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Sunday, April 01, 2007

hey,i want to share wat l learnt from e sermon yesterday...i started to ponder on wat shirley had said of the true significance of Easter.indeed,it's important for us to think deeper on every Easter day.have we grown since the last Easter until now?i really learnt tt i shld not take Easter for granted. This Day tt God had died for us,it means tt we can now relate to God our feelings anytime,anywhere.i pray that e cg'll also treasure tis intimate r/ship we have with God.i also felt encouraged tt i am a powerful and victorious conquerer in Christ.Yeah.one of my application is to share the gospel with my frens b4 Easter,even if they can't come for svc.also.i wan to utilise e Easter invitation card fully.let's really work hard & see the fruits of our labour,not to forget our powerful weapon against the Satan,PRAYER!!Trust & it'll be given to us.=)ps.let's revive our blog.
love ya-Julia

holding on to you. 10:19 AM

Thursday, February 15, 2007

I did'nt get the blessings so i post another thing to update!
Does'nt really seem like a song cus i forgot where the chorus is
I even forgot half the tune lol!
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It seems so fast that our days go by
A hundred years cannot compare to eternity!
When we've been there ten thousand years,
we have no less days to sing god's praise
than when we had first begun! (Amen!)

I wana shout that from the mountain tops so that the whole world knows
I wana stay like this forever
ever in the freedom of your glory
my heart jumps for joy (dukduk, dukduk!)
My Every heartbeat yearns to praise you
My happiness is because of you

You are the one who showed me what true love is
You showed me the way led me to freedom
casted satan out of my heart !
gave me the freedom to sing dance and experience true love
I am jumping for joy because I found my true love
I am jumping for joy because Jesus loves me (hearts!)

I only began to feel when you came into my life
when I stepped out of the blackhole of confusion
broke free from the chains of depression
healed my heart of scars only you can see

I only began to love because of you
I know how to love because you taught me what it is
Friendship means the world to me
Love is'nt BGR
Love is my happiness and joy that comes from you
and that I spread to the people around me!

Money is not important
giving is not an issue
Recieving is an everyday blessing
so giving is more exciting! (yay!)

Your opinion is the most important
Your name I glorify and praise
Your love unfailing, unending. trustworthy and true
No one else can replace you
My heart is like a dohnut without you!

You gave me a heart and expanded it
You made it a cloud and protect it
In the freedom of your love I truely Live
In your plans I succeed

Never can anyone satisfy my desire
exept you lord, who ignited my fire.
I never knew how to be contented till I met you
because you gave me everything my heart desires!(wow!)

Not in wealth, not in fame.
But in wisdom, love and faith.
Not a life as a bed of roses
But with obstacles that I succeed (shiok!)
and grow in and a goal that drives me on.

I am not alone in this race
I have your love that gives me strength and happiness
overcoming obstacles is not a problemwith you guiding my way

This journey may be long and strenuous
but the holy spirit is with me every step of the way.
I am so excited
yet nervous of what the future could bring. :S

I ask when will I succeed
You say wait and see
Living life to the fullest, i have a secure future.
my questions answered, my goal I can see. (wah!)
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A fast paced fast song that I can "vent" on for my excitement for god! lol!

Better than the riches of this world
Better than the sound of my friends voices
Better than the dreams of my heart
That's just the start.

Better than what I say I need,
Better than the life I wana lead
Better than the love anyone could give
your love is...

Jesus would you
Hold me now in your arms and never let me go...O!
Jesus you're my sunshine
and the moonlight in the night sky......
Because I can't stop falling in love with you!
I can never stop falling in love with you
x2
That's about what I can remember! lol!

Stephie!

holding on to you. 10:36 PM

Saturday, February 03, 2007

Looks like I am the one updating...
hmm...

My day was bad in the morning because of school but it ended great thanks to cg! Learned about my tired heart and how to overcome it! thanks Clarice for reminding me and thanks to the leaders@

Cg was great! I am refreshed see you guys tommorow!
Let's really have the desire to not only seek god's love but to spread it! Cuz god's love is overflowing Amen!
Next week last week of Ex3 I know I wasted 1 week and this week I was on mc but next week last week cannot waste! jia you CC1!

JIA YOU! JIA YOU! JIA YOU!

Steph!

holding on to you. 12:48 AM

Saturday, January 20, 2007

Heylo....

There was a CC1 blog started october and I know about it 3 months later?
woah...
haha anyway I was really touched by the worship song we sang!

Power of your love

Lord I come to you,
let me be changed, renewed
Flowing from the grace that I 've found in you
And Lord I have come to know
The weaknesses you see in me
will be strripped away
By the power of your love

Hold me close, let your love surround me
bring me near, draw me to your side.
And as I wait , I'll rise up like the eagle!
And I will soar with you,Your spirit leads me on,
In the power of your love!

Lord unveil my eyes, Let me see you face to face.
The Knowledge of your love As you live in me
Lord renew my mind as your will unfolds my life
Living everyday in the power of your love!

Same song words written by me this time so its not as good but its from the bottom of my heart...XD

Lord set your love in me
let me experience you everyday
as you lead my life in
victory
Holy spirit come into my life
let your spirit flow in me
for happiness in me
In the power of your love

Chorus
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As I internalise the words I found out how great the lord is
He does'nt just show us our weaknesses, he strips them away.
And as we have more knowledge of his love,
we are amazed by his grace.
Let us open our eyes
Let him lead us, guide us, change us and renew us.
Let him lead our life and to lead us into victory!
STC our promise land!

Stephie...

holding on to you. 12:18 AM

Saturday, December 02, 2006

1 Peter 1:24

For,
"All men are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers
of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of the Lord stands forever. "

have been doing quite alot of reading of the bible. alot of people highlight their bibles. but i dont, coz i'm afraid it'll get messy and blahblahblahblah...

but yesterday, i decided to put all those excuses behind me and i highlighted the verses i really liked. and then i came across the above verse which struck me hard in the face.

indeed we're like grass. scattered over the face of the earth, so small, so insignificant, but very much important. we replenish oxygen, we are the diet of big animals like cows. we have our own special duties. and our glory are certainly like flowers. attractive and beautiful. and we take delight when people notice our glory, (in this case the flowers). we work so hard to cultivate those flowers so it'll look pretty. and we take so much pride when people comment on us, and when our flowers become so eye catching in a field of pure greenness

it appeals greatly to human senses, but it is all so so-called "insignificant" to God Almighty which created the universe, including the GRASS and the FLOWERS. yes, its a pretty sight. green grass and blooming flowers of all kinds, whats that cheng yu, when they zheng fang duo yan. and remember, God was the one who created flowers(in both the context of nature and now), not you. you chose to take too much pride in them and some even call them their own. but upon the step of a human being, all that flower, all that pride, all that beauty is just crushed. just upon a single footstep. from the biggest flower to the smallest flower, the greenest blade of grass to the diriest, yellowishiest, brownest blade of grass; everything crushes and is destroyed the moment a human set its foot on it.

my point is that: it is vulnerable and temporal.

(RANDOM: i need to expand my vocab okay, im so sick of the word 'temporal'.)

but the word of the lord is different. no matter how many people step on it, it will still be hold true and be uplifted. there will still be people following it, still be witnesses of it. and most importantly, it will last. because its the truth. when all else things seem to fade away, the living Word will stand. also because it is authentic. everyone may despise us, everyone may want to destroy us or mock at us, they may crush our spirit, cause us to fall, cause us to give in to temptations and to sins, but the Word will not be defeated. it will stay here. for generations to come, until the Day the Lord comes back.

so why hold on so much to cultivating self-glory? why mind so much about who's flowers are bigger than whose, who is greener than who? because at one step, you all puny little things will be gone. why not focus on something eternal. something that will last forever. something that will not be wavered by outside factors or by worldly happenings?

would you want to concentrate so much, sacrifice so much just to grow the world's most beautiful flower (not even close!), and then expose it to an inevitable destiny of being trampled on anytime? or would we want to channel more of our time and effort into meditating on something that will have a lasting impact and of eternal value (love this phrase) ? meditate and cultivate this thing that will not be just trampled on or have its value just go down the drain at one contact with (a small) disaster. (coz its only a footstep, so as to say)

even if we dont kana human step, just as the verse say, we will wither, and our flowers will fall. word of god says in

James 4:14
Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

not only does the word of god talk about how temporal and how short our existence is, shakespeare does so too:

"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."

are we ready to divert even more of our focus to something that will be priceless to every soul on earth and will have a strong, lasting and eternal impact on the world, something that will last even when we die, or do we want to continue to concentrate on individual self-achievement and glory which is not very important in the kingdom of god?

i dont have anything against growing flowers (self achievement and self glory), but, there are more important things to do!

will we let the urgent matters overtake the important matters?

food for thought, jes.

holding on to you. 11:54 PM