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Friday, June 18, 2010
First of all, this sharing has weighed heavily on my leaving for Australia and because of my soon to be departure, I would like to share the many decisions that I have made that did changed my life. In short, I would like to tell you guys about my past mistakes and my regrets. But my today’s sharing is about regrets and what can we do to overcome it. Now onto the story of my life, To start things off, this happened when I was only 9 years old. I was kinda large for my age then. I was also quite close to my neighbours, and usually we’ll go out and play at my primary school nearby. Then before that I just found out how to play baseball (not fully. Yadda yadda, but the regret was that up till today, I’ve never been able to say sorry to her, and she has gotten very very pretty. Haha Losing the fire for Scouts. Grandmother’s death Bowling heartache. A levels. Girls Girls Girls. Regrets do and will take part of your life away. All these stories I can relive this any time in my head. I can recount them with vigour and relate them to those who are going through a tough time. However they are regrets and what they are is actually just unfinished business. Therefore what can we do about regrets? Gen 6:6, 1 Samuel 15:10,35 Closure. It’s very important to have closure with your regrets, because thats when you absolve yourself from it and never have to worry about it anymore. But its hard. As we know God has also regretted Regrets are sometimes years long, and they are hard to overcome. Some of us likes to cling onto that regret because it does define our life in a certain way. However, making regret the centre of our life displaces God as our first. All of us should know that regret never should be at the centre of our lives. How do we get closure? God gives us peace and comfort and the knowledge that all our sins are laid bare at His altar. However, the regret will still be there, like a thorn eating in your flesh, unless you do something to take it out. What I do is very simple. First, PRAY. Pray for yourself to God and ask God for help. For my neighbour incident, I occasionally prayed that I will get an opportunity to say sorry to her when I remembered. Yesterday, I did finally get a chance to say sorry! However, not to her, but her mother, which I think it was just as well. God does give us second chances to atone for our mistakes. But we must learn to take that chance. Romans 8:28 God always has a purpose for the things he do or the things He has planned in our lives. He may have regretted creating man, but he has already factored that in His divine plan. However, right now, lets take the worship notes, and write down the biggest regret of our lives, then after singing a chorus, let us pray for that regret and for God to rectify that by giving us an opportunity to do so.
Joel
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Saturday, March 20, 2010
Faith.
What is faith?
Hebrews 11
This chapter speaks about the many warriors for God.
We’ll prolly never be able to do something like that, but realize that God didn’t put in them a vessel of faith, or like an extra compartment to put more faith it.
How much faith must we have?
There’s actually no limit or like an indicator to know how much faith is needed. God doesn’t work that way. Numbers never mattered much to him.
Matthew 17:20
He may be saying that if you have faith as small as a mustard seed.
Yes a mustard seed is super small. It’s a seed! But, has anybody seen a mustard tree? I didn’t wanna show you a picture because, well its all quite exaggerated, and too tranquil for my liking. But its something like the height of this house, in a garden.
Now what does faith imply to us? Ask.
Faith in essence is something that we must seek in ourselves to believe the unseen, to know that God is in control and has the master plan of our lives.
But that’s hard. Who thinks its easy? How are we going to overcome it? Since we have so many leaders and old Christians around lets go one round.
For me yes, there are a few times in my life when I found having faith was a struggle.
Army
A level results
Going through emotional heartbreak
So on and so forth.
But I’ve also seen God breaking through the barriers for me.
I survived army.
Uni now.
Better than ever.
I found what was very important when you are going through a struggle is when you have friends around you, who are not going through the same thing, and not sympathizing, but rather start to pull you up once you’ve fallen down.
James 2:14-26
What I want to leave with us is that having faith alone doesn’t mean anything. If I sit there and tell you I have faith that my singing will be good enough for American Idol, but you do not see me practicing or go for classes, do you think I can make it?
In the same way, we cannot say we have faith and follow up on it. God does not help lazy people, God helps people who helps themselves. And God is smart. If he gives those who do not help themselves, they would simply take God for granted. If you seek after something and prayed about it, and do something about it, the victory when you accomplished it, or when God comes, the measure of faith within you will rise.
What happens when nothing happens and you’ve been trying and trying so hard and so long? Never lose heart. Easy to say, hard to do. That’s where our faith defines us, our tenacity to continue into seemingly pointless stuff, because god will be waiting at the end. God will never allow us to do something that we cannot do. He work within our means. For me, when the going gets tough, I will always run back to the life of Jesus. He had it bad, and nothing I have encountered so far can compare to that. So I give glory to God even in my situation, and recommit my situation to God, and allow Him to continue his work, in His time, and in His plans.
So remember, always have faith in God, and do something about it. :D
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Friday, January 15, 2010
 our cell schedule. it is STILL subject to change. so yeah just take note. i put on every friday because i not sure when are the youth gatherings and leader's meetings, so please adher to this schedule religiously. so like if lets say 5th of Feb is leader's meeting and no cell, God has blessed the 3 of the people scheduled. or if i call for cell outing, all this:) so alright k?
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10:54 AM
this year's cell vision is PRAISE! instead of CRAP! okays? no need to say my vision is full of crap any longer! :D and those who check this spot please tell the rest too! :) PRAISE! Prayer- 2010 is going to be tough, but let us gear up with prayer every day to strengthen ourselves and the belief that God can see us through! Relationships - this is so important that it deserves to be in my vision again :D let us remain tighter together as a group and not be distant from each other, never afraid to tell any1 i the cell group your problems and being open whenever we're together. we're not going to have a lot of cell groups this year, because of the gatherings and all, so lets treasure the time we have together ok? Accentuate - make more noticeable. lets make this year the year where we accentuate whatever we have done for God. not in a prideful way, but in a way where people will know that they are not the audience, but for God. Individual spiritual life - you know what i mean. many of you have told me last year was not a good year spiritually because of the lack of QT. so this year let's make it a habit to remain in God. Songs of Praise of Salvation: Isaiah 12 - let us praise God continually with songs of how he set us free, how he gave us hope, and how he will see us through it all. so yeah adonai is a good song. i was thinking why they got no spiritual stuff like God or Lord in the song, till i found out that adonai actually means Lord YHVH. E- e. :) you'll never know the exact value of e(exponential, or 2nd Function ln on calculator), that should be us. we wont know how much of our potential that god can use us with, so dont limit him and dont limit yourself. we all are special and can do SO MUCH STUFF FOR HIM.
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10:52 AM
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Hi HG2-T ladies n gentlemen, ok, i wanna show my appreciation to... 1stly, our wonderful cell leader, MR JOEL QIN. i wanna thank you for organizing this camp tgt w the other ldrs of the zone. though it was a small one, which turn out ltr to b a 2d 1n camp, im thankful that we had it. I think its e small things that will make us grow as a unit closer tgt understanding each other more. Mayb like by playing RISK, we can see who are those who are the 感情用事 ppl..haha..well maybe the skimming ones???haha crap but well we might not realize but i believe it will make us better tgt...lyk joel slps like a small boy, cherie slping posture hnhmm..haha..norman curves like a catapillar etc... I'm also thankful that a cell leader like u is always constantly caring for us. Though there may not b obvious or what but somehow i noe we or rather i can feel ur care and concern. To have you as my cell leader and to have u in our church serving is really a blessing. Im bad w words so i cant really exactly describe everything or things well enough, but i wanna tell u that u r really really appreciated by me from the bottom of my heart. I will not trade my cell leader for anything other than like if u say family den bo bian lo..as in can understand my illustration ryte??? Well, honestly speaking its only tis yr tt i started opening up more to e cell but its all thanks to u. THANK YOU.the next grp of ppl i wanna thank is the most impt structure that made up the cell and tt's the rest of u guys. in ways or another, i thank u guys for making 2009 a more pleasant one. after i left "youth" i find gng cell a 'burden' as in like dun feel like gng. dragging myself to go whenever i go. but this yr i also realize that i have been looking forward to fridays, to cell meetings, to sundays even though e tym spent tgt on suns are lil... but whenever its e 1st wk of e mth when there's no cell, i go like haiiz...sianz...n stuff..it could be becos im mayb more busy or stressful now compare to last yr so i enjoy whatever is fun or watever reasons it may be, but i believe that u guys did made e change happen and it wasnt jus me alone. now adays, i really look forward to fridays. 1st cos its friday so its party time like TGIF!!no need work n stuff, but 2ndly e more of it one is that i get to meet up w u guys in cell or outings whichever. Even if it means just playing l4d or having small dinner or even messing my place, i really enjoy it. u know my hse is nvr rarely to 'MY guest' and the only 3 grps of friends that has ever visited my place is my youth cell, u guys and 2 of my good frens frm secondary sch and im really grateful u guys did...i do treasure the hrs spent on n off tgt and the most saddening part if i were to ever leave is to part w u guys. so a HUGE ENORMOUS THANK YOU to u guys as well, putting bits n pieces of fun-ness into my life. THANK YOU HG2-T!Well im not sure hw many reads it, hw often we logged on to see any updates up on the blog, but i hope u guys manage to read them :) Cheers, Pearleen
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5:51 AM
Monday, October 19, 2009
okays here is the schedule agaration for zone camp. Fri 7pm meet for dinner 9pm rach house and start cell group 12am end cell group and then OTOT Sat 9am WAKE UP/DEVOTION/BREAKFAST 10am dialogue session 12pm start games! (lunch during games) 6pm back to house and bathe/wash up/ dinner 8pm service w ps aaron 11pm OTOT Sun 10am break camp (dun care what time you wake up, you pack finish and do all your stuffs by 10 can liao) 1030am Mac breakfast at GEC 1130am prayer meeting 1230pm lunch 1315 CET (Dun sleep!) 1445 start service Generations Band (Boomz!) 1700 END :D alrighty? any questions ask either paula laura or me. :)
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8:26 PM
Monday, August 31, 2009
heyy guys, thanks alot for the encouragements! joel, i just wanted to say, i believe its not by coincidence that you asked us all to write these. because my spirit is truly lifted up by the short paragraphs from each one of you! these came in timely and what you guys say has a link to what God has spoken to me on sunday. things i never knew about myself (though i feel certain parts are overrated hahah!) i hope the rest of us feel as encouraged as i do! and hopefully we get to know one another better, and speak into one another's lives more often! encourage one another, and build each other up! upp uppp upppp upppp uppppp upppp okay enough hahahah. see you awesome people on sunday! :D in His love and mine, princessdilys.
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10:18 AM
Friday, August 28, 2009
Jonny boy is here to post!Joelwhat to say? You are easily the best cell leader around! you love your members and take care of them like how a sherperd looks after his sheeps. You make sure we are always at our best, emotionally and spiritually. Can't tell you how much i appreciate you as my cell leader. I am really fortunate and thankful for you! NormanTWINNNNNIEE!! the man that shares the same birthday as me! every year i have to share limelight with you! but i still love you alot! I am sure God must have his reasons for making such as a special arrangement for a special friend like you! You are like a younger brother to me! always so caring and helpful. You never fail to make us laugh and your presence always brings joy! CherieLittle one! Haven really talk to you for a long time since jurassic park years! I still remember last time we used to share secrets! You are one of best dancers around! Your passion for dance inspires me. You can really stretch and your flexibility amazed me! HAHA! I am one of your loyal fan! I am always impressed how you juggle and manage your time between school work and your commitments! No matter how busy or tired you are, you always remain faithful! you are a super nice and friendly girl from my first impression! Everybody loves you! DilysBESTIEEEE! one of my childhood friend! you are always smiling! Everybody dotes you like a princess! you are always so encouraging and you always put yourself before others! You are a friend i can count on and i know you are always there for me! please take good care of yourself! Don't keep falling sick ok? Drink more water and have enough rest! p.s. I enjoy teasing you. :P UriahMy gym kaki! God put you in my life to always remind me to exercise and not slack! HAHA! you eat alot but you train even harder! You are someone that always look at things positively and your encouragement always lift me up! Continue to win more medals and glorify God! :) PearleenOur cell guitarist! I just want to tell you that you have been doing a wonderful job in serving the cell with your pro guitar skills! You are always encouraging people! You are very hardworking thats why your Gpa so high! haha! Jia you in everything you do! I wish you all the best! :D Wai keatYour presence is always felt and you are doing a great job in serving our nation! Continue to shine for God in the army! Join us more often! we really miss you! Chang XiangYou are a super funny guy! You always brightens up our day with you jokes! You never fails to make us laugh! It is always great to see you around! :D Brother in Christ forever! I love my cell group <3
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7:42 PM
YOZZER :Dof course i wouldnt think that i really know each of you well enough to write something entirely relevant, but nevertheless i hope that with whatever little bits and pieces of memories i have of the interactions i had with you guys, this post will be encouraging and perhaps, meaningful. okay hmm so here goes my part of it. in no order of preference (i actually dont really like joel ya!) JOELim really moved by your willingness to go the extra mile, always. that phrase sounds quite overused, but truly i think your heart and acts of service capture every sense of the "go the extra mile" spirit. sometimes its like as though i can feel how tired you must be after the long day, yet you never stopped giving your best in loving the ppl around you with your actions :) you love and care for others not just by talking or listening, instead you choose to translate it into actions, into practical help, into being there physically and not just morally or emotionally. in fact, the toughest part is nvr the talking or listening, but what youve been doing :) your langauge of love requires much sacrifice and i for one really appreciate you for blessing my life even though its just been a mere 8months. PEARLEENthankyou for always showing concern towards me :) apart from the possibility that i may be an adaptable person, your friendliness and care as an older member in the cellgroup are definitely crucial factors that have contributed to my easy integrating into HGT :) thru cell and working with you in bcm, i really feel very well taken care of. you always come up with suggestions favourable to me and try your best to accommodate my schedule & preferences. and i think the cooler thing is that even though sometimes youre like a bobo, i can feel that youre maturing in both your thoughts and walk with God. jiayou, we'll keep growing together :) youre almost like a big sister. CHANGXIANGguess what, i had the most fun time with you this evening :) like i said, im intimidated by you! haha nah, but your sharp wit and contagious laughter really make cell-group conversations exciting. one really awesome thing about you is that, youre just you, you dont try to be anything. so transparent, so open and honest. looking at you is like looking into an opened glass box, theres no unexpected side of you, like what you see is what you get; and theres always that willingness to be frank and youre just unassuming. i have a gut feeling one day i might discover the chemistry we share! NORMAN youre not normal at all haha. sometimes i find it difficult to fully uds what youre talking about, and i concluded that each of these circumstances will fall into either of these 2 categories- too profound for me to comprehend, or too low-order. but my guess is that youre a real thinker, about many things in life. my impresion of you is one who seeks to find meaning in the things around you and in the things you do. i think its good, because youre clear of what you stand for. youre sensitive and you care. :) thankyou for caring too. & i think beneath that boyish face of yours actually lies a tender and compassionate heart, so let God fill you more so His anointing can flow thru you strongly. His anointing can also be your strength :) DILYSits like my brain automatically matches the word "dilys" to "encourage" haha. i believe that its not just me, but manymany ppl who have come into contact with you in one way or another have been encouraged by you. besides that, i think i see in you a heart that longs for a change in the lives of ppl. its not the transformational change in individuals im referring to; what i mean is that there seems to be a burden in you to see breakthroughs in communities and lives. & i believe that to every person that you speak to with regards to these visions, you make a difference in that very life. put all your qns of yourself and of God away, be confident, and let God use you to impact lives :D URIAHuriah as i first know of is a buff dragonboat guy who cannot differentiate green from red. haha :P but youre definitely more that just that now. your soft-spoken and pleasant nature makes hanging around/ talking to you comfortable, not the least bit awkward or distant or detached. its like as though we're easily a family. so im sure God can use your personality to bless your friends. sometimes even 19-yr-old guys need a nice and understanding guy-friend, and i believe you can be that person to your buddies. seeing you during cell groups make me feel like the cell is complete :) my mind seems to have subconsiously conceived a mental-marker that says the cell is incomplete without you(riah). JONYUANbig one! haha. thankyou for always being nice and brotherly to the little oneee. you are one person who doesnt antagonize situations, you seldom disagree violently or make strong objections. i think your willingness to cooperate and accommodate others' preferences, on top of your easy-going nature, make you a good team member :) youre supportive and encouraging both as a cell member and friend, really appreciatezxz! the perseverance and diligence you put into academics and drums i believe will be honored by God even as you continue place Him as top-priority:) jiayou and i'll see your life shout His fame. WAIKEATreally hope that i can get to talk to you abit more! i read about your testimony on dilys' post and its really interesting. and i pray that the presence and reality of God will be even more personal and anchored even as you spend your days and months and year in NS. Let God lead you wherever you are: you avail yourself, God uses you :) alrightyyy :) tonights cell outing was great! cell group L4D! GOODNIGHT omg so late le. ;CHERIE
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