I love you Lord

Being in SOT for the last few weeks had blessed me tremendously..!!! It was so cool to flow in the presence of God. That very presence was really tangible. There is really something more, more than what I could think or imagine. The house of God is truly the dream & vision center. Received various breakthroughs in my life, and I have emerged stronger. Thank you Jesus.
For the past few weeks, I learn about the Holy Spirit, about His presence and His character. A lot of interesting things happened, yet all these experiences that were so vivid had made me closer to the Lord. In summary, I learn to tarry in His presence, draw near and to love God more. Hugs*
SOT is building foundation with the Lord. To find out more, call me =p

Is it too late to Blog?

Yeah The FINAL SHOW DOWN!!! LAST DAY OF EXAMS IN NTU!!! YIPEE~!! God is real today, He's the only way my heart says... ahhahaha... High high.. After the trauma of the sleepless night for fear of the CH4222.. Finally.. Looked at the glow and the smile on my friends face man..hahaha.. finally ended..

That day Sze decided to try something different. Studied outside at the corridor.. Chris laughed her head off... she gave me the dots on the SMS. Neighbor and the Yakult aunty gave me the "HUH" look..wahahha. Oh well, its fun studying this way.. change of envt.. Maddness.. funny thing was that it started to rain. Man, my notes were all wet. I grabbed the umbrella and rested in all the plants to shield my notes.. Never underestimate the power of creativity.. Studying alone with God is fun~!!!



My dear sis turned 11 on the 17 April. =) On this very day, an angel was birthed into my family. Brought forth so much joy and fun and the endless chuckles.. well, I love you jia.

ANgels

My Mum and Dad are the best people I ever had met in my life.
There were a great number of things they have done for me this entire week which brings me back to a place of thankfulness and love. This week was my exam week 2 papers on 16 & 17 April.
My dad bought pens for me. Maybe its a small gesture but it meant a lot. The context here is a dad who doesnt buy pens. He really dotes on me, went down to the shop just to buy pens, really out of love. He won't have done that in the past.Daddy was sick this week, he wasn't feeling too good. On tuesday he was to fetch my grandma to the clinic when i could have done so. He told my mum that i needed to study and i was not asked to send her to the clinic. Daddy cares. An Asian Dad who doesn't speak an audible love language, yet visible through actions and felt in the heart. smiles.

My mum similar to Dad, is a woman of actions. Her actions really spoke so much louder than words. Have been itching the whole 2 weeks until I decided to make mention to my mum. Without hesitation, she went to buy shower foam for me. 2 times she did that..Key word here is without hesitation. She bought a lot of things for me. Bought shoes, pencil case, food, biscuits ( she knows i love biscuit), coffee ( she knows i need it for exam).. Mummy i love you. Sorry for the times I was impatient and rude to you, I am sorry. She made me Bird Nest!! So sweet.. heehee

I have never really seen an angel before, the only 2 i have seen are my mum and dad. what sacrificial love. I will never be able to understand. I hope I can be as loving as them. God is love, I cannot love withou God. Smiles.

A Word in season

Last Saturday Pst Kong shared a word with us which was very in season. It was about seeking the Lord and having a strong prayer life.

No matter how great a meal can be prepared yet if we have no appetite, it will not be savored. How true is that is our personal walk with God. Many a times, we allow things to occupy our life (MSN, blogging, TV, work, friends, sleep, gaming etc) that we had already packed our lfie with our own agenda, leaving no room for God.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Matthew 5:6

• 1 Chronicles 4:9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, [c] saying, "I gave birth to him in pain." 10 Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, "Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain." And God granted his request.

Jabez had such a great hunger for God. He asked God for a few things:

1. To strengthen his walk with God
2. To enlarge his capacity
3. To always be with him to protect him
4. he never took for granted all the things God has done in his life.

* Convicted to seek the face of the Lord. God could have passed me by if there is no hunger and thurst for Him.

We never be able to reach our maximum potential if we do not have a strong prayer life.

Pastor shared about the days He used to stay in school to study until 10pm in NUS, then he will go back to seek God. He is addicted to the presence of God every single day. He will pray and worship until 4plus in the morning, and he will go to school again. Could he not have sought the Lord, the revelation, the answers God would not be able to speak to him.

I got reminded about coming back to the first love. The days that I would have just sat in the room to wait upon the Lord, to read His word. =) Smiles.

God is so real every single day in my life, even since the start of SOT. There were areas when God spoke to me about, with which the clearest is: to be a God-pleaser not a man-pleaser. Thank you Lord. Competition looked like the key of success in the world, but FAITHFULNESS is the key to succeess.

Thank you Lord. =) I love You. Hugs*

Jesus-Beautiful Saviour

Matthew 27

Judas Hangs Himself

1Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people came to the decision to put Jesus to death. 2They bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate, the governor.

3When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders. 4"I have sinned," he said, "for I have betrayed innocent blood."
"What is that to us?" they replied. "That's your responsibility."

5So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

6The chief priests picked up the coins and said, "It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money." 7So they decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners. 8That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. 9Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "They took the thirty silver coins, the price set on him by the people of Israel, 10and they used them to buy the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me."^[a]

Jesus Before Pilate

11Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
"Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied.

12When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. 13Then Pilate asked him, "Don't you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?" 14But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge—to the great amazement of the governor.

15Now it was the governor's custom at the Feast to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd. 16At that time they had a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas. 17So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, "Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?" 18For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.

19While Pilate was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him this message: "Don't have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him."

20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.

21"Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" asked the governor.
"Barabbas," they answered.

22"What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called Christ?" Pilate asked.
They all answered, "Crucify him!"

23"Why? What crime has he committed?" asked Pilate.
But they shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!"

24When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. "I am innocent of this man's blood," he said. "It is your responsibility!"

25All the people answered, "Let his blood be on us and on our children!"

26Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.

The Soldiers Mock Jesus

27Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. 28They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand and knelt in front of him and mocked him. "Hail, king of the Jews!" they said. 30They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. 31After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

The Crucifixion

32As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross. 33They came to a place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull). 34There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. 35When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots.^[b] 36And sitting down, they kept watch over him there. 37Above his head they placed the written charge against him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 38Two robbers were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. 39Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads 40and saying, "You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!"

41In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. 42"He saved others," they said, "but he can't save himself! He's the King of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, 'I am the Son of God.' " 44In the same way the robbers who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

The Death of Jesus

45From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. 46About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi,^[c] lama sabachthani?"—which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"^[d]

47When some of those standing there heard this, they said, "He's calling Elijah."

48Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. 49The rest said, "Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to save him."

50And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.

51At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. 52The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 53They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.

54When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, "Surely he was the Son^[e] of God!"

55Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs. 56Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.

The Burial of Jesus

57As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. 58Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 59Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away. 61Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.

The Guard at the Tomb

62The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. 63"Sir," they said, "we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise again.' 64So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first."

65"Take a guard," Pilate answered. "Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how." 66So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.

Matthew 28

The Resurrection

1After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.

2There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.

5The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you."

8So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings," he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. 10Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me."

The Guards' Report

11While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened. 12When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, 13telling them, "You are to say, 'His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.' 14If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble." 15So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.

The Great Commission

16Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in^[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

SOT!!

SOT rocks man!! Woo Hoo!!

Finally the long awaited day arrived, with the excitement arising like in a little pressure cooker! I couldn't wait for it.. There are a conflict of feelings, anxiety and excitement.

Anxiety because of its a new environment, and there are still a lot of unknowns: can i have time to study for exams, finish FYP paper and design project, would i be able to pay for SOT school fees, am i able to cope with the intensity of SOT? Can i get a job after that? What is my group going to be liked?

Excitement because I am going to experience God in a mighty mighty way, I am going to know God more, I am growing together with Jessica, Huimei, Lilian, Fen, Rong, Hui Ling, Adam, Chai Ying, Jing, Kee Wei. Exited because its a new phase of Life!!

Wow!! Lilian just shared that her SOT fees are fully sponsored, toped up with additional sponsorship of $500 for her textbooks man!! SO happy for her man!! See,as you walk on water, trusting the Lord even when you are afraid and without faith God can provide.

The day started off early for me.. Hahah 440am!! Mummy woke me up. Can't wait to wait Hui Mei, of course not forgeting starting the day with God! Me n Ms Leow left off for Boon Lay at 6am!! lol.. so early
Met my excited team leader Jessica and hyper people like Jing, Chai Ying and Kee Wei and we all started to take photos of thr SOT tags.. It was memorably crazy!!! =)

Team Mates:

Jessica Ho

Seah Jing

Lee Kee Wei

Huang Qian Yu

Lim Chai Ying

Soon Sze Yin

Chua Xin Yan

Xie Zong Xing

Perez Loh

Charlie Wu

Peter Hua

Michael Sundar

Jacob Das

Jessie Lee

Mel Boey

Jessica Thian

Bernard Lim

Frank Maxine

Jason Toh

Chloe Tan

Bernice Yeo

Yeah!! Best Team liao..I am very touched by Jess man. She was having black-out that day yet she kept on running. She really tried her very best. Thank God for placing me in this team, i really believe its for a reason. So many things to learn from her!! =) Of which I learnt-Spirit of Excellence and being detailed.
we went running around starting from Jurong West to Riverwalk to Kembangang to Paya Lebar to Expo then to Boon Keng.. The game at Kembangang was quite fun!! The guys piggied back the gals, with 12 foot on ground at one time. Poor Jason had to take Sze's weight.. Thanks Jason!! Your muscles are tested and proven!! hahah time to loose loose loose weight!! wahahha..

I am very impressed with Keewei's great attitude for always chionging for the team, run here run there, eat chilies..And he is always taking initiative, super humble and nice too!! Thanks Kee Wei for always going all out.. I learn something that day..
Talking about eating chili, Maxine is really fantastic !! She ate 8 chilies!!! SIs, I am so impressed.. lol
PIcutre: Charlie Massaging Perez's leg. Brotherly love at work!! Charlie is an amzing cheerleader. Go team go team go go team!! =p

Ran like crazy!! The whole team went crazy.. played so many games!! Was fantastic. By the time we reached the last stop, played the last game, we had truly fasted for the day man.. so tired.
Aunty Jessie, you're the best runner man.. 51, yet having a fantastic stamina!!
I love mY team!!! Jess, thank you..

God, i love you

8 Year Old preacher! =)

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