visited eilton at where he was working the other day with the caregroup. hahas. he's working in the super duper old lifebookshop at forum. thought we should pop by and add some 'life' there. :)
he played this dvd for us to watch. titled 'face-down'. and frankly, i forgot about this until this afternoon, this word rung in my head again.
it was based on Leviticus 9:24. "Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown..."
a demonstration of humility, a simple demonstration of reverence, for Him..
Have i fell facedown, in honouring reverence and humility for Him, today?
and if i see Jesus today, will i honour Him with this simple demonstration of reverence?
Have we customised God? Have we diluted the essence of God honouring attitudes as we desire to be relevant to the world?
Honestly, i know i am guilty of that.
Lord, change my heart.. renew my spirit. teach me dear Lord, to impart and impact my team with Your vision, help me to grow and mature in disciple making.
Lord, help me to recall the essence of "follower-ship", in the midst of leadership.
facedown. 0mm from knees to ground.
"We will crown You, King forever, Living Saviour, Jesus Redeemer...."
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
well, mr lenny just set up a blog. hahas. amazing.
and decided to pop by and hey, was really encouraged by the posts proclaiming his love for Him.
and amazingly, i started to blog hop a bit and went onto this person's link. hmm well. i dunno him personally, but i know he's the president of the Student Council during my JC days. hahas.
saw one of his recent blog post on holy spirit baptism. and hey, we were discussing this extensively during our DMM last night. we went through the whole teaching and was reading through the materials on who the holy spirit is, the manifestations of the spirit, so on and so forth.
and great! i've got another insight of another person from another church. perhaps the sharing will provide a fuller understanding. :)
and so....i kinda ripped this off fr his entry. i think he wouldnt mind eh? hahahas i mean its gd stuff! here goes the post..
"Mark 16:17 ... They will speak in new tongues..
WakIng up to a great sunday morning, as i prayed to God for some answers in tongues.. i decided to find out more...
Mark 16:17 And these signs will follow those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues;
in this context Jesus has risen from the dead, His perfect work have ben finished on the cross n' the Lord has risen him. Surely, from this point, its the New covenent.
Casting out demons, speakng intongues and healing all appear n other passages in e NT, and there is no scriptural warrant for their cessation before the Lord returns.
New tongues refers to supernaturally speaking a human language,
unknown to the speaker (Acts 2:1-13)or in a transrational language of heaven (1 Cor 13:1) Though i speak with the tongues of men and of angels..
1 Cor 13 then goes on tokking about LOve, How God's uncondiional love permeate your attitude, motives, thoughts, words and actions. It is this Love that authenticates spititual gifts..
erhz, cant finish, shall resume later...
take-aways:- no scriptural warrants for the cessation of speaking in tongues before He returns- Love of Lord that authenticate the speaking in tongues
Sunday, April 23, 2006
1Cor 12:30 .. Do all speak with tongues? ..
Cont'd
Not all will manifest the gift of tongues in public worship. Yet, in private devotion everyone is encouraged to express themselves thru their spiritual language
1 Cor 14:5 i wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied;prophesied means to talk in language that ppl understand, why did Paul say "even more"? coz w/o interpretation, it is not edifying the church, n' hence he endorsed prophecy over tongues in this context
bt nevertheless, for personal 'use', one should speak in tongues. because..
1) e speaker may not know what he or she is saying, but they can be sure to whom they are speaking
2) we express praise while doing so (Acts 2:11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.)
3) we pray using the Understanding of God and not our own limited understanding (1cor 14.15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.)
hEEz, tt's why i like to pray in tongues~! how many agree that its wonderful not having to know what you would need to pray for but pray in the spirit so that all that is needed will be provided n' added unto you! =)
posted by His sheep at 8:41 PM 0 comments "
some food for thought. n praying wont be caught by him for plagarizing hahahas!
and decided to pop by and hey, was really encouraged by the posts proclaiming his love for Him.
and amazingly, i started to blog hop a bit and went onto this person's link. hmm well. i dunno him personally, but i know he's the president of the Student Council during my JC days. hahas.
saw one of his recent blog post on holy spirit baptism. and hey, we were discussing this extensively during our DMM last night. we went through the whole teaching and was reading through the materials on who the holy spirit is, the manifestations of the spirit, so on and so forth.
and great! i've got another insight of another person from another church. perhaps the sharing will provide a fuller understanding. :)
and so....i kinda ripped this off fr his entry. i think he wouldnt mind eh? hahahas i mean its gd stuff! here goes the post..
"Mark 16:17 ... They will speak in new tongues..
WakIng up to a great sunday morning, as i prayed to God for some answers in tongues.. i decided to find out more...
Mark 16:17 And these signs will follow those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues;
in this context Jesus has risen from the dead, His perfect work have ben finished on the cross n' the Lord has risen him. Surely, from this point, its the New covenent.
Casting out demons, speakng intongues and healing all appear n other passages in e NT, and there is no scriptural warrant for their cessation before the Lord returns.
New tongues refers to supernaturally speaking a human language,
unknown to the speaker (Acts 2:1-13)or in a transrational language of heaven (1 Cor 13:1) Though i speak with the tongues of men and of angels..
1 Cor 13 then goes on tokking about LOve, How God's uncondiional love permeate your attitude, motives, thoughts, words and actions. It is this Love that authenticates spititual gifts..
erhz, cant finish, shall resume later...
take-aways:- no scriptural warrants for the cessation of speaking in tongues before He returns- Love of Lord that authenticate the speaking in tongues
Sunday, April 23, 2006
1Cor 12:30 .. Do all speak with tongues? ..
Cont'd
Not all will manifest the gift of tongues in public worship. Yet, in private devotion everyone is encouraged to express themselves thru their spiritual language
1 Cor 14:5 i wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied;prophesied means to talk in language that ppl understand, why did Paul say "even more"? coz w/o interpretation, it is not edifying the church, n' hence he endorsed prophecy over tongues in this context
bt nevertheless, for personal 'use', one should speak in tongues. because..
1) e speaker may not know what he or she is saying, but they can be sure to whom they are speaking
2) we express praise while doing so (Acts 2:11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.)
3) we pray using the Understanding of God and not our own limited understanding (1cor 14.15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.)
hEEz, tt's why i like to pray in tongues~! how many agree that its wonderful not having to know what you would need to pray for but pray in the spirit so that all that is needed will be provided n' added unto you! =)
posted by His sheep at 8:41 PM 0 comments "
some food for thought. n praying wont be caught by him for plagarizing hahahas!
wheee! received this fr liyan! hahas!
http://www.MingXiu.youaremighty.com/
it's like so cooollll.
going down to nuh to meet shep later! hahha a journey to the west literally.
i really got to kow-tow to all the leaders who are living at the edge of singapore. imagine the kind of dist they make to meet up ppl living in the central and stuff. sacrifice. really going all the way out to do His work.
and oh.. saw this in an outdated 8 days mag. haha happen to be re-browsing and saw this webbbie.. www.thesaltandpeppershakermuseum.com. haha. i m pretty amazed how salt and pepper shakers are considered artefacts that can be displayed for exhibition. hahas. interesting.
http://www.MingXiu.youaremighty.com/
it's like so cooollll.
going down to nuh to meet shep later! hahha a journey to the west literally.
i really got to kow-tow to all the leaders who are living at the edge of singapore. imagine the kind of dist they make to meet up ppl living in the central and stuff. sacrifice. really going all the way out to do His work.
and oh.. saw this in an outdated 8 days mag. haha happen to be re-browsing and saw this webbbie.. www.thesaltandpeppershakermuseum.com. haha. i m pretty amazed how salt and pepper shakers are considered artefacts that can be displayed for exhibition. hahas. interesting.
Sunday, April 23, 2006
as i look back upon my week, it was terrible. or terrible is too light a word to express my heart and degree of the "terrible-ness"?
terror-terri-horror-horri-ble. yeah. that kind. hahas.
in fact, i really thought i was clinically depressed. all symptoms fufilled. hahas.
but as i think back again, i give thanks for the rough times. it really challenge my limits. challenge my character. challenge my threshold of things around me. challenge my faith. challenge my security. challenge my trust. challenge my almost everything.
sometimes i wonder what lies ahead. and whenever i think of this, corrine may's song jus come into my mind. "Everything in His time". And the lyrics, "there are a thousand reasons why i should give up, but i'm stubborn in the things i believe....."
"I'm telling you, the answer will come, Hold on to patience and watch for the sign,..everything in His time.."
when i start to turn my head from stressors to blessings, the difference in my spirit is immeasurable. i start to give thanks. and recall the snippets of blessings. how can i not be moved? my friends, my family, spirtual fam, everyone. how can i not be blessed?
u know whats the problem with me? i am suffering from some short sightedness. spiritually.
i get too focused on the present downs, and find it hard at times to look beyond the future ups.
m really immersed with joy and hope when i jump into thanksgiving. so much to rejoice about.
ytd's prayer meet really stir in me. i walked in, and what i heard was the qn " are you in a battle today?"
honestly, i thought i was. but after much thoughts, maybe where i am now is jus the pre war period. hahahs.
now is the 'donning on armour-putting out shield-drawing out my sword and getting ready to charge across battle field' time.
and what moves me? i know i m not alone. He is already in front.
I just need to get the rest to be ready. beside one another.
one 'ohana!
Alright, due to the over the weeks intense training in quoting authors after the piles of reports, heres one:
"To quote Lilo, in her own eloquent way, she said, 'Ohana means family. Family means no one is left behind - or forgotten.' "
Reference:
Fischer, J. (i dunno the year). Lilo & Stitch and the Spirit of Hawaii:
The message of the film and the meaning of 'ohana [Online]. Available: http://gohawaii.about.com/cs/hawaiifilms/a/lilo_and_stitch_2.htm (2006, April 22)
hehe. bet the referencing is wrong. i seldom reference online stuff. hahahs.
terror-terri-horror-horri-ble. yeah. that kind. hahas.
in fact, i really thought i was clinically depressed. all symptoms fufilled. hahas.
but as i think back again, i give thanks for the rough times. it really challenge my limits. challenge my character. challenge my threshold of things around me. challenge my faith. challenge my security. challenge my trust. challenge my almost everything.
sometimes i wonder what lies ahead. and whenever i think of this, corrine may's song jus come into my mind. "Everything in His time". And the lyrics, "there are a thousand reasons why i should give up, but i'm stubborn in the things i believe....."
"I'm telling you, the answer will come, Hold on to patience and watch for the sign,..everything in His time.."
when i start to turn my head from stressors to blessings, the difference in my spirit is immeasurable. i start to give thanks. and recall the snippets of blessings. how can i not be moved? my friends, my family, spirtual fam, everyone. how can i not be blessed?
u know whats the problem with me? i am suffering from some short sightedness. spiritually.
i get too focused on the present downs, and find it hard at times to look beyond the future ups.
m really immersed with joy and hope when i jump into thanksgiving. so much to rejoice about.
ytd's prayer meet really stir in me. i walked in, and what i heard was the qn " are you in a battle today?"
honestly, i thought i was. but after much thoughts, maybe where i am now is jus the pre war period. hahahs.
now is the 'donning on armour-putting out shield-drawing out my sword and getting ready to charge across battle field' time.
and what moves me? i know i m not alone. He is already in front.
I just need to get the rest to be ready. beside one another.
one 'ohana!
Alright, due to the over the weeks intense training in quoting authors after the piles of reports, heres one:
"To quote Lilo, in her own eloquent way, she said, 'Ohana means family. Family means no one is left behind - or forgotten.' "
Reference:
Fischer, J. (i dunno the year). Lilo & Stitch and the Spirit of Hawaii:
The message of the film and the meaning of 'ohana [Online]. Available: http://gohawaii.about.com/cs/hawaiifilms/a/lilo_and_stitch_2.htm (2006, April 22)
hehe. bet the referencing is wrong. i seldom reference online stuff. hahahs.
Sunday, April 09, 2006
doing my groupwork assignment.
eyes are barely..1mm opened.
typed onto google: intellectually disabled+puppetry cos thats the theme of my groupwork report. designing series of 6 puppetry sessions for intellectually disabled children.
and as i hit 'enter' on the keyboard, what caught my eye was this link..
Hope Church Singapore Community Ministry Year 2003
Bishan Home is a home that provides care for the Intellectually Disabled. During the visitation, the volunteers presented a puppet show, sang carols, ...www.hopesingapore.org.sg/community_2003.htm - 43k - Cached - Similar pages
wow. i am very heartened, to know that the church is reaching out to people with special needs as well.
am inspired to do more. :)
eyes are barely..1mm opened.
typed onto google: intellectually disabled+puppetry cos thats the theme of my groupwork report. designing series of 6 puppetry sessions for intellectually disabled children.
and as i hit 'enter' on the keyboard, what caught my eye was this link..
Hope Church Singapore Community Ministry Year 2003
Bishan Home is a home that provides care for the Intellectually Disabled. During the visitation, the volunteers presented a puppet show, sang carols, ...www.hopesingapore.org.sg/community_2003.htm - 43k - Cached - Similar pages
wow. i am very heartened, to know that the church is reaching out to people with special needs as well.
am inspired to do more. :)
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