价不断增长，但是却还是那么多人戒不了反而吸得更猛，好似明天可能再也吸不到了地拼命抽烟。其实这样吸法，真的会活不到明天。与其花费大量的金钱在烟草上买“不健康”，倒不如把那些钱储存起来，买一些更实际的东西或用作紧急基金。与其把时间花在享受抽烟的几分钟上，倒不如把时间花在几个简单的促氧运动上。仔细想一想，要是自己就死在每天一小支烟草上，岂不是逊透了？！别开玩笑，我宁愿笑到死也不要吸烟死。笑着死去，人生才显得过得轻松呀！
Nowadays, the price of cigarettes is increasing non-stop, yet people who can't curb their smoking habit smoke even more, smoking as if tomorrow may never be able to smoke. Actually by doing that, really won't gonna make it till tomorrow. Especially by wasting such large amount of money on tobacco like buying 'unhealthiness', they can save those money and buy something more realistic or as an emergency fund. And by wasting that few minutes of time smoking, they can use it to do some simple rejuvenating exercises. Think properly, if you die just by having a small stick of tobacco each day, isn't that absurd? No kidding, i rather laugh till i die than smoke. By laughing till you die, life's obviously more relaxing!

不过非吸烟者也别高兴得太早，我相信许多人也已经知道，二手烟的受害者的下场也会是惨不忍睹。我记得课堂上老师曾经说过，由于吸烟者抽烟时，那支烟的尾端具有过滤棉，和直接吸二手烟的人比起来，吸入二手烟的人会显得更严重的情况。所以不吸烟的各位，虽然你们觉得旁边的人吸烟不关自身的事，但这样也可以危害到你的健康。这就是我为什么说：“只是坐在餐厅里吃面，也可以患上肺癌。”的原因。
But, non-smokers shouldn't be happy too early, i believe that a lot of people already know, what happens to 2nd hand smokers is also very horrible to look at. I remember during last my teacher once said, when smokers smoke, the rear end of the cigarette(where the mouth is) has a filter, so to compare with 2nd hand smokers, the latter face even worse situation. Therefore fellow non-smokers, even though you may think the smokers around you are non of your business, it actually can affect your health too. So that is the reason why i said, "Just by sitting in a restaurant eating noodles, can also get lung cancer."

“我想吸烟的人一定很自私。”“为什么你这么说？嗯……难道是因为别人在吃东西，他却自己顾自己在那边抽烟？”非常正确！因为无论餐厅、巴士或是哪个公共场所，他们都不会想想旁边的人的感受，自顾自地抽起烟来。虽然已经明显挂着“禁止吸烟，不然罚XXX百块。”，可是前面那个巴士司机仍然无法无天地在尽情抽烟。坐在他后面的我可是遭殃了……
"I think smokers must be selfish." "Why do you say so?" Erm..is it because when people are eating, the smoker smokes, caring just about him/herself? "Correct! Because not just restaurants, bus stops or other public places, they will not think about the feelings of the people around them as they selfishly light up a cigarette. Even though a "No smoking, or else fine RM XXX 00.00" sign is obviously put up, that bus driver still lawlessly smokes as much as he wants to. Sitting behind him, i'm doomed......

“如果别人在吃东西的时候有人在抽烟的话，东西都变得不好吃了。”我说。的确，烟的味道很重，可以盖过食物的香味。人在享受食物的时候，鼻子的嗅觉是激发舌头味觉的来源，在嗅到食物的味道的同时吃东西，舌头才可以真正品尝到食物的味道。假想你吃东西的时候嗅觉没了或者嗅觉被干扰了，好吃的食物也会变得难吃。更何况是烟味？嗅入那么苦的味道，难道你还可以有心情继续进食吗？就算可以，你也已经有患上肺癌的觉悟了！
"If there are smokers when people are eating, then the food will not be tasty anymore," i said. For sure, the smell of cigarette smoke is very dense, and can cover the taste of food. When people are enjoying their food, the smell of the food picked up by the nose is what excites the tastebuds on the tongue; when smelling the food while eating, the tongue will then taste the real taste of the food. If while you're eating and the smell is no more or your smelling ability is distracted, even tasty food can become difficult to eat. Let alone cigarette smoke? Such bitter smell, can you still continue eating heartily? Even if you can, you already have the awareness of getting lung cancer!

我想了想，又对她说：“如果有这样的人在别人进食时抽烟的话，你要对他说‘先生（小姐），感谢你跟我分享你的烟，可是因为我忙着吸嗅你的烟，我连我这碗面都没有时间享受了！’。”说完后我们两个就在教室里响起小小的笑声。
I pondered, and told her(the friend), "If there's such a person who smokes when people are eating, you can tell him, 'Mister/Miss, thanks for sharing with me your cigarette smoke, but because i was too busy smelling your smoke, i don't even have anymore time left to enjoy my bowl of noodle!'. " Having said so, we 2 giggled in the class.






后来放学补完课在学校外面等车时，我听到后面一群小学弟学妹们在兴奋地讨论某话题。后来他们之中某人说他们的某个女同学抽烟时吸引了我的注意力。“她是抽过还是一直都在抽啊？”这是在问她是尝试地抽还是上瘾地抽。“好像是试过而已吧！她自己说的！”“怯！我够有试过啦！而且还是爸爸叫我试的！”是一个男生的声音，“哈哈哈，我记得我公公也是常常抽烟的，我都嗅惯了！”这次是女生。我听到了心里想，要是这样无知的年轻人再增加的话，那么全球注定要丧命在抽烟的原因之下的人就会越来越多……实行再多的绿化活动也降低不了地球的污染指数！蓝星球只会变得越来越高温，我们这些蓝球人也只能等待海水来把我们淹没。再说多少上亿万的道歉也挽回不了寿命正在消减的地球。
After that, after school while waiting for transport, i heard a group of juniors behind me talking about something. After that, one of them who said there's a girl student who smokes attracted my attention. "She smoked before or have been smoking?" This was to know if she only tried or have been addicted to smoking. "It seems like she only tried i guess! She said so herself!" "Cheh, i myself also tried before la! And it's even my dad who asked me!" said one guy. "Hahaha, i remember my grandpa always smoke, i'm already used to it!" this time it was a girl. I heard and i wondered, if such uneducated youngsters increase in numbers, then in the whole world people who died because of smoking will surely be more and more......having so many go-green activities can never decrease the amount of pollution! The earth'll become even more hotter, we humans can only wait for the seas to drown us out. By saying infinite of apologies will never save this dying planet.


破坏者们可否还有自觉知觉呢？
这种损人不利己、损天地、损万物的事情，你是否还想继续做？
难道你看着燃烧的烟草头，不会联想到你正在用火烧着你用血汗、不惜被老板咒骂、辛辛苦苦赚来的金钱吗？
你一定听不到，因为曾经被太阳烧得枯萎的烟草再次被生火燃烧而哭泣的声音。
Can destroyers ever become aware?
This action which does not just destroy bodies, the skies and the earth and all creations, will you want to continue doing so?
Is it really when you look at the light cigarette, it won't occur to you that you're burning up your blood and sweat, not caring about being scolded by your boss, all the money you have work so much for?
You sure won't be hear, the cries of burning tobacco withered by the scorching sun.


Sorry for those who dunno how to read chinese...
But I typed too long and i dunno how to translate it to English already...
This passage is about tabacco destroys lives,
I just gave some idea on how unclever he or she is if that person smooke.
This is what I discover today during school time,
Felt disappointed about what had happend nowadays on the case the cause by smooking,
And so I wrote this such a long passage...
Although we do not take tabacco,
But it doesn't mean that the others who smooke is not our bussiness,
Just shout out to the person that close to you,
Try to advice, but not try to give up,
This is all for our healths!
Besides, God gaves us the bodies are not to destroy but to appreciate!
Remember, God had gave each of us a healthy body, we have to feel thankful on it.

GOD BLESS YOU!!! HAVE A VERY NICE WEEK!

Hey hey!

My dear youths!
I now present to you:

JUSTIN LIM SHOPPING! HAHAHAHAHA!

Peace out <3

If We Are The Body - Casting Crowns

Tanya's Thoughts For Tonight

Romans 12: 4-8
4Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
6We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his^[b]faith.
7If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;
8if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.


Found this song not long ago and the lyrics really struck me.. please read on..
go to this link and play the music while reading the lyrics...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAWeHo8E70E

If We Are The Body - Casting Crowns

It's crowded in worship today
As she slips in
Trying to fade into the faces
The girls' teasing laughter is carrying farther than they know
Farther than they know

CHORUS
But if we are the Body
Why aren't His arms reaching
Why aren't His hands healing
Why aren't His words teaching
And if we are the Body
Why aren't His feet going
Why is His love not showing them there is a way
There is a way

A traveler is far away from home
He sheds his coat
And quietly sinks into the back row
The weight of their judgmental glances tells him that his chances
Are better out on the road

CHORUS
But if we are the Body
Why aren't His arms reaching
Why aren't His hands healing
Why aren't His words teaching
And if we are the Body
Why aren't His feet going
Why is His love not showing them there is a way

Bridge
Jesus paid much too high a price
For us to pick and choose who should come
And we are the Body of Christ

Chorus (2x)
If we are the body
Why aren't His arms reaching
Why aren't His hands healing
Why aren't His words teaching
And if we are the body
Why aren't His feet going
Why is His love not showing them there is a way

Jesus is the way

.....

Sorry for the looooong post guys.. I really hope you listened to the song, read the lyrics, thought about it, and maybe you feel the same way as I do. How many times have I ignored the little voice in my head saying 'Go and help him!" or 'Ask her to come to youth'... or have just totally disobeyed God.
We ARE the body of Christ. We have a duty and responsibility to be His hands and feet, and play our part in serving Him with our whole lives.

This song makes me guilty. And its hits me everytime. Telling me to wake up. Stop running away and just to fulfill my responsibility as a Christian to reach out to others...

Please join me in this! We all need to depend on each other (AND GOD) and support and encourage each other to show others ...
There IS a way!!!

ODJ?

Well, remember back in Youth Camp, early in the morning we would gather in groups and read photostated articles which we called the quiet materials during this session called 'Quiet Time'? Well, i'm thinking of us doin just that..right here in this blog. I think maybe just pick some from the week instead of everyday's and see how far this go, eh?

So for those who checks this blog out and might not have this Our Daily Journey or couldn find time to read it, i'll be typing down tuesday's article, then whoever has read this or already read it by yourselves at home then you can comment and share what you think about the article. Just like what we did back in Youth Camps. And let me know what you all think about this idea too.

ODJ: Tuesday, August 5

focus

Read> 2 Kings 14: 1-14
'You have indeed defeated Edom, and you are very proud of it (v.10)'

We leaned against the churning machines in the barracks laundry room. As our clothes slashed and spun, we discussed the agitated condition of the world since our recall to active duty. Inevitably, our conversation turned to God.

My new friend told me he shared my faith in Jesus. Back home, he had been a youth group leader. But here, he said, "So often I just lose focus." I found his candor refreshing. Why do we "lose focus" so readily? How can we enjoy spiritual victory and the peace of God one moment, and then suffer a discouraging defeat the next?

Amaziah, one of the lesser-known kings in the Bible, accomplished a few good things but quickly lost focus. He showed mercy to the sons of his father's assassins. He also won a great victory over hostile Edom. But Amaziah lost sight of the source of his victory and challenged the other half of God's divided kingdom, Israel. The result: a crushing defeat (vv.7-14).

We won't achieve any meaningful success in our own strength. Without God, we have nothing. So how do we maintain focus?

• Read the Bible. Time spent with God's Word should be as essential to us as our daily food.
• Work on your prayer life! If your mind wanders like mine, make your prayers brief, but pray more often.
• Learn to rely on the Holy Spirit every day. Find Christian friends to pray with you and be accountable to each other.

The Christian life isn't complicated, nor is it easy. Jesus said we must take up our cross daily and follow Him. If we don't, we're sure to lose focus.

-- Tim Gustafon

More>

• Luke 9:23 Then He(Jesus) said to them all: 'If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
• John 12:26 'Whoever serves Me(Jesus) must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be. My Father will honor the one who serves Me.'
• Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Next>
What distractions have caused you to lose spiritual focus? What will you do to gain better focus in your relationship with God?

pictures of revo party.....

heres the pictures taken during revo........ im sorry only a few..... but better than nothing...nyahahhaha.... btw tanya... and all form 3 in lok yuk.... good luck in exams!!!! =)... i still have a month!! wahahahhaha.... jk jk....=)... good luck yeah....=)....



waiting outside yayasan for the others after revo.....





them being crazy again.... (on the way to yayasan, at the traffic light near giant in likas)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUSTIN!!!!

well, yeah.. I already wished you through friendster but since this is the youth's special website, I felt like it would be better to officially wish you goodbye from your TEEN years, like Ronan said, hahahaha....

SO...

BLESSED AND JOYFUL BIRTHDAY, me and others wisheth you, Joosteen!







by the way.. I would post about R.E.V.O but because of exams.. haiya.. got so many things I wanna post about and ask all you guys for opinion or what not and I wanna put up SO many pics but just no time lah! oh well.. gotta go!

HI TAMMI! XD

2 August 2008, Saturday

Well, in the afternoon, Adrian, Jeremy, Brian, Ivan and I went to watch
While Sharon with her IS friends and Wen Yi with her friends watched:


Then at night, we all went to


so here's what we're gonna do, all of you who've been there that night and are authors of this blog, please post up whatever you have to say about the Revo P.A.R.T.Y., ok? Just remember to label it as 'Revo' since i'm sure 'Revo P.A.R.T.Y.' is too long. The label's so that whoever wanna see whatever you all have said can just click on 'Revo' in the Labels section and be directed to all of you all de post regardin to it, ok? now start POSTING!!

By popular and great demand:

Yup..by popular and great demand (from one single person only), i'm postin this pic up. Unfortunately i don't have the original so the resolution's much smaller:
there you go..haha

JUSTIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BLESSED 20th BIRTHDAY!!
lik i said in my msg (which SOMEone still havn yet replied at this when i'm typin this), no more teen years! it's twenty! (like, tat 'ty' from 'aunty' which i suppose is more suitable for that someone who had turned 20). Well..that's all..since i already wished you through sms. Hope you had a great day celebratin your birthday in your uni! haha

happy birthday justin!!!!!!!

yo justin!!!!!! happy birthday!!!!!! hahahha.... you're no longer in ages tat starts with 1... LOL!!.... too bad we couldnt celebrate ur birthday with u.... =(.... anyway... go find tammi!! ask her belanja on our behalf... hahhahahha..... =D.... hope u enjoyed ur birthday... God bless ya!!!!!! take care.... =)

SPECIALLY FOR JUSTIN LIM YAO LONG!!

happy birthday to you,
happy birthday to you,
happy birthday to justin,
happy birthday to you~~~~~~~


hey big boy!! wishing you a happy happy blessed birthday. guess u're reli busy with orientation n stuff but seriously, i hope u didnt forget its ur bday!! i text you but someone din reply!!! so wat is it this time? busy bidding or helping senior? hehe

k la k la..its your day. dun cari pasal with u dy la =p reli hope you're having a great time there :) take care ah.

** i know deep down in ur heart u're missing us all so so much. u want us n ONLY us to celebrate with u right? ok mayb ur family too la..but ah..srill u miss us!! tat's my whole point!! hahaha

love,
angel :)