Love Jesus and feed on His words

Was greatly disturbed by what Pastor Joshua taught us during our Church Camp. That if we do not love Jesus, living a life worthy of Him. If we continue to live a life controlled by our will and not God's, there is a possibility that we might lose our inheritance. Whether we will lose it or not, we have no say about it, it is up to God to decide. But if we continue to feed on His words, love Him by listening to Him, I am sure the eternal inheritance will be in Heaven waiting for us. So i urge fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, to consistently feed on His words and love Him. I know its not easy to do so, with all the stress in work and school and I confess that I am struggling in it too. So let us all take this opportunity as a start, to start reading the bible and praying to God, make it part of our daily life.

An Amazing Night..

Came back from church camp at Pulai Desaru a few days ago. Its a long long journey there.. Not very long actually, but due to some lousy driver we got, who got into some dispute with the officers while trying to cut the long queue. The ridiculous thing was he tried to use his bus to knock one of the officer when the officer was standing at a position, not letting the bus join back the queue. Desaru's beach is so rough and choppy. But its a quite a view though. haha. Due to December period, it rained almost everyday. But we still manage to have some outdoor activities before it started to rain again, THANK GOD!! Don't really like the food there. For the first day its still alright, but the food they serve for the next few days are almost same. Made a fool out of myself during our show time. I was to dress nerdyly and dance like William Hung. haha.. Now everyone knows me for being Richy Hung!! Due to the rains, on our way back. the river along kota tinggi was flooded.. Heard that the restaurant we eat in and the shop we shopped in was flooded too..

Church Camp 2006
Me and Mel


Finally! The Big Day has come.. 22nd December, the day all of us have been looking to. The day of the musical, An Amazing Night. We practised very hard for the past few weeks and all of us were anxious. Thank God that the crowd was great and most of the space was filled. Surprisingly, I think that the actual performance is the best compared to all the rehearsals. Kind of screwed up when its my turn to do the scripture reading. Haha, cos to nervous that I jump to the next sentence without reading actual line. Worst still, theres a part where I tot it was Jesus speaking, but I have no impression of pronouncing the name Jesus, so i paused for a moment to confirm if I did miss the name Jesus or not.


After the Musical
(Sara, Me, Mel, Meli, Char and Ervin)


Kind of quarreled with mum over some small issue, so decieded to "run out of house".. haha, or in nicer words stay out for a new days. Everything is ok now..

Just came back from Aunt Liza's place for Christmas gathering. Beatrice and Amanda are back from States.. Ryan and Ray grew taller. Everything looks older.. haha.. Time really passes, think this is the 3rd or 4th Christmas gathering we had together. But everything gathering is always so fresh and warm. Fun and full of laughthers too.. With another baby to come next year, guess the fun will never end.. This year was rather different for me, did not join them for much game. Just feel so tired, maybe its the church camp and all the rehearsals we had for the musical.


Ryan in his Tigger Suit.. Sooo Cute!
Me, Beatrice and Amanda

i am here cos you are here..

Wai finally left for Perth.. Slight change of plan, they're going back to settle some personnal issue, so got to postpone his studies for a year. Though they will be back soon, but they will still be gone next year. haha.. Many people went to send him off.. Hope that he like the card i made for him..

Getting things done slowly. But at least things are getting done. Finally done with the script, designing the invitation cards and polo tees. Cards printed, but need more, running out fast. Just settled the embroidering of polo tees, now waiting for them to be done to be collected. Now its left with the rehearsal for musical skit and practising of choir singing, really hope that all of us can feel the urgency and start to really practise hard for it.

Things at work are getting better, maybe cos I am more used to it and starting to master it. One thing I cant stand is that newer clerks are scolding me slack, when my job is definitely more than theirs. Maybe cos I got more offs, so they jealous??

Taking relation problem slowly, don't wanna rush things. Slowly developing.. Still no process, but handling everything to God. Hope that things will work out.. God has everything planned and ready for us. Believe that everything happens for a reason.

Looking forward to church camp and christmas. 2 major events in december.. Pray for good weather and safety for all of us. That we can grow in love and also encourage and know one another better..

too many work, too little time

Today is a crazy day for me, whole morning rushing to complete reports and preparing case files. Most of them are supposed to be completed days ago, but have no time and lazy to do it. The coming few days will be even busier, got more datelines to meet and more reports to generate and send out.

Went to Sakae Sushi for lunch today. Its some farewell lunch for 2 mdms who are leaving. Its my first time eating Udon and some other japanese food. Though I tried the food, I still don't really like Japanese food. haha. Most of the dishes i ate was fried scallop, dunpling, tao pok sushi and fried fish. Guess I am ok with the rice, its just the seaweed and the raw seafood.

Today while going home, I actually saw someone wearing the same polo tee as me. So pai seh.. Its the red and white stripe liverpool tee that pix bought for me. That guy even looked at me and kiss the liverpool logo. Haha

Its hard to say goodbye..

Had a great time at Sentosa on Tues. Went there for a youth outing. Have to really cherish the available time with Wai and family. We played frisbee, water captain's ball and soccer there. Was so tired but had lots of fun. Had a first encounter with jellyfish in open water. It was a real big one, probably size of the metal frame of a standing fan..

In chinese there's a saying which means that in this world there isn't a never ending banquet. It goes the same with the time we have with Wai, even though he is leaving only for 3 years ++. Being close with wai and family, even before he leaves, I've already begin to miss Elliot, Wai and Maria. Elliot now calls me kor kor richman, but I wonder if he will still remember me when he grows older and return. Anyway I wish them all the best over at Aussie.

Feelings are such weird things, its so hard to control. I am referring about feelings for the oppo sex. Sometimes you see each other everyday, but feelings might not develope. In some situation, you only get to see that person once a week and you will miss that person through out the other days. When you are not with that person, you'll feel incomplete and lonely, and you really enjoy yourself when that person is around you. The worst situation is when you have feelings for someone, yet you are afraid of confessing it, worrying that you might get rejected and eventually leading to losing a friend as well. That's the situation I am facing now. What should I do? I really don't know. Confess or not to? AHHHHH!! As Christian, there are some areas where we must consider before going into a relationship. The first priority is that he/she must also be a Christian. He/she must not be a blood relative and also not of same sex. God eventually had in mind who is for us and whose not. We will only get to know who your he/she is until you get married. LOL, sounds confusing? Well, just got to take things a step at a time and not rush it as I really don't wanna lose a friend or make things awkard for people. :D

busy, busier, busiest...

Been quite busy for the past few weeks, got many things to do. Busy with church, work and family. Manage to come out with a last minute outline of the Christmas Musical. The first one was commented to be more teenager. Need to redo so that it can target on the young adults and other age groups also. Also manage to finish designing the invitation cards for the musical. Next is to come out with the script, recci helping hand (as it will be held there), singing group polo tee design, email everyone and get green light from consistory for the printing of the card and tee, contact helping hand bout the event (for using their space and also preparing of props and food). Very busy, but I'm enjoying what I am doing. :D

Had a bbq at pasir ris park with family on friday night till saturday morning. Whole night playing games, talking, singing and laughing. Had so much fun as it was quite a while since we had one. The wings marinated by aunt liza was very nice, but too bad not enough. We had bacon, satay, otar and many more. I even made a police report that night, haven't did one for a while. Some group of malay teenagers, mainly guys, were making noises in the toilet, banging and shouting when its already 3am? I know that its far from residential area, but its still a public place. Manage to stay awake the whole night until early morning, I finally can't take it and took a nap on the bench. Was sleeping then suddenly woke up, to notice that I got sunburned on my face. Skin starts to get itchy and peeling. Was quite hideous and raw that I got to skip the talk at YFC. Wai and some other uncle didn't go for the talk, but they still decided to play soccer at helping hand. Called me along, keep persuading me till I agreed with them. But was too tired to get up and bathe, and I slept my afternoon away. Sorry for flying your old kites, uncles..

In work wise, trying very hard to learnt as much as I can, getting familiarize with things, how to prepare the different types of charge report and follow up reports. Trying to be more careful when preparing too, not to make mistakes. Cos if there are, and if it is sent, I'll be in deep trouble, which my officer always say, I screw up. Trying to build good relationship with fellow NSFs and madams and officers. So that if I need any help, or get into any trouble, thing can be solved easier.

Learnt a very important point at bible study today. Was reminded that true life comes from Jesus and nothing else. Was motivated that Jesus did came down for us. From Genesis, when man sinned, there this cycle of falling and death. Thankful that Jesus came down to and will stop this cycle. Where we will have life. In response, we should really live our lifes to Him, I know its not easy, with the old body and temptations around us. Just pray thatthe youths can all continue to grow and encourage one another. Amen

A day's break

Took a day off from work today. Applied for leave cos in the evening got singing practise at uncle simpson's place. Spend the whole morning sleeping, watching tv and playing games. Haven't spend a day like that for a long time. Thank God for the day of rain, the weather is so good to sleep. Haiz. Looking at the time, I have less than 6 hours to sleep. Got to be super early in camp tomorrow. Got some big event in camp, don't know its RSAF open house or day.

Finally got my baby back from simpson's place. My bike has been there for weeks. Got no time to collect it since we went cycling at east coast. Cycled to candace's place after singing practise. Went to see gong gong and ma ma. Haven't been there for quite some time. Finally, tomorrow is Friday, a day most people will be looking forward to as the weekends are approaching. Why can't there be 4 weekdays and 3 weekends, more balance right. Haiz..

On Wednesday, I tried to share the gospel with my officer and some other colleagues. Just find it curious, how offended they can get. They asked me to stop whatever I want to say immediately. They claimed that Christians are very forceful people. That we like to force people to listen and believe. They also don't understand why Christians are so enthu to share the gospel. I gave them this example that if they won a lucky draw or something, something good, they will also have to enthu to want to share it with others. But they still don't understand. Is it what the bible always say, that those who don't believe in Jesus, are blind, in darkness. Jesus is light. When darkness comes into light, everything is revealed, they will be in shameful nakedness. Thats why they are so offened when they come close to the light??

Are you in or out ???

Finally back to work after 5 days of rest at home. I must admit that I am kinda still in the MC mood, not ready to go back to work yet. First day of work today, been a busy day. Busy preparing charge report to charge servicemen who tries to be funny with the law.

Guess I am getting use to the travelling time to get to and back from my base. It takes me more than 3 hours to go to and fro. I have to take a bus to Bedok interchange, then catch a train to Jurong, then transfer to Choa Chu Kang. That's not all, still have to take another bus into the middle of Choa Chu Kang. Finally then will I reach my base. I think the origin of Tengah Airbase must be from Hokkien. Cos in Hokkien "teng" means long, refering to the long journey you need to take before being able to arrive there. lol..

Have seen many people who claims to be Christian. And why do they say that they are Christians? The most common answer is because they believe in Jesus. But the main thing is not just to believe in Jesus. During youth fellowship on saturday, I've learnt something very important and it really struck me hard. Many people thinks that once they believe in Jesus, they will be save forever. Its not wrong to say that, but its also not totally right.

To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said,
"If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

John 8 : 31 - 32

In John chapter 8, verses 31 to 32, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." What is true discipleship? It is not barely believing in Jesus, you have to hold to His teaching. Cos knowing then, will you know the truth and only the truth will set you free. Its how we live our everyday life that matters. When we say the sinners' prayer, we say that we accept Jesus to be the Lord and Savior of our lifes. To be the Lord of our lifes, means that our lifes belong to Jesus, we have to live our daily life for Him. I know that it is not easy to do so, as the temptations in this sinful world is too great and we still have our old sinful body with us. Like to challenge all fellow follower of Christ to ask yourself, "Do you just take Jesus as your Savior, and forgot about being our Lord as well? Are you living a life that's pleasing to God and glorifing Him?" Only the truth will set you free..

its common, dont give up..

Have you ever had the one moment of enthusiasm, to really want to be right with God. To live a life that is of worthy to Him? But it was only for that moment, and the next minute this enthusiasm fades away? Have you ever had that moment of determination and confidence, that you will not commit the same sin again and again, but yet do so again? Have you had that moment when you have the eagerness to read God's word and to pray to Him. But after continuing a few days or weeks, you start not to read and pray to Him. This is common problem face by us Christian, and that is what Christian life is about, continuing running the race, no matter what is happening in our daily lifes. We just have to know what is right and continue doing it.. The road ahead, is full of test and obstacle. Be gladful that we are not alone. We have Jesus to look up to when life seems so hard to carry on. We have our fellow brothers and sister to share our joy and burden with. Hold strong to the faith we have in Jesus, let us run God's marathon together..

Jesus Country Club

Hi all, interested to join a country club that I've joined not along ago? Its the best country club in this world, better than any other existing and upcoming clubs. Its called Jesus Country Club. The great thing about it, is that membership is free, all you got to do is to believe in Jesus, in His death and resurrection and recieving Him as Lord and Savior of your life. What else? Its membership does not only last a lifetime, it last through eternity. By joining, you can have many privileges. First is a relationship with God, being reconciled with God, whom we first rejected. Next is the privilege of prayer. No matter where you are, what time is it. You can pray to God, telling Him all your joys and sorrows and He will answer them if they are according to His will. Isn't it great to join a country club belonging to a sovereign owner who has control over everything? Who is loving and great enough to send His only Son to die for us on the cross to pay for our debts of sin? Contact me if you are interested. Hurry up as we do not know when Jesus is coming back again!!

Guinea Pig Experience

This is a true story of my guinea pig experience. On monday morning, I went to Bedok Polyclinic for a checkup, as I have been feeling some chest tightness and breathe shortage recently. Seen the doctor and was referred to CGH, reason was that they are better equipped. At CGH they told me that I need to be admitted for some observation, to check whether there's any problem with my heart. So I listened to their advise and was admitted. Thoughout my night there, they have been busy taking ECG and bloodtest for me. They took my blood for about 6 over times. Some new nurses had problem finding my veins, so they tried a few times before finding it. Finally got discharged today. Thank God that there's nothing wrong with my heart and for the MCs that I can have to rest at home. Haha

It all points to problem with man..

When God first created the earth, the earth was perfect. Everything was perfect. But it was us, man, who chose to rule our own life, to go against God, therefore we sin against God. Is that the end of mankind?

There's still a way to enter into the kingdom of God. Which is to have faith in God, in everything that he has done. There's no way that we can earn it, as our God is a sovereign God, He does everything for the best of us, according to His own will. Before entering the kingdom, we need to be born again, born again by God, born again by Spirit and water.

From Ezekiel 36:24-29, we can see what God has promised us, believers. He promised that He will gather us together, no matter where we are, that he will cleansed us and give us a heart of flesh and He will be our God. In John Chapter 1, we saw that Jesus is delcared as God's son, the center of God's promises to us. Jesus is the Messiah, the anoited one, the one who will usher in the day of restoration

In John 3:16-21, Jesus is explanation the Gospel to Nicodemus. From the few verses, we can learn many things about God, Jesus, Believers and Non-believers.

We can see that God loves the world, he gave his ony and only Son for us. He did not send Jesus to condemn the world but to save it and that God is sovereign and everything is done through him. We also see that Jesus is God's one and only Son, his purpose here is to save the world, he is the light of the world.

How about us believers?? We believers will not perish and have eternal life, we will not be condemned, we live by the truth, love the light and our deeds are all done through God, so glory will be given to God and there is nothing that we can boast about. In opposite, non believers will perish, eternally condemned and they their own things, controling everything themselves..

We people always like to go for things that is free. There will always be a queue when there free gifts given away. 1 thing I don't understand, why can't we mankind treat this salvation and gosepl, that was given to us freely, with the same attitude with the free gifts?? All we need to do is to believe in Jesus's death on the cross.

From John 3:22-36, we saw why we can depend on Jesus,
- he comes from above (heaven)
- Jesus speaks the word of God
- the Father loves him and He is God's Son
- God had placed everything in Jesus's hand
- Jesus is the Christ
- whoever do not believe in Jesus with accumulate God's wrath

Therefore, how should we live our lifes in response to what God has done? Place our faith in Jesus, he is the one and only way to God's kingdom.

Germany are in the semis!!!!

Oh what a night it was. Watched Germany VS Argentina with Charissa, Pix, Edwin, Justin, Amos and some of my sec sch friends. Good chance to catch up with them, since most of us busy with national service. I even went to have a Germany flag drawn across my nose ah!! Pix got her on her cheek...



if Germany lose it will be so paiseh for me, but thank God that Germany won. What a match it was, for Klose to score a headed goal at the 80th minute. It was his first headed goal since 3 years ago. haha.. Was shouting my throat for Germany.. Till now no voice. OH NO.. Tmr will be worst, my fav England VS Portugal. Guess that match will really cause my voice to leave me. Must bring more peh pak gao liao.

Well wanna thank Isabelle for reserving the seats for us. And also letting me cut queue for the goodie bag. Know that it is not right, but got no choice, my friends are sending me and Charissa home, so need to rush, ppl send u home how can make them wait for you right. LOL..

After the match some malays were celebrating Germany's victory, and started to pop the long balloons that was given to us. But who knows the loud popping sound scared pix. Then made her cry. haha sorry pix for what happened. Hope you wont blame them cos they dun know bout yr problem plus that's how crazy soccer can be. Hope everything is alright with you.

Ok, got to go prepare for singspiration. Still got some last minute touch up to do. Bye!! GO ENGLAND GO!!

Fruitful Day

Most of the time today was with pix. Met her after her hair cut. Had lunch with her, went for a movie with her, "Just my luck". After the movie went to shop for pressie for michelle as her bdae chalet is next saturday. After which we sat down to plan for the Christmas Evangelica Event. We manage to come out with a rough idea how the musical will be like. So at least we accomplished something.

Went to Tampines Int to take bus 72 to church, who knows while walking there, we saw a big rabbie-toothed shark with eyes popping out, staring at us. haha. just joking chari. Then the ppl so so not considerate. Those in line was cut by those who didnt queue up, since the queue was very long, when the bus was almost full, those who queued up stop then those who did not queue went up. so my and pix not happy quickly get out of the queue to try to squeeze up the bus as we are almost late for music practise.

Music practise was very good today. Manage to plan out how we are going to play this sunday. At first i tot that I have lost the right motivation to play in the music team. But think I have found it back, knowing that it's God who I'm playing for. Really sorry for my music team, for what happened last week. My apologize to everyone.. Tomorrow will be an exciting we are invited to the world cup telecast at PS, cos its belle who organize it. She promised to reserve good seats for us. Hope she manage to. Tmr is a big match, Germany vs Argentina!! WHO WILL WIN?? haha i dun really care.. as long as ENGLAND can win porgtugal... haha i'll stop blogging here then. bye!!

Unreasonable and brainless..

Have u ever tried being sick, and yet cant visit the clinic near by? That is what I'm going to experience for the next 1 year. If I am sick, I'll have to travel all the way to Choa Chu Kang to see doctor. From Bedok to Choa Chu Kang, isn't that ridiculous???!!! Won't that make you even more sick when you are already sick? The traveling time itself is enough to kill me.

Another stupid rule they have is that if you have MC for more than 3 days, you have to go back to endorse it. But they also have another rule saying no going out of house if you have MC. Do you find this 2 sentences very contradicting?? In 1 way you cant go out, in another you have to travel back camp to endorse? Oh come on, NSF are also humans, even if we are the lowest of the ranks.

Had a wisdom tooth extracted today. Suppose to undergo general anaesthesia, but due to the extra the SAF have to pay, and the longer operation time, I've decided to change it to local instead. The opeartion was a scary one. The doctor almost start operating when the anaesthesia has not take its effect. Just pray that I do not have to undergo any operation anymore.

tire, tired, tiring, tires

Thanks for all the encouragement, but am getting really tired lately. No time to blog.. World Cup season is up, suffered with sleepless nights. Guess I should really stop all these before I fall sick.

Super busy at work, did int and ext despatch for 3 days in a row.. Super shag ah.. walk until leg got blisters, thigh got abrasion. So many things to do, and so little time to rest.

As usual for weekends, fom and church. But something extra this week, had a 6km walk-a-jog to run. Had stomache halfway through the run, but manage to complete it though. Took me about 40 mins to finish it. haha. when i reach the finishing point, I ran straight to the toilet..

Had music practise on sunday after service, sorry all for the temper and attitude that i've shown. Watched movie with chen, justin, amos, pix and edwin after that.. until now, i just know that it is a robin william show, do not know what the movie title is. haha, before the movie, justin when to buy gummy sweets. guess that is his first time buying, he took so much that he ended up paying 11.40 for the gummies. haha..

what a tiring week for me..

I'm back!!``

Finally, the mood and time for blogging is back. Have been quite busy with NS the past few weeks. After work still went to accompany pix. Super tired. Dun get wrong idea pix, not complaining. Spent quite alot of money lately, not yet adult but spending like one. There's this one week end where i had dinner at swensen's on fri, fish and co on sat and thai buffet on sun. Spent so much money and gain so much weight!!! Bought some new clothes too.. Now got to spend on bdae prez too.. Money money money.. How to spend when i getting so little from NS, got to really be more thrifty.

Been thinking lately, wondering does anybody read my blog at all? If you are reading this now, could you kindly drop a comment juz to encourage me to continue blogging.. Thanks!!

Its going to be yet another busy week ahead, got music practise on thurs for my own team and sat for maria's team plus baptism class before that. In daily work wise, been busy running around singapore, being postman for my camp, despatching documents around the island. As usual, sats night should be at justin's place.. cant wait for world cup to start!! GOAL GOAL GOAL OLE OLE OLE!!

Reliving those days..

Last weekend was the best I've ever had. I was greatly refreshed in God's words and I had so much fun with the guys. I was refreshed on how I should treat God's words and weekly bible studies and service. I should not take them as a weekly routine cos every week I will be listening and learning new things. Learnt how to decide if a church is good. Its not the size of the church, its appearance, the music they play, etc.. The one and only thing is whether God's words is being fed. What is being preached, are they according to the bible or according to our desires and needs.

After bible studies, we always have some game sessions over at Helping Hand. Was looking forward to it as we introduced soccer to the fom last week and some of the girls actually joined us in the game. Was looking forward to it cos I wanna see how Wai plays. But the weather is not on our side. It started to pour chickens and ducks when we played half way. The best thing was we continued to play. I really relived those days when I used to play soccer in the rain. So much fun!! Hope to have another game with Wai when the weather is better.

After the game we went to justin's place to watch soccer. Chelsea beat ManU!!! Liverpool won 3-1!!! Gerrard scored 2 goals!!! Liverpool are on par with ManU on score!! There's a chance for 2nd place for Liverpool!! haha.. what a night it was, we wanted to order mac delivery, waited for so long to get thru the line, in the end we couldn't order as the delivery system had some problem. Tried calling pizza hut, but had the same problem. We sang karaoke till quite late. But we slept before 3 so as to be able to concentrate in church tmr.

After service, we had spring cleaning.. Was so sad lor.. climbed up so high to clean the super dusty window and blinds. It was really super dusty, the dusty are like so so super mega hyper ultra thick. Was having fever and still doing all these, yet got this girl named SARA, she asked me to mop the floor, saying since I never do anything!!!! After church we went to pixie house! Amos cooked bakeed rice. HAHA.. Pix cooked rice without adding water. The baked rice was nice but the chicken was not really cook and was too salty. Thank you pix for your hospitality! After which we went to meet chen and justin at orchard. Walked around and in the end we decided to stay overnight at justin's place again. We sang karaoke and watched dvd. Had so much fun. Cant wait for next weekend. Weekends ROCKS!!

To: God

I hate Richmond, I hate myself. I am a sinner against God. I keep sinning the same sin. You had forgiven me once and once again, but I keep sinning against you over and over again. Help me overcome this sin, help me repent. I am really sorry for all the wrongs that I have done. I know I don't derserve your forgiveness, but you are a loving and merficul God. On account on Jesus's death on the cross, forgive me and cleanse me Lord.

Lord, help me to refocus my life to you, start afresh with me. Help me put you in the center of everything. Help me overcome all temptations. Help me go through every trial. Teach me how not to be greedy, not to lust, not to be boastful, not to be self-centered, Teach me how to live a life worthy of you, teach me how to love others more than myself, teach me to be generous, humble and others-centered. Change me totally, make me pure. Guide me in everything I do, guide me to be like your son, Jesus. Lord I pray for your healing hand to be upon me. Heal me from all my sickness and bless my health. Use me as a humble servant, in every way that you can.

Lord I thank you for being who you are, a loving and merciful God. A God who keeps his promise, a God who wants us to repent. Thank you for giving me this chance to know you, to be reconciled with you. Thank you Lord, for everthing you have given me. Thank you for reading my prayer. All this I cry out in the name of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen.

Life's like a rollercoaster

Life is never straight and smooth, its never easy. In fact, life is like a rollercoaster, there will be ups and downs. People tend to misunderstand Christianity, they think that when you've accepted Christ as Lord and Savior, life will be smooth and easy going. Everything will be perfect, just as you've always want. But the truth is that God has never promise us that. In 1Peter verses 6 to 9, Jesus said that we will face trials in our lifes.

6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

1Peter 1:6-9

The bottomline of all this trials and downs is faith, the faith we have in Jesus. It is to test our faith in Jesus, since we have not seen him, we love him. And even though we can't see him now, we still believe in Him. Thats the kind of faith that me and you should have. No matter what situation you are in, you can always reach out to God, as he had reached out to us first. God will never leave us alone and don't care about us. If He puts you into a trial, He will always be with you through the whole process. Though sometimes we just can't see what he had planned for us, we just can't feel his presence, we feel that God has ignore us and left us all alone to handle the problem alone. You are wrong! ABSOLUTELY WRONG! God love us so much that while we were still his enemies, he send his only Son down to die for us. This is one thing we can always give thanks for, no matter our life is up or down. We should be thankful that Jesus had rescued us from God's wrath and judgement.

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

Psalm 150:6

Busy busy week

Been quite busy this week. Busy resting, busy contacting the drum teacher to arrange the drum lessons, busy creating the publicity card and have neglected God. Haiz. How many of us really spend time daily doing quiet time. How many of us really talk to God everyday? Or do we just cry out to Him when we need Him. Thats definitely not the right way we should respond to God's agape love for us. I admit that I am one of those who fall into the above category of not doing QT time consistently. Like to urge every believers to start slowly. Spend some time with God everyday, slowly making it a habit to read God's word. Only then, can we know more about Christ and behave more like Him.

Was quite sad this week, busy designing the publicity card, created a map and tried to make everything nicer and finalizing everything. Finally completed it, exported the file into an image and sent to all the youths in my church. After sending, I happily closed my editing program, without saving the working file!! Now I have to redo everything if there are any changes and there are changes to be made. Haiz..

Went for the light treatment today, for my rash. Everything is seems so scary. Went into a small chamber full of long light bulbs. Got to strip till almost naked and stand inside. It's so small that I'm afraid that the bulbs will just explode and I will die inside, or that the bulb will produce heat so hot that I can't take it. Who knows everything is just so fast and simple. Theres even a voice to quite me through it. :) Thank God that everything went well for the first treatment.

Another thing to haiz about is that tmr is going back to faraway land day. I got to go back to that far far far camp of mine. Its so far away LOR!! takes me about 2 hours to reach there. Worst still if I'm late, late means can't go in by side gate, but main gate, which I have to walk about 20 mins reach my squadron.

Talked to Andrew the other night. Was pretty glad to know that the youths and the guys are getting much closer now. Justin even came on saturday!! Was motivated to hear that. Being one of the older guy, I really want to bring the guys and the whole youth group closer. Will try to arrange more outings to interact and encourage each other more.

Like to thank God for the whole church, for the care and concern and also their prayers for me. Everyone has been very caring, and I'm greatly touched by their love. May all of us continue to grow in love for one another, continue to spur each other and also to grow in christ. Amen!

Praise to God for a Living Hope

Attended this workshop organised by Project Timothy on Monday evening. Was greatly encouraged by it. We touched on the first book of Peter. In verse 3 - 4, we can see Paul praising God. God had given us new birth, new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. God has also given us an inheritance. One that can never perish, spoil or fade. One that is indestructible, kept in heaven for us. We can rejoice in all these, though we have to face grief in all kinds of trials. All these trials are here to test us, to test our faith in Jesus. For by having faith in Him, we are recieving salvation of our souls.

Glory is ours..

Today is the 12th consecuetive day I have not gone back to report for ns. Have been on mc. Guess I'll go see a doctor tmr, as I am still feeling sick. Skin condition is getting a bit better, but the itch at night is still there. Thanks for all those who cared and prayed for me! Think that I'll be going over for bible studies tonight. Have been missing out quite alot due to my problems.

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To all initial d anime fans out there, if you still do not know, Initial D stage 4 eps 23 & 24 are out!! Was quite sad on how Takumi won the "God of hand", even though he still won. The saddest thing is that eps 24 is the last eps for stage 4!! So got to wait for a long long time before stage 5 comes out. Not even sure if there will be a stage 5.

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Thanks sis for the encouraging verses from Romans 8, am greatly encouraged after reading it. Indeed at verse 18 to 27; talking about our future glory. That our present sufferings are not wortk comparing with the glory that will be revealed to us. Thanks you Lord, for the Spirit that you had sealed in us. That always helps us in our weakness. God had predestined those He had called, those he called, he also justified, those he justified he also glorified. Our God is a loving, graceful and merciful God. He himself is love. He loves us so much that when we were still His enemies, He sent his only Son down to die for us. This is how God had shown His love to us.

From verse 38 to 39; "I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, neither anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. " It really encourages me to know that nothing in this world can separate us from the love of God. THANK YOU GOD! Fellow christians out there, hope that when you face trials and tough times, when your future is not clear, when you doubt God, Romans 8 can really encourage you. Amen.

Why me God?

Why me God? Why me? I have been down with some skin problems. Some kind of ezcema and pretty serious. Actually it has already been with me for quite some time, but things get out of control recently. Skin are dry and peeling, I can't face people coz of that, I look so hideous, like a monster. Cant sleep at night, due to the itchness. Cant do the things that I usually do, cant eat the things that I usually eat. I cant be myself with this problem with me. Seen a chinese physician yesterday, she said that this problem cant be totally cured. The best that can be done is to control it, and I have to change my whole lifestyle to make sure when everything is under control, the problem will not flare up again.

This morning I cried out to God: "Father, why me? Why do I have to suffer all these when others can enjoy their life?" I know that sufferings now, are just temporary, everything will be perfect in heaven. But the sufferings for me is too much for me to handle. Pray that God will provide me with the strength and courage to continue living as a Christian and my daily walk with Him. Don't know why, suddenly the song "Trust His Heart" keeps singing in my head. When you cant see his plan, just trust His heart. I do know that this is what I have to do, pray that I will not lose faith in Him, though everything is so wrong now. Keep trusting in Him. Pray for healing hands upon me, for speedy recovery, and that I will not be so depressed over my current situation. That I will continue to draw strength from Him. Amen

What is love?

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease, where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child. I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:4-13

Love is the greatest first fruit of the Spirit. God is love. God is full of love. God is always showering is overflowing love on us. It is His love for us, that he sent his Son, Jesus, to die for us. So that by His death, we can be reconciled with Him. God will never forsake us, no matter what what wrong we do to Him. For our lifes no longer belong to us, it belongs to God. God had paid for our life with the death of Jesus. Love Him for He has love us first. Love your neighbour like how you love yourself. From the bible verses above, may all of us be always reminded of God's love for us. And also how we should treat each other in response to God's love. Always trust and never doubt Him, for He love us more than anyone else. No matter what situation he puts me in, how sick I am, how difficult times can be, how lonely I am, I know that God is always there watching over me. When God do not answer my prayers, I should not doubt Him, for He knows what is best for me. I believe that by His grace and mercy, even if he do not heal me from my sickness, He will still provide me with the strength and courage to carry on. What else can I ask for? He had already paid the penalty of sin for me. Life on earth is just temporary, just like all the sufferings I am facing now. Thank you God for saving me, adopting me, giving me a new life. Giving me a place in your heavenly kingdom. By all these things you had done for me, I can see your love for me and I love you God. Amen

2 ways to live: the choice we all face

God is the loving ruler of the world and he made the world. He made us rulers of the world under Him. But is that the way it is now? No! We all reject God, by trying to run life our own way without Him. We believe that we are better ruler than God, that we can live without Him. But we fail to rule ourselves or society or the world. So what will God do about our rebellion? God won't let us rebel forever. God's punishment of rebellion is death and judgement. God's justice sounds hard, but.. cos of His love for us, God sent His only Son, Jesus Christ, into the world. Jesus is a perfect and holy man who always lived under God's rule. He was the One, sent down to die, in our place taking our punishment and brought us forgiveness. But that's not all. On the 3rd day, God raised Jesus to life again, as the ruler of the world. Jesus has conquered death, and now gives new life, and will return to judge.

This brings us to 2 different scenarios. The first one is to continue to rebel against God, to run life our own way. But this will only result in death and judgement. The other alternative is to submit our lifes to Jesus, acknowledging Him as ruler of our lifes. Relying of His death and resurrection. This will bring us forgiveness from God and eternal life. Comparing the 2 choices, isn't the 2nd choice, so obviously the better choice. So be smart and make the right choice NOW!

Don't "Kay Kiang" (Act Smart)

In the book of Ruth, we saw how self-centered Naomi and Elimelech were. That when there was a famine on Israel, they left the land of God's blessing, to look for food. A place they went to, where people live ungodly lifes. It shows us how they did not trust in God, that God will provide and rescue them. They chose to take things to their own hands. They think that they can handle the problem and they do not need God's help. They want things their way. In the end, Naomi lost her husband and 2 sons. This teaches us that we should always trust God, commit all our cause to Him. Believe that God will provide us with our needs, according to His will.

In the 2nd part of Ruth, we saw God's unexpected kindness showering on Naomi and Ruth through the kindness of Boaz. How Boaz allow Ruth to work in his field, his kindness towards her and his protection over her. And as time goes by, love for Ruth starts to nurture. This shows us that no matter what wrong we do, God so love us, will never forsake us. In response, may we all live a life that trust and obey God. Never take things into our hands, just leave everything to Him.

Felt so sick this morning. At first I didnt wanna go church, but in the end I took a cab down. Was wearing a windbreaker, and everyone was asking how am I? Am i sick? LOL. Decided to give lunch a miss as I was too tired. Got a lift from Lena.. (so nice of her). Ok, got to stop here now. Need to have a nap and rest well, getting prepared for the BIG MATCH tonight. ITS LIVERPOOL VS manchester united. LOL. WALK ON!! WALK ON!! WITH HOPES!! IN YOUR ARMS!! AND YOU"LL NEVER WALK ALONE!!

Give Thanks..

It has been raining the whole day. The never dying rain must have brought incovenience to many people, haha cos I am one of them. Left my bicycle at church as I cant cycle home due to the rain. Woke up at 630 this morning, but due to late rest and nice cool weather, i fell back to sleep. By the time I woke up again, its already 900. Got to take a cab down to church. At church, during service, I'm suppose to play drums today. Make so much mistake during the service. Was not at my best. Felt quite sad and guilty. But I know that God will not really care bout the mistakes I made for during the playing of the music.

We human always pray when we are in trouble, when we are in need of something, maybe for guidance, for wisdom, for courage. Or even if we ask got for some worldly things. We tend to pray and just continue with our lifes even when our prayers are answered, when God feels that we should get what we prayed and asked for. This is also a problem which happens to me. But in response to Gods love and kindness to us, we should not forget to also give thanks and be greatful for what God has given us. Some will ask, what if our prayers are not answered? Even if our prayers are not answered, God has His reasons for why its not answered. Maybe He feels that its better for us not to get what we prayed for, as we might have prayed and asked for the wrong thing. So we should also be careful in what we pray for. A another reason why its not answered might be because its not time yet. God takes His time to do His work. What is not answered now, might be answered in the future, we will never know. No matter what, we still must give thanks.

A good example is how Abraham waited for God's promise to be fulfilled. Even when the surroundings and other circumstances seems so impossible for the promise to be fulfilled, as Abraham's wife is barren and he himself is too old to have a son. He continued to have faith in God, and did not doubt God. This is how we should respond to God. Even if our prayers are not answered at all. We should also give thanks, for what God had already done for us. For He had sent down his one and only Son to die for us on the cross, while we were still sinners and His enemies. Give thanks for loving us and saving us from His wrath and judgement. In everything, give thanks..... Amen

Oh My Goodness....

My 7th day of January 06 began at 11am.. Went to meet the FOMs at Kovan for brunch then after that went to church for prayer meeting. The meeting was long, but had many things sorted out and confirmed. Almost killed one of my fellow worker in Christ. Wai was asking us what's the most common word that we see in Ruth 1: 1-22, the word's suppose to be "return" as Naomi keeps asking Ruth and Orpah to return to their own houses. But I dun seems to notice the word return, all I can see, is the name Naomi, so I say it out and Wai almost get choked while drinking water. LOL. He even spat out the water on the floor.

Today we started on the book of Ruth for our bible study. Its a short book with just 4 chapters. But the things we can learn from it are plenty. Learnt that sometimes when life's turning bitter, when things around us are not what we expected, we shouldn't think that God has not shown his kindness to us. In fact, we should be thankful to God, as he had already shown us his hesed (kindness in hebrew) by sending his one and only Son down to this earth, to die for us, to take our place in facing God's wrath and judgement. From Ruth, I was also reminded that God has control of all events. He is before all things and everything happens for a reason. He has the ability to do everything. And He is always working in our everyday life. Praise God for that..

Today's bs is rather long, ended at 1830 hrs. Went over to Helping Hand to play frisbee after bs. Was very encouraged by the attendance today. Edwin, Pix, Dot, Salad, Drew, Wai and Ray turned up!! Hope that more people can join us, as I believe fellowship is not just during bs, should also have some informal outdoor activities. Feel so sad as I was ditched by the "Crappy 3" (haha!! me, wai and ray). 3 of us are supposed to be in a team after loom jiam pass. But in the end they send me over to the other team. Maybe cos I'm the lousiest of the 3. Then the 2 good players are together, and not just that, they have an extra player. So the game was 4 vs 5. Unfair right! haha but WE WON IN THE END!! I also won Amos in a 1 on 1 basketball game. haha. He was so tired after the frisbee game, that he is so lazy to run. Beat him 5 - 1!! What a long and tiring day it was. But had alot of fun and fellowship though, everything is worth it! Ok, got to go ZzZzZ as I have to be in church early tmr. I"M PLAYING DRUMS!! haha.. Chaos..