Walking to the main area (sorry for the super blur picture)
The girls getting ready with the sparklers
The guys getting ready with the cards!
THE PROPOSAL
The super happy couple~
The couple with the super big balloon
The guys~
The cell girls + xide
All the girls
Later on, the cook and photographer got tired, so no more photos. haha.
Actually, he has been very sweet to all of you too, clearing the rubbish and cleaning the table, and even vacuuming the floor after you have left. So, bless him the next time with food, drinks, affirmations and your service lor.
I'm sure he won't mind. In fact, tell you a lil secret: He sees all of your as his spiritual daughters and he told me he wants to do his part to help all of you grow in this journey too. =)
And one more thing, from the moment we are blessed by God with our lil home, we see and desire that our home is a blessing to others. And anytime you want to drop by for a chat, for a drink, for a game (but bring your board games), to watch a VCD, feel free to come. You don't have to wait till Thursdays. But, but, but, must inform early or call beforehand hor.... I can't "jump" too much with your surprises cos there's a child in me (pun intended)... =P
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| Kusu - Never underestim |
They rebelled against God, they lacked faith to believe that God was the One who
delivered them out of slavery and would bring them into the Promised Land, their
faith was dependant upon circumstances, not anchored on God alone, they grumbled
against God's appointed leaders (showing that they did not trust God's choice).
He provided a way out for them each time they cried out to Him (Num 21:2-3,
Num 21:7-8, Num 21:34), despite them only turning to Him when they were
desperate, despite them treating Him as a vending machine.
God wants to forgive us. Do you want His forgiveness?
He loves you. Do you receive His love?
D G D
Before the throne of God above,
D F#m
I have a strong, a perfect plea,
G D A Bm
A great High Priest whose name is "Love,"
G A D
Who ever lives and pleads for me.
G D A
My name is graven on His hands,
G D A Bm
My name is writen on His heart;
G A Bm
I know that while in heav'n He stands
G Bm
no tongue can bid me thence depart.
G A D
No tongue can bid me thence depart.
When Satan tempts me to despair,
and tells me of the guilt within,
upward I look and see Him there
Who made an end to all my sin.
Because the sinless Savior died,
my sinful soul is counted free;
For God, the Just, is satisfied
to look on him and pardon me.
to look on him and pardon me.
Behold him there! the risen Lamb,
my perfect, spotless Righteousness,
the great unchangeable I AM,
the King of glory and of grace!
One with Himself I cannot die,
My soul is purchased by His blood;
My life is hid with Christ on high,
with Christ, my Savior and my God
with Christ, my Savior and my God
And basically she just said it's so small that if u throw it in the soil, u cant find it and u can only see it when it grows. ok i dont really see what she means here... (someone please explain?)
but basically the second part is about Jesus speaking in parables. "34He did not say anything to them without using a parable." Similarly, in our daily lives, Jesus speaks to us in parables too! "But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything." So we need to pray to God and have our quiet time Him so that God will explain to us everything and we will understand what He is trying to show us in our lives otherwise our whole lives will just be a parable that we cannot understand.
Well, she gave an example that she saw this street performance by two men from Eastern Europe, one look like Jackie Chan and the other a tall guy . They were balancing on their heads and she said that when she watched them she feels scared for them...cause it's a dangerous act. Then God impressed on her heart that what these 2 guys were doing was a humble act, it's their way of earning a living. And almost immediately she was reminded of our Senior Pastor doing the Magic of Love. It was a humble act which he did to win the pple for Christ and she felt that she was somewhat able to relate to how he felt.
So bottom line is i think, we should pray so that we understand what God wants to tell and teach us. Also, we must be sensitive to God's words and we should not ignore it... (oh is this covered during the meeting, or is this from my post encounter??)
Ok then she went into telling us about plans for year 2007. It will be the year of VICTORY!
FCBC's vision is "We will serve the nations by planting and building apostolic faith communities of disciple-makers for Jesus through the establishment of cutting-edge ministeries in gateway cities"
And the word for youthnet is "breakout". breakout as in not the breakout of pimples... but rather it's a manifestation, surpassing previous achievement!!
Also, we'll be reading 39 books of old testaments next year!
And she went further elaborating about those plans which brings me back to the 12 words i wrote on the piece of paper.
1. Go Deep in God (personal spiritual goal)
2. Look Far in Vision
eg. Presence meetings... invite the Holy Spirit during our G12 meetings.
and we're going to have like at least 6 meetings where the sisters and brothers in Christ in the same cluster would meet.
3. Ask Big in Faith
eg. Ask for open doors or open doors to China... (there'll be 2 trips. one in july 07 and the other in july 08, those can go please go)
[and one whole big chunk that i forgot]
then fs presented the ethnos emmanuel blog with some dummy proof powerpoint (please visit the blog and comment there!) btw, this name means "we serve all nations and every tribe and God with us"
and later we break into our own groups...and fs shared something the pastors said - the matrix basically it's back to the 3 points. we can apply all 3 points in our Personal, Family (biological + spiritual), Work. so it's like 3 by 3! So we should come up with our goals for year 2007 using that as a guide. oh and fs ask about what are our thoughts about what Pastor Serene shared.
Grace said plans are always exciting but somehow around March, the plans will just disappear... which actually i totally agree! i can't rmb what the others said, probably cause i cant relate to them. oops.
ok then fs said everyone should try and blog at least once a month and also post a comment to encourage because when you post online it allows people to read at their own time, so it's a good way of sharing. next she said that the nurses are a special group of people. and they should come together and reach out to a group of people (juniors/patients) . ok while the rest of us, pray for an area where we can all reach out to next year... so from today onwards to end of year, everyone pray everyday and ask God which area we'll reach out to ^_^ cause fs claims that she really dont know and that she's also desperately asking God.
ok i think this was all that happen during the meeting.
personally, i always break every single resolution i set every year... (http://sugarush90.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_sugarush90_archive.html) if u bother to visit my blog, u'll realise i broke all 30 goals. oh nevermind, 2007 will be a new year... and hopefully for the first time in my life, relying on God's strength, i'll keep to whatever goals i set. i havent really thought about what goals to set for the coming year but basically my first goal is set. it's to grow deep in God cause i think that's the foundation of everything. and i will try to pray to God every night so that He can explain to me stuffs (eg. why am i always being bullied by you guys? hehe, just kidding) ok so that i can have a closer relationship with Him :) as for the rest, i havent thought much about them...i take a long time to think.
ok i shall end with an encouragement. let's look forward to this thurs...cause we'll be at toa payoh stadium for healthy lifestyle and to grow in endurance spiritually! haha really looking forward to that!!!! :)
