Wow..

Well i suppose i will talk a bit here.. i find this video quite touching.. and i agree with what Mrs. Lee said..

"It's these small things that you remember, little "imperfections" that make them perfect, for you"

I suppose nowadays people talk about the 'perfect partner for you' this and that and people ended up having a very high expectation in a relationship, or, what they think should be 'perfect' as defined by the general public.

At first it may be all happy-happy but later on in the relationship, or marriage in this case, when little "imperfections" starts to appear, the relationship goes strained because one party couldn't bear with it etc. and thus, so many, in this case in marriages, so many divorces happened.

In a Christian point of view, don't get me wrong as i'm not saying we should settle for second best rather than the person God has planned for each of us to be with since even before we were born; or that we should have low standards and compromise our Biblical values for someone. It's just that we should seek God's Will, in relationships and not to simply take or think of boy-girl-relationships lightly as how the world would like us to be. There's shouldn't be so many trials-and-errors, if not none at all, in finding that person that's for us as long as we seek Him first.

For me, i think that when our relationships with God come first and are in the right track, other stuffs like relationships will then come into place, as in, we don't have to worry about it. We don't have to be "desperate" to go find one because we just have to trust in Him when the time comes for us to ask God whether that person is who He wants us to be with; the green light for us to pursue the relationship, etc. Plus, now we're all still young! (haha)

And when we found that person and get married, later on in the marriage if such "imperfections" start to come up, seek God and also remember about this video and be encouraged that things will work out. Don't resort to divorce. As long as if it's who God has wanted us to be with, there shouldn't be a mistake marrying them.

Well i just feel like sharing this and just type out what came into mind. Feel free to share your thoughts brothers and sisters because i may get it wrong or need to be corrected. It's through discussions that we can all improve ma!

haha

-ronan
p.s. because this is an on-the-spot-thing, i didn't have time to find references and stuffs.. and i gotta go rush my assignments now! haha

Must watch!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TANYA TAN !
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY WEN YIING !

birthday girl ;)

Youths!

I wanna say something!
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Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you theres no one else above all of you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away all my sadness
Ease my troubles thats what you all do

For the morning sun in all its glory
Greets the day with hope and comfort too
You all fill my life with laughter
And somehow you all make it better
Ease my troubles thats what you all do
Theres a love thats divine
And its yours and its mine like the sun
And at the end of the day
We should give thanks and pray
To the one, to the one

Have I told you lately that I love you all
Have I told you theres no one else above you all
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away all my sadness
Ease my troubles thats what you all do

Theres a love thats divine
And its yours and its mine like the sun
And at the end of the day
We should give thanks and pray
To the one, to the one

And have I told you lately that I love you all
Have I told you theres no one else above you all
You fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles thats what you all do
Take away all my sadness
Fill my life with gladness
Ease my troubles thats what you all do
Take away all my sadness
Fill my life with gladness
Ease my troubles thats what you all do


PEACE!
It's just been too quiet here.
;)

Hellooooo

Finally I'm going to do some updating. Sorry for the lapse, guys.. =(

Activities that happened previously that MAYBE some of you guys overseas didnt even know happened was Barbeque Night again, where about 30+ of us gathered (including the Primary Six-ers from Sunday School!) and we played some really fun games and ate LOTS of yummy food...and after dinner we played some crazy games, one of them a food-eating competition which I won't go into detail, just that there was lots of 'fruits' and ice cream.....plus lemons. =D

In upcoming news..

On the 15th of August '09 Grace Chapel English Assembly will be having our first ever official Jamming Night! It's gonna be a combination of the youths, UMS students and young adults.
There're gonna be bands, performances, activities and etc... It's gonna be an opportunity to introduce new songs, really jam, show our God-given and much practiced talents, and just gather together to praise and worship God.

Time: 7.15 pm - 9.30 pm (or later)
Venue: Grace Chapel Luyang, Main Hall
Attire: Comfortable but not too casual? xD

Please PRAY that the event will be a success.. As you can see we're really short on time so we might not be able to have as many practices and we would want and need.
Pray for all the people involved, because there is MUCH to do.

I think thats all for now?

Oh, by the way

HAPPYYYYY BIRRTTHHHHDAAAAYYYY TOOOOOOOO
JUSTIN LIM YAO LONG!
Somebody's 21~! =D

Edmond thinks Kangaroos are Yummy!!!!

Lolololololol... o.O i dont eat them . Hello, i finaly settle down in Perth. Well some of you might didnt know wheres that Guitar guy go.. O.o haha, didnt play much d my guitar and im rusted heheh, so yeah .Im in Perth already supposingly next year go one but my mom shoo me away and come here early cause of getting a Permanent resident if i study here for 2 years xD .Im studying in Murdoch University, no longer Limkokwing, its like from black color to red =D Most of my objectives here are done. I follow my cousin to her church, and even found a worship club in my University. People here are very nice, a lot of Malaysians too especially from kk, they all like say perth is like the second kk to them :p

The good news is today i went to my Uni and talk to the year leader about my course which i dont need to retake after Limkokwing. So he gave me 2 years of study, and i only need topay for 1 and a half year fee, means the other half and semester i can study for FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
wakakaka.. ahem.. So around december im coming back, and im gonna miss you guys, home sick already. Weather here is kinda cold ,7 degrees at night. Well thats it la, good bye to those i didnt get to say :/

GOD BLESS and ill be back!!!

my first post ever :D
We played "Big Wind Blow" last Saturday during youth. Tanya lost the game and she was asked to play the drums. WATCH :)

Today's Highlight

Joel 28-29
-God's Spirit will be pour out to young and old, men and women, sevants.

Acts 1:6-11,14

Acts 2:1-21
-Wind ~ Holy Spirit
Fire ~ God
-When Holy Spirit filled them, they speak in other tongues
-Dreams and Visions ~ message from God



This is the verses we'd view today during youth sunday school class,
Just feel free to put it up here and have a recall or highlight or something =)
Welcome and please to add in more details that I missed a lots
Since my memorising function is kinda weak this few days, so this is just a incomplete informations I've remember... >___>

a challenging experience :)

hey u all,

its been a while since i wrote something and it is definitely an odd timing right now as im having exams. but...oh well, i really felt like sharing this to you all :)

on wednesday night we had a choir and worship team practice. we started off with a short worship session first then right after praying, the presence of God was so strong there. then randomly, the worship leader ask everyone of us to randomly find some one and minister to them. which means, we were to prophesy over that person. I WAS SO SCARED!!!!!! i never prophesied over anybody what more to someone i never talked to!! i partnered with a fren, well i know who he is and stuff but i never talk to him...not at all!! and i had to prophesy over him....(*&^%$#$@^&*(&%^#$@....so i told him this would be my first time ever haha..so we started praying first.

i really prayed so hard!! i was asking God to give me something, a word, a picture or just anything that i can actually see..u know..like..see see...something i could interpret out la hehe then i saw a bright shinning light..i thought it was just a weird sight cuz i was closing my eyes so i tried again, prayed even harder and still, that was the only thing appearing. so ok..i settled with that. as i was trying so hard to put up my own sentence, i prayed that God will give me words, right words and there and then, words just flow through my mind. with all that i just prophesied over my fren. i said everything i had in my mind!!...and after that my mind was really blank hahahah SERIOUSLY!!

then after everyone is done, the worship leader asked who was prophesied accurately...MY FREN RAISED UP HIS HAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was like..looking at him..in total shock!! i was thinking like.."are you serious?"..haha then he told me the night before that, he was listening to online sermon and the verse that caught him was about the light of the world. AMAZING AIN'T IT!??

haha kinda proud of myself :D but true enough, when you put your trust in God, He is definitely on your side!! faith not tested is faith not proven. it was truly an amazing encounter with God :)

but anyways, at the end of the day, i truly learn that God put ppl in our lives for a reason. be it good or bad. it is through ppl that we learn the most!! and..we need to learn how to communicate with God as well as to speak out. there's so much i want to share with you all but its hard to type it in here. will share with you all when i see you...NEXT WEEK!!!! YES..NEXT WEEK!! I'LL BE HOME....WEEE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

cant wait to see you all.

love,

angelica :)

MUST WATCH!!!

Well i stumbled upon this person, Nick Vujicic a few weeks ago and i stumbled upon it again tonight, realising that i should have shared about it!

Maybe you have heard of this guy, maybe not, but he's born in Melbourne (here!), and without limbs. He's now a preacher and a motivational speaker around the world.

More info here in Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Vujicic

And the main thing of this post is VIDEOS!

This here is a shorter video, and showing him speaking to students in school:


And if you do feel motivated, this next longer video is an interview at church, like sharing, and you can get deeper insight on what the guy believes, which i hope really speaks to you:


Hope you all spend some time watching the videos.. it's worth it!

Uh. Okay, I guess I should blog about the Eklektos Celebration thingie we attended last night. Hahaha.

So yeah, the speaker was this guy called Jay Koopman and he currently lives in Hollywood, California. Yep. And so he shared this amazing testimony of his, which - as he did tell us before starting on his story - really did sound like a movie of some sort.

I don't exactly remember every single detail of his rather long story, but to say it in one sentence would be that he had a very difficult childhood. His parents sold, dealt and actually did hard drugs. He found out that his mother was actually prostituting herself to get drugs and money. He soon found himself involved in selling drugs, and eventually, doing them himself. When he was in his late teens, he ended up in jail. (Again, I only remember certain points of the story, and I'm sorry if I might have told some parts wrong, so those who went and listened to him speak, correct me if you find any errors in what I'm writing, okay?)

So, growing up in such harsh conditions and circumstances made Jay a very angry, bitter and difficult person. He ended up hating his mother and everyone/everything else that had made him that way. He was angry at God.

His [Christian] aunt was the one who started his unique journey to finding Christ. She showed him unconditional love. She got him to enter this Christian teen program thing for jail inmates, and although he only agreed to go because he wanted to be any other place but jail, and it was difficult to get in, he did. After a series of events (I seriously can't bring myself to remember much of them, to be honest! I'm horrible -_-) he came to God and was released from the anger that were his chains. He felt free again.

So yeah. Darn, it really was moving. Hahaha. Again, sorry if my story has some inaccurate areas!!

ODJ: above the mud (may 21)

by jennifer benson schuldt

read> Psalm 69:1-33
Let all who seek God’s help be encouraged (v.32).

more> Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with My victorious right hand (Isaiah 41:10).

Bog snorkeling is a popular sport in Wales. Competitors wear flippers and diving masks with snorkels attached and try to squirm through trenches cut through peat bogs without using their arms! While I have no idea how bog snorkeling got started, I know that getting “stuck in the mud” is nothing new.

David was in that spot—emotionally speaking—when he wrote, “Rescue me from the mud; don’t let me sink any deeper” (Psalm 69:14). If you’ve ever been depressed, you know what he was talking about. That struggle to stay above the mud can be overwhelming, frightening, and tiring.

David expressed feelings of hopelessness, but he also tried to encourage himself despite his despair. For example, he believed that he would eventually get out of the bog. He envisioned the end of his suffering as he wrote: “Then I will praise God’s name with singing, and I will honor Him with thanksgiving” (v.30). David believed God would set him free.

And check this out—David went on to say, “Let all who seek God’s help be encouraged” (v.32). The key phrase here is “seek God’s help.” Sometimes I think we’re too quick to outsource assistance to alcohol, advice from friends, or self-help books. Why are we so reluctant to beg for God’s help when we know He’s the only one who can truly rescue us?

After all, God “hears the cries of the needy” (v.33). He’s not going to dismiss our struggles and tell us to snap out of it. He’s “the God of compassion and mercy” (Exodus 34:6). He’s the One who is always available, always listening.

Do you know someone who’s sinking in the bog? Perhaps you’re that person. If so, remember that God can and will help you to stay above the mud. Seek Him today—no snorkel needed.

next> How can asking for God’s help revive a soul in despair? How does David’s example give you encouragement?

Birthday!

It's someone's birthday today!!

Yup, that's the one in the picture above.. scary, right??

haha! wish her now if you haven't! go Facebook! MSN! SMS! Call! e-mail! write a note!
or even write a letter!! Do it NOW!!!

HAPPY BLESSED 21st BIRTHDAY, ANGELICA WONG (engine car wrong)!!!!!!!!

Hey, youths.
I got prayer request.
Please pray for me.
I'm going through hard times now.
I'm very sad and angry and disappointed.
And I don't know what to do.
I really need prayers.
I don't know how to go on anymore.
I don't have the confident to face problems like I did last time.
I'm getting weaker day by day and I need strength.
Please pray for me.
Thanks.
See ya'll in 2 weeks.

Finally! An Update!!

Well.... not really an update about the youths.. but since there has not been a single post about how the youths are doing back in KK (disappointing, haha), i finally uploaded all that is necessary for this post.

How time flies.. it is already May 2009! and since there have not been any updates, i'm giving you all (whoever still check this blog regularly and find themselves disappointed by the cold, emptiness and silent blog of Grace Chapel Luyang English Assembly Youths (phew, quite long so let's refer to it as GCLEAYs or simply, the Reloadeds)), a DOWNDATE! or in other words, OUTDATE.. wonder why the opposite is an UPDATE and not INDATE?

Ladies and gentlemen! Without further ado, let's all walk down the memory lane and look back at that exciting December about 5 months ago in Year 2008! Where tons of stuffs happened! I am deeply deeply sorry that i only just realised that i did not continue the update of what happened then that i was writing back in January 7, this year!! SORRY!!

Anywayz.. before December 2008, it was November 2008!
And before the end of November 2008, it was November 30, 2008!
haha well it was Uncle Chin's birthday and we celebrated it at church!
To save time, i will paste here the exerpt of what i was writing in my long lost update draft with a bit of edits:

"1st, it's the little birthday celebration we made for Uncle Chin on the 30th of November (2008).

The reason it was 'little' is because apparently on that sunday, quite a number of youths were not around. And i'll credit Wen Yi here, for thinking of a last minute birthday surprise thingy the previous night. So on the 30th after the sunday service we got the youths to gather in the Annex hall with the cake ready, thanks to Ivan for buying the cake, and then Wen Yi went and 'baited' uncle by saying it was something about wanting to discuss about youth camp form. and bla bla bla just watch the video and the pics XD



And then, thanks to Aunty Ai Leng for the group pic:


Uncle and his "piece of cake"(get it? get it??):


Then in December there were Youth Camp, Carolling, Christmas and Baptism and Wen Yi's surprise(*gasp*) farewell! Which all the pictures taken can be found in Tammi's blog and in Facebooks of Tammi, Tanya, Wen Yi and Wen Yiing, if i did not leave out any, which i highly recommend you to join Facebook if you haven't! One thing i just realised is too bad i forgot to take pictures when Justin, Adrian, Sharon, Samuel, Wen Yiing, Tanya, Shelby and i sent Wen Yi off at the airport.

Oh and on the 23rd of December, some of the youths (which i suppose i won't list out but i'll list out) under the guidance of Justin, Angelica and Alison (haha), watched Yes Man starring Jim Carrey in Centre Point, then a bit of arcade and then for the very 1st time ever, went karaoke-ing at Karamunsing's KK Box! which included at very good buffet dinner at a very reasonable price for each person (rm20, exhorted by dear Angelica with evidence below XD).

I also regretted forgetting to take a group picture after the karaoke session and so there were only videos of the youths singing recorded using Samuel's and my phone. So the quality is not very good but oh well, here they go!"

But wait! WAIT!!
an extra video taken during carolling which i am sure it is easily recognisable by looking at the video's thumbnail, haha Amy the violinist!!



And then the unbelievable karaoke session. Sorry i messed up the chronological order of the videos but at least i got the ending right!

First off, the super duper ultra long song, Love Song King (loosely translated from mandarin):


Love Song King, Part 2!


Part 3!!


And finally, Part 4!!


A bit early back then but Feliz Navidad!


Big Girls Don't Cry!


Wen Yi singing a Jay Chou song which i have forgotten the song title:


Sadly true, It Ends Tonight:


It Ends Tonight Part 2:


Justin Timber-i mean, Lim - A Whole New World:


In the Ayer and another song which i can't really make out what:


And sadly, In The End:


In The End Part 2:


And finally, Bon Jovi's It's My Life to end the night and follow-up after the karaoke session:

(note: the video contained evidence supporting the alleged exhortation of Ms. Angelica Wong Shuk Ting)

Well it was really a fun outing for those of us who were there that day.

Folks, i hope you enjoyed walking down this memory lane with me, though with the 5 months delay, and i hope you all enjoyed all these youth activities we had together back then!

I really hope that we will continue to grow spiritually and keep in touch together!

So note to the youths back in K.K.:

UPDATE US ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING BACK THERE IN K.K.!!!!!

Watch!

Watch....

More Birthdays!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
to
Soo Wen Yi
and
Chong Li Lyn



Don't forget to wish them! it's never too late!

God Bless =)

hahahahaha

well i really did post the trailer before on 19 of sep last year.. i just forgot to tag it..

http://gcreloaded.blogspot.com/2008/09/check-this-out.html

ha tanya!

FIREPROOF

The trailer for 'Fireproof'. From the makers of the amazing movie 'Facing The Giants'!



'Fireproof... Never Leave Your Partner Behind, ESPECIALLY in a fire.'



I just watched the movie this afternoon. It was incredible, just like Flywheel and Facing The Giants, and I'm not even married! =)
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Available in Church Library soon.

This blog is worth...

$4,976,065


Check yours?

Sad news.

Hey guys, uncle Wilfred went home to be with our Lord early this morning at 3.30am. Pray that Aunty Si Feng, Samuel and his sisters and all their other family members will feel the Lord's love and comfort during this sad time.

PRAY HARD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shout out...Guys "EVERYONE"
Please Pray for Uncle Wilfred...he is currently in ICU...
Pray for his family to0...that they will be strong...
and that God will keep them strong and take good care of them...
Pray Pray Pray...!!!

helloo~~~~

hey all,

sorry i havent reli updated myself for quite some time. well im back in kl. uni just started and i've got presentations to prepare for already!! but this is uni. things have been pretty tough for me this sem...finances are super tight and worse, books are extremely expensive!! rm290 for a book?? gila!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! second hand books arent that cheap also so its pretty stressful just to get hold of good books.

i just attended prayer meeting last nite and the worship reli smacked me in the head. you know how it feels when u're at the tip of falling from all ur problems already n somehow u just forgotten about God's love n grace for us..then u just never bothered to rely on Him?..or sometimes u just feel like, its so hard to believe that God can make everything possible in His ways when the situation in front of u seems so wrong. that was how i felt. i just couldnt tell myself to stop worrying n let God do His works...i was so...worried!!! then as we sang the praise songs...it says

alive, in you we're so alive.
with new hopes in our hearts.
for the freedom that u gave,
yea the freedom in our live,
our lives have been redeemed,
by the beautiful blood of christ,
so now we come to you, and now we worship you.
you make all things possible, you reign victorious.
all our voices sing, all creations bring,
the adoration for the king who reigns in glory.
behold the one who's making all things new.
for we have been redeemed, we have been set free
and you are all we need.
so now our lives wil shince for all to see!!

friends,isnt it so amazing to know that we have a God who can make everything new n that we can always always have hope in Him? i just felt i needed to share this with u all cuz right now, im at a point of falling...falling realy bad n hard but that song lifted me up again. im really gonna believe already...believe that God can work miracles...im anticipating for all the surprises tat He will show me as i rely n trust in Him.

i know this sounds so....Godly...like God this..God that..but i cant convinve myself that there's anything more powerful than this. let us reli learn to put God in everything in our lives and surely He will make a way for you :)

i love you all...im hoping that you all will continue to grow..grow strong and faithful in Him. remember that God is just there right beside you.....

take care all...continue to pray for each other ya :)

Yo!

Hey there everybody!

ronan here.. same as ivan, no internet yet at where i'm staying.. so i currently use the internet at the 2 uni libraries available around my place.. orientation's this coming thursday (if i didn remember wrongly) and well, i'm doing fine i guess.. still need adapting.. 'cause the place i'm staying at is near the city, i've been walking around here and there since i've arrived here in Melbourne.. took tons of pics.. no time to upload them yet, haha

here's my aussie no.: +61424205973.. you need that +61 in order to reach me from overseas but well, just sms to my digi no. anytime as the rate's still the same for you.. 10sen to non-FnF, 1sen to FnF and free if you've reached 50sen with Super SMS.. boy DiGi should be paying me for advertising like this.. well, i'll be blogging from my blog if i have the time so just drop by my blog if you have the time.. haha

so take care everybody!! i had wanted to write an extra super duper ultimately unbelievably long and unbearable farewell post but well.... didn't have time.. haha

Hold On - 33 Miles

The title speaks for itself. HOLD ON!
The lyrics of this song are BEAUTIFUL.
The video makes it even more powerful. =)




I've been there a thousand times,
I've felt the rain like a thousand knives.
And it hurts,
I know it hurts..
I've been there like a fighter plane,
Tryin' fly my way through a hurricane.
And it's hard,
I know it's hard...

Don't be afraid,
You'll make it through,
Just call out to me and I'll come running to you...

Hold on, hold on!
When the current pulls you under,
And your heart beats like thunder.
Just give me your hand,
And hold on, hold on...
Until the storm is over,
And I'll be fighting for you.
Just give me your hand and,
Hold on!

I'll give you hope, I'll give you faith...
And if it's dark, I'll light the way,
For you, for you..
By your side, until the end,
Until you're standing tall again..
I'm here, I'll always be here.
And if the tide, sweeps you out to sea,
When your strength is gone, and it's hard to believe..

Hold on, hold on!
When the current pulls you under,
And your heart beats like thunder..
Just give me your hand,
And hold on, hold on...
Until the storm is over.
And I'll be fighting for you,
Just give me your hand..

Ooooo so...
Hold on, hold on!
When the current pulls you under,
And your heart beats like thunder..
Just give me your hand.
And hold on, hold on..
Until the storm is over,
And I'll be fighting for you...
Just give me your hand,
And hold on, hold on!

NEWS FROM TASSIE

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(ivan here)

gila few days no internet =.x

orientation oso so busy..

but cant wait for next week, 'cause we get to build stuff already!!

thanks for all your prayers, and calls!

my aussie number is 0422763451...call me! xD

my mailing address is Unit 4, House 14, Plumer Street, 7248 Mowbray, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. =D

yeah xD

people here are fun xD friendly...alot of parties o.O

and drinking.

and i met Samuel Lim, from SIB heritage!!

and...yeah, Malaysians dominate here xD

i'll post again when i can!

hopefully with pictures =.x

i love you guys.

A MESSAGE FROM IVAN

This is a message from Ivan to all the youths and everyone else too!

"Tomorrow I fly, and I'm thinking of you guys... Thanks for your kind words, cards, phone calls, ang paus(thanks aunties), hugs and prayers... even if I never see you guys again (impossible, but feels possible right now 0.o) , I will remember you all forever.. Grow strong in the Lord, and let nothing deter you. I love you guys..... -Ivan"




so...let's all continue to pray for all of the youths and others who aren't with us here in KK today, Valentine's Day!

We'll miss you, Ivan...!

(It's much bigger, but I had to resize it to fit into the blog..)

God bless you!
♥

Hey guys, ivan here...

remember my post about me "leaving to uk"?
-->http://gcreloaded.blogspot.com/2008/09/goodbye-farewell.html

jeremy koh(partner in crime), remember how you thought i was really leaving to uk and our plans(to surprise tammi on her birthday) were cancelled?

that's cause i put my heart and soul into that post, and i really meant it.

i wrote it as if i was really leaving.

except i changed afew...minor...details...

and now i really am leaving...

to tasmania...

and i just wanted to tell you guys that that post was real and true, and from my heart.

i'll be leaving on the 11th of February to KL first...

then to Australia on the 14th...

bye...

i love you guys.

Regarding to GAY Rights..

Hey.. Sorry i only checked the blog now and haven't finished up the updates but well, apparently there's a confusion about how people nowadays have been fighting for gay rights and even abortion rights, saying being human, we have the rights to do whatever we want. So i decided to talk about that and gave the Bible a look through (thankfully for the help of the 'Index to Subjects' at the back of my Study Bible) so here we go:

First, is the famous story of Abram and Lot. They separated and Lot pitched his tent near Sodom. Which the next verse is from Genesis 13:13:

Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning against the LORD

Well perhaps that wasn't clear enough what the men were wicked for but just before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, God sent two angels to Sodom and both stayed with Lot and in Genesis 19:4-5:

4Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom -- both young and old -- surrounded the house. 5They called to Lot, "where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them."

Ewww.. i guess that should be clear enough how the lifestyle of the men there was. And thus the word, 'Sodomy', anyone?

Then, in Leviticus 18:22 under 'Unlawful Sexual Relations', the Lord said to Moses:

" 'Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.

That should be homosexuality right? And God said it's detestable. Similar situation to what was done by the men of Sodom can be found in Judges 19:24 which will be better if you all read the whole chapter so i'm not gonna write it down here.

In the New Testament, Paul wrote in Romans 1:26-27:

26Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.

God allowed sin to run its course as an act of judgment. So apparently homosexuality has been around for a long time. Even though since then God has commanded through Moses that homosexuality is detestable, people still do it. And nowadays, those people are fighting back for what they called, is their rights as well as abortion. Those two are not natural!

So if you are still with me till the end of this post, i'll end with a reminder from Romans 12:2:

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's Will is -- His good, pleasing and perfect Will.

Let us not conform to the ever-changing pattern of this world. Though now "rights" have been brought up, God IS Love and His Word still remains: Homosexuality has been, is now, and will still be, a sin. Man with man and woman with woman, though only the men were mentioned in the Bible, it's applicable to women just like how other verses of the Bible apply to women though only men were mentioned. i hope that clears up the confusion.

And as Tammi has put out, we shouldn't treat people who practise homosexuality differently, but instead, we should try to reach out to them. We have to help our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ to be sure on this matter and help guide those who have strayed back to the right path when we are given the opportunity to do so. And even when we can't do much, let us pray for those who need to be prayed for.

May God bless all of us!

Opinions?

So yeah. This is rather random. I just want you guys' opinions on this thing that's been on my mind quite a bit lately:

Gay rights.

I mean, it's almost normal these days. Our society has become compelled to accept homosexuality. If you're against it, you're this discriminating, insensitive, stuck-up, obnoxious (etc. etc.) person... Being against someone being gay is almost as bad as being against someone being black or something =\

People's reasoning for supporting gay marriage and stuff like that are usually something like: "Love is love. Why should gender matter?" And stuff like that.

And well, there's not really a lot of Bible verses that speak up on the topic of homosexuality? Sigh. This is so confusing.

But of course, being against homosexuality DOES NOT mean we judge gays or treat them differently. The Bible does tell us to love one another. So, uhm, GAH. I did say this was confusing, right?

...Opinions?

Cry In My Heart - Starfield

SORRY dear Reloaders!! I haven't updated the Christian music posts since LAST YEAR!

This song is called Cry In My Heart by a Christian band named Starfield.. They have TONS of nice songs, and I couldn't decided which one to choose for today, but this song is calming and we need something calming in the crazy, hectic life that we live in.

The lyrics are below the video, and it speaks loud.




There's a cry in my heart
For Your glory to fall
For Your presence to fill up my senses
There's a yearning again
A thirst for discipline
A hunger for things that are deeper

Could You take me beyond?
Could You carry me through?
If I open my heart?
Could I go there with You?
(For I've been here before
But I know there's still more
Oh, Lord, I need to know You)

For what do I have
If I don't have You, Jesus?
What in this life
Could mean any more?
You are my rock
You are my glory
You are the lifter
Of my head
Lifter of this head

Moving..

Reloadedfloorballteam.blogspot.com is going to move... be updated..

BELATED BURFDAY 2 RONAN (BB2R)

WISHING RONAN A BElated POSted BUrfday wish!!!!!....hahaha....so kelian...our youths burfday u posted....bt no 1 posted for u....so u gotta thank the Guy from SIngapore!!!!!hahaha.....hmmm...i think u shud give him a good treat in singapore....hhahahah...

yo my people... X)

hey, so... THANKS FOR POSTING MY BABY PHOTOS RONAN!!! >.<... ahahaha... anyway thanks... =).. and thank you all for the surprise thingy.... it was really memorable... =).. actually i was really stressin out that day and i dint have the mood, thats why when u guys surprised me i was like.. emotiontionless... hehe.. sorry... but after a while, u guys cheered me up, and im very thankful for that, i forfot the things that needed to be done... and all the worries for the next day.. THANKS SO MUCH!! =)

well, im doing fine here, and coping well too.. i've made quite some number of new friends... my hostel is really nice.. and the school is....well, BIG! =)... and i have 3 MAC LABs in school, and MAC LAB means.... a computer room that is filled with apple computers!! WOOHOOOO!!! XD.. so nice man!! lol... singapore is really easy to adapt... and there are directions everywhere... i love that about singapore....transportation is so safe and convinient... by now... i have travelled from one end of singapore to the other end of the island... where my aunty's house is, a.k.a where i go online for the time being.. =)... i'll be starting school this friday, 2nd Jan 2009, and i think its really stupid to start school on a friday, but....yeah, im not the government.. well, i miss you guys a lot lot lot lot and looking forward to seeing u guys when i come back... LOVE YA"LL... God bless...

Love,
Wen Yi
xoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxooxo