Monday, April 23, 2007
Friday, April 20, 2007
Ministry With The Poor
Veteran missionary Jackie Pullinger - marvelled by believers worldwide for her remarkable work amongst the poor, the drug addicts and the ex- convicts in Hong Kong - is coming to FCBC to share her burning passion and valuable insight in reaching out to such needy members of society. Tap into her wealth of real-world experiences at this conference and be powerfully enriched to ministrer to those in need of God.
Date: 12 May (Saturday)
Time: 2pm - 9.30pm
Venue: Max Pavillion
Price: $7 for working adults
$5 for students
Tickets are available on first-come-first serve basis at Info & Service Counter
I'm interested to go.. Will most likely be getting the tix this Sun.. anyone else wants to join me? Let me know by start of service.
Worship is...
Even as some of you, prepare your hearts to serve in the tribal choir..
Juz wanna bless you with some quotes.. so that we can focus on what worship is..
"Worship is giving to God the glory, praise, honor and thanks due to him, both for who he is and for what he has done" ~ Leslie B. Flynn
"Worship is to feel in your heart and express in some appropriate manner a humbling but delightful sense of admiring awe and astonished wonder and overpowering love in the presence of that most ancient mystery, that majesty which philosophers call the First Cause, but which we call our Father which art in heaven." ~ A.W Tozer
"Worship is giving honor and respect to God." ~ John MacArthur
"Worship is the process in which we make God first in our lives" ~ Bruce Leafblad
"Worship is knowing and giving what God desires - our obedience." ~ S.Y. Irwin
"Worship involves awareness of God, awe in His presence, adoration of Him because of His excellencies and acts, and affirmation in praise of all He is and does."
~ Dr Vernon Grounds
"Worship is the total response in which spiritual, emotional and physical factors tune together to draw attention to the heavenly Father." ~ Kenneth Gangel
Indeed, may we discover what it means to worship in SPIRIT and in TRUTH!
Juz wanna bless you with some quotes.. so that we can focus on what worship is..
"Worship is giving to God the glory, praise, honor and thanks due to him, both for who he is and for what he has done" ~ Leslie B. Flynn
"Worship is to feel in your heart and express in some appropriate manner a humbling but delightful sense of admiring awe and astonished wonder and overpowering love in the presence of that most ancient mystery, that majesty which philosophers call the First Cause, but which we call our Father which art in heaven." ~ A.W Tozer
"Worship is giving honor and respect to God." ~ John MacArthur
"Worship is the process in which we make God first in our lives" ~ Bruce Leafblad
"Worship is knowing and giving what God desires - our obedience." ~ S.Y. Irwin
"Worship involves awareness of God, awe in His presence, adoration of Him because of His excellencies and acts, and affirmation in praise of all He is and does."
~ Dr Vernon Grounds
"Worship is the total response in which spiritual, emotional and physical factors tune together to draw attention to the heavenly Father." ~ Kenneth Gangel
Indeed, may we discover what it means to worship in SPIRIT and in TRUTH!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Lalalalala Lalalala Lalalalalalala
Now I manning our drop-in centre and have time to do rubbish. I managed to post yet another blog...these are my colleagues. I thank God for my workplace and the flexibility/freedom at work. God has indeed been with me. He sees me thru the seasons. We get to do devotion at work everyday. We get to talk about God everyday. I'm thinking of doing DTS (Discipleship Training School) one day - or is it almost like what we do in FCBC? God be with you always...
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Jesus loves the little children
Hi all,
Just thought I would like to share about the past weekend:
YSP (youth study programme) fell in btwn Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Thus, the volunteers at YSP decided to come up with something to share the meaning of Good Friday to the kids.
we managed to come up with something:
A series of scenes that journeyed through the crucification and resurrection and we got the children to role play the different characters that came up for eg: the soldiers, the robbers that were crucified with Jesus, Mary Magdalene).
This was to be followed by an altar call for the children to receive Christ (actually we were not sure if this were materialise or how to do it. We were just going to play by ear and see how the children would response.)
At YSP, we were so excited about the whole thing, we decided to just have the sharing and role playing first before tuition time. After the role play, the children started to ask many questions such as:
How did Jesus die?
Why did he have to hang on the cross?
If Jesus is alive now, where is He?
If Jesus died a painful death on the cross, why is it that christians like to wear the cross as necklace?
As the Holy spirit led, altar call was given to children who want to receive God's love into their lives. And Praise God, 7 out of 9 children accept God's love into their lives. out of the 7, 2 are already attending FCBC, 1 is a christian who is not attending any. 4 are from non-christian background.
And so........ the volunteers have decided to split up the kids so that we can each concentrate on 1 or 2 to share more about this wonderful God to them. Praise God!
Just thought I would like to share about the past weekend:
YSP (youth study programme) fell in btwn Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Thus, the volunteers at YSP decided to come up with something to share the meaning of Good Friday to the kids.
we managed to come up with something:
A series of scenes that journeyed through the crucification and resurrection and we got the children to role play the different characters that came up for eg: the soldiers, the robbers that were crucified with Jesus, Mary Magdalene).
This was to be followed by an altar call for the children to receive Christ (actually we were not sure if this were materialise or how to do it. We were just going to play by ear and see how the children would response.)
At YSP, we were so excited about the whole thing, we decided to just have the sharing and role playing first before tuition time. After the role play, the children started to ask many questions such as:
How did Jesus die?
Why did he have to hang on the cross?
If Jesus is alive now, where is He?
If Jesus died a painful death on the cross, why is it that christians like to wear the cross as necklace?
As the Holy spirit led, altar call was given to children who want to receive God's love into their lives. And Praise God, 7 out of 9 children accept God's love into their lives. out of the 7, 2 are already attending FCBC, 1 is a christian who is not attending any. 4 are from non-christian background.
And so........ the volunteers have decided to split up the kids so that we can each concentrate on 1 or 2 to share more about this wonderful God to them. Praise God!
Friday, March 30, 2007
Deuteronomy 11:18-20
18Therefore you shall lay up these My words in your [minds and] hearts and in your [entire] being, and bind them for a sign upon your hands and as forehead bands between your eyes.
19And you shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you rise up.
20And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and on your gates
Deuteronomy 11:18-20 (Amplified Bible)
Wesley's notes:
Lay up - Let us all observe these three rules,
Let our hearts be filled with the word of God. Lay up these words in your hearts, as in a store - house, to be used upon all occasions.
Let our eyes be fixed upon the word of God: Bind them for a sign upon your hand, which is always in view, and as frontlets between your eyes, which you cannot avoid the sight of.
Let our tongues be employed about the word of God, especially with our children, who must be taught this, as far more needful than the rules of decency, or the calling they are to live by.
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Lately, I've been reading Brother Yun's autobiography about how he was persecuted for God's work and how he worked through his struggles. I was impressed by how he really hid God's word in his heart such that each time when he was in trouble, he could quote scripture as his weapon. Through his story, God has been encouraging me to also hide His word in my heart and to commit His word to memory.
The above verse in Deuteronomy 11 is actually first mentioned in 6:6-9 of the same book. I was struck by the details God gives of the different ways we are to lay up His words. Not just in our heart and in our soul, but also in visible ways, as a sign upon our hand and on our forehead and to be hung on our lips, to pronounce and pass on.
All of these should work together, which means it isn't enough to just have His word in our heart and soul but we also must proclaim and pass it on. Also, His working in our life has to be visible, to be seen on "the doorposts of our house and of our gates".
We must allow God's word to permeate our lives, to be visible and real in every way! When we do that, He will cause His blessings to fall in great abundance! :)
19And you shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you rise up.
20And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and on your gates
Deuteronomy 11:18-20 (Amplified Bible)
Wesley's notes:
Lay up - Let us all observe these three rules,
Let our hearts be filled with the word of God. Lay up these words in your hearts, as in a store - house, to be used upon all occasions.
Let our eyes be fixed upon the word of God: Bind them for a sign upon your hand, which is always in view, and as frontlets between your eyes, which you cannot avoid the sight of.
Let our tongues be employed about the word of God, especially with our children, who must be taught this, as far more needful than the rules of decency, or the calling they are to live by.
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Lately, I've been reading Brother Yun's autobiography about how he was persecuted for God's work and how he worked through his struggles. I was impressed by how he really hid God's word in his heart such that each time when he was in trouble, he could quote scripture as his weapon. Through his story, God has been encouraging me to also hide His word in my heart and to commit His word to memory.
The above verse in Deuteronomy 11 is actually first mentioned in 6:6-9 of the same book. I was struck by the details God gives of the different ways we are to lay up His words. Not just in our heart and in our soul, but also in visible ways, as a sign upon our hand and on our forehead and to be hung on our lips, to pronounce and pass on.
All of these should work together, which means it isn't enough to just have His word in our heart and soul but we also must proclaim and pass it on. Also, His working in our life has to be visible, to be seen on "the doorposts of our house and of our gates".
We must allow God's word to permeate our lives, to be visible and real in every way! When we do that, He will cause His blessings to fall in great abundance! :)
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
For when you are bored...
Morocco - Land of Hamsup men
London - Where I want to stay!
Kusu Island - Nature reef walk turned 'Fright Fest'
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| Morocco |
London - Where I want to stay!
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| London |
Kusu Island - Nature reef walk turned 'Fright Fest'
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| Kusu - Never underestim |
Friday, March 23, 2007
Love...
After last night's meeting, I was looking through some of the old photos from church, over the past 3 years..
And I looked at the most recent photo that we took at fs wedding.. and i juz thought that despite our inadequacies, our differences... we all came together and rallied behind our leader, that's love.. isn't it?
Dear fs, we LURVE EEEEEWWWWWW!!!!!
And I looked at the most recent photo that we took at fs wedding.. and i juz thought that despite our inadequacies, our differences... we all came together and rallied behind our leader, that's love.. isn't it?
Dear fs, we LURVE EEEEEWWWWWW!!!!!
Monday, March 19, 2007
Isn't God tired of giving us second chances?
As I read Numbers 20:14 - 22:1, I couldn't help but ask why God could be so patient and loving to the Israelites.
The Israelites are really people who hurt God again and again...
But, God has never given up loving them.
Humanly speaking, this is tiring if we are in the shoes of God, isn't it? Imagine your sister-in-Christ (or for this matter, anyone you want to love) hurting you again and again, only realised her mistake each time she needs your help, only nice to you when she feels like it. What would you do?
God spoke to me. He said to me, "Fang Siang, I am concerned about each one of you. My heart is never to allow anyone to perish. I grieve when you walk away from Me, but I do not give up loving you. I will put circumstances along your path to provide you with the chance to return home. I welcome anyone back each time he/she returns home."
Our heavenly Father - a loving God of second chances!
Thank you, Father for not failing to love me. Your wondrous love, Your unconditional love, I give thanks!!
The rhema word for me: So the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned, because we have spoken against the LORD and you; intercede with the LORD, that He may remove the serpeants from us." (Num 21:7)
This is the day to turn back, to repent. Let us receive His love for us, and repent of our selfishness, pride and rebellion.
The Israelites are really people who hurt God again and again...
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).
But, God has never given up loving them.
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.
Humanly speaking, this is tiring if we are in the shoes of God, isn't it? Imagine your sister-in-Christ (or for this matter, anyone you want to love) hurting you again and again, only realised her mistake each time she needs your help, only nice to you when she feels like it. What would you do?
God spoke to me. He said to me, "Fang Siang, I am concerned about each one of you. My heart is never to allow anyone to perish. I grieve when you walk away from Me, but I do not give up loving you. I will put circumstances along your path to provide you with the chance to return home. I welcome anyone back each time he/she returns home."
Our heavenly Father - a loving God of second chances!
Thank you, Father for not failing to love me. Your wondrous love, Your unconditional love, I give thanks!!
The rhema word for me: So the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned, because we have spoken against the LORD and you; intercede with the LORD, that He may remove the serpeants from us." (Num 21:7)
This is the day to turn back, to repent. Let us receive His love for us, and repent of our selfishness, pride and rebellion.
God wants to forgive us. Do you want His forgiveness?
He loves you. Do you receive His love?
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
We Sing Our Songs
We Sing Our Songs [ 24th Mar, 2007, 7pm. Cost: $17]
2007 is the year we say goodbye to the 30 year-old National Stadium! The Theatre Practice and TCR Music Station bid a fond farewell to that wellspring of laughter, song and memories with We Sing Our Songs - a mega sing-along of 5,000 voices that will rock the stadium with our favourite Singapore songs such as xinyao, television favourites, national day songs and many more! Belt your hearts out with us at this farewell party! DURATION: 3 hrs
Think I made a mistake about the dates. If you're interested, can let me know by Friday?
Holiness and Love
The Christian really has a double task. He has to practice both God's holiness and God's love. The Christian is to exhibit that God exists as the infinite-personal God; and then he is to exhibit simultaneously God's character of holiness and love.
Not his holiness without his love: that is only harshness. Not his love without his holiness: that is only compromise.
- Mark of a Christian, by Francis A. Schaeffer
Dear family, :)
When I read this, I froze for a bit and then started thinking of all the times I've skipped from one extreme to another.
There are times when I've gotten angry for a person's behavior when I feel it doesn't please the Lord and I've lashed out without love.
There are times when though I'm clear that a person is doing something that is offensive to the Lord, but out of fear of confrontation and afraid of upsetting the relationship, I've refrained from saying anything. Or even when I do, I dare not really make my point, but hide it behind softer words.
And of course there are times when my behavior exhibits neither holiness nor love, driven only by my own wounded pride or flawed expectations.
I think I'm going to have a mental checklist for myself to evaluate conflicts/unhappiness that arise, to make sure that for each situation, I will respond both in holiness and in love, so that I can be an honest reflection of my Lord.
Please keep me accountable and let me know when you feel that I haven't responded in a Godly way to things/situations. Thanks, dearies!
Not his holiness without his love: that is only harshness. Not his love without his holiness: that is only compromise.
- Mark of a Christian, by Francis A. Schaeffer
Dear family, :)
When I read this, I froze for a bit and then started thinking of all the times I've skipped from one extreme to another.
There are times when I've gotten angry for a person's behavior when I feel it doesn't please the Lord and I've lashed out without love.
There are times when though I'm clear that a person is doing something that is offensive to the Lord, but out of fear of confrontation and afraid of upsetting the relationship, I've refrained from saying anything. Or even when I do, I dare not really make my point, but hide it behind softer words.
And of course there are times when my behavior exhibits neither holiness nor love, driven only by my own wounded pride or flawed expectations.
I think I'm going to have a mental checklist for myself to evaluate conflicts/unhappiness that arise, to make sure that for each situation, I will respond both in holiness and in love, so that I can be an honest reflection of my Lord.
Please keep me accountable and let me know when you feel that I haven't responded in a Godly way to things/situations. Thanks, dearies!
Monday, March 05, 2007
Monday, February 19, 2007
Anna's coming back!!!
from 29th Mar to 13th Apr. Was thinking we could all meet her for dinner on a Sunday after church :) Which leaves us with 1st/8th April.
Plans are quite tentative as yet. But do leave those two slots free! It'll be great to fellowship before she jets back to Munich again.
Ady
Plans are quite tentative as yet. But do leave those two slots free! It'll be great to fellowship before she jets back to Munich again.
Ady
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Monday, February 12, 2007
Monday, February 05, 2007
Friday, February 02, 2007
who says bad humour can't kill?
Ady: haha. no lah. but i really really really like him and he works under tommy koh and tommy koh is my idol too!!!! (but no crush on tommy koh of course)
Lydia:what if u crushed yourself to pieces? painful leh
Ady:.................................................
Ady:you shld have stayed for the sermon yesterday.pastor roland and your humour same level
Lydia:pastor level jokes ok
Ady:yeah. you are the pastor of lame jokes. sure win
Lydia:i pastor lives leh... dun pastor jokes.... otherwise..... that will make all of you lame jokes!!!!
Ady:HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!HEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLP!!!!
Lydia: i know first aid... i can help!!!!
Ady:i'm putting this on the blog
Lydia:i think we can change the blog name to purplesfully lame... haha
Ady:pls stop....
Lydia:but i'm bringing joy into ur live... adding colours
Ady:you mean black? or dark brown?
Ady: you're killing me
lydia:i cant n i wont cos no knife or even parang n some more i'll break God's commandment leh... i dun want to sin
Ady:sorry. this is adeline's colleague. she's fainted on the floor. bye and have a nice day.
lydia:hahaha... forgot that the conversation is not for the faint-hearted
Lydia:what if u crushed yourself to pieces? painful leh
Ady:.................................................
Ady:you shld have stayed for the sermon yesterday.pastor roland and your humour same level
Lydia:pastor level jokes ok
Ady:yeah. you are the pastor of lame jokes. sure win
Lydia:i pastor lives leh... dun pastor jokes.... otherwise..... that will make all of you lame jokes!!!!
Ady:HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!HEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLP!!!!
Lydia: i know first aid... i can help!!!!
Ady:i'm putting this on the blog
Lydia:i think we can change the blog name to purplesfully lame... haha
Ady:pls stop....
Lydia:but i'm bringing joy into ur live... adding colours
Ady:you mean black? or dark brown?
Ady: you're killing me
lydia:i cant n i wont cos no knife or even parang n some more i'll break God's commandment leh... i dun want to sin
Ady:sorry. this is adeline's colleague. she's fainted on the floor. bye and have a nice day.
lydia:hahaha... forgot that the conversation is not for the faint-hearted
Thursday, February 01, 2007
sacrificing pain
What does it mean to die to oneself? To sacrifice dreams? What about sacrificing pain? The pain that tore you once apart, making you bad for anyone else, the pain that still echoes in the moments of silence, clinging to you with a frightful persistence, the pain that slips through the cracks of dawn, to leave you in the morning with a battered soul? What does it take to sacrifice the pain at the altar?
It alarms me that He calls for my pain, wanting it to be turned over to Him and it terrifies me that I hold on to it so with such ferocity even though everyday, I scream to be able to let go. Because the pain is killing me.
What does it mean to surrender my pain to You, Lord?
It alarms me that He calls for my pain, wanting it to be turned over to Him and it terrifies me that I hold on to it so with such ferocity even though everyday, I scream to be able to let go. Because the pain is killing me.
What does it mean to surrender my pain to You, Lord?
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