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   We're the awesome CENTRAL TWO cell. We attend Riverlife church, Megalife youth ministry every Saturday 4.30pm at Pasir ris Downtown East. A group of youths from schools all over Singapore, insisting that God be praised in all circumstances. We believe our lives can make a difference! Encouragements
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Saturday, February 6, 2010 @ 4:32 PM
Hi C2 :) I haven't blogged in a really long time! But I came across a very nice quote that I wanna share with you all! :) Have a great week ahead at school :)"People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you’ve got anyway. You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; It was never between you and them anyway." - Mother Theresa. “Satan tries to intimidate us, too, but we must remember that we have already won the game and - no matter how many times he attacks us - we need not give in, give out, or give up because our God is more powerful than he is. We are on Christ’s side and he never giver quits, always survives, always rises, always wins, and always comes back.” — Arron Chambers, in Running On Empty Amen!!! Keep shining for Jesus :) Love, Charis. Sunday, January 31, 2010 @ 11:57 PM
I know it's quite long but seriously just watch it. Enjoy. (: Love, Joanc. It's a new season
Sunday, January 24, 2010 @ 5:24 AM
Hey guys, Benton here. I'm currently in Melbourne, and missing you guys and ML. I didn't really get a good chance to talk about C2 before I left, so here it goes. I joined C2 and ML in 2007, (when there were less guys than girls in our cell) and it's been a really fun ride. I think God has grown myself as well as the cell over the past 3 years or so. On a personal level, God brought me from being the crazy outspoken guy who only attended cell for fun and because it was "good for me", to a position of responsibilty in the cell, where I actually cared for the well-being (spiritual) of each and every member of the cell. God has taught me a lot from all of you, and I thank God for the privilege of knowing you guys. He taught me how to love all of you, despite us coming from different backgrounds and having different personalities. It was also great knowing that I had a spiritual family standing up for me, people that I could grow together with spiritually, people that would accept me. You guys are great! You guys have also inspired me, people like Jayna, who has led from such a young age, Ernest, who is reall earnest with his worship, Wen Hao, who keeps growing and growing (spiritually and physically), Wesley, who has such a generous heart, Joan Chew, who's always approachable, Isaac, who's guided me along, people like Joan Ng and Joanne, who have been great examples for the people around them, and Shaun, who keeps standing strong in the faith in tough situations. I could go on, but I'm sleepy. As a cell, look where we are now! God has brought us a long way from where we were when I first came. Look at how each and every one of your spiritual walks has changed through the work God has done in our midst. Many of us have grown in the way we worship, the daily hunger that we have for God and in our desire to make our lives count for Jesus. The spiritual atmosphere has changed much since the sec 1s (now 2s) first joined us. Although there is much room to grow, God has taken us a long way out, and we praise Him for it! Remember H1N1, when cell sharing exploded, and people were touched by our support? I believe God did a great work within us and through us! SP once said that the H1N1 thing sparked off the revival. That means God heard us when we asked Him to let revival start with US! The past year or so has been one of huge transition, with Isaac stepping down and Joan, Jayna and myself rising up to the plate, lotsa things happened like camp, H1N1 etc. and finally, multiplication. We've come from being a bunch of siblings in Christ who meet every week to discuss the word of God etc., to being a support for one another in the Word of God and in everyday life. That's what cell should be like. I believe that this is only a short but painful pruning, a metamorphosis of sorts, as God prepares us for what He has in store for all of us as He takes us into a new season. Leaving one another may be quite saddening, but take heart, we will grow from this. Being sad means that the ties we had with one another in cell were genuine, and thats how cell should be. I read the other posts and what you guys have said, increasingly I feel that God is not pulling us apart, rather, he is spreading the seeds of revival within our hearts to wherever he sends. Revival WILL start with us, within our spirits, and I know, that God has already begun His work. So take heart C2, we are in the forefront of the battle. Sometimes, we must lose something to realize how much it really means to us, but we shouldn't be miserable about it. Take this attitude and spirit of making cell and our relationships count into your new cells, and really show the world what authentic cell should be like! The time you have with one another is short so make the most of it! So that's that. I thank God for guys, and although I'm bummed that I'm not gonna be in Riverlife to see the revival happen, I know that God has a plan for us wherever he sends us. As i said to the guys during the discipleship thing, God has given you so much potential, so live up to it! I believe that when I come back, I'll see you guys not as the same old Jireh, Jia Ru etc., but pioneers of a great revival, on FIRE for God and full of the Holy Spirit! See ya in the future guys, hopefully we'll cross paths soon! Enjoy the season ahead, Benton @ 5:08 AM
Hey, Joan Ng here.
I bet all of you know how I feel already, so yeah. I'm gonna cut this short :) For God knows the plans for us, plans not to harm us but prosper us. Plans to bring us good. Let's all trust in God and have faith in Him that he's gonna do great things to us in our new cells. I believe that God is not yet done with us ever since June 2009, this is the continuation of God's work. Let's hold on to it and get ready to ride on the second wave :) Jiayou C2'09. I love you all a lot a lot. @ 4:23 AM
Hey c2 , this is practically the first time i'm posting on the blog but i just wanna thank all of you for the support u guyz have give me for the past one an a half years plus plus and i really appreciate the joy i've shared with u guyz. I also want to thank the leaders of the cell - joan , benton , isaac ,jayna and also chee yann for all the awesome guidance that u have given me , and i still remember the first time when i came for service in megalife , it was still at the victory chapel and joan chew offered me some chocolates but benton asked for it and i gave it to him . My first impression of him - greedy . But as the saturdays went past , i soon realised that he was much more than that . This furthered made me wan to come to church more regularly but i was still too lazy sometimes to go and i now i'm regretting it now badly. And to kendrick , thanks for being the very few or onli guy to start talking to me and mostly , being my first friend in megalife. i guess if it wasnt for u , i'd probably still stay pretty much less noisy than now . we've been through so much together , through pain ( actually onli me , getting whacked from your ) and happy times =D, these memories will stick with me for a long time and even after this multiplication , i guess we'll still be best buddies / brothers in christ, amen? And Jineh , though i have known u more during elevate camp as we were in the same group , within these short period of time , our friendship have deepened greatly and i want to thank you for lending me your chin all these while to tap =D and i think its still not to late to treasure our friendships we have . i believe this multiplication is not gonna be that a bad thing , so cheer up guyz XD - jiaru
Saturday, January 23, 2010 @ 8:17 PM
Hi people it's homer. Eh I wanna say something central two :) Yeah when I first came from P6 they brought me to C3 but apparently it was the wrong room so they brought me over to C2. I preferred C3 then cos when I saw Benton I thought 'Wow this guy so noisy' but I didn't know that noisy was going to be one of the best friends I was gonna meet in C2. My experiences were like Kendrick's as well. Megalife was when God really impacted my life and helped me to make an impact on others as well. Looking back it's amazing that I got baptised the same year when I really got to know who God is . I really thank Him for placing me in this cell where I met so many amazing people. I may not have got round to thanking you guys yet but I really appreciate you guys like Jayna and JoanC for leading and Benton, CheeYann, Natalie, Jayna again for worship and stuff like that, and Jiaru, Kendrick and Joel for being such great friends. I think many of us know that Jiaru has this thing in him for some reason cos all of us get drawn to him. Like he's a punching bag or something but he can really be an awesome friend even though he's always on dota. I will keep praying cos I know that God has a gigantic purpose for everyone of us and most of us haven't even got round to knowing what it is yet. I once told my parents that the only day I live is saturday, I spend the rest of the week scraping through. You guys are one big reason of why Saturday means so much to me. I guess it's for that reason why I really want to bring my friends here to Megalife even though the distance is like wow. I regret not opening up to this cell earlier. It's like just as when I want to open up and then multiplication comes. That's quite sad but it's ok cos we have some sort of bond within us so yeah, there is still hope I guess. I can feel some stirring that there is going to be revival in my school. But I hope that I won't die like old major in animal farm before it happens. No just joking. But I'm serious about the revival part and I hope that the Christians in my school will step up and prove to the rest that we're not like what shakespeare portrays us as, cos it tears my heart when I see Christians in the past acting to differently from what God has called us to be. So i'm gonna try and step out of my comfort zone to save one more, and I hope all of us would do the same as well. Stand up and openly spread God's word and not be afraid of prejudices because our God is with us through it all. To end, thank you guys for everything and I mean it. I won't know where else I could have learnt so much from all of you. Our God has greater plans for us, let's ride the wave :) God's beloved Central Two. (:
@ 8:26 AM
Before I start....JAYNA!!! CAN PUT UP THE VIDEO YOU MADE HERE ON CELL BLOG? :D :D :D Hahaha. Okay. I just bathed. And I'm looking for food. HAHA. Okay. I'm really tired, but I don't want today to end so soon, so I'm not about to sleep anytime soon. (: I want to stay up to wait for all the long long mushy sms-es to come and read them and smile to myself. (: It feels like it's just a while ago that we were looking at the week ahead and thinking about how it's going to be tough saying 2 goodbyes. And in the blink of an eye, it's all over. Saturday has come and gone. I tried hard not to cry, hahaha sorry that I failed. You know, even after exhorting different ones of you and addressing all of you as a cell, I still feel like there's so much I haven't said. There's so much more I want to say. There's so many more hugs I want to give, so many more photos I want to take, and so much more love I want to give. I just... Don't know how to put it all into words. I'm going to try my best to do it now. And I may repeat what I said just now, but I'm just going to say it anyway. (: Central Two. God has blessed me tremendously with you guys. Each time I see all of you I see hope, I see such great potential, and I see Jesus. It really has been the best time of my life being in this cell, serving you guys and loving you guys. Honestly in 2009, there were many times I feel like I'm not a good enough leader. And when I look at Jayna, I feel so inspired. I say this so many times, but I really do. The way she loves all of you really inspires me to press on in leadership and love all of you for just who you are. There are countless things I wish I had done better. I wish I had given more of my time to you guys, to really know all of you personally, to be a true friend who will stand by you, to be someone you can turn to. Many times I wish I had put in more effort to make cell meetings good for all of you. And just so much that I wanted to do. You know, Central Two, you're a bunch of kids that are set apart. We are a people after God's heart, we are God's cell. God's hand has really been upon this cell. Over the years I've really seen His faithfulness in Central Two, and I am amazed. He has really used us in many ways, to inspire people around us. Like through H1N1, many have come to this place and been inspired. All of you, God has placed something very unique in you. Keep your heart open to God, avail yourselves for Him to use you. And He will. (: Central Two, we've put our hands in the plough, let's not look back. (: God has great things in store for us. Although I really miss you guys already and I'm sad that we won't be in the same cell anymore, I'm excited for what's ahead. Really really excited. Don't lose focus! Let's keep our eyes on God, let's continue to walk close to Him. This family has brightened up my life, my weeks, my days. And I will always remember us for what we are now. There's nothing more 'Central Two' than all of us put together. It's just so... Central Two. I love all of you very, very, very much. I want to hug all of you now! Hahaha. I will always love all of you. And I will be here for anyone of you if you ever need a friend. I will not judge you. I will just, love you. (: My sincere prayer is for all of us to form new and BOOMZ friendships in our new cells. (: Embrace your new cell members. Grow with them. Dream with them. Walk with them. Love them. (: I am proud of every single one of you. It has been the greatest honour to be your leader. We will be God-chasers, we will be God's arms and legs. And like Jayna said in the video, let's go write brand new stories. (: I love you. (: Joanchew. The thing I regret is not saying this at Cell
@ 6:25 AM
Okay Kendrick here, this is my first time I ever posted on this cell blog, and I think we all SHOULD know why I am going to do this.Cell today was really sad, but I hope we can move on from this, because, well meh it's going to be better if we let go. I cried today during cell, and I hope that no one noticed, but then again I don't think I did a good job of hiding it. It's like Central 2 has dissolved, and aren't going to be sure about where this is going to go. Cell was always a bright light at the end of a week for me, for most of you, you probably don't really know much about my life, and sad to say, I didn't really have a life before coming to Megalife. I was always that good boy going to school and doing his tests, I had friends, I made them broke them and lost them really easily. I was also really fat then, and got bullied a lot, and I became a fighter. I landed some people in the hospital before for that. So when I first came into cell, I wasn't really sure of how life would change for me. In Superlife, I sat by and read the bible, and completely tao-ed the talking because it was always the same freakin' thing. I also saw how fun Megalife was from a distance so I really wanted to join. Unfortunately, I came in as a rather quiet guy, and on the first cell day I remembered I threw sweets at Chee Yann and Benton :x. I opened up but not completely. This is mostly about Jiaru, and this was probably the reason why I cried during cell. When Jiaru came into cell halfway into the year(because he got never got around to finding out his own cell and ran off to his friend's one), I kind of opened up to him the most. I think most of the older ones sec 3, 4 and above noticed that, and maybe the sec 2s but I'm not sure because they came in later. He made life a whole lot more bearable for me because honestly, I was broken deeply inside. It's really hard to explain why, but I got a whole lot better. Dammit I'm crying again here. He's going to a new cell this year. Now I know I'll still get to see him around church and get to torture him, but I relied on him a lot during a lot my Sec 1 life. I even remembered that I would sometimes wonder to come to cell on account if Jiaru was here or not. So this change is really a lot to me, though I try to keep a straight face and lie about it being okay, because I definitely am not. I don't know how I'm going to cope but I'm going to keep trying. I feel really bad, it's almost like telling people how am I supposed breathe with no air. So to Jiaru, (though I don't know whether you see this or not) thanks. I had you for a tiger, and you will be my first and last one. I will have other people to torture, but it's never going to be the same without you. You're special to me. To the rest of the cell, I want to challenge all of you. I am going to do my best to get over this and bond with my new cell, and I want everyone to do the same okay? If we keep holding on to something that is gone, we can never move forward. Kendrick Tuesday, January 19, 2010 @ 4:48 AM
Hello Central Two!(: I think all of us are still a bit sad about Benton's leaving. Like when you wake up next morning and reality strikes it bites again. But, cheer up! (: Benton's going somewhere, like, for the better! So we should be happy for him. :D Distance won't do us part. Let's keep in touch with him k! *touch* Once a cell always a cell. He'll always be our brother. :D I can't wait for us to meet again on Saturday. I love how we spent time together today. (: It was awesome. Love all of you so much! (: Jiayou for your last 3 days of school this week!!! (: For those of you who have no school AND KEEP SHOWING OFF (LIKE SEXY), enjoy your hols. HEHE. :D (L)! Joanc. Wednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 7:49 AM
Hey Central Two,I'm so sorry for the long lag, been caught up with stupid school stuff so I'm finally getting down to doing the design for our cell shirt! Anyway here it is, the front and the back.  SORRY I know it's ultrasmall and the only thing you can see is Central Two, but around it are our names. Try clicking on it to zoom? Hahaha. Er anyway yeah this is the design, for now. Any objections? Please say no. HAHA. This will be the front of the shirt, the back will be the verse you guys have chosen (1 John 4:19) in the same font.It looks kinda plain, but I guess that's good cos simple shirts always work right? Anyway yeah erm, when we print it bigger I'm sure it'll look nicer and all :) Also, we must credit Joan Ng for this design okay!! It was her idea so we must really thank her for it :) Andddddddd, please cooperate with us when we ask for your sizes and everything, if you guys don't reply promptly we'll just have to go ahead and order and that means, no shirt for you :( BOOHOO RIGHT. So must reply sms! Anyway yeah hope you guys have been having awesome weeks of school, each time my teacher talks about something to do with h1n1, or everytime I look out of the window I think of you guys!! I'm so sweet right :) Hahaha. By the way outside my window there's this weird looking plant, don't ask me why but it really reminds me of you guys. I think cos it's shaped like a "c". Okay anyway, hope you guys are okay with the design, it's ROYAL BLUE with WHITE words. Okay? Good night and see you guys in 2 days! :) Love, Jayna. PS: Btw if I missed out any names I'm really really sorry, please let me know k? Cos I kinda did it from memory and I don't trust myself so...just let me know :) Sunday, January 10, 2010 @ 1:20 AM
Dear Central Two,Firstly let me show you something cool.  You guys are all over my pencil case!! This will keep me smiling throughout my boring week at school :) Okay anyway, this post is about the cell shirt! So if you guys wanna have a say in the shirt must please voice your opinions, either through the tagboard here, or by SMS-ing me. Since we have a very short time to complete the shirt and send it in for designing, we'll need you guys to reply quick! Anyway after yesterday I received feedback that the shirt was too plain, or also that you guys wanted to put our names on the shirt, so JoanNg the Genius helped me to think up an alternative design to the old one. It's not ready yet, but basically it will have all our names in front with a big CENTRAL TWO in the middle. And behind it'll be a bible verse! I know now it sounds really weird and messy, but when the design is ready I'll be sure to show it to you guys :) Anyway for the verse behind, wanted to ask you guys which you want? We thought of a few, here they are. (Please tag to indicate which verse you like the best. If you don't know how to use the tagboard or what can also SMS me lah, hahaha)
Also, reminder to you all, there's gonna be prayer meeting this Friday at dunno what time but I'll SMS you guys again :) We should all meet for dinner okay?! Have an awesome second week of school, if you have any questions or got nothing better to do, feel free to come ask me okay! Miss you guys already :) Love, Jayna. Tuesday, January 5, 2010 @ 6:36 PM
Hey guys! I haven't been here in ages, it's so great to see you have kept updating and stuff! (I also haven't posted here since 2008?)Anyways, about last weekend, 2 Jan 2010. It was sooo great to see you guys! But it was also sad to hear C2 is multiplying. Yeah... I REALLY TRULY BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART THAT C2 WILL DO GREAT THINGS! It made me kind of jealous, I'll be missing all the great stuff you're going to do! (dunno what they'll be yet) I am so proud even now of what I see in C2. Something is there that is so special -and I'm NOT being biast- that makes C2 stand out to me. Technically, there won't BE a C2 in Feb, but you get what I mean. And if you don't, let me spell it out for you guys: ALL THE C2 PEOPLE, EVEN WHEN YOU MULTIPLY AND SEPERATE, YOU WILL DO GREAT THINGS. In schools, in ML, IN SINGAPORE. Yup, that's about it. love you guys!!!! Amberlie <3 Short testimony :)
Monday, January 4, 2010 @ 4:12 AM
Hi C2 :)Joan Ng here!! I'm not here to post about the sad truth of multiplication! Because it's already set and all we can do is to accept it and move on. Furthermore, our God is an awesome God who can do great things through this multiplication of cells amen!? :) ANYWAY, I wanna share my experience with you guys after Elevate camp :) I know it's A LITTLE BIT late but still.......... :) You know, after the camp or even during the camp, I felt that this camp was seriously boring. I went for Elevate camp with expectant hearts, seriously. I have a list of "wants" in my heart. I want God to work in me. I want God to break the wall in my heart, I want God to give me a breakthrough, I want God to let the fire burn passionately again. I seriously really went with an expectant heart. However, I was disappointed in the end. Even at the last day of camp, I was praying "God, this is the last service, please please please speak to me." I was indeed desperate. I don't want myself to feel wasted for going for this once in a year camp and receive nothing. Then after the last service, I still felt nothing. Not that it's nothing, maybe I feel that God was just half done with me. I was not fully filled yet. But after getting home, I had this strong prompting from God. He's asking me to step out of my comfort zone and start talking to this friend of mine which I kinda hated. (This was one of my prayer request from God during camp. To break this wall of hatred.) I know that this hatred wall has been blocking and hindering my walk with God. I know that with this wall blocking, I can't rise to a higher level that God wants me to. I was really worried about it and has been asking God how can I break this wall. God finally revealed the word "friends" to me after the camp. Then I realised, God has been speaking to me about that issue during camp! I just ignored Him because I didn't want to step out of my comfort zone. That very night after camp, I decided to trust God and talk to my friend. Amazingly, after talking it out, that wall of hatred was broken! The very next day, I was invited to a countdown party and my friend was there too! On the way there, I was telling Joanne how I felt that it was all God's plan. Just the day before, God wanted me to step out of my 1st comfort zone, and the next day, God pushed me to step out of my 2nd comfort zone. Even during the countdown party, my friend and I finally had the chance to talk face to face, and it was already 2010 (the first time we spoke after months) At that point of time, I heard this small voice in me saying "Brand new year, brand new life" My wall was broken. In a new year of 2010, I'm brokenfree! Also, after camp. I became more sensitive to God's voice! Which really made me all excited!! Hahaha, seriously, but it's really REALLY scary to me that God has been revealing to me a lot of stuff. Also, I was so excited that I will keep thinking of stuff God will do through me! Like all the awesome stuff I will be doing for God, it kinda makes me really excited :) I believe that Elevate camp had impacted me in a great way! Even though the camp itself was kinda dry with just 1 day of games and all workshop and services, I think it's really AMAZING how God does His stuff :) Recently, what's bothering me is that God has been telling me that I'm not suppose to be in usher and that He has another plan for me. I still can't really figure out (or rather confirm) what I am hearing. Please pray for me! :( ANYWAY, HOPE YOU GUYS HAD A FUN DAY IN SCHOOL TODAY BECAUSE MINE SUCKS. HAHAHAHAHAHA. SEEYA ON SATURDAY I AM GONNA MISS YOU :) Saturday, January 2, 2010 @ 10:25 PM
Dear Central Two,I feel so weird. Everytime I see you guys I'd be crying for one reason or another. WHY DO YOU PEOPLE ALWAYS MAKE ME SO SAD. No lah kidding. Anyway I hope you guys are feeling better today, decided to post something here so that those people who are really bored and wanna read something nice (or at least I HOPE it's nice) before going to school tomorrow, you'll have something. I know you guys are really sad about the multiplication, I know how it feels, but like how I told a few of it, it'll take time. We need to give some time for the idea to sink in. I apologize on behalf of the leaders, the announcement yesterday was way, way, way too sudden. If you guys would have preferred to hear it a week later then that's my fault. But yeah, I just want you guys to know it's perfectly fine to be sad :) In fact, seeing you guys so sad and all, really is quite heartening. (This is so sadistic) It shows me that you guys, really love the cell. To me, this cell is...so much more than just a group of secondary school kids, and it's like...I don't know how to describe it, you know? You guys are like family, like how Joan put it. This cell is really the place where I've grown up in, and I really thank God for all the brothers and sisters he's given me, that is, you people :) I hope you guys will not think of this multiplication as this family being split up, or being broken apart. Rather, I hope that you guys will look at it as our family is simply, growing. New members are coming in, and we gotta spread the Central 2 love to them too. Show them what really makes us click, show them why we do what we do. Show them how we love each other, and show them that we love them the same. Amen? :) Let's not get too stressed up about the whole 3 more cells left thing, I mean come on, if we're really that close, we'll find a way to stick together right? :) Chung Cheng People, I want you to know I'm really happy for you guys. I know this is really out of your comfort zone, as it is for the rest of us, but I know that God has even bigger plans for you in your new cell. You just gotta believe it, time to upgrade your dreams man. :) Remember the big dreams you guys had for chung cheng in the past? :) It's time for them to really be lived out, time for you guys to look forward to that. As for my people, don't let anyone call you "others" or "miscellanous" okay! We have a name, and it's Central TWO! And we must continue to stay close to the chung cheng people okay. Our friendship is really really strong, so I know even with this multiplication we'll find ways to keep in touch and still remain good friends :) Alright? I know you guys probably spent last night watching C2 videos from the past, like when we (my batch) was sec one, nubian gents, megalife camps, up till now, and you guys were thinking about all the good times we had together. Lemme tell you something, the memories built up here in Central Two are like, the best memories ever. Things like h1n1, that bonded us so much, like CFD, like cell camp, like megalife camp, I'll really never ever ever forget it. Best memories ever :) I'd really give anything to go back and do it all over again. But, let's look forward. Now it's time for us to go into our new cells and write new stories of God's faithfulness. Let's keep track of the great wonders that God will do in our new cell, and in time to come let's share them and know that the current heartbreak and everything would be worth it. Okay? :) Don't be sad anymore okay? Let's be happy, because we deserve to be :) We've fought hard as a cell for a lot of things. And no matter what, no one can take away the 31st December 2009 Central Two that will always be in our hearts, right? :) Love, Jayna
Friday, January 1, 2010 @ 8:51 AM
Hello my dearest Central Two. (:You guys melt my heart. Thank you all so so so much for the leaders' appreciation yesterday. I never expected to ever be surprised/appreciated/loved that way. It's so heartwarming. Wah, I don't know what to say! You guys sprang so many surprises. I thought it was over, then yal have one more item, and I thought that was it, and one more item, and like... Woah. It's a really sweet surprise. (: Just a very big thank you to the different ones who gave your little speeches, and those of you who msg-ed me after CFD, and to the cfd comm, and to every single one of you! Like Jayna said, I'm glad to have been able to spend the last day of 2009 with all of you. (: Ah, I'm at such a loss for words. I love you guys! Thank God for this cell. (: 2010 is here! Let's embrace this new year and its new challenges. Let's continue being a support for each other okay? (: Love you! Joanc. @ 3:28 AM
Hey C2 :)I am so encouraged by you guys on how you're starting to show love and appreciation to the leaders now :) Just so you know, not just the leaders, I guess we all love each other right? :) Through camp, God really shown me the joy in kids (all the sec ones) Also, after working with Wenhao for CFD, I really find that all of you are really cute and special in your own ways. Let's really appreciate one another okay? Let's kick start 2010 showing love to the people around you :) Love the people around you like the way Jesus love us :) Shine for God alright? :) Love, Joan faith. Thursday, December 31, 2009 @ 7:05 AM
HEY C2!it's been awhile since i blogged! :D and i wanted to thank all of you for being great cell members! you all are special in our own ways and ALL OF YOU INSPIRES ME! you all are always so loving! thank you for all the little things you do, your encouragement, your sharing, cause i am really touched by everyone thing you guys do! and i really treaure all the memories we shared!!!!!! :D thanks for the joy!!!! i learnt a lot from all of you! just want to encourage you all to continue to pursue God whole heartedly! let's run this race together! AND WE WILL SHINE FOR GOD! AMEN!!! love, kele @ 6:55 AM
Dear Central Two,I'm really, seriously, honestly, frankly, really really really, at a loss for words. In the blink of an eye I'll be entering into my fourth year in Central Two. I have to say, I really do feel old. (Did you know the sec ones in my camp group guessed that I was 20?!) But oh well, I've still got people like Chee Yann to count on, he is SO old. Joan Chew and Charis too. Isaac is ancient. But in these 4 years, I really have to say that I've found a really precious family in this cell. This is not a routine, for me to go to church every saturday, attend service and cell and take an hour-long bus ride home after, rather, it's probably the thing I look forward most to in my...life. (This sounds so weird but it's true) I appreciate how Central Two is made up of different ones from different schools. I appreciate how the Chung Cheng people never fail to make me laugh with their lame nonsense and shrieking and high-ness and everything. Every St Margs girl needs a Chung Cheng buddy. As for the rest of you guys in your own schools, you have impacted me tremendously as well. There are times when I feel like reaching out to my school mates is impossible. After all, I have no cell mates in my school, it's just I, me and myself, right? Wrong. Because there are you people that always inspire me to keep pushing forward and not give up, that we're in the same boat. Let me take you to a very typical scene of Jayna's life that I'm sure you all have probably experienced at one point or another. Imagine with me, It's Monday, it's 1.30 pm, it's hot, you're hungry, and your chemistry teacher is going "blah blah blah blah blah blah blah" and all you're hearing is..."lalalalala"? Torturous, right? It's at times like these that I really appreciate knowing that I am 5 days away from my favourite day of the week, where I get to be in the company of my best friends, worshipping the best God, giving him the best praise. I guess that's what you guys give me, something to look forward to :) Though in the future we may need to go our own ways and should "Plan A" really occur, (I've said this millions of times) but I'm sure our friendships will still remain. It's not one of those cliche lines that people use, "Oh, let's be fwenz 4eva" thing? Okay, this song really puts it into perspective for me: "Because friends are friends forever, If the Lord's the Lord of them, And a friend will not say never, Because the welcome will not end, Though it's hard to let you go, In the father's hands we know, That a lifetime's not too long to live as friends". Amen? For the leaders, JoanC and Benton Thank you so much for leading the cell so powerfully and so passionately. I have never seen people love other people this much. Before I met you guys, I never really believed in the concept of "correct them in love". But after seeing the way you guys lead the cell, I really believe that God has given you people as leaders a really special calling. Though it may not be easy (or it never is), it is 100% worth it. To see your members rise up to answer the call that God has on their life. 100% man, seriously. Thank you both for mentoring me, guiding me and praying for me. Thank you Joan, for always checking up on me though you are like, busier than Lady Gaga. And for Benton, thank you for being the lousiest cushy pillow ever, you really taught me what it means to "shut up and just do it" and that's something I need. For the current batch of Sec Ones, You. Guys. Are. So. Awesome!!!!! At times when I feel tired or discouraged in the process of leading this cell, I always think about the young ones God has placed in our midst. God has given each and everyone one of you so much potential, it's really spilling out from your ears eyes mouth and everything. Know what I mean? This is not just me saying it but me, meaning it. You people have opened my eyes to see that God believes in young people. For the few of you I had a chance to know better, it's been an honor being your..."big sister". For those of you that I haven't really gotten to know better, I WILL SMS YOU SOON LIKE JOAN SAYS :) And you'll be stalked!! But seriously, I mean it, rise up and take hold of the calling God has on your life. I'll always be here for you people :) For Kendrick and Jiaru, You guys always make me laugh my head off. Whether it's cotton on shorts or your chiminology, you guys always, ALWAYS brighten up my day. There is also so much potential in you guys to do great things for God, really. Live it out and shout it loud! I know that your batch is one of the smaller batches in the cell, but CHILLI PADI OKAY! Small yet powerful :) I believe in you guys. (Just stop pranking my phone Jiaru!!) For the current batch of Sec Threes (MY AWESOME BATCH) By the time you guys are reading this, you'll be sec four. Oh, my, good, ness, we are old!!! But hey you know it's been so nice growing up with all of you in Central Two, imagine with me about the times when we first entered c2! Grasspatch dinners, pinata for games, pictionary, non-stop thambi loves curry. Good times. But as you guys enter into this year I really pray that God will give you a supernatural strength. Sec 4 ain't gonna be easy. I don't know about you guys, but I won't be able to do it on my own. Let's pray that God will give us the strength we need, amen? Like I always say, "ordinary people in the hands of an extraordinary God can take the world by storm" :) We can do it!! This being the last year in c2, I really encourage you guys to...I dunno. Do everything. I don't know how to put it. But come on, it's your last year, it's time to pull out all the stops (if there's such a saying) and...do everything possible to invest in this cell before you guys leave :) I really love you guys, and I can't imagine cell without you! I know this is kind of biased, but... For the Cell Fun Day (III) Committee, I really don't know how to thank you guys enough. I remember being in Venice when I read your replies to my email (the "don't kill me" one). Though I was really lonely over there and trust me, the cold wasn't making it any better, you guys always made my day. I remember annoying my dad so much saying that I wanted to use his phone to check my email so I could see your replies. OKAY THIS IS SO MEAN. Anyway thank you for meeting up so so so many times for the planning (though you know it wasn't always planning) of CFD. It really amazes me, the devotion that you guys have towards an event like this, I never really knew it was possible. For Joan, thank you for really spear heading this thing and organizing everything together. Thank you Daphne, for always being available anytime and anywhere and you were always ever ready to meet up with us. Thank you Shaun, for singing for us when I was down and for making me laugh all the time. Thank you for travelling across Singapore so many times early in the morning just for the CFD meetings (note: most of the times by cab). Thank you Wenhao, for being so devoted to the whole event and being sad about having to miss gatherings cos of your trainings. It's actually quite touching. And thank you 4 for being such good buddies, and for planning the best CFD ever, hands down best, I surrender :) And for making me cry non stop!!! You guys are awesome <3 Although I'm feeling really sick now, just now was just too good to be true man! To be honest, no one ever made me cry that hard and that long ever before, so you guys should be honoured!! But yeah, thanks so much, my favourite bunch :) Even when I was crying like a...loser(?) you guys still gave me hugs and the guys offered me tissues/SMSed me because they didn't dare talk to me. See why I love you guys so much? :) So I guess that concludes my 2009. Rest early people, we have a world waiting for us to spread the love of God and yet another year to add on to our lifespan waiting for us. With Love, Jayna. Thursday, December 24, 2009 @ 11:49 PM
YAY ELEVATE! :DHahaha So excited! :D just love it man, after that we have CEEL FUN DAY! :D Wow! ITs just so great to end off the year with cam[! Awesome! :D really wanna urge all of us to open your hearts to God and to receive. Lets not keep thinking about all our problems and all, there is no time for that for camp, lets just surrender it all to God and let god have all authority over our lives yeah! :D Ahhhh Well, hope all of us would have a great time during camp and experience God too, throughout this whole year, i've experienced God so many times, but i never get tired of it, because it is the love of God, it is a transformation in my own life, thats so awesome! :D Never take God's love for granted, continue seeking him! :D Haaha Merry Christmas everyone! I've just seen a cartoon, it was about christmas presents and stuff, the moral of the show was that, it isnt about how many gifts you get, but the real gift you should look for is happiness and time together in the heart. Alright man! I'll see all of you tomorrow! Keep that fire for God! See ya! Ernest @ 4:26 AM
THE TIME HAS COME FOR ME TO GIVE MY PRAISE TO YOU!YO C2!:D:D:D ELEVATE CAMP IS JUST REALLY REALLY OFFICALLY RIGHT NEXT TO US! ALRIGHT MAN! Haahahaha hope all of you are having a great Christmas party, having big grand feast with your family and relatives,Awesome. Hahaha i really wanna fast for ELEVATE aww but its just feasting everyday BIG MEALS! not fasting, its feasting HAHAHAA! I just Love the sound of ELEVATE, all packed up and ready to go? Hahaha most importantly, get your hearts prepared for what God has in plan for your lives, let this ELEVATE Camp be a fresh start for you, it is time for us to turn away from the past, and to smile at what God has in plan for your future!:D Man! Just the best thing to end of the year, instead of 6 hours interacting with our cell and sharing our problems and things like that, ITS 4 DAYS 3 NIGHTS! YEAH! this is my first megalife camp i've ever been to, and im way excited for it man! :D :D :D hahahaha yeah let us continue to have a personal ownership over your faith with God even after the Camp! Let us open our hearts,open our minds, Truly it is by God's grace, it is because of his grace why all of us are alive right this moment, he deserve all glory! Amen! God really taught me not to hestitate when i am interacting with people im not too familiar with, like how God placed me as an usher in school, it felt quite weird, but somehow God talked to me, it goes like, these are the people im working with for like 4 years, do not regret this moment for your life. Through all this, i have learnt to just be myself, no matter how new they may seem to me, in the same way in a more spiritually form, i have learnt not to be self-focused and to be God-focused, do not think about what may happen or what if i may get embarrassed, God placed you there for a reason, do not waste it!(: Hahaha in my camp group, it feels quite weird having new faces, its like i just dropped back in some shy talk. God has really taught me to just be myself, and most importantly, trusting in him, carrying his presence wherever i go. This would also gain my confidence in evangelising, because i always have doubt when evagelising, but truly it is by God's strength that he overcame. This is my testimony, the proof of God's love! God has transformed me, moving me so greatly since the start of the year or more like when i stepped into megalife. Not knowing that God was actually using me since i was born. All i can do to repay God is to give him my whole-hearted worship! Amen! Always have that faith for God, never let him go! EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS!:D See you guys and girls during ELEVATE CAMP! Yeah! (: We are gonna have an awesome time with God. Continue praying! Hunger for God, Seeking God! God's light will shine, have an open heart! :) Ernest Wednesday, December 23, 2009 @ 6:18 AM
Hey dearest central 2!! :)Joan Ng here! Just wanna let you guys know that the Cell Fun Day committee are working very hard planning for this CFD. I hope that all of you are looking forward to it (other than Elevate camp). We were only informed about the CFD 3 weeks before the actual day. So we're meeting on ALL the days that we are free. All of us are excited for CFD and we hope that you guys will turn up!! Even though it's a little bit costly ($10), but we will make sure that it will worth your money!! :) We're gonna have BBQ and also prize for the winning group of the day!! :) Seriously, this is like the first time we're having prize for the winning group! AND IT'S SOME REALLY CUTE THING :) So, please bring $10 to Elevate camp if you have not pay for the CFD yet! Last of all, hope ALL of you are ready for Elevate camp! Spend some time praying at night to ask God to open your heart and make you ready to receive whatever He's plan for you! :) And also, please rest well and don't fall sick! PACK FOR CAMP OK!! Merry Jolly Christmas! Let's remember the REASON in this SEASON! With so much love, Joan Faith! Tuesday, December 22, 2009 @ 5:04 AM
Hey Central Two, Ernest here.I Know of this person, you may have experienced this person's power in your life before, this person is also very interested in your relationships,especially when the relationship is very strong, and this person would do ANYTHING to DESTROY this relationship of yours, this is non other than the satan. As we get closer and closer to ELEVATE CAMP, i believe many of you are really looking forward to it, getting our hearts ready for what we are expecting and what God wants to reveal to each and everyone of you. But be prepared, the devil would do all means to destroy that relationship,to destroy your growth with God, giving you doubts and negative thoughts. This issue had already hit my family, my brother fell ill this morning and had a high fever and could not move or eat much. I had a slight headache today too, there were many negative thoughts wandering in my mind and stuff like that. It was very hard to focus on God and i just lost control of myself and shouted at my Grandma, man i really felt guilty about that. But, instead of reminding myself and crying about what had happened, the best thing to do is to thank God for making it happen. God gave all this to me because it is all for a higher purpose, God planned it all out, and i truly thank God for it all. I have been looking forward to ELEVATE so much i wasnt much prepared for any spiritual attack from the devil, i just lost my cool, truly God is amazing, sometimes the best time when you get closest to God is when God let all the spiritual attacks fall on you, because God planned it all out for you to seek him more and more, my words cannot really describe how much i thank God! Amen Central Two, God came down to Earth as a human being, Jesus Christ, to show his love to the world, let us just give it all back to him, he deserves it! I just want to surrender all that i am into God's hands, especially as i enter into his altar. I do not want to keep thinking about all things struggles and stuff, i just want to stop trying and to let it all go into God's hands. Man.... i truly thank God deep down in my heart, my words cannot explain how much i want to thank him. Central Two, be prepared for the devil to attack, but forever trust in the Lord, because it is he who let all these fall into you, God did not promise it to be all smooth sailing, but he did promise that if you trust in him, he will overcome it all, believe in his unfailing love, God is good all the time! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! ELEVATE! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Amen! Excited for it man! God has really been showing his love in my life, i will continue to seek him, trusting in him, situation and feeling will never dampen the songs in my soul, there is no excuse to not spend time with God, just a few minutes, sacrifice some of your time for God, discipline your mind, God deserves it, after all the love and grace he has shown in my and your life, just think about it........................... Jesus was pierced on the cross and blood was shed by a sinless man, for his love is so great his love is unconditional, HE CAN DO ALL THINGS! YEAH!!! I hope to see all of you all fired up for God this ELEVATE CAMP! WOOOO! YEAH MAN, AWESOME AMEN ! Surrender yourselves to God, everything that you have been through the whole week or anything that is worrying you, just leave it into God's hands, as long as you are willing, God will overcome it all. Yeah lets all come together in our ELEVATE camp group and praise him with all we are. YEAH ELEVATE! WOOO HAHAHAHHAHAA!Everlasting God, he will guide us. Amen Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 5:48 PM
YO C2!Christmas Service is just tomorrow! and ELEVATE is just ummm................. 1 WEEK AWAY! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Lets prepare our hearts for these great events yeah! Great to see all of you pushing on, trusting in the Lord through it all. Beyong having a good time and celebration, let us always remember what is the purpose of christmas, it is also a good time to thank the Lord for what he has done for us on the cross. Let us thank the Lord once again for coming onto this planet about 2000 years ago, to set an example for all of us, and to die on the cross for all OUR sins. Yeah, awesome, i really pray for those friends whom many of you are bringing tomorrow, i pray that as they enter into God's house, i pray that there would be open hearts, they may not fully understand, but let us continue to have faith that Salvation will enter into their lives and leave everything else to God. I also pray for those who have been keeping their faith in God, i pray that God will give you a new vision, let us not let our feelings decide how we would worship God, our worship for God is not about how we feel, but it is about how God feels, he deserves it all! If God has called you to do something, even if it is the weirdest of things, it is for a purpose, if youtrust in the Lord, he will make your path straight, continue to seek him! God is really moving our church greatly yeah, I believe all of you have felt that too. Through this whole journey, since i entered into Megalife and truly believed that God can set me free,God put me in a great group of people, not just any other group of people, but this group is very close to me, praying for each other especially during the times of trouble and struggles, and this group has been following God and trusting in Him through it all, this group is none other than CENTRAL TWO! God has been using us greatly, like how he used us to let H1N1 hit us, to me, God placed it in our cell because he really wants to get us ready for what he really has in plan for our lives, he let H1N1 hit our cell because he wants us to seek him more and more, to put our trust in him and to be committed to him. Truly, if H1N1 did not hit our cell, or more like the church, if the cell camp moved so smoothly, i think i would not have understood God's power in my life. It is really a blessing that God used us, God chose CENTRAL TWO, not any other cell, just CENTRAL TWO, for a purpose, and i really thank God for that. Now ELEVATE is just 1 week away!1 WEEK! 1 WEEK! Awesome! Can't wait for it man! I'm really looking forward to what God wants to reveal to me, but of course, lets not wait for ELEVATE, i mean.... it does not mean ELEVATE CAMP!!! then we ELEVATE!!!, lets start seeking God now, right this moment, to search our hearts, take out any distraction,emotions, everything that is worrying us and just focus on him, 4 days 3 nights of just worshipping him, crying out for God, God , God, we need you! ELEVATE is Gonna be Awesome, lets pray for everything to go smoothly, the weather to be fine, that there would be no injuries and such so that we can praise God altogether spiritually,mentally, and physically! May God be Glorified! Let us Praise God for Joan's 'N' Levels Results yeah!, it is really a blessing for her, i believe it has been a really tough journey for her, and she did not handle it by herself, she surrendered it all to God, and God in turn blessed her with the 11 points. This is a good reminder for us to never let God go, no matter what we may be facing in life, always trust in God, when you are a mature Christian, do not take God's love for granted, continue to seek a greater intimacy with him, God is our priority, let us do our best and leave the rest to God! Let us come together as a community and in unity, let us just invite God's manifest presence amongst our cell and even to the whole church, that God will touch each and everyone of them greatly, especially those who are pre-believers,unchurched-believers and those who are far from God, let us continue to pray for them yeah, you have experienced God in your life, and let us give the best we can to those who are still crying out to God, share your testimonies and pray that God will use them in a way that you experience, even greater even, everyone should be saved, God can do miracles, let us continue to have that faith for God!Amen Central Two, lets come together as a community tomorrow, seeking the Lordwith all our hearts, to be prepared for the great things God has in plan for our lives, keep that FIRE FOR GOD! Praise the Lord! Ernest Elective Workshops!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 @ 9:32 AM
YO SEETU!Woo! Nervous? Your posting for Elective Workshop is out!!!! Drumroll!!! Ta da da da~~~ Okay PLEASE CHECK if your name is there. If it's not on the list, let me/Daphne know. 1 - Leadership Exploration 2 - Using your gifts in Creative Art (PW, songwriting, drama and arts, writing, dance) 3 - Using your gifts in Sports 4 - Using your gifts in Science 5 - Principles from Average to Great 6 - Discovering your ministry Adriel - 4 Daphne - 5 Ernest - 1 Jayna - 5 Joanc - 5 Joanne - 3 Shu Ling - 3 Kele - 5 Kieran - 4 Natalie - 2 Shaun - 4 Marcus - 5 Amelia - 5 Pamela - 5 Benton - 2 Joan Ng - 5 Jireh - 4 Joel - 3 Nicholas - 6 Rachel - 5 Jiaru - 5 Hope you guys have gotten what you want! (: Even if not, I believe God will still speak to you in whichever Elective Workshop you're in! So don't be disheartened, have an open heart to receive. (: Also, most of us have met our groups already. Some of us may not be very satisfied with our groups, but don't feel disappointed! Even if we're not in a crazy-high group, it doesn't mean we won't have fun! Keep your minds open. After all, this camp is about God, not anything else. Plus, you never know what kind of valuable friendships may form from here! So don't worry about your group, everything will be fine. Just be youself, that's what's most important. (: I started packing already! A little. Can't help it. Too excited. HAHA. Hope you guys are feeling excited for camp too! Remember, don't wait for camp before you walk close with God. Don't rely on camp. It can start now, today. Yes it's good to expect things from camp, but don't depend on it 100% okay! If there's anything more you want to ask, feel free to approach Jayna or myself. Don't contact Benton though, he's not back from mission trip yet. Love you! Joanc. Monday, December 7, 2009 @ 12:18 PM
Dearest Central Two,Jayna here. I haven't seen you guys for a while and I miss you guys so much! I bet all of you didn't even realise my absence over the last 2 weeks right. Tragic. But anyway it's 4.19 am for you guys now and 9 pm for me here and I've got nothing to do and none of you are online for me to talk to so I'm gonna share my thoughts on the upcoming Elevate camp. I thought it'd be cool, so I checked up dictionary.com for the definitions of elevate. Here I found that the term "elevate" is used to refer to:
I guess that could be one of the things that God could do through this camp, to lift up our spirits. For some of us, maybe we've been going through a spiritual dry patch, or maybe we've been discouraged. Maybe we're on the brink of giving up this fight for Jesus, maybe our hearts have been broken before. But maybe through this camp God is going to lift our spirits above the circumstances that we're in and show us how to still praise him. Maybe he's gonna quench our spiritual thirst, or even better, make us thirst for him more. Maybe he's gonna give us the answers to the many burning questions that we have. And maybe, he's gonna give us a glimpse into the impossible, if only we have a little more faith. All these things, could happen in those fateful 5 days. Or they could happen right now. See, the point is, the term "elevate" can have many definitions or written meanings, but the only way to find out what kind of elevation God has in store for you is to seek him and simply...find out in due time. May I remind all of you that your breakthrough could come before camp. Don't delay praying fervently or seeking God earnestly till it's the night before camp. Let's start now. Needless to say, I'm incredibly excited for this camp. For those of you that have never attended a Megalife camp before, let me assure you, you have a big reason to. Those of you that are afraid you'll be lonely or it'll be weird without your friends/cellmates around, chillax. It'll be fine. Take this opportunity to make new friends. Trust me when I say I know it's easier said than done. But let's not turn down potential friendships that God places in our lives. That's all for now! I hope you all are doing well. I've been hearing news of a third Cell Fun Day...delicious. Anticipating it greatly. Looks like our year is gonna end with a bang. Camp, then cell fun day. Ahhh, I'm so glad to be a part of Central Two! Folks, please finish your homework! You don't want to be thinking about it before, during, or even worse, after megalife camp. Sorry for nagging, but it's true. And wow the choices for the Elective Workshops really got me tangled there, they all sound so good. OH YEAH and I heard that every night the cell will have supper together. YAY SO HAPPY. Okay then, take care people and I'll see you next week! Jayna ELEVATE!!!
Sunday, December 6, 2009 @ 8:01 PM
C2! ARE YOU READY TO ELEVATE?What are you expecting out of it? How do you want to grow from the camp? I hope you guys have thought about these things. (: If you haven't, it's time to start thinking! And seeking God as to what He would want for you in this camp. Don't go to Elevate without any expectations. On Friday at Prayer Mtg we prayed about Elevate. On Sunday there was a briefing for all the leaders for Elevate. And from Fri till today I've been thinking about what I want through this camp. Faith to be strengthened, strength to be renewed, and a manifestation of God's power in my life. This came to me during the Prayer Mtg. This is only a part of what I want from camp. I want to receive a lot. I want a deep work to be done in me, and I earnestly want my life to be changed. (: And I want to believe for these. And there's one thing I want to do THROUGHOUT the whole camp, even from Day 1: To be undignified. You know how it's always awkward on Day 1 of camp when we just get to know each other? And how sometimes you restrict your own behaviour because you don't know the people well yet? But I wna encourage you C2, let's be undignified! From 12 Dec (pre-camp briefing), 26 Dec, till 29 Dec, let's let our hair down! (Yes guys you can do it too HAHA) Don't care about how stupid you look! If you want to burst out laughing like crazy, JUST LAUGH! If you want to jump, JUST JUMP! If you want to scream, JUST SCREAM! When you're having sharing sessions with your group, JUST SHARE FROM YOUR HEART! For God has died on the cross to set us free. Freedom is ours to claim! Don't be binded down by fear of what others might think of you. Be yourself. (: Because when you're yourself, when you're relaxed, I believe that's when you can receive the most. (: And I decided, I'm going to just be myself, just be undignified. So yes! I've shared what I feel for Elevate. Anticipation is building, I hope it is for you guys too. But let's not neglect the Christmas Svc on 20 Dec okay! I'm proud of all of you, because when I was collating the names of the friends all of you want to invite, wow I was overwhelmed. PRAY FOR YOUR FRIENDS! (: Feel free to post okay guys! Forget username/PW can ask me. (: Love, Joanchew. Elevate camp
Saturday, December 5, 2009 @ 9:57 AM
Okay guys! Here's it.There will be Elective Workshops on the 2nd day of camp, so you are to pick your choice! Out of the 6, you have to choose 3! And rank them. Like first choice, second choice, and third choice. Please SMS DAPHNE CHOO (93375059) your 3 choices! BY MONDAY, 7 DEC. This is a first-come-first-serve thing so if you want to get into your first choice, quickly SMS Daphne ok! For organisation sake and so that Daphne doesn't have to spend time clarifying what you're trying to say in your msg, follow this format in your SMS: 1st choice: xxx 2nd choice: xxx 3rd choice: xxx These Elective Workshops will bring out and develop your passion and gifting. It'll be fun, enriching, inspiring and encouraging. After the electives, we hope to see you guys rise up and use your passion and gifting for God's kingdom. Alright the following are the choices and their descriptions! 1. Leadership Exploration, by David Ng Leadership is a state of being. It is who you are, what you believe, and how you behave. In this fact-informed workshop, we will look at what researchers and the latest findings have to tell us about the core competencies required for those who want to rise to the place to influence others for change both in the marketplace and in church. This is a workshop not to be missed if you are aspiring for leadership! 2. Using your gifts in Creative Arts by Thomas Chow God is a God of creativity and we are all creative being made in the image of God. In this cognitive and experiential workshop, we will unpack what the bible has to say about creativity and at the same time soak you into an experiential learning on how you can use your passion in multi-media, song and script writing, drama, arts etc via different platforms to impact lives. 3. Using your gifts in Sports by Marie Chan This is a workshop for Sports lovers. In this fun workshop filled with activities, you will hear experiences from a lecturer and coach on how PE, physical activities and sports have helped people physcially, cognitively, emotionally, and spiritually in reaching out to others. 4. Using your gifts in Science by Elder Dr. Freddy Boey God is a God of all creations. As His created being, we are gifted with the ability to invent and innovate to reflect Him. In this workshop, we will hear from a scientist and professor, on how to think innovatively to solve problems around us using science and thereby touching many lives. 5. Principles from Average to Great by Tony Lee There is an enemy called Average. Many people have resigned to staying at average and thereby living in mediocrity. In this workshop, we will impart cognitive restructuring on how you can break out of limitations, patterns and mediocre thinking and rise to greatness wherever you are. 6. Discovering your ministry by Joachim Tan God has given everyone specific gifts, passions and talents to build up the universal church. Discover how at a young age you coud start to identify, develop, and serve in the strengths and passion that God has placed within your heart! Many have been called, but few are chosen. Are you doing something about it today? So guys! Quick! Take out your phones and SMS Daphne ok!!! Don't make her hunt you down for an answer! I think the workshops this year sound really exciting. Eh if you hate Phy/Chem/Bio go the science one, then you'll be motivated to study. HAHA. Ok I'll take this chance to remind you again about Christmas Svc, 20 Dec. We're going to the 1.45PM service since my suggestion to go to the 10AM svc was met with VIOLENT objection. We'll have Bens&Jerrys before the service (FOC)! SMS you guys the meeting time and place again! One more thing, remember 12Dec (this coming Sat) is the camp briefing for Elevate! Dinner will be provided. Bring some small change to pay for dinner okay, I think it should be $3. OKAY BYE ALL! Have a great week! Love you guys. :D Joanchew. Sunday, November 22, 2009 @ 7:15 AM
    HI GUYS, HERE ARE S  OME OF THE PHOTOS FOR CELL DRESS-UP DAY :)You can get the clearer ones at facebook!! :) Love, Joan Faith Monday, November 2, 2009 @ 12:40 AM
Hey Central Two,Ernest here. How are your intensive studying doing for the sec 3s?And lets keep Benton and Shaun in prayer for their 'O' Levels yeah? (: I want to share with you some things about forgiveness. Forgiveness is being aware of what someone has done and still choosing to forgive him/her. Forgiveness is choosing to keep no records of wrongs. 1 Corinthians 13:5 says,"(Love)....it keeps no record of wrongs." Forgiveness is choosing mercy and not judgement. Forgiveness is an issue of the heart. 1 John 3:21 "Dear friends,if our hearts do not condemn us,we have confidence before God." Forgiveness is giving to God our "Right of revenge" Romans 12:19 "Vengeance is Mine,I will repay."(NKJV) What Forgiveness Is Not 1.Forgiveness is not approving what the person has done. John 8:11 "Go and sin no more."(NKJV) 2.Forgiveness is not excusing what the person has done. Numbers 14:19 "Please pardon the sins of this people because of your magnificent,unfailing love,just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Eygpt." 3.Forgiveness is not justifying what the person has done. 4.Fogiveness is not denying what the person has done. 5.Forgiveness is not forgetting Hebrews 8:12 "And I will forgive their wrongdoings,and i will never again remember their sins."(NLT) 6.Fogiveness is not pretending we are not hurt. 2 Samuel 11:27 "But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD." Why should we forgive? 1. We are commanded to forgive-this is not an option. Matthew 6:14-15 "If you forgive those who sin against you,your heavenly Father will forgive you.But if you refuse to forgive others,your Father will not forgive your sins."(NLT) Ephesians 4:32 "Instead,be kind to each other,tenderhearted,forgiving one another,just as God through Christ has forgiven you."(NLT) Colossians 3:13 "You must make allowance for each other's faults and forgive the person who offends you.Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others."(NLT) 2.Christ Himself has set the example. a)On the cross Luke 23:34 "Father,forgive these people,because they don't know what they are doing."(NLT) Colossians 2:13-14 "13 You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away.Then God made you alive with Christ.He forgave all our sins.14 He canceled the record that contained the charges against us."(NLT) Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. --Jesus-- Whom Should We Forgive? 1.Forgiving others 2.Forgiving God 3.Forgiving ourselves What are the consequences of an Unforgiving Heart? The Law Of Sowing And Reaping Galatians 6:7-8 "Don't be misled. Remember that you can't ignore God and get away with it. You will always reap what you sow! Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful desires will harvest the consequences of decay and death. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit."(NLT) Some Consequences are: 1. Torment of anger, bitterness and resentment that lead to sin. 2.Sickness 3.Broken relationships 4.Bondage Ephesians 4:26 And "don't sin by letting anger gain control over you." What are the Blessings of Forgiveness? 1.Blessings of God-biblical examples: a)Genesis 26:17-33 Isaac walked in forgiveness with the shepherds regarding the ownership of the wells and God blessed him. b)Genesis 29:14-30:42 Jacob walked in forgiveness of Laban, who as a father-in-law tricked him many times and changed his wages. God blessed Jacob's flocks. 2. Personal freedom from torment,emotional ties to the offenders. 3.Restoration of relationships 4.Healing in the spiritual, emotional and physical being. How do we walk in forgiveness? 1.Healing is a process.It is a daily walk. 2.We need to continue to choose to forgive. 3.Choose to forgive and bless. 4.Discipline any wayward behaviour or thinking that the enemy may put into your minds that would cause you to doubt your forgiveness.(Philippians 4:8) 5.Believe in the power of forgiveness. 6.Do not dwell on the wrong done nor sin committed. Forgiveness is often a major key in the process of healing and restoration.Do not doubt it. Forgiveness is a very strong weapon,do not seek revenge but be merciful.Without forgiveness,this world would be in chaos.Thank God for forgiving the world and shining his light. JIAYOU FOR YOUR WEEK CENTRAL TWO!!! Love Ya :D Sunday, November 1, 2009 @ 6:31 AM
Hey C2 :)Jayna here again! I read something interesting and I wanted to share it with you guys, an interesting topic I suppose you guys probably have questions about it. So.....here goes. :) An excerpt from a book by Mary Pierce, let me know if you guys are interested in reading!
Hope you guys learnt something from this! Jayna :) @ 12:20 AM
Hey dear C2!Just want to share with you my thoughts before and after cell yeah. (: (this is more like whatever i did on saturday hahaha) Um,yeah so after i ate breakfast i starting baking muffins with my mum till 2pm when i left home for church because i had ushering.Awww man there were so many leftovers haha okay nevermind.Ushering was kind of messy cause the p6-ers are coming for the first time and we had to settle them to the seats, haha but during worship we didnt need to worry so much because the seats on the left are all full so we can concentrate on God (:. Cell was awesome! :D i think to summarise whatever Joan Chew shared yesterday is that, we really need to rely fully on the Holy Spirit to guide us through the whole journey,forgetting about our earthly desires,everything that had happened,feelings and just trusting in God to use us in the way he planned our lives to go. I want to emphasize on the fear of the Lord and how great is our God. When you become a christian,you would be so passionate about God,wanting to know more and more things about him,you would love him so much till words cannot speak how much you love him.But always remember the fear of the Lord, many back-slided christians all love the Lord, they never stop loving him, but the problem is, they do not fear him.The fear of the Lord is something that draws you even closer to God, its not being afraid of him but you will gain a better relationship with him. Fearing him is fearing to sin against him.I mean.... just think back on everything you have been through in your life,all the victories, all the sins,and what Jesus the sinless man dieing on the cross for all our sins.(I cannot really explain on this,its really fully on your own experience,all i can say is seek God,all in all,open your heart to him.) Man, i really wanted to share this with the cell,whenever i think of it,it really breaks my heart apart to really come back to God.Well,there is something i have been dwelling on since Saturday morning when i woke up.I think it was about 4.55am then.I opened my eyes,then a few seconds later i closed them.i had a vision, i was in a classroom with many of my friends there, i tried to talk to him, but every single one of them turned away from me, they mocked at me,despised me.It was really a terrible feeling. Then i opened my eyes,I was really turning round,i was mentally in pain. Then awhile later,i turned up to the ceiling.I think God spoke to me,This sentence came upon me."Jesus has no reputation"WOW! after i heard that i closed my eyes again. I saw Jesus carrying the cross coming in my direction,when he was infront of me,i offered him water,food, but he shooked his head,so i asked him,"so what do you want?" He answered,"For you to carry the cross" i opened my eyes, i just cried and cried just really broke in tears ,tears streaming down my cheeks for about 5 minutes.It is like, WOW! The almighty God,Powerful God, but yet, The Humble God.He could do so many miracles,healing the blind and the ill,but when all had deserted him, all he did was love him and said,"Forgive them for they do not know what they are doing" Just think about your life,have your desires and the feeling of being left out make you sin? Central Two, it is never too late to come back to God, you may not fully understand, i mean, i dont either, but theres only one thing we can do, and that is to open our hearts really not wanting anything in return,God has patience,he is the loving God,sending his son from Heaven to Earth just to die on the cross for Man's guilt. Trust in him and he will make a way for you. As we choose this path to follow God and obey him,we have to make sacrifices in our lives,we would have to sacrifices all that we had desired or even idoled,like how i was so addicted to computer games and then soon came to Pornography,as we make the choice to be a christian,we will face many struggles,people feeling weird around you,i dont know,God has a plan for each and every one of you.Well,i can say this,i have not regretted any moment of my life from the time when i confessed my sins to God when i stepped into Megalife(p6).I may have people leaving me,all these things that really breaks your heart.But this is all done because God wants you to seek him more and more. But be aware,even if everything goes through smoothly, be cautious of pride, pride is a very strong weakness,if you have alot of awards,you are the smartest student in school,best in sports and all the achievements, remember that it is not by your strength you overcame,it is all because of God.After getting achievements, you may become Proud,Boastful,doing things to impress others,Love. I have experienced it,during my fencing competition in September,i believed that God prevented me from getting a medal because if i had achieved that medal, i would be proud.But after thinking about it,i really want to thank God for all of that. There are many things that are in my mind but its quite messy in my mind.So all i can say is,Trust in the Holy Spirit.Trust in the Holy Spirit.Trust in the Holy Spirit.Trust in the Holy Spirit.Trust in the Holy Spirit.Trust in the Holy Spirit.Trust in the Holy Spirit.Trust in the Holy Spirit.Trust in the Holy Spirit. Trust in the Holy Spirit.There may be obstacles in between, the devil giving you doubts and thoughts, but like what Pastor had said, when you are close to God,the devil cannot come into you,but when you are far from him, all the negative thoughts will wander into you,lust,proudness,sin..... You know what is the right thing to do,you know what is the wrong thing to do, but why do we do the wrong things?Desires,Desires,Desires..... Surrender yourselves to God,espically the things which you spend most of your time on and your mind will fade away from God,Computer games?,Listening to Songs?,Anything! Even Yourself. Hahahaha,well, i just want to pray for Benton and Shaun that they will go through the 'O' Levels with a mind of peace and joy, that they will trust in God throughout the exams,i pray that God will take away all their distractions,emotions and everything that is worrying them.I just want to lift them into your hands, In Jesus Most Precious Name,Amen. Lastly,those of you who are ill,like Kele(proud of you making the choice to come to church despite your condition).May God protect you,heal you.May God cast out all the demons that are in your body,so that you can be alive and well,able to focus more on God.Get Well Soon Yeah! :D A year has past and its going to be 2010! I have learnt many many many things from God,also want to thank Isaac for being a great Cell Leader in the Cell, May the the grace of God be with you always,may you also pass it on to others! Central Two,Seek him and he will be found.Even if you are a mature christian,continue to make commitments to God to keep that fire for God.This is not the end yet,never lose that fire for God.NO ONE CAN JUDGE HOW CLOSE YOU CAN GET TO GOD,NO ONE CAN JUDGE HOW YOU WORSHIP HIM.IT IS ALL FOR GOD. 1.We Are Made With Christ. 2.We Are Made By Christ. 3.We Are Made For Christ. Regardless your situation, you feelings, remember that your worship is for God to feel Good,not because you want to feel good. These are just my thoughts for now,and i believe you guys and girls have been through alot too and i hope to hear from you guys and girls too haha. Hope to see all of you fired up for Christ next Saturday yeah?:D We live by the Risen King! In the Darkness,God's light shines! Jesus died and rose again,my God,i'll only ever give my all! My God he made a way,My God he saved the day,Forever,We will Shout Your Praise! Greater Things Are Still To Be Done In This City! Ernest Saturday, October 24, 2009 @ 8:29 PM
Hello my dear Central Two!I think it's been a long time since I last posted, so I decided to come and share my thoughts about the upcoming ELEVATE camp! For those of us who have been for Megalife Camps before, I'm sure we have absolutely no hesitation in signing up and going for it. It's just been....really, to me, one of the biggest events of the year. It's something I look forward to, something like an annual treat :) Imagine, 4 days and 3 nights together with children of God in an ulu place of Malaysia giving God the worship he deserves, PLUS spending some quality time with your churchmates and cell mates! How cool is that? Also, I just wanted to tell those of you who are hesitant about it because it is not cell based, DON'T BE. We are all part of the same ministry, Megalife (oh man I just now typo-ed it as Megalie, that would be bad) and everyone is loving and friendly so :) Don't hesitate, I'm sure you won't regret it. In the middle of this year I was invited to go for the Leaders Camp for the first time. I must admit, I didn't really know ANYONE that was going. Okay fine a few guys but none of my girl friends that were leaders were going. Initially Joan chew wasn't going too, so I was seriously like, I dunno how to say, I think super loser? Imagine going for a camp, like totally friendless. Something like, sec 1 orientation camp but a million times worse, it wasn't in Singapore and I didn't have anywhere to escape to. BUT when I reached church and found my group I immediately felt very much at home. My group members were very nice and we immediately clicked, and then I realised how narrow minded I was. I wasn't open to making new friends and meeting new people, I just wanted to stay with the cell and the cell's leaders. Going into this camp, I hope all of you will be open to the mindset of making new friends and meeting new people for the very simple reason, that God will open new doors for you! Different people think in different ways, and I think new people can give you guys new perspectives on things you used to think were...well, things that you guys thought there was only one way of thinking about it, you know what I mean? :) Also, no harm in making new friends right? :) SO! This is not an advertisement, but really, SIGN UP NOW. You don't want to wait till the early bird is over. Remember to bring a PHOTOCOPY OF YOUR PASSPORT, CAMP FORM AND MONEY (cheques also can, address to RIVERLIFE CHURCH) and put it in an envelope (don't forget like me) and pass to Joan NG next Saturday alright! :) Hope you guys have a great week ahead, and plz plz plz plz plz reply my SMS when I message you guys about Benton and Shaun alright! :) For now I've got a song to share with you guys, reflect on the lyrics cos I thought they were really...encouraging :) Today Is The Day-Lincoln Brewster I'm casting my cares aside I'm leaving my past behind I'm setting my heart and mind on You, Jesus I'm reaching my hand to Yours Believing there's so much more Knowing that all You have in store for me is good Today is the day You have made I will rejoice and be glad in it Today is the day You have made I will rejoice and be glad in it And I won't worry about tomorrow I'm trusting in what You say Today is the day I'm putting my fears aside I'm leaving my doubts behind I'm giving my hopes and dreams to You Today is the day You have made I will rejoice and be glad in it Today is the day You have made I will rejoice and be glad in it And I won't worry about tomorrow I'm trusting in what You say Today is the day Today is the day that the Lord has made, we shall rejoice and be glad in it, Central Two? :) Take care people. Love, Jayna. Thursday, October 22, 2009 @ 2:42 AM
HI GIRLS AND GUYS.I am sure all of you are excited for camp!! I am really excited for it!! Excited for all the GOOD STUFF God's gonna give all of us :) PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR CONSENT FORM, ALL THE REQUIRED MATERIALS, MONEY AND PUT THEM ALL IN AN ENVELOPE BEFORE PASSING TO ME!!! :) PLEASE GIVE EXACT AMOUNT OKAY? :) Love, JOAN NG :) Wednesday, October 21, 2009 @ 3:48 AM
Hey Central Two!I AM SO EXCITED FOR CAMP !!!!!!!!!!!! It's at a hotel! How cool is that for a camp! The hotel is not bad la. And I think it's going to become a Riverlife hotspot. Haahaha. Cos we had last two years of leaders camp there and I think the Highlife leaders had a camp there this year too! Alright got to run. Just wanted to tell you guys to gear up and get excited for camp! START PACKING! hahahaha Kidding. Can u imagine what fun it would be to pack for camp together?! We should find a way to do it. Haha. CAMP WILL BE AWESOME. Confirm chop. So get your pens and start filling those forms! It's not cell-based, but no worries, ML are nice people, you'll get to make awesome new friends! It's no good to isolate ourselves to C2, we should go make friends and get inspired/inspire other Megalifers! (: Step out of our comfort zone. Jiayou C2! Esp for Benton and Shaun. Stay strong, all of you. LOVE YOU (: Joanc Saturday, October 17, 2009 @ 6:34 PM
Hey Central Two, Its, Ernest! hahaI just want to share with you how God spoke to me after yesterday's service. Before that,the ushers called me and told me something like im going to be an usher!I am like Woooooo! Praise God! I am worshipping God through a ministry now.At first it was quite hard to concentrate on God when i am also trying to bring people to their seats, but i'll just leave it all to God, i believe he is teaching me something through this ministry too. Cell was cool! In the Boy's group, we prayed for each other who have problems with Evangelising. It was really a time for me cause the only time i ever somehow evangelised was when i was primary one and secondary one. But it was like "Do you want to come to church?" Then he said, " No,not free/parents don't allow."Then i'll be like oh okay.....I still can remember when i was in primary one, i was sitting beside a muslim girl, then i talked some things about Christ, then she said with a very firm voice something like "Are you saying your God is better than mine?"What she said scared me out of my heart, then i stopped evangelising till i tried again during secondary one,but to no avail. I believe that as we choice this path to obey and follow Christ, we are choosing to live in the Kingdom Of God, and we are preparing to face whatever Jesus has been through, being mocked at,people despise you, and all.But our first calling when we become a christian is to go and evangelise. You know it yourself all you have been through with Christ,accepting him, all the victories,all the things you faced. For me,God spoke to me this morning and told me, go and make disciples,for sure i am with you always till the end of the age.Everytime i look at people, i see their hearts crying out to the Lord.The ones who the unpopular ones in school, the ones who are bullies, they are the ones whos hearts are crying out to the Lord.Because they hate the feeling of being mocked at, and they were not secure of themselves and started threatening others. Central Two, it is really the time to get out of the comfort zone. Your relationship with God is not only to keep it to yourself.It is stated in the bible we read and follow,God called us to make disciples.I know its hard and stuff, but if you are unsure, pray to God for a breakthrough like what i did, seek the Lord with all your heart. People may not like how you talk to them or they may disagree with you.But this is how its like, like how Elder Freddy's "Friends" left him one by one.This is what we will face when we choose to be living in the Kingdom Of God.We need to seek God to help us stay spiritually strong. Let us pray for the people who are not coming to Church too often,maybe because of parental objections,courses,tuition?I can see that Kele is back on the roll! Praise God :)Lets pray for people like Sandy,Renia, and many others who are not attending church regularly,we really encourage people to attend church every week because as we gather as a church, as a cell, there is unity, and when there is unity,God is working among us.It is important to build up your spirit man always because you may not know what is ahead of you, only God knows, and i believe it is really something big,you may face things that make you feel down and all,but trust in the Lord for he has a higher purpose for everything that you do,he has it all planned out. Lastly, lets pray for the people still having exams, some of the sec 3s,sec 4s having 'O' Levels, Shaun and Benton, they need our prayers!Prayers have power,Amen?Prayers are to the Lord,and he may answer them. So dont lose that fire for God Central Two,and for those of you who are still unsure of everything,it is never too late to seek God.We, as a cell, are always there for you, in the spirit. Love You C2! Saturday, October 10, 2009 @ 6:33 PM
Hey Central Two, its been quite awhile since someone posted here... Well, a post doesn't have to have some model things or such, its just good to share your feeling with your spiritual family (Cell), we will pray for you if in need.How are you guys/girls doing with exams?Well,those of you who cannot come to church because of exams,remember that God is our strength.There are many things in life that we can enjoy, especially in many different ways, Love,Laughter,Joy,Insights,Happiness,Family,Friends. Now its the Working/Exam period and especially crucial for those taking 'O' Levels/'N' Levels. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your path straight.(Proverbs 3:5-6) Anyway, yesterday during cell we gathered all the Centrals together to watch "LEFT BEHIND" , it was about people being left behind ( mostly backslided and pre-believers) after the end times. I think that we should be grateful that we are living by the almighty and powerful God with everlasting love.Definitely all of you have different feelings after watching that movie, but always remember that we all worship the same Jesus.For me, after watching that movie i was fearful, but after thinking about it, it was a good thing that those things in the movie happen, cause we will be going to heaven to be with God.But overall,continue to build your inner man with God, it is God who judges us. You have watched the movie, you have seen what will happen to the world.You people may have lots and lots of questions,like,what will happen to the people who are left behind?Why did this happen and all? Well, all that i can tell you is that, this is the truth and lets respect God in his decisions. IF this movie troubles you alot, if it comes into you as a nightmare or something, do feel free to approach the leaders(: Do we need to change how we live our lives?Just be aware that we are living in the Revelations/End Times, when will all this happen? Honestly, no one knows, only the Father in heaven knows.Questions and Questions everywhere,if you have questions,feel free to ask the leaders,they won't tell anyone that you asked a ridiculous question or anything, we are here as a cell to help each other. What i am going to do after watching this movie? Well,my worship for God will never change. I Have watched the movie, i dont really understand it much, but ONE THING IS FOR SURE, i am not taking my life for granted, everything that i do,even if something bad happens that makes me really feel down, God has a higher purpose for it, I WILL LIVE MY LIFE TO THE FULLEST! Stay strong and be dependent on God C2! Continue to seek intimacy with God (: love, Ernest Monday, October 5, 2009 @ 12:38 AM
Hi C2! :)Joan Ng here, I come to realised it's been quite a while since I posted here. So yeah, today was the start of my N levels. I did 3 during Sept holidays already though. Thanks for those who kept me in your prayers :) Anyway, I came to tell you guys again, never doubt God's plan for you. Some time back I had some personal problems which made me really really upset. Like, seriously affecting me A LOT. I was really scared that it will affect my N levels. The problem came before my first 3 papers (SS, CL and EL) during sept holidays. I was already struggling through, trying to focus on exams. I thought I can deal with it after those 3 papers. I thought those problems will slowly go away and things will go back to per normal. Happy and good. I thought so. But right after my 3 papers, like finally. I thought I can have a break. I was already really very tired, mentally, physically. But no, God surprised me with a really big and sad issue. I was literally... broken. I was asking God, why. Why can't you just give me a break? Why can't you just let things go normally and give me a break. It was then just 3 weeks before my rest of exams. Why can't God let me focus? I was really 'angry' with God. I didn't want to obey Him. I knew what God wanted, He wants me to move on & surrender all my problems to Him. But instead of praying for me to accept it, I prayed that God will make things go back to the same. I was really stubborn. Then, of course things didn't go back to how I want it to be. I was still really angry with God. I continued to pray for my way for the next few days.. It was terrible, I was distracted, I can't focus in school and all, I cried like hundred times in school. Until when I realised it won't be any better if I continue to go against God. So yeah, I moved on. I held on to God's promise, I wrote bible verses on post-it and pasted all over my books like: "But this happened so that the work of God might be displayed." - John 9:3 "And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast" "Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy" - John 16:22 Yeah, it did helped me to move on. It was not easy but God really did helped me through. & now when I think back, if things went my way, maybe now, I won't even work half as hard as I am right now for exams. I wouldn't have grown so much spiritually and in myself. I learnt a lot of things through this. Even though it hurts, even though I wasted 1 week in my 3 weeks of study time for N's, I still managed to get back on my feet. Also, I truly believe that through this I'd really displayed God's work in my life to my friends. On how I relied on God's strength through this painful moulding process. We may find it stupid, hard and painful when we're in the 'not that easy' part of our lives, but you know, God really taught me that He really got great and awesome plans for us. He let us go through all the pains so that we can really experience Him once again. All He want is for us to rely on Him and walk through with Him. As I was doing my N levels, if you know during National Exams, our OTAS sheet or you guys call it OAS will have your name and school printed on it. It's like specially made for you. Everytime when I get my OTAS sheet, first thing that came to my mind is that, it's specially made for me, just like how God know us by name. Each and everyone of us. Also, he got a plan specially planned for us. Don't ever doubt Him. Oh yeah, wanna thanks Joanne, Jayna, Joan chew and Ernest for all the support you guys gave during that period of time. Really appreciate it :) Thanks for reading :) Have an awesome week, see you! Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 7:42 AM
When you go through deep waters, I will be with you.When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour... because you are precious to Me. You are honoured, and I love you. -Isaiah 43:2-4 LOVE YOU CENTRAL TWO (: Joanc. Sunday, September 13, 2009 @ 7:48 AM
Hello dear Central Two (:Joanc here. I really applaud Persis for the way she has obeyed God [: Don't apologize Persis! It's not a big booboo to change church, so long as you realy feel God has called you there. And no worries, Central Two's got your back, all the way! Right, C2? (: Let's not lose contact k [: Anyway, this is to all you people of C2, whether you were once in C2 or are currently in C2 or maybe you're just a passer-by. This is a song for you! You are my strength Strength like no other Strength like no other Reaches to me You are my hope Hope like no other Hope like no other Reaches to me In the fullness of your Grace In the power of Your name You lift me up You lift me up Unfailing love Stronger than mountains Deeper than oceans Reaches to me Whether it's exams, or some personal issues you have, whatever it is, God reigns [: Just submit it all to Him, and lean on His strength to push through! It's not about 'You can do it!', it's, 'God can do it!'. Just give your best during this period, and be the best student you can, for God. YOUR BEST!!!! (: Then the rest, leave to our great God :D HE CAN HANDLE IT. If you think about it, God's actually the one doing all the work. We're considered slackers! So people, jiayou! Press on, keep on keeping on! Be strong! Stand tall! All for God. Jesus loves you! I love you too! Goodnight [: @ 6:34 AM
Hey Central 2! Persis here!:)Well, its been a really really long time since i last saw you guys, and I'm pretty sure most of you know that I'm changing church. Sorry that it took me so long to finally write a post for you all. well, I am changing church because my parents asked me too, well, initially that was the reason. At first when they told me and my bro that we had to change because they changed and they felt that it would be good for us, do you know how violently we objected to it? I did not want to leave you all. I did not want to miss Megalife. And after that wonderful bond during the June holidays, was it just going to go away like this? I was absolutely against it. when my parents brought me to Heart of God Church, I disliked everything about it-except the sermon and the pastor because they're really good. I disliked the people, I disliked the worship, I disliked the whole place. It was really so hard for me to get away from you all, and writing this post, looking back at the times we spent during camp together, it really makes my heart ache. I'm not being dramatic or anything. 2 years spent together is a long time, and not being able to make it for events like the recent water baptism or Jayna's birthday party makes me feel lousier and lousier, like those times I had with you all were just a dream far away. I prayed really hard for God to show me where he wanted me to go, and the number of discussions I had with my parents over this matter are just too numerous to count. However, deep in my heart, as I attended more weekend services there, I felt that this really was the place God wanted me to go. I'm sorry guys for the sudden leave, without much notice or anything. It is a very difficult and painful decision for me, but this is what stepping out in faith means, right? This is what honouring my parents mean, right? Though I do not fully understand the reason why I have to change, at such a time as this, and God didn't reveal much to me about the reasons why, I still have to trust him right? So I hope all of you guys will understand that this changing of church, it is my decision. No one forced me to do it, I wasn't influenced by peer pressure or parental pressure, but rather, I believe I am obeying the Lord. I really love you all so much, and the culture at HOGC is so different from Riverlife that I miss cell so so badly. However, I hope you all will understand my heart and my intentions. I will visit you all ok! And yeah, its not like I'm going overseas like Amberlie. Singapore is such a small country, I'm sure our paths will cross again. I'm so sorry and I love you!! Monday, July 20, 2009 @ 6:57 AM
Hey Central Two!Joanc here. Just wna share some stuff. I was feeling really lousy just a few minutes ago. Like, really going crazy from all the pressure, feeling all the weight from the heavy workload and the countless responsibilities I have to juggle. You know how, sometimes when you're very torn apart, there are two voices going on in your head? One that's complaining and crying and another that reminds you about all of God's promises, telling you constantly to surrender. That's when you exercise your authority over your mind, and choose to believe in the promises of God. (: Each time I do it, I never regret it. Listening to Made to Worship had instant effect on me. I realise that we were made to praise and worship, not complain and drag our feet through life, no matter how tough. Sometimes, we keep running to God for help that we no longer know how to stand on our own two feet. Dependence on God is good, but not to the extent where you're a jellyfish with no backbone, no strength to get through life. God indeed strengthens the weak, but it doesn't mean we remain weak all our lives and use that as an excuse to not do God's will. God can empower us. Hmmmm. Think about it. Instead of always running to God to seek comfort and let yourself feel better, why not make God happy? Why not bless Him? We always say Christianity is a relationship, not a religion. What does that mean? Relationships are two-way. Both give. If we always want more and more of God's blessings and don't bless God's heart, it would be a one-sided relationship. And we would be really selfish. It's true, we fear human more than God. Why do we feel guilty when we don't give enough in a relationship with a human, but don't realise it when we don't give enough in our relationship with God? Anyway, jiayou for your week people! It's only Monday, you have 4 more days in school to be on the lookout for opportunities to change lives! Love. Farewell AMBERLIE! :(
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 @ 12:18 AM
 This picture shows the last prayer before Amberlie and family goes into Departure Hall, it has been such a wonderful time with Amberlie around. So sad shes leaving us and the church. But one thing's for sure, God would always be present in their lives, this is God's plan for them and they obeyed him so there is no way we can stop them :) I just pray for them to have a safe journey as they move on and no matter what obstacle they face, they will always stand strong! Ernest Saturday, July 11, 2009 @ 8:04 AM
Hey central 2!:)I just wanna share something i felt very strongly about... as you all know, the pastors and leaders in our church have been talking about this second-wave revival, how its gonna hit the young generation and all. Even Dr. Corne Bekker felt the same thing, and said that our church is going to experience something strong and powerful. i don't doubt the words they say, especially if it comes from God. if God says its gonna come, then its gonna come whether we like it or not. However, the very moment i heard about this wave thing, one question tugged very strongly at my heart, and that question is: Will we be ready for that revival? To put things in perspective, the whole H1N1 thing that has hit our church is not a very big deal. Ok, maybe its the devil counterfeiting everything, but why do we keep bringing up what has already happened, and what is successfully over? Why are we focussing on what the devil did, instead of what we should be doing? I'm not critisizing SP, nor am i critisizing the leaders and elders of the church. Its just, i feel that we should be fixing our eyes on the bigger picture that God has in store for us. To me, i believe that the key step to preparing for revival is the discipline of daily devotion, which is what i have learnt from Dr. Corne Bekker's seminar. we have to be hungry for God and his word. what does it mean to thirst? imagine that you have no water to drink for a day and you are going to die of dehydration. what do you want the most? a glass of cool water. that's what thirst is. Unless we are truly thirsty for God in our lives, how will we truly experience anything that he wants to do for us? Take the example of water. If you are not thirsty at all, the water, no matter how cold or fresh it is, will just taste like something not nice.. Ok, that's how it is to me, but that's not the point. Central 2, I strongly believe God can use our cell in many ways, more than we can imagine. However, are we ready? Will we do what it takes, and fight the real spiritual battle? The real battle wasn't fighting H1N1. In fact, H1N1 was just a passing phase. Normal. The real battle is ongoing in our lives, as we make the decision everyday on whether we will spend time with God and live a life that truly reflects his name. Lets focus on things that truly matter, and things that we can fight for, to bring glory to him alone. Let's be a cell that is radical in the things we say and do, and most importantly, have that unsatiable hunger and thirst for the word and presence of God. Let's be a salt and light unto this world, and together, united as one, we'll win souls for Christ, bringing God's word into our lives and the lives of people around us. Let's fight this battle, and win the war. Love, Persis. Hi!
Friday, July 10, 2009 @ 8:08 PM
Hey C2! I know I never really post here, but I just thought I could say something before I go...so here it is:Thank you all for being such great friends/cell members. You have all really changed the way I think and do things (in a more positive way). There are big plans for C2, and I'm just sad I'll be missing out. haha. Anyway, C2 will definantly -and is- impact and change RiverLife Church/MegaLife. "Stay strong in the Lord and in His mighty power."-Ephesians 6:10 So yea...Never give up on God!!!!! Amberlie ;D PS: leaving 13th July. If you want more info can ask me. Love you all!!!!!!! Friday, July 3, 2009 @ 10:28 PM
Central Two, just wna share a part of an email I received."Folks, it is about time we get serious with God. It is no longer about doing ‘church’ anymore because church can be closed down. Ministry is beyond being a volunteer on a Sunday. It is about an attitude of servant-hood in life. It is about bringing God to our home, our work place, our school and to everywhere we go." Amen! And it's not just for volunteers, but for us, worshippers as well. So, I edit it for us: Church can be closed down one day. But worship is beyond being a Saturday worshipper. It is about an attitude of worship in life. About bringing God to our home, our schools, and everywhere we go. Yeah man. (: Alright got to rush! Bye C2. love yal :D Joanc. @ 5:36 PM
Dear Central Two,How have all of you been? :) I trust it's been a good week at school for all of you. Considering all that has happened this holiday, I'm sure starting school again must have felt different for all of you. Anyway here's an update of the upcoming activities, in case for some reason you all haven't recieved our SMSes. Cyber cell is cancelled for today, we decided to go without it cos we're already having cell on Monday :) You guys can still go ahead and have MSN conversations, it's just that we're not having a formal cybercell, alright? Sorry for the incovenience caused cos I know some of you probably had plans that were changed for cybercell. Sorry about that. Cell on 6th July, Monday will be in the morning, around 10 am. Sorry but we haven't decided the exact time yet, but keep a look out for the leaders' SMS-es and respond accordingly! We really appreciate how most of you have been responding quickly, cos it does help us alot. Those of you who haven't please try to asap okay! Back to cell on monday, after cell we'll all be going for lunch (: Service tomorrow! How many of you are looking forward to it?! I'm have really really really really really been anticipating it all week or actually since last last week so yeah tomorrow is going to be an awesome reunion in church :) I hope you guys have all gotten your hearts right and ready for service! Let's come in our cell shirts alright, and with a grateful heart! Afterall, God has seen us through alot this holiday. That's all for me now, more importantly, check your SMSes to recieve updates from us! :) Love, Jayna. Wednesday, July 1, 2009 @ 9:57 PM
Hey Central Two!READ THE POST BELOW BY JAYNA, THE ONE WITH THE SUPER BIG WORDS - IT'S IMPORTANT! Thank you for praying for my exams :D Tell you guys cool stuff k. Econs paper - I walked out the exam hall emotionless, which is good, because I have no idea how well/badly I'll do so at least I'm not sad or whatever, but I think I'll do okay! Alot of questions I read already I'm like, what on earth is this we got learn meh?! And just smoked my way through. GP - Teacher give us string to tie our fullscap, everyone use the string I don't need use. I only use one piece of paper -.- But I thought it was quite okay. And I'm proud of my compre part even though I left out a whole section cos no time. So I think I'll do okay! Math - Killer, but I'm..... quite confident I can pass. Considering I had 3/4 less time than my classmates to study, and it seems like I won't do much worse than them, I'm really grateful. Maybe my results will turn out like nonsense lah and maybe I'll really do much worse than my classmates, aiya anything la but I still feel it's God's grace! :D And I only felt much better when I resumed my quiet time already. And although doing QT = sleep later, but somehow during my paper I can focus :D AWESOME. God is cool! Hahaha. K jiayou for your week people, I really miss all of you! It's Thursday already :D :D :D Looking forward to a weekend with all of you! Loving C2! - Joanc. Tuesday, June 30, 2009 @ 5:16 AM
Dear Central Two,Jayna here :) School has started, and I miss you all like crazy! Each time my teacher talks about h1n1 or asks us to take temperatures I think about our cell and all so yeah that's how much I miss you all :) Okay anyway there are some awesomely awesome awesome cool stuff in store for us as a cell. And I guarantee by the time you read till the end of this post you all will be bursting with excitement :) Okay so let's gogogo! Sunday English Adult Service! We would like to encourage all cell members to come for this sunday, 5th July's english adult service :) It is going to be an awesome time, our first worship service in 2 plus weeks! Also, I ensure you, this service WILL be different (: Updates soon maybe okay! And yeah PLEASE WEAR YOUR CELL SHIRT!! Meet in the atrium at 8.45 AM, look out for JOAN CHEW :) Alright? I can't stress how important it is to have your hearts right as you all come for this service, it's gonna be a great great time :) Also, trust me, for this service, it'd be really awesome for all of you to sit together + wear cell shirt, so please do so!! Guys please SMS Benton if you are coming. Girls please SMS Jayna if you are coming. Like Joanc has mentioned, please auto SMS us! Please don't make us chase you guys -.- Cell Meeting @ Church on 6th July! As we have ALL been anticipating this for very long, the leaders have decided! It's time for our first cell session after all this whole..thingy! So yeah :) I really hope to see you all there. It will be held on Monday, 6th July. IT IS A SCHOOL HOLIDAY SO DON'T START PANICKING. This cell session will be held at around late morning time, and we'll all go out for a cell lunch after that, alright? It is going to be an awesome time for us as a cell and I'm sure I don't need to stress on this cos you all understand yeah :) Timing to be confirmed, location is our favourite place in the world, RIVERLIFE CHURCH :) Check your SMSes for updates :) Also, SMS Jayna/Benton (guys message B and girls, J) if you guys are coming. :) Cyber Cell @ Home :) As you all may know, we had an awesome AWESOME time of cyber cell last saturday, (all who agree say AMEN) and yeah we will be having our session this saturday. Timing to be confirmed, but most likely it'll be at night (: We'd like you guys to keep your Saturday night free as much as possible :) We'll be giving out more details soon! CORNE BEKKER SEMINARS! Corne Bekker is a preacher from America! And he will be visiting our church to hold a few seminars. (: I've heard from those that attended last year that he is a really awesome preacher, and as for this seminar, we hope the whole cell can go :) Especially for the main seminar. Also, I realised that last year his seminars were only for those Sec 3 and above, but this year there is no age limit so younger ones, you are all more than welcome :) Here are the seminars!
1) Teaching and Renewal Main Seminar ($20 per ticket. Student ticket: $10 per ticket) Ø Topic : Pursuing Deeper Intimacy with God Ø 10 July, Fri, 8.15pm-10pm (2 sessions) Ø 11 July, Sat, 10am-3pm (4 sessions with lunch break), 7.30-9.30pm (2 sessions)
2) Evening Seminar (Free but entry by tickets only) Ø 14 & 15 July, Tue & Wed, 8.15-10pm Ø Topic : To Those who Overcome
3) Day Seminar ($10 each, entry by ticket) Ø 16 Jul, Thursday, 10am-5.30pm Ø Topic : Developing the Christian Mind
Okay it's quite obvious that the DAY SEMINAR is out, because we all have school on that day. Those who are interested in going for these seminars, please SMS us! As usual guys to Benton, girls to Jayna (: Also if you all want to come for these seminars, I'll need you all to bring the money for them THIS SUNDAY, 5TH JULY when we meet for adults service. I'll need to collect it by then. Please not that if you guys don't pay on Sunday, we cannot register for you!! :( So remember to bring the money, and please SMS us by THURSDAY if you are interested in any of these seminars, thank you! :) That's all I have for you cool dudes now! And I just wanna tell you guys that no matter where your schools are in Singapore, whether North, South, East or West (WOOOOO!!!!), God is with us all the same, and we are together as a cell in spirit (: I cannot express how excited I am to finally see you all this Sunday and I hope you guys are excited as well. :) Remember to SMS us alright :) stay tuned for updates! Love, Jayna. Monday, June 29, 2009 @ 8:24 AM
Hey Joan Ng here :)How was your first day of school? (for those who went!) I hope you guys are enjoying, hehe cause I am enjoying my MCs. ANYWAY, just felt like posting here. I am still very proud of C2 :) I think some of us used to miss the past c2 a lot, like all the older batch. When Jayna, Joanne, Persis and I are younger, not like now whereby we're considered the older one in cell. and we have to take care of all the younger sec 1 and 2s. We used to be the youngest, all the older brothers and sisters would do things for us, coordinate cell, plan cell, plan games, worship, help us with all the heavy stuff. Now? Now, it's us that are planning the cell, cell camp, games, and all.. yeah, sometimes we DO miss all this little good old times. and actually we do really talk about it really often (before camp) and how we used to really love c2. Jayna and I had always wanted to change our current cell, turn it into something we really love like how we used to love c2 before. & we were really determined to change it during the camp. We want all our cell mates to love one another deeply and really share true friendship after the camp. Somehow, now, I know we did it, no, God did it :) Now, I can see that our cell is really bonded. Everyone is loving and caring for each other. & that I can really see true friendship building up. I am really so glad and happy for that :) I really hope that this would continue and we would love one another :) and know what, all this H1N1 thing is a blessing to us, at least a blessing in disguise. We were all trapped at home / hospital, we couldn't do anything more than doing homework / surfing the net / watching tv, then? Read bible, talk to God and also, as a cell have some small talks and pray. For me, I was trapped in my hospital room, alone with a tv, and a phone. What can I do other than chatting and watching tv or rather sleeping? I was really determined to grow deeper in christ throughout my days there. and I did :) Also, I was even more attached to C2, really love them to bits. The devil think he can stop us from loving God? Waver our faith? Tear the brothers and sisters in christ apart? Ha ha ha, no way. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, yes indeed it made us stronger, stronger faith, stronger relationship for our c2 members. Like what Isaac always ask, -What's a cell for? @ 8:17 AM
THERE'S AN IMPORTANT POST BELOW THAT SAYS "This is an important post" SO READ THE IMPORTANT POST!!HEY CENTRAL TWO :D I'm SUPPOSED to be studying now....................................................... BUT THAT CAN WAIT. I have study break tomorrow! YAY. But it means I'll have to study a whole day ): And I already don't have enough time to study......... So I should get to my books now........... I should............. I'M FEELING GUILTY. OKAY I'LL MAKE THIS QUICK. Chop chop! Okay Central Two, as I'll be having exams this week and next, Jayna and Benton will be coordinating a few things this week, stay tuned to cell blog for updates! I just want to ask for cooperation, like replying their msgs or calling them back when you receive a missed call from them, etc. Don't wait for them to chase you for a reply, do help them out because it can be quite messy! And they're busy with their own stuff to do too, so yes (: Also, some prayer requests! 1. Pray for Jayna and Benton as they plan for Cyber Cell this week! 2. Pray for yourself and for Cyber Cell! Don't wait till Saturday to invite God to Cyber Cell, start now! (Now here are some personal ones please bear with me!) 3. My exams! I said before but I wna post here again cos I desperately need a miracle to pass any paper at all (not kidding). THANK YOU!!! 4. My grandfather. He's quite old and not feeling too well already but he's not yet a Christian. My family is trying to evangelise but please pray for him. Over at that side of the family, it's complicated. 5. My mum. She has been living with a lot of discomfort for months because of her tooth problem, and that day she was saying even eating has become something she can't enjoy ): And that's not nice ): So please please please please pray for healing for my mum. CENTAL TWO, feel free to post your prayer requests here okay. (: The rest of the cell WILL pray alongside you! Oh yes, and the other day when I was talking to my anti-Christ friend he mentioned something (I can't remember what he said) that made me think. A lot of us Christians don't know where to draw the line between faith and being practical. Like, having "ridiculous faith". Like, for example, saying "I trust God with my exam results", yet, we don't study as hard as we can. Or, "I trust God with _____(friend's name)'s salvation", and yet we don't make the best effort to reach out. I used to think, as long as I try to study, it's alright to say I trust God with my results. As long as I try to evangelise, it is okay to say I trust God with my friend's salvation. But I was thinking, then I realise that if we don't try our best, how are we fit to ask God to do the rest? We have to try our best in whatever situation, and only when we know we have tried our best, then can we say we trust God to do the rest. So, I decided that I must put in my best effort to study, and try my very best to arrange my OAC end-year expedition such that I can go for ML camp (: Then I'm trusting God to make a way. Man, ML camp is something I've been looking forward to since last year. CENTRAL TWO, YOU CANNOT MISS ML CAMP FOR ANYTHING IN THE WORLD! (: K have to study now take care Central Two I miss you love you yay you! Thank God for all of you. :D HAVE FUN @ SCHOOL/HOME! P.S. Eat your Tamiflu ah! Love, Joanc. YouTube - Hillsong, Take it all
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Hey, this song was played for Singapore Youth Service Global Day of Prayer 2009 Final Segment. I have heard it over twenty times but just cant get tired of it. Global Day of Prayer 2009 has changed my LIFE HARDCORE!!!!<---------- (Serious)all of you guys and girls out there who have not went for global day of prayer before, i seriously encourage you to attend it for it may change your life too ! :) It doesn't matter what song is being sang or who are the musicians, it matters about God,he deserves worship, he is worthy of all praise~! During this GDOP, i mean whatever i said to God from the bottom of my heart! Ernest :) Sunday, June 28, 2009 @ 7:15 AM
I feel that the lyrics in this song really applies to us :) ' Greater things are still to be done in this city' Although this H1N1 issue has hit us, greater things have yet to come and are still to be done :) Shaun Owen
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HEY CENTRAL TWO. This is an important post. Note: PRE-RECORDED VIDEO IS UP ON CHURCH SITE AND DOWNLOADABLE! From this website: http://www.riverlife.org.sg/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=138 ALSO, PLEASE TAKE TIME TO LISTEN TO THE SERMON ON THE WEBSITE THAT FOLLOWS THIS PARAGRAPH! About half our cell listened to it together on Saturday night, and it was awesome :D For myself, I took down so many points because there were so many things that SP said that struck me! So please take time to focus and listen carefully to what SP has to say! http://www.riverlife.org.sg/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=89 Please click on the link above to listen to 21 June's audio sermon by Senior Pastor: Pursuing the presence of God. After listening to the sermon, think about what you can draw out from it and how you can apply that to your lives! You can post your thoughts right here (: This was what happened during our night sevice on Saturday (: And it led on into an awesome time of sharing. ------------------------------------------------------------------
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Hey Central Two, this is Ernest again, haha. Well i just like to share with you guys and girls what came up to my mind the day after cyber cell.Sunday morning ( 28 June 2009 ) i felt lost in the wilderness and far from God, i was yearning for his word but nothing came to me.In the afternoon i saw the sermon and worship for that day, i started to realise that it is not how i feel, but how God feels. When we worship him, it is not because i want to feel great, but it is because we want to make God feel great. God has plans for us, and in between it may be the good times or bad times, God will be there throughout your journey. God is the initiator and we are the responders, God provides but we must respond. God died on the cross for all our sins, if that act was not done, the world may be in chaos and no one would be forgiven. So, Central Two i just want to tell you, be patient with God, sometimes you may feel far from him, but he is always there, ready to talk to you, it only depends if you are ready to recieve and surrender. Amen Saturday, June 27, 2009 @ 10:37 PM
Hey guys please look at Joanchew's post below mine, it's far more important than mine!Anyway yoyoyo, Jayna here. About slightly over 12 hours ago, we had our very first cyber cell ever (: And I think that it was really really awesome. You all have inspired me greatly, how you guys have been so authentic. It is amazing, really. But let's not just stop at sharing, alright? Although it's great, but from here we have to move on to PRAYER! I can't remember the exact verse in the bible, I'll post it up tonight or sometime soon, but our beloved AO shared with us last night, a verse where it basically speaks about how sharing with each other can bring about healing (: And this healing obviously doesn't come from ourselves, it comes from God, when we seek him earnestly in prayer (: So let's pray for all who shared last night, that God will strengthen them. And like I mentioned, every choice to be made is a battle. It isn't always easy, but really, stand firm in God, that's all I can say (: Another thing I wanna mention. Through this entire h1n1 situation, we thank God that he has provided for us and we have overcome it as a cell, but let's always remember that all this is for God's glory and nothing else (: Alright? Everything we say do or anything it's all for him. Just like in the bad and good we trust in him, now that things are more or less "over", where will we go from here? Will we let our victory in God simply slip away? Or will we grab on to him, and seek him even more earnestly than ever, until the day he pours down his revival rain upon our cell? :) Reminder to all: Remember during camp, the last night service we had. Remember what Jeanette said? As we pray, the bowls in heaven are being filled up. And like what SP said, prayer moves the hand of God. One day, and possible one day SOON, God will pour out this revival on Central Two that we've been praying for for so long (: Always, always focus on God, central two! And now it's really time to pray like never before. I'm gonna re emphasize this verse that Persis mentioned earlier, Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain. Psalm 127:1 Without God, we are NOTHING. We wouldn't be where we are today (: So yeah let's trust in him with all that we have :) Have an awesome first week at school, and look forward to another awesome cyber cell session next week. Jesus loves you all so very much (: Love, Jayna. @ 11:50 AM
THE IMPORTANT POST HAS BEEN SHIFTED UP SO NOW IT'S RIGHT AT THE TOP..... UNTIL SOMEONE ELSE POSTS (: BUT NO WORRIES, JUST POST!!!!! It would help if at the top of your post, you include in bold, red font (like this) a reminder that there's an important post below. THANKS. AND I MISS YOU C2. PRAYING FOR YOU GUYS. :D PLEASE PRAY FOR MY EXAMS!!!! OH MY GOSH. I REALLY WILL FLUNK BADLY IF GOD IS NOT WITH ME. Bye! Joanc loves God and His C2.
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Hey Central Two, Ernest here. I believe that Cell camp and the incident of H1N1 has really changed my life. The sharing for cyber cell was my outward expression of what was in me all this while and i am not ashamed of whatever i said.This is what i wrote before the cyber cell :)Before this cell camp, I thought that this camp would be like any other school camp. Everything would be games and fun. I did not have an expectant heart then. When camp started, I was still in the same mood until it came to service. When I worshipped God, absolutely nothing distracted me, I felt deeply in love with God. I enjoyed the camp especially the part when the camp committee still tried to do their best to keep the camp moving on regardless of the situation. From now on, I want to seek more connection with God. I want to surrender everything to God, I will give my worship to the fullest. I will do my best to enter into his presence with an expectant heart. For my Daily Life, I would pray regularly, I already started out by saying grace for every meal. I really love the feeling of being connected with God always. When I got home from cell camp, I deleted all my internet friends, feeling less stressed up and realised what is more important in life. Thank You, Ernest I want to focus more on my quiet time as i am only doing short prayers, i really want to connect with God. Fill my bowl with his presence, In the desert with God rather than in a place of milk and honey without God.! I AM FREE! FREEEEDOM! (Cyber Cell) You deserve all, ALL, the praise.
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UPDATES ON CYBER CELL!Hey Central Two! Jayna here, please read all the instructions below carefully because they're really important alright! :) There have been a slight change of plans for tomorrow's cyber cell/activities. Cyber cell will still commence as usual at 4.30 to 6, but from 6 to 7, we will be having dinner (1 hour for dinner is way more than enough kay!) And at 7 pm, we will be having.......SERVICE! Yup service, no joke :) This will be done through the recording that will be uploaded on to the church website, we will give you further instructions on this during cyber cell :) As like a normal service, service is COMPULSORY. Well, you guys know what I mean, right? :) Let's "attend" service like how we'd usually do :) And trust me, it's really going to be awesome. You don't need to be in the worship centre to have a service, yeah? :) And anyway those who can't make it for the service tomorrow night, we have ANOTHER session on SUNDAY, at 9 am! It'll be exactly the same thing, just that it's on Sunday morning :) Okay? So here's the plan: Those who are coming for cyber cell should have already SMSed me by now! Those who are going for service on SATURDAY NIGHT tell JAYNA Those who are going for service on SUNDAY MORNING tell JOAN CHEW Alright? :) I'd ask you all to treat this service with as much respect as we'd usually do in a normal service :) and also, same rules apply, please respect that time-no distractions! And also listen up for instructions from joan chew and myself :) It's gonna be a saturday like no other, really :) Please get your thumbs working and SMS quick! Also tell one of us if you guys can't make it to cyber cell/service or BOTH. (: Those who have sms-ed us you're coming for cyber cell, please tell us which service you guys are attending. Thanks! This is the schedule for tomorrow: 4:30 to 6-Cyber Cell 6 to 7-Dinner 7 to 9-Service 9 to 9:30-Short Sharing Sunday it's the same except there's no cyber cell and it starts at 9 am! :) I know it's kinda long, but the time that you invest in growing in God never goes to waste amen? With love, Jayna @ 1:51 AM
HEY COOL VIDEO!!!! Not related to christianity but, COOL. GO WATCH Joanc Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 8:27 AM
CYBER CELL Hello one and all, Jayna here, and I bring you the updates for Central 2's very first CYBER CELL. I don't know how many of you felt when you heard of this whole "cyber" cell thingy but I felt victory. I felt so...victorious over all the circumstances that we've been made to face as a cell. See, the devil may try to steal our camp away from us and struck some members of our cell with h1n1, but we grew from it, stronger and closer. The devil may take the next 2 weeks' of service and cell away from us, but we continued with CYBER cell and the funny thing is....the devil still loses, hahaha! okay anyway. As you all know there isn't any service till the 5th of July, please do NOT come to church till then, alright? :) Okay here goes the details for cyber cell :) Because it will be slightly more than 50% based on MSN alone, those who do not have MSN, please contact either me or joan chew and we'll tell you what the plan is :) And also cos this will be based on MSN conference which is usually very messy, we gotta have a very strict set of rules so that things will work out, hope you all will understand :) RULES (don't say any of them are lame ah they're neccesary :D)
Love you all. , Jayna. PS: Those coming for cyber cell, please be online by 4.15 pm (: SCROLL DOWN TO READ JOANC'S POST AS WELL! @ 7:46 AM
Hey Central 2!THINGS YOU NEED FOR CYBER CELL: 1. Be somewhere as private as possible (but not your toilet please), like your room perhaps. 2. Your computer & internet connection..... Obviously. Hahaha. 3. Your home phone to be free, especially for the second part of cell. And please come at 415, it's not a 'let's just meet before service' thing but it's actually kinda like an ice breaker segment. (: Just a foreword before our cyber cell. Do treat this Sat’s cyber cell like any other svc/cell, it’s no different except for the physical environment and a few other factors! During the ‘sermon’, do what you would do during any other sermon! E.g. take notes, etc. When a bible verse is to be read, shout 'YO!' :D During the sharing or anything, feel free to voice your opinion and talk, so long as you wait for the person that’s talking at the moment to finish talking first! Remember sharing sessions is not only like e.g. Joanne share, share finish okay done next person, Joan ng share, finish okay next person. IT’S NOT LIKE THAT. Sharing means there’s 2-way communication. We can feedback and discuss stuff! BUT always wait for the person sharing to finish sharing first (: God can move all the same, we can receive from God all the same. (: As long as our hearts and our attitudes are positive and receptive, it’s all good! Let’s come for cyber cell with a heart of expectation, and with anticipation (: I also would like to ask all of you to prepare yourself before the cyber cell like how you would for any other svc/cell/camp. If you have never ever prepared yourself before any svc/cell/camp, make this Saturday your first! (: It’s always good to prepare your heart and get into the right frame of mind so that it’s easier to catch onto what the speaker has to say.(whoever the speaker may be in this case (: SURPRISE!) You can prepare yourself with, simply, a prayer. (: Or just spend some time with God before that, etc etc. Anything! (: Of course, one very important thing to note. We know the church is the house of God, and our bodies are temples of God. So when we go to church, the way we dress and carry ourselves has to respect God. That’s why ushers tell people who wear caps to svc to take off their caps (in case you didn’t know!), it’s not very nice to God. And we all believe that God will be here this Sat right! So, do respect God as you come online for cyber cell (: How to do it? Firstly, it’s no good to keep God waiting. Hence, be early/on time! (: Second, come with a good attitude toward God (: (as elaborated above) And thirdly, this is optional, but you can dress nicely if you want. HAHA. It’ll be cute. No one can see you but well God can! Okay lah let’s at least, dress decently okay. :D Alright. The leaders, after much thought and time and effort, have come up with the set of ‘rules’ (or rather, guidelines) Jayna posted. We definitely do not want to be killjoy’s, nor legalistic, but we hope you understand the ‘rules’ are there to ensure organisation (: Because we firmly believe that all of you have something valuable and constructive to say (even if it’s a lame joke – the value it adds is that it makes everyone laugh!), and we want to ensure that you are able to voice out your opinion properly (: So please do adhere to the ‘rules’! But if after reading the ‘rules’ you feel that some are uncalled for/unreasonable, do tell Jayna/Benton/myself! And we’ll want to hear from you. We might edit the ‘rule’ if necessary (: Okay. The cyber cell isn’t meant to be something boring, strict, a no-joke kind of thing. YOU GUYS ARE FREE TO JOKE AROUND. Definitely. (: We don’t want it to be something so dead! That would be absolutely sad and wasted. Joke around if you want, say something no-link but suddenly came to mind if you want, anything!! Freedom of speech! (: Just so long as you know your limits and don’t direct the convo off track. (: Oh and one thing some of you are asking me: You have nothing good to share about, so how? Please understand that there's no such thing as 'good sharing'. Neither God, nor the leaders, nor C2 will judge the quality of your sharing (: ANYTHING that comes from your heart, is good sharing. Please do not feel pressurized to share chim stuff, good stuff, etc. No such thing (: In a cell, with C2, BE YOURSELF! (: Just say whatever's weighing on your heart. If you really have nothing to say regarding cell camp/cell/this whole h1n1 episode, then it's alright, you can always share about anything else. Also, if you really feel you want to share more than what we mentioned, feel free to do so! We exist as a cell to hear from one another and to support each other, kay! (: @ 6:35 AM
CYBER CELL Hello one and all, Jayna here, and I bring you the updates for Central 2's very first CYBER CELL. I don't know how many of you felt when you heard of this whole "cyber" cell thingy but I felt victory. I felt so...victorious over all the circumstances that we've been made to face as a cell. See, the devil may try to steal our camp away from us and struck some members of our cell with h1n1, but we grew from it, stronger and closer. The devil may take the next 2 weeks' of service and cell away from us, but we continued with CYBER cell and the funny thing is....the devil still loses, hahaha! okay anyway. As you all know there isn't any service till the 5th of July, please do NOT come to church till then, alright? :) Okay here goes the details for cyber cell :) Because it will be slightly more than 50% based on MSN alone, those who do not have MSN, please contact either me or joan chew and we'll tell you what the plan is :) And also cos this will be based on MSN conference which is usually very messy, we gotta have a very strict set of rules so that things will work out, hope you all will understand :) RULES (don't say any of them are lame ah they're neccesary :D)
Love you all. , Jayna. PS: Those coming for cyber cell, please be online by 4.15 pm (: @ 4:52 AM
Hello Central Two! As you all may have already heard, our 2 awesome cell mates Benton and Joan have made it out of CDC perfectly healthy and now immune to h1n1! Praise God for his provision :) and I personally wanna thank you all for praying unceasingly for them, I'm sure they're grateful :) And this may sound weird but yeah each time I message you guys to pray for them (a lot of times) you guys never complained but just prayed so..earnestly and that's something I found really cool and I'm sure it's really precious to God as well :) okay what am I talking about. Anyway Joanne has also recovered and is waiting to get out of CGH. Thank God! Let's continue praying for Jiaru and Wenhao! As you all may also have heard, there will be an awesome, awesome CYBER CELL this Saturday! It doesn't mean that service is cancelled means we can't have cell! Yup, maybe it won't be at the same time same place, but God said when 2 or more were gathered, he'd be among us, yes? :) Okay fine we may not be PHYSICALLY together, but yeah I'm sure we'll be together in spirit. More details coming up, possibly tonight at 10! :) And yeah I'll be sms-ing you guys again, but do let me know if any of you don't have MSN, alright? :) Stay tuned for updates on the cell blog later on tonight! Anyway this is just a short post before I post the details for cyber cell so..yeah. (: Just keep saturday free okay, because cell is really gonna be awesome, I'm sure of it :) And yeah for those who haven't gotten to see the project I set cos it's buried beneath so many posts (WHICH IS AN AWESOME THING) here it is: Let's share the things that God has taught us through this entire "ordeal" so that we can inspire each other and spur each other on in our journeys of faith, alright? :) And also, a fantabulous job to all those who have posted so far :) All of your posts have touched me greatly, and I'm sure that goes for all the readers of this blog. :) I can't express how proud I really am of each and everyone of you, but yeah :) I'm starting to feel this cell being more a family than just a group of people, you know what I mean? So keep the posts going, and stay tuned for updates on cyber cell :) Love you all, take good care and I will see you all soon. , Jayna Wednesday, June 24, 2009 @ 9:10 PM
HI HI HI HIIIIIIIIIIIII I finally got internet connection so i am very very very happy HAHAHAHA. Yup anyway this past 4 days in cgh has been tortorous. I wake up everyday, eat alot of pills then sleep tv talk (nice!) then sleep again. HAHA.Through this whole period i realised how our cell managed to bond together :) I mean its really a blessing in disguise isn't it? The nurse just came in and was so shock that i could get internet connection. She said all the other people in other ward couldn't get connection and was really fustrated. But i was the only one who was able to connect!!! She said i was a lucky girl :) Maybe its because god wants me to be able to read all the enouraging posts over here so he granted me internet connection for me only! Hehehe. ANYWAY TKCARE YOU ALL PEOPLE ALRIGHT. Rem to drink lots of water!!! - Joanne :) :) :) :) :))))))))))))))) @ 9:15 AM
Arms of my Saviour - Lincoln BrewsterWhen I’m all alone And the weight of the world Is more than I can bear on my own When all my plans have failed And I suffered defeat I’m down on my knees I can’t get to my feet Your love breaks through And reminds me of the hope that I have in You That I have in You There’s no other place That I’d rather be Than safe in the arms The arms of my Savior There’s no other place Where I can be free So I run to the arms The arms of my Savior When I’m feeling overwhelmed Like I can’t take anymore I’ve thrown up my hands All I see is the floor I’ve looked to the north The south, the west, and the east But as far as I can see I can’t find any peace Your grace breaks through And reminds me of the hope that I have in You That I have in You Life shouldn’t be something to dread ‘Cause I know You still know How many hairs are in my head And so I run to You And so I run to You It's a beautiful songggggggggggggg. This is another song that always makes me happy - Everywhere I Go I will praise with all I am Every fiber of my soul Every breath I’ll ever take Is because You made it so And I will give You all I am Every minute every hour And You fill me with You love With Your strength and with Your power Oh God above Your love has opened up my eyes Now all I see is You All I see is You Everywhere I go Your love surrounds me Everywhere I turn Your grace reminds me Nothing in this world can separate us now Every step I take You’re there to guide me Everyday I wake Your mercy finds me Nothing in this world Can ever take this love away You will never let me go Lord, Your love has won my heart And I want the world to know Just how wonderful You are So I am running after You Everyday that I have breath Jesus, You’re the only way And there’s no way I’m turning back Oh God above Your love has opened up my eyes Now all I see is You All I see is You Oh with every breath I take I know it’s true now And I won’t look back I won’t worry ‘Cause my days are before me Anyway, Daphne and my mum are awaiting results! Keep them in prayer. (: Also, let's keep praying for those who are still in hosp! Love you C2. (: @ 3:07 AM
Hiiiiii Central 2!JOAN NG HERE. Yes, I got discharge, praise God :) I can't say it's been good or really bad. I just miss home, miss cell, miss nice food, miss everything. I think everything just happened too quickly. I got no time to react. It's not just the H1N1, just one week before the H1N1 thing I am already going through some bad things. I had a big quarrel with my dad last Saturday before my ushers camp. I cried to sleep, the next day I had my fever, at first I thought it was because of the crying that made me this way. Then I went home and I had really high fever, the bad stuff started to come to me, fever for 3-4 days and I got this thesselemia thing that will make my illness worst everytime. So I felt really terrible. I prayed so hard for myself to get well before cell camp. Yeah, I thought I did. I managed to pull through the days in camp. I thought my tough period was over. Then it camp the Jiaru's H1N1. Slowly Benton & WenHao got it too. I was contemplating if I should go for the blood test, I was feeling really fine then, just coughing and a little flu. No fever at all. I decided not to, untill Joanne told me her result was positive. I woke my parents up and they sent me to the hospital immediately, that was like the last time I see them. I was left all alone. I had never taken any blood test before. I was seriously scared of this stupid needle. But I kept praying, and praying and praying. Thank God I managed to go through it too :) So they just threw me into the room alone without telling me anything. I heed Joanne's advice to try to adapt to the environment. Then I found out Benton is just beside beside my room! I was in room 16 and he's in room 13. So coooooool. He just keep prank calling me. So the first day was quite funnnnn cause C2 kept me accompany by conferencing. It was really fun even though we just kept laughing on the phone. and Joanne sounded happy as always. Hmmmmmm. I hate the night and morning :( The swab test was so painful each time I do I teared. But I always thank God that I can really do it. and each swab test is another new hope for me to get out of that place. I think being stuck in the room is kinda good. Cause on my first day there I told myself I am not gonna let all these days just pass by like that. I am gonna make full use of the days to get myself back to God again. So each night I will read the bible and pray, when I wake up in the morning I will wash up and start to read the bible out loud. I kept reading psalm cause I need the encouragement from God. My grandma called me and started crying cause she was so worried for me. and she prayed for me through the phone. I am so sad that my love ones are so worried for me. Ah man, I think it's long enough. Whatever it is, just remember to praise God. Cause Jesus will take you through it all. And C2, I will not be able to go through this without you guys. Thankyou for all the encouragement and all. You got no idea how much you guys mean to me. Let's continue to keep the faith and remember the cross. Love, Joan Faith Ng. Tuesday, June 23, 2009 @ 10:05 PM
 This is the camp that started it all. (: It started something that initially looked really bad and daunting. But now, it's become something that has worked for the better. And we know all this was done by God. (: How are you guys doing man! Update the cell on the tagboard/via posts okay (: Shuling so sweet, today she msg me: Hey, feeling better? Then I thought she msg the wrong Joan. Hahaha. Then you know what she said! Shuling: No, you were sick too (: I am concerned about the whole cell, not just those in hospital. Haha. So, how're you feeling? AWWWWWWWWW. So touching right! (: Yay group hug!!!! Hahahahaha. Oh yes, and we all know that not every one of our cell members has been here right, so all the inspiring posts and all, not everyone would have read it. THEREFORE, let's influence the rest of our cell with the spirit that's going on now! We cannot move forward as a cell if only a part of us are moving and the rest aren't. We have to move as one. So let's not leave the rest of our cell members behind, but let's pull them along as we go forward for God! (: I also want to reinforce what Benton said, the spirit we have now must continue. To infinity and beyond (: I think a lot has been said about how we will overcome, how this is only part of something greater God has in store for us, and so on. It's all good. In fact, it's awesome. But I think it's time to start thinking about how we should go from here. So now that you know this is part of God's plan, a beginning of something more for C2, how do we, as a cell, and you, as an individual, go from here? No doubt, this has strengthened us spiritually apart from bonding us as a cell. But are you going to let it be a one-off thing, whereby all your faith melts to the ground as soon as this drama is over? Is this just a hype? Or, is it going to be the mark where, from now, your walk with God is going to the next level? You are the one who decides. Do not be ruled by emotions, but by convictions. And last night as I was doing my QT and thinking about this whole episode, I realise that camp didn't end on Friday evening. It's continued. All the lessons we've learnt and the things we've drawn out from this whole episode has strengthened us. And don't you all feel, it's done such a powerful work, more powerful than any service or workshop? It's been an unforgettable experience. (: What an awesome camp. And it really was God's camp. Love yal! Joanc.
Monday, June 22, 2009 @ 8:50 PM
   "It was a group of people that had decided that they weren't going to be defeated, that they were going to survive, that the family was going to be strong together. And by the blood of the Lamb and word of our testimony, we will overcome." Are we all feeling the same after reading Ah Biao's post? I think to be chosen to be at the battlefront, is really honourable. And I feel absolutely... unworthy of it. "These are the days where we can see miracles, and wonders everywhere. Here is my life Lord, you can use me, to show the world you care. You made me, you saved me Lord, you called me, and gave me Jesus! Supernatural, supernatural God, all things are possible." - Supernatural, Hillsong Kids. Well C2, are we ready for it? I think it's time to start preparing (: Remember the empty bowls. Unfailing God Though my eyes may fail me I will follow after You Though You promise seems forsaken I’ll remember the world’s in Your hands You’ll find me singing You are unfailing God Your love’s unending And Your word is eternal Firm in the heavens its stands Though sorrow’s my condition And pain holds back no blow Though this be my darkest hour Your lamp is leading me home You’ll find me singing Eyes can’t see but I feel You near I know You’re working through my tears I trust You Lord I trust You for You never walk away But C2, let's keep up with this spirit even after this whole drama. We cannot lose the fighting spirit if we want to stay in the battle. We are warriors for Christ. (: C2: Head first, fearless. quoted from Jayna's LJ. Something that just came to mind: C2 is chosen. Know what Jayna said? C2 was always chosen. (: (: (: Joanc. @ 11:38 AM
Ministry of Health long anticipated that there would inevitably be sustained community spread of H1N1 virus. I for one was fully convinced by it, looking at how it has spread in different parts of the world.The part I couldn't really understand was, out of a population of 4.6 million people in Singapore, why did it start with Riverlife? Narrow it down. Why Central 2? In AD 166, one of Rome's cities was affected by a plague (smallpox). It was common practice for families, friends and neighbours to kick those suspected to have smallpox out of the house. It was infectious and contagious, and nobody would want to have any such persons in their proximity. Two Christians at that time, would go around the streets looking for these sick, loading them onto carts, and bring them to a place where they can be cared for by the larger Christian community. If any were found dead on the street, they would bury them. There was no cure for the infectious disease, and there was really little that Christians then could do but to offer encouragement, care and prayer, on top of keeping them as clean as possible. These Christians knew full well that their care for the sick would probably end their own life. Each time they looked into the pocked face of a victim, they were looking into the face of death. And indeed, many caring Christians did succumb to the plague themselves. Ironically, that did not diminish the number of Christians around, but quite the contrary. The care that Christians showed increased the disease survivability by as much as two-thirds, and this witness attracted many new converts. By acting on the teachings of Christ, without regard to their own welfare, these Christians, against all expectations, progressed from being a small sect to the dominant cultural group. - taken from The Faith by Charles Colson. I know we do not live in such extreme times. But each time there is a revival, it seems to be preceded by a crisis. It was also mentioned that before a revival comes, there will be a shaking in the body of Christ. Is this it? I do not know. Here's an old saying from a source I can't remember. Each time a non-believer is afflicted with sickness, a Christian is also afflicted with the same sickness, so that the world can see the difference between the two. Right now in Singapore, we have 4 clusters of local infection. Butter Factory, NUS, Riverlife Church and Fishermen of Christ Church. Coincidence? I don't think so. Here's what I'm driving at. There has been much talk about a revival, a 2nd wave of the Holy Spirit. But before that happens, there must be fervent prayer. This episode has brought the church, the cell into much prayer. In some ways, I do thank God for this crisis, because I know there is a bigger plan, and this is just preparing us to pray for what is ahead. I like what Joan said about everything being for His glory. After all, it is the most resounding theme in the bible, things happening for His glory. Could it be that the Church has been chosen to be at the forefront of a nation's revival? Out of 4.6 million, why us? I have no answer, but let's continue praying, because if you have indeed been chosen, then you better have been readying yourself and the cell/church with lots of prayer. On a separate note, I like what this crisis has brought out. This is what cell is supposed to be. It is unfortunate that a crisis had to happen for this to come out, but I'm glad that your have it in your to care and love and pray for one another. And if anybody asks me if Central 2 are true disciples of Christ, I will tell them John 13:35 "By this shall all men know that you (C2) are His disciples, if you have love for one another" - Ahbiao @ 10:45 AM
Hey Central Two.I have just been through a nightmare. -.- I was trying to reach out to a friend, who apparently, is part of an anti-christ group in school. And, tell you. IT. IS. SCARY. T.T What a nightmare, seriously. I was so scared. Haha. Thanks to Sean Kong I wasn't speechless so quickly. I was thinking, oh man God, is evangelism gna be like this everytime. It's so infuriating to have a friend condemn God in your face, calling God bull shit and bla bla bla. Seriously. This guy needs prayer. Haha okay. Almost 2am, I spent 2 hours talking to him. I know it's not wasted (: People, don't be afraid of these kinda situations. It's actually exciting, though it's scary. But when you know God's with you, it changes everything. And next time, please pray for patience. Hahahahaha. I guess, if we really want to reach one more for Christ, we'll be experiencing lots of this. Also, something the guy kept talking about, was how Christians don't act like Christians. Which brings me back to the song by Casting Crowns - If we are the body. Let's watch out for our actions and speech. (: We only want it to glorify God. Oh yes, one last thing. A phrase that has brought me through all the tough times is this part of the song Voice of Truth - Casting Crowns. It goes: And the voice of truth, says "This is for my glory". Glorify God through our darkest nights. :D Alright, rest well people! Love, Joanc. Some encouragement
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Hey C2, it's Michelle here.(not surprisingly, I forgot my pass to this blog/ but now i've got it figured out) I reckon half of C2 don't even know me, but that's okay. I'm just here to offer some encouragement as well as some passing thoughts. Afterall, I'm like everyone else, confined to my room with nothing much to do. It's been a year since I stopped regularly attending cell/service in megalife. On every occassion that I go back to visit, I see new members in our cell, new leaders, new believers; yes, things change. In just this span of a year, our cell has grown - physically, and spiritually - and I fervently believe, will continue to do so. More significantly, amidst all these changes, I recognise something that doesn't change, and that is our cell's burning desire to seek God and to engage in a deeper relationship with him. Everytime I step into cell, it's just a different feeling. For lack of a better way to put it, it feels as though i need to step up a notch in my spiritual life to be on par with the spiritual maturity of all of you. And I, for one, never like to feel inferior in any way. But, that's my awesome C2 for you. You guys have that insatiable hunger for more, something i hope to experience one day as well. This is also why, I feel, that this entire episode starring quarantines and hospitals will not deter us. What we have to do is to stand firm in the Lord and trust in the bigger plans that he has for us, while not forgetting to pray and entertain those bored ones who're complaining about lousy hospital food and hoping to lose weight in the process. (Jong!) I will be honest here. I did not mentally or spiritually prepare myself for this camp. In other words, I did not come with an expectant heart. I went with the mindset that 'whatever you have for me, God, I'll take it'. It certainly does not fulfil the camp's objective, much less do the least bit justice to the camp committee, after all that hardwork they've put in. I know that to have this attitude, is to miss the entire point. However, I can sense that God is using this period of quarantine to make me turn my attention back to Him so that I'll be refreshed in the spirit once again. I can't help but marvel at God's creativity - don't you think quarantine's the best way to help us advance our relationship with God? He confines us to our room, no external distractions; just us and Him - it's undisputely the perfect environment for us focus our attention on God. Let's just put things in perspective and see the good in things -we should really treasure this period of time. I don't know about you guys, but I have always wondered about why God wants to put us through such trying times. I mean, I know God has no evil-intent whatsoever, but even so, why subject your humble servants to suffering, especially when they're underserving of it? Such things never cease to befuddle me, but in my attempt to seek answers, I've come to realise that religion is based solely on faith. And in faith, we don't have to question or to find all the answers. We just trust God. Similarly in this current situation, we don't have to question all our happenings around us. We don't have to doubt ourselves or review what we did to deserve this. Afterall, all that we need to know is that God is love, and that God makes all things beautiful. God Bless. (sorry if i sounded overly pensive :x this is the very reason why I've stopped blogging.) @ 4:11 AM
 Hello my dearest, dearest, dearest Central Two (: Okay... Joanc here again. It's getting boring seeing my name ah. And sorry for all my long posts, I feel very naggy. But there's just stuff I want to share. (: I can't stop re-reading all your posts. After re-reading Renia's one for the 3rd or 4th time, I decided to share about my journey for the past half year, because I feel....I can relate to what you're talking about. So I hope this encourages you. Hmm. Okay. I can't remember what happened at the end of last year, but I remember very clearly the last night of You camp. It was the first time I really surrendered myself to God, and the first time, I told God: Teach me to die to self. I wanted to come to that place where I can throw aside my desires without hesitation, and all I want would be for God's will to be done in me. I was totally in for God's plan, I wanted to be a part of it. So I prayed for many nights, for God to bring me through circumstances to teach me to obey Him, to teach me to die to self. To bring me to places where I am so unfamiliar with, so much so that I have no choice but to rely on God, because without Him I really cannot do anything. And ever since, God has really taken me through a.... quite tough journey. It's painful in its own way, but I'm actually grateful to God because I know it could actually be more painful than this. There were times I questioned God, I got angry with Him, I ignored Him, etc etc. And for months, I couldn't feel God, at all. Every time I tried to press in, I tried not to listen to what my mind was saying, I just kept pressing in for God, kept trying. But time and again nothing happened. I was really getting discouraged, I wanted to stop trying, but I learnt from my O level period that without God, my life is meaningless, aimless. I knew I needed God, but I didn't feel that I needed Him. Because my emotions were telling me to stop pursuing God, I had to rely on my head knowledge like, God is faithful and all, to keep me at trying to get back, get right with God. I don't know what God's trying to do, like how I can't feel Him and all. But I believe that when the time is right, He will grant me the breakthrough I've been praying for. God's timing is never too early, never too late, always just right. Actually even now, I can't really feel God. But I often feel empowered. So... this is just to encourage those of you who can't feel God, to press in. (: Press in, no matter how you feel, no matter how long it takes. Have faith in God. It takes the deepest valleys to bring you to the highest mountain. Don't give up. :D Okay. I'm missing all of you and I have no mood to study. : o @ 1:43 AM
First off, would like to thank the camp comm for all of their efforts in planning the camp. <3 + :-) !!I have not been attending church for the past two months, due to some reasons. Nothing was going well, and I was actually contemplating whether to go for the camp or not. I did in the end. :-) During the first service of the camp, God really spoke to me. When Jeanette prayed for me, it was like she knew exactly what happened, what I was struggling with. I really needed that reminder - I am forgiven, accepted, blessed, redeemed, chosen, favoured. And once again, God proved to be Faithful. Camp ended rather abruptly, and I did not know what to think of it at first. But reading the posts by all you people here and in Livejournal, I have realised that this truly is a blessing in disguise. All that care and concern that has been going around, all the prayers and encouragement we send to each other through texting and msn.. I have never felt this attached to the cell before. We really are in this together, and it is awesome. :-) Thank God for all that is happening right now, because I know He is in control, and we are fulfilling His will through this. In fact, this is only the begining. I quote from Joan, that in time to come, we might be deprived of things like going to church, camps. These things are, without a doubt, what a lot of us count on to grow closer to God. I cannot imagine how it would be like in the future. Also, the oppression we face from people outside of church, even our parents. It is going to be hard, but God never gives us what we cannot handle. Keep praying and do not lose faith, because nothing can separate us from the love of God. We are already overcomers! :-) Love you guys! Hope to see everyone soon. Real soon. - Daphne Bible verses...
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erm...this marcus arh...here's some bible verses that you might find perhaps ...faith and hope?The Lord will keep you safe from secret traps and deadly diseases. He will spread his protection over you and keep you secure. His faithfulness is like a shield or a city wall. You won't need to worry about dangers at night or arrows during the day. And you won't fear diseases that strike in the dark or sudden disaster at noon.---googled^^ Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the laughter." 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Matthew 8:26 Jesus said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. Mark 10:27 Looking at them, Jesus *said, "With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God." Psalms 46:1 ¶ God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, Even though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea. Deuteronomy 31:8 And the LORD, He is the one who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed. Psalms 27:1 <> The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? Philippians 4:6-7 Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life. Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD and their vindication from me, declares the LORD. Okay...im done Thanks for reading Fear:the tool of the devil
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Perfect Love Drives Out Fear"There is no fear in love, But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment." 1 John 4:18Fear is a tool of the devil. He uses it to keep us from God, to keep us from believing God's Word, to keep us from experiencing God's awesome love for us, and to keep us in bondage! When we fear for our salvation, it is Satan saying to us that Jesus' blood was not enough. When we fear about whether we are good enough for God, it is Satan telling us what we should already know; that we are not good enough for God. But he neglects to add the truth that God has given us Jesus to cover us with his precious blood and make us acceptable to Him. When we fear for our children, it is Satan telling us we must take control; when in reality we need to relinquish control to the Father and let him have his way with them. When we fear for the future, it is Satan who is telling us there is uncertainty ahead; when in reality our Father has all things under His control and there is no need to fear. The scripture says, "Perfect love casteth out fear." It is when we realize that God wants us to be His own, when we realize that He does not want to punish us, that he is not a vindictive God, but a God of love, that fear will disappear from our lives. He longs for us, like the father of the prodigal son who sat watching for his son to return. He kept watching, until he saw his son far up the road. He seeks for us, like the shepherd who left his flock in search of the one lost sheep. He never gave up until that lost sheep was found. In both instances, a celebration was called for. When God found us, redeeming us from sin and death, He called for a celebration over us! We need not fear Him, we need only love Him for who He is and all He has done in our lives. When His perfect love takes hold of us we will know with all assurance that He will never let us go. His perfect love will drive fear away and we can find rest in His love.Father, release us from all fear and bondage. Help us to see that fear is a tool of the devil that will steal our joy and keep us from Your love. Help us to focus on Your unconditional love for us. It is Your love that will free us and it is Your love that will protect us and keep us safe from ALL harm. Nothing can touch us because we are Yours. I praise You for that. Let me live in Your love all the days of my life. AmenP.s...this is copied...Im not that chim And yarh hope this drive all fears away... -Marcus Ong Sunday, June 21, 2009 @ 11:45 PM
Jayna here. :)I'm still figuring out how to formulate all my thoughts into one post. I think this is gonna be super luo suo but yeah I mean each and every single word 100% Okay firstly, from this whole experience, God taught me love. For a long time I haven't felt this way, being caught up at school and all, didn't really get the experience the love you feel from real friendships, you know what I mean? And through this, God really opened up my eyes to see how much we really do love each other. It's amazing, really. Everyday I get sms-es asking how our cell mates are doing, and if I'm okay, etc. It's so nice to feel loved, especially by my cell mates (my God given friends), and I'm sure you all experienced that :) Next, God showed me faith. Okay fine everyone knows I'm the most paranoid one around but seriously I wasn't REALLY worried until I got home from camp. Like...I can't even put it into words. I was super worried for Jiaru and Benton and Shaun (at that time) and like, what I was thinking was, Why, God? Our first central two camp and it had to end abruptly like that. What's more the night before we just had an awesome powerpacked service where Jeanette told us about a special vision she had for our cell. And all...to be honest, I was like "God you're such a wet blanket" But. God revealed to me, that what he was putting us through was something that we needed so that we could entire into his plans for our cell. It wasn't easy knowing that this was gonna be like, super hard. (I'm sure you all found it really hard to accept and all cos it's like...super...I dunno..daunting?) but yeah it's like it was as if he was moulding the cell. And what we had to do was just trust. (Listen to the song Voice Of Truth-Casting Crowns) :) Third thing that God told me was actually that he was real. I know this sounds really stupid, but yeah that's exactly what he taught me. About 2-3 weeks back there was leaders retreat and I went for it and it was really really awesome (Good job Iz!) And yeah it was definitely powerpacked to the max too. I remember this particular service where PJ spoke on allowing God to break us-to make us. She took reference from the lady in the bible that broke her albaster jar to pour the precious oil on jesus'. And yeah I don't really know how to explain this but seriously, the alabaster jar means ALOT to women of those times. Like super super, and yeah she broke it just so she could give Jesus her best. :) And I remember PJ also saying that when God breaks us, it'll be really really painful but it'll actually be all for the better (: and we'll emerge stronger.
When she gave that altar call I was really hesitant, really really hesitant. Somehow I felt God tell me that he was gonna break me-through my family (that sounds wrong but you guys get it) and yeah considering that my family had spent our last 2 christmases in the hospital for several reasons, I sort of dismissed that thought as paranoia. And so I asked God to break me, and I fully meant it. And little did I know that he did break my family-my spiritual family. You guys, my cell. No, God's central two. But I know that when we come out of this we'll be so much stronger than before and we'll be stepping into God's promise land for us. :) I really really can't wait for this episode to blow over, and to see you guys soon :) You have no idea how much I miss you guys ): And yeah I do hope sincerely that we'll all continue to pray and intercede in one accord for our beloved cell mates that are still in the hospital, as well as pray for protection over the rest :) I know that God has something great and awesome to be done in our cell, and I really can't wait to see what it is. :) We will overcome! @ 11:29 PM
Ok I'm here to do the project!Actually I don't really know how I should be feeling, and actually I don't really know how I should start. Ever since I had my Amaths tuition, I've stopped going to church. Like for really long, half a year? And to be honest, if anyone were to ask me this question "Do you feel yourself drifting away from God?", I would feel that it's kinda like rhetorical. For so long, I've been wondering - when can I ever step into church again? I still read the bible, still do my prayers, but I can feel myself drifting away a lot. So the night before I went to Friday's camp, I prayed to God. I prayed for help. I actually prayed for help to get me back to Him and I would not drift away any further, let me learn how to trust in Him more and surrender everything I have to Him (not try to solve things on my own). And that had to happen. A part of me feels as though my luck is really running dry, and I thought if I were to tell this to my dad, I could prolly stop thinking about hanging out with any churchmates. But no, a bigger part of me is not convinced, telling me it's part of the challenge - it's as though God's telling me to pray harder than before, and continue to pray for the cell, especially those who are affected. And I really want to thank God for that. I don't know what my dad's thinking right now, but at least he's concerned about them. So I can't really think of a word to express my emotions right now? Hahahah I'm not sure if it's just coincidence for me, but that's what's going thru my mind. I guess it's really a big challenge for C2 and this will really strengthen bonds! Although I wasn't in camp on the first day and I'm not really close to all the C2 members, I believe the camp comm did a great job! God answers prayers (although it's kind of sad that all these had to happen) so I guess we should continuing praying like never before! C2 is doing a great job and we will still praise. Go C2! : ) Take care guys! -Renia @ 10:32 PM
HEY EVERYONE.I can't control myself, I keep thinking a lot about this whole thing and.... Yeah I just HAVE to tell you guys! Joanc here. Okay. I think there's added personal meaning to the songs Overcome and Desert Song, for our cell. I think it's really inspiring to see your posts, can tell that you guys are growing (: I seriously cannot concentrate on studying. I keep thinking about C2, about all this that's happening. I can't stop thinking. But not in a bad way. The things I'm thinking about is how we'll emerge strong after this. I keep dreaming and imagining us after this whole thing. We'll be victorious (: Just now, as I was thinking, suddenly a thought came to me. Central 2 is GOD's cell. It's not our cell. But God owns us. It's cool eh. God's watching over us and He's in control (: This is something Kele said to me on MSN, and I think it's really cool. //KELE says: okok when i was watching the video overcome, i was REALLY TOUCHED haha i really believe somebody would be inspired by us and believed there would salvations dont know why, i just felt that way. And you know right, C2, I believe what Kele said (: This is going to be our testimony, a testimony of God's faithfulness. And God is gna use C2 as a testimony to others. A testimony of faith. Of how God uses trials and difficult circumstances to mould His people, where at the end of it all, they emerge STRONG. What Kele said is really timely. I was just thinking, like: Okay, so we will emerge strong after this. And then..? And now the answer is here (: It will be our testimony. Like how the song Overcome has a testimony from New Life Church. Jayna and Joanne had this vision: Love Is Waiting says: The whole worship centre is filled and it's dark then there's spot light on the stage at central two is on the stage and everyone is holding a mike and we each tell our own story about how central 2 overcame h1n1 -EVERYONE including those who were infected and were not, even the sec ones Yes, we will be a testimony for God. We're His witnesses (: THIS IS AWESOME. I'm listening to the Overcome song story. Worship leader said this: It was a group of people that had decided that they weren't going to be defeated, that they were going to survive, that the family was going to be strong together. And by the blood of the Lamb and word of our testimony, we will overcome. (: Be inspired. @ 9:59 PM
i realised sth surprising similar..i was reading a book not long ago called joni, it's her own biography she was wondering about her life, she had been a christian for 2 years but no matter how hard she tried to improve, she always a slave to her own desire she challenged god, hoping god would turn her life around. not long after, she got into a accident that got her paralysed, she prayed hard, sometimes even blaming god for what happened. but she believed god has taken sth away from her in her life, he would replace sth better but she now found the reason why, god was answering her prayers after the accident, she found the true meaning of her life, she became a stronger person, she grew emotionally mentally and spiritually. no matter how sad she feels, god substituted her with so much joy in the things she can do. she became a great artist paining using her mouth, a great inspiration rest of the people. her book even became the bestseller and made a movie! we can be full of joy here and now even in our trials and troubles. taken in the right spirit these very things will give us patient and endurance; this in turn will develop a mature character and a character of this sort produces a steady hope, a hope that will never disappoint us. romans 5:3-5 was what she found most familiar to her. just like what joan said she said: We told God that we want it to be His camp, not ours. And we surrendered any notion of what an ideal camp should be like, we wanted it to be GOD’s ideal camp, not OURS. i totally agreed we overcame, after this incident, i guess of of us will really grow in faith and every aspect of our lives! c2 will be more bonded! :D FAITH! do not fear, but trust. this few days there are quite a lot of things running through my mind, but however i had never really felt afraid, i guess god gave me that peace as i encourages my self not to fear but trust! hope you guys are doing fine! :D:D:D and i adding on, i was previously VERY VERY AFRAID TO BREAK THE NEWS TO MY PARENTS especially my father.. i was really afraid, more then anything, my parents are rather anti christ, and my dad actually objected me from going to this camp i was afraid, really afraid, i scare i might not be able to go church again, afraid that he will scold, but i kept praying and praying... and it turns out for the better, instead of what i thought would happened he instead cared, he touches me to see if i got a fever, ask me if i am alright i asked him, dont come near me, what if infected you? he said, i not scare, infect together so i can go hospital to take care of you.... you know i was so touched, really almost break down infront of them, thank god! love you c2! hope to meet up with you guys soon! :) love kele! @ 9:02 PM
OvercomeHey C2 (: Joanc here again. I wna share with yal something Jayna msged me last night, amidst all the drama. I think we were all getting scared. We thought 3 cell members were bad enough, but last night we had 2 more. It felt like a nightmare last night, hahaha. But Jayna's msg encouraged me a lot, and I really felt, God is watching over us. 22 June 09, 1am. God just told me something. I was listening to overcome. And I was thinking, Central 2 will overcome. And He said. The fact that you know all this is happening for a reason already makes you an overcomer. C2 will still praise, C2 are overcomers. (: Take care you all! Let's keep praying, keep filling the bowls. They're waiting. @ 7:01 AM
Hey C2! Oh my, it’s been soooooooo long since I last posted. Joanc here by the way. This song is really sweet. Where we belong – Hillsong. There is no height or depth neither life nor death That can take me from all that I find Here now in Your glory Lord No others powers or love The things of now or to come There's nothing on earth in this life That could ever separate us Lord Your love is never ending To Your hands we surrender Where all our sins are washed away Your grace beyond reason Has paid for our freedom We're made alive in You We run to Your throne Where we belong Every heart will sing That Jesus is Lord Casting all else aside For the joy of our Christ Let Your glory fall Our hearts are filled with Your fire Everytime I listen to it I really feel so. Woo! Shiok. Anyway, I’m listening to Casting Crowns disc now and I have 2 songs I feel are for C2. (: Do read the lyrics, and search for the audio online. (Casting Crowns rock!) Casting Crowns –If We Are The Body It's crowded in worship today As she slips in Trying to fade into the faces The girls' teasing laughter is carrying farther than they know Farther than they know But if we are the Body Why aren't His arms reaching Why aren't His hands healing Why aren't His words teaching And if we are the Body Why aren't His feet going Why is His love not showing them there is a way There is a way A traveler is far away from home He sheds his coat And quietly sinks into the back row The weight of their judgmental glances tells him that his chances Are better out on the road Jesus paid much too high a price For us to pick and choose who should come And we are the Body of Christ This song makes me reflect on the way I’ve been living as a Christian. Are we really reflecting Christ in our actions and speech? How are we treating the people around us? The way we treat others is a way of reflecting Christ. And if we are not careful, we portray a wrong and negative image of Christ. Casting Crowns - What if his people prayed What if the armies of the Lord Picked up and dusted off their swords Vowed to set the captives free And not let satan have one more What if the Church, for heaven's sake Finally stepped up to the plate Took a stand upon God's promise And stormed hell's rusty gates What if His people prayed And those who bear His name Would humbly seek His faith, yeah And turn from their old ways And what would happen if we prayed For those raised up to lead the way Then maybe kids in school could pray And unborn children see light of day What if the life that we pursue Came from a hunger for the truth What if the family turned to Jesus Stopped asking Oprah what to do What if His people prayed And those who bear His name Would humbly seek His face yeah And turn from their own way Chorus II: He said that He would hear His promise has been made He'll answer loud and clear, yeah If only we would pray If My people called by My name If they'll humble themselves and pray If My people called by My name If they'll humble themselves and pray For this song, it just reminds me about the power of prayer. (: Okay. I’m sitting on the floor with my laptop on the sofa, and a bowl of (seedless, nice!) grapes on my left. Some of us are on tinychat.com :D Hee hee. I finished the bowl of grapes. :D Alright. Honestly I was quite sad that camp had to end that way. I was really looking forward to the no lights out part, and that we could stay up and talk, and all the fun lah. I didn’t know what to feel. But wah when I got home, it sank in and I realised: Okay. Camp is over. No ML svc tomo. I’m at home now and I have to stay at home for the coming week. Okay…………………. And I felt really lousy. Haha. What a way to end a camp….. I never thought I’d ever be quarantined or this would happen to people so close. Woo scary. Just now I saw Sean Kong’s pm: Suddenly “pigs can fly, swine flew” isn’t so funny anymore. And I felt emo. Hahahahah. I was playing a lot with the masks this holidays, like in Leaders Camp and other stuff. And now I actually have to use it for some real purpose. But anyhow, I’m actually glad this happened. It’s a blessing in disguise. Like for one, I learnt that it really isn’t funny, and I cannot take it lightly. Next time if another epidemic strikes I’m definitely gna be careful. Also, I learnt that if any of our cell members are sick in the future (esp during an ongoing epidemic), ask them to go home. Hahahha. As for our cell right, I actually think this is bonding us. All the msgs we exchange and that go around, the concern is so genuine. I can really feel the love. I’m really touched. (: Yeah, no doubt things are happening way different from what we expected or what we want, but I remember Wednesday evening when Persis Benton and I met to pray for camp. We told God that we want it to be His camp, not ours. And we surrendered any notion of what an ideal camp should be like, we wanted it to be GOD’s ideal camp, not OURS. It sounds freaky to say that the way things have turned out is God’s ideal camp, but it definitely is God’s plan. But in God’s plan, as long as we stay on God’s side, we will emerge as victors. No matter how gruelling the process may be. I’m thinking about end times. I talked to Daphne about this just now. I think this is something like a training lah, for end times. End times will be much worse, but yeah. It’s like, in the middle of a powerpacked church camp, where we are hearing from God and receiving stuff, growing, having fun, bonding, suddenly it’s all stopped. Church svc is cancelled, we are ordered to go home and stay at home. It’s like... I don’t know how to say it lah but. Okay nevermind. I shall share it on Saturday instead, after I’ve thought it through properly. Hahaha. I’m so disoriented. Oh yes and one more thing. Okay because I have exams after June hols, and I haven’t touched my books. Except 1 chapter of Phy and 1 chapter of econs. So I don’t have time to study. To me, this whole quarantine thing is like God telling me: See, you don’t want to study right, complain no time right, now I give you time. SO STUDY. Hahahaha. Okay…. But I’ve been using the past few days to catch up on my sleep. It feels awesome. Alright, so everyone, please take care! Please continue praying for Able. (: We have to fill those bowls. LOVE YAL. I’m really missing all of you like crazy. Take care! Saturday, June 20, 2009 @ 10:27 PM
Hey central 2! how are you guys doing?:)Benton, Jia ru and Wenhao, we'll continue praying for you guys, so don't lose hope ok! Well, i shall start on Jayna's little project now... as part of the camp comm, we have been planning really hard for this camp. like super, super hard. so if anyone is disappointed in the outcome, it should be us first. however, although things did not go according to our plans at all, i don't feel a single bit wasted. in fact, i feel that through this, God really is trying to teach us something. as i was doing my quiet time yesterday, i felt one verse in the bible spoke to me alot, and it's quite applicable to this situation. " Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain." Psalm 127:1 i admit, we have been planning more than praying. Perhaps, as Isaac said, there wasn't enough spiritual covering over the camp, or it could just be a coincidence. i do not think that the camp comm has labored in vain, because we did commit the camp to the Lord, and asked for his protection and all. but i feel that there is something far greater that God wants to achieve in our cell, through this camp. this is the first time central 2 has ever had a camp, and yet, all these happened. i believe that God has a higher calling for our cell, and what we are able to accomplish far exceeds our understanding. so central two, don't lose hope! don't give up praying! like Jeannette said on the first night, empty bowls are in heaven waiting to be filled. this camp, if all else failed, one thing for sure still stands, and that is we will not give up fighting until all the bowls in heaven are overturned, and sweet revival overflows out cell. so central two, i urge you guys, start intercessing for your friends, family and church. the devil is real, but so is our God. i believe that we will emerge victorious one day. With love, Persis.:) @ 8:12 PM
Dear Central Two,It's the second day of our q and I'm really wondering how you guys are doing. I'm sure we all miss each other a lot, if not for myself, I'm missing all you people loads :) Anyway so far things have been going quite okay with me, how about you guys? Actually I'm here to post a little project to you guys. For the Sec Twos and above, they'll know that last year after camp I also posted them a little project, so here's the project: Let's all record our feelings and experiences throughout this entire...."episode" and I'm sure you guys have been praying for our beloved 3 cell members, so let's record what God revealed to you :) Also, you guys can use this cell blog as a medium to encourage each other. And I hope as the rest read through the posts we put up they'll be inspired in their faith and we'll be able to continue to trust in God as an entire cell :) And also! After this whole thingy is over, we'll look back and read these posts and we'll see we've come a long way, alright? :) Let's gogogo! All who are having difficulty posting can SMS me or call me :) Lots of Love, Jayna. Tuesday, June 2, 2009 @ 5:01 AM
2nd June 2009Today is my official birthday. I didn’t expect anything more to happen after yesterday, as I thought I had received the maximum already, but I was so wrong. Iris told me to meet her at 6.45 am because she wanted o give me something. Apparently wingyee was supposed to meet us too, but she woke up late, so ya. Sadly, I had math Olympiad today, which I totally screwed up as I totally hecked care about it, and which I won’t ever join again. But both of us went to the concourse. Then I saw Yong yu, Ying jie, Hui yee, Hui yi, Qin xuan and Ying nan waiting for me at one table. When I approached them, they started singing happy birthday to me too! Then Ying jie and yong yu gave me presents and iris and wingyee (who finally turned up) also gave me their presents. Let me tell you, I am super touched by the present that Wingyee and Iris had prepared for me. Its like, I was so touched I was like in a shocked state, just like yesterday. They prepared a book for me, and half of it was full of pictures which we took together, with notes from Wing yee and iris inside it. However, what really really touched my heart, was the many many birthday wishes from so many people, like people from last year’s class, people I barely know, and even a teacher! They had walked around for don’t know how many hours, just to get people to sign in the book and write something for me, and they spent don’t know how many hours just putting together all those pictures and letters for me. Ok I feel like crying now… haiz. Well, after school, me, iris, yongyu and yingjie went to Ehub to bowl! It was really fun. Wingyee, when you see this, you better get jealous and follow us next time k! humph! Haha:D Well here’s a tribute to all the awesome people who made my day today: Iris: thanks so much gal, for spending time with me and making me laugh. Although you didn’t really spend much which you kept emphasizing on, and although you didn’t do much which you also kept emphasizing on, I know it was from your heartJ (or was it? Hmmm…) haha jkjk! Anyway thanks for making my day! I love you!:) Yong yu: Thanks gal for that birthday present! I love it! Thanks for coming bowling with me today, and just always being so happy and cheerful. Your joy is infectious! I love ya to bits!:D Ying jie: thanks so so so much for that wallet. When I opened your present I was like “Woah”. It’s beautiful! Haha. Thanks for never forgetting my birthdays every year, and thanks for being that sweet girl that you always are. Stay pretty and cute forever! I love you!:D Wing yee: hey gal! I know you want me to be touched, and I am! Like super! Thanks for all that hard walking that you did for me..thanks for going around to ask like all those people to wish me happy birthday. Thanks so much for just being there for me, all these years. You really are one true friend. Friends forever! I love you until the ends of the universe, which I think has no end? Haha you better go out with me one day!:) The rest of the people who wished me happy birthday in person today: thanks so much for wishing me happy birthday! Really appreciate it!:) Now, here is a tribute to all those who signed in the book which wing yee went around with: Thanks to Yi qian, Yong Quan, Shiyin, Yingnan, Daniel Ong, Wei jie, sitong, siling, yingjie, yongyu, Venessa, Sinee, Rengtian, Zhuolun, Kahbing, Miss Ho, Lienhan, Ping choeng, Meipeng, Huishan, Huimin, Claire, Rongda, Vivienne, Xinying, Daniel Foo and Jian xing. Now here’s a tribute to all those who wished me happy birthday through sms (starting from the first person to the last): Wingyee, Siling, Xinyu, Tze wei, Melissa, Joey (same birthday), Hui yee, C2-Joan Ng, Charis, C2- Jayna, Xin lin (another same birthday), C2-natalie, Mom, C2-Shaun, C2-Kele, C2-Joanne, C2-Isaac, Cassandra, C2-Shuling, Daniel Foo, C2-Amberlie, Vivian Lip, Jian min, C2-Joan Chew, C2-Daphne, Esther, C2-Huiting. Thanks so so so so much people!!! I love you all! Ok I sound like some pop star, haha. But I’m still wondering, like what did I do to deserve so much love from you guys? I have no idea…You guys have cheered me up so much I have forgotten about the mid-year trauma. You all have been blessings from heaven… just that you lack the wings. Thank you once again, and above all, I thank God. Saturday, February 7, 2009 @ 7:04 AM
Hello Central Two, it's Jayna Banana here yet again :)and I have a cool cool message I'd like to bring to all of you before we start another week. Firstly! We all live in this world of stress and competition. In almost everything we do we've gotta fight so hard to be the best. Like okay, in our studies, everyone wants to top, right? And for that we've gotta work so hard, fight so hard just so that we'll achieve that top score. For others too, in sports, we all know, the sweat and energy and everything we put into our sports just so that we can win, bring glory to the school and to our beloved CCA (okay maybe we fight hard for different reasons) But! We all know that in almost everything, we've got to fight and work our butts of just to be the best. But. That's not the case with God. We can easily come into his presence. And "come into his presence" isn't such a simple thing as we think! Usually I'd be like yeah yeah, I'm standing before God yay me. But I've come to realise what a great thing it is. Okay here's a simple example: Lift your eyes and look to the heavens,
Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name, because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. Isaiah 40:26 Isn't that amazing? That the God that created ALL the stars and knows each of their names is the God we serve. (I'm sure I don't have to describe how many stars there are) And this is the God that we're standing in the presence of! Honestly, if I could physically see him, I'd be trembling. That's the kind of reverence we should have for God each and everytime we step into his presence. But anyway that isn't the point! My point is, in all the things that you have to sweat and work for, God's presence isn't one of them. Because of his great grace and love, you just get to step into his presence so freely. And immediately you're his beloved child, perfect in his eyes. And we needn't do anything to earn that! :) Therefore, go into this week with the knowledge that this awe-inspiring and powerful God has got your back :) He has given us something to shout about! Although our weeks may be tiring, remember there is always joy in our God and that's where we should run to :) And of course do note. We're here for each other too. <3 It's saturday, and I'm already anticipating the next like crazy! Have fun at school, and till then, I'll be missing you all! :) Jayna. Wednesday, January 28, 2009 @ 6:04 AM
Hey JWDD,As you know, today you turn a whole year older and we're sad that we didn't manage to spend your birthday with you but!! Greetings from Singapore, we've decided to do up a little post for you, and we just wanted to remind you that back here in Central Two you are DEFINITELY not forgotten. We miss you loads, and we really wanna just wish you a very blessed birthday. :D Central Two. Hey Jason! :D Happy Birthday! Though I don't talk to you much, I really miss seeing you around in school and in church. Hope you're doing fine wherever you are right now. Feels as though it's been ages since I last saw you. Hope you've grown taller cos I have! HAHAHA. Okay anyway you're a year older now and that's cool! :D May you excel in your studies and continue growing in the hope. All the best, and remember that C2's always rooting for you from Singapore. Have a blessed year ahead! :D -Daphne Happy Birthday! Continue to grow in Christ and don't ever lose faith in yourself. All the best! -Renia Hey Jason!! HAHA happy birthday dong dong qiang! :D Hope you're doing well over at states, are you growing any taller. LOL hope not. I miss your crazy jokes alot, quick come back home and visit us :D Continue to be a good boy in overseas, don't make us lose face hehe. Happy happy birthday once again. My birthday wish for you is to grow shorter than Joanne yay! :D -Joanne Hey Jason! Firstly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :D You are always remembered and you are cherished! It's your birthday! Celebrate your existence! Hope you are doing well overseas! And never give up in whatever you do. God loves you! :) And C2 loves you! Continue to grow strong in Christ okay, miss ya! Take care. :) -Kele Happy Birthday haha. May God's blessings be showered upon you. How's it like being a year older? :) -Crystal Happy Birthday :) -Shawn and Benton Hey Jason, just wanna wish you a blessed birthday, may you continue to grow deeper and closer to him, all the best in USA =) -Isaac Hello Wong Dong Dong! Haha happy birthday :) Even though you're not with C2 physically you can be here mentally! Haha anyway continue to trust in God and Jesus really loves you! :) -Pamela Hey Jason! :D You may be in a different country from us, but don't be discouraged k! Don't ever stop praying or turning to God in times of trouble yeah! Continue to shine for him in whatever you do! We will always be here in Singapore supporting you. Hope to see you again soon! :) -Persis Happy Birthday Dong Dong, wish you will grow taller and fairer :) Then hope that you will be happy....happy birthday!!! -Shuling Hey Gayson. You know when I was typing this out I KEEP typing your name is Jayson, seriously. HAHAHA okay anyway you're technically old now, haha! Hopefully as you grow in age, God's blessings for you will get more and more abundant (: I know that it isn't easy to leave a chunk of you behind and head to the states, and i really applaud you for being able to do that. In all you do, wherever you go, remember you can ALWAYS find a home here in Central two. And although you aren't here with us, it doesn't mean you aren't part of us (: We miss you, your jokes, your funny loving personality and we hope you'll visit soon and keep us posted on how you are k (: Just know we're really proud of you and how God has moulded you. You're a great inspiration (: Happy Birthday! -Jayna. (walao I realised I type super long. so nice right) :D Hey you! I miss you! May God grant you good and many friends there k (: Please cover up so that you won't fall sick and for goodness sake don't be lazy and forgo your cream YOU BETTER GET CREAM OR I'LL SMACK YOU. Study hard! It may be slack but well it's a new start for you, academics wise (: So grab the chance and study hard! C2's back home rooting for ya :D Lotsa love, take care (: -JoanC HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (: Get a church there okay! Make sure, asap. Take care. -Charis Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 5:49 AM
Jayna here.Thanks Charis, thanks C2 <3 You guys are my strength now, really. :) Anyway just wanted to say something here. Something we forget daily. Everyday that we live, it may be just some other boring day at school or just another routine-ish day, TO YOU. Somewhere, someone else is not going through the same thing. You may be sitting in class, dozing off, and you may be thinking you're suffering. It's hard to accept, but school is a blessing. There are people out there that genuinely want to be schooling but either don't have the money or the resources to. They're probably really envious of us. Or maybe you're at home and it's dinner time. Your parent brings out your dinner; a plate of plain rice and a plate of steamed vegetables. You may be grumbling about the horrible food you've to down, but there are people out there, and mind you, ALOT of people out there that would kill for even a tiny bit of your food. Do you know every 3 seconds, a child in Africa dies of hunger? Yup, count it, 1, 2, 3. Yup, one child just died because they had nothing to eat and here we are complaining. C2, I think you get the point that I'm trying to drive across. We've really got to count our blessings and thank God for each and everyone of them. We pray for this and that, but many a time we forget what we already have, what we should be grateful for, what we've taken for granted. Don't you think our laopa up there would be sad about that? :) And hence! I urge you all, each and everyone, to really count your blessings each day before God and thank him for all of them. Some of you tell me you don't know what to pray during quiet time, there are so many things you can thank God for :) Anyway, thank you for those that have been praying for me :) I really appreciate it. I'm praying for all of you too! That God will give you divine strength and courage for you to face the new year :] Always remember God's grace is working in your life, be grateful for all you have. See you all soon <3 @ 2:36 AM
JIA YOU JAYNA!!!!!!WE ALL LOVE YOU & EVERYTHING'LL BE OKAY SOON. BE STRONG OKAY!!!!!!! XOXOXOXOXOXOXO!!! (see!!! So many hugs and kisses :D) JIA YOU C2 FOR SCHOOL TOO!!!! LOVE YOU GUYS LOTS. Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 7:11 AM
Jayna posting! :DFirst of all, thank you, each and everyone of you, for making today such an enjoyable one. It's been a joy planning this event! Although it's kinda last minute but, I sure hope all of you had fun :) And I hope that we've been bonded even more as a cell! Alright this is a new year's eve post, something that's more or less a tradition for me. I take pride in putting lots of effort into this, so here goes: 2008 really has been a good one for me, or rather a good lesson for me. There are so many things in this year that I've enjoyed and I know by stepping into the next year, I've to let go of them. One of them is time. I know in sec 3 everything is a blur, esp I'm in a rather time consuming CCA and yup things are going to happen next year. Also next year I've to accept the fact that I'm going to be very, very tired. It's going to be rushed and I know it for sure. I know Sec 4 seems crazier but still. God has taught me priceless lessons this year, and I'm sure he'd want me to take it with me to 09 and forevermore! Firstly he taught me that man will fail us, but God will never. :D Sometimes you find people that drain you, people that leave you feeling so tired and angry and you feel.......haha it just sucks! You know what I mean? But it's at that crunch time, God picks us up and dusts the dirt off us and welcomes us back into his arms, where we belong :) Another thing I've learnt is Love. It's not all about the whole mushy nonsense, but you know love when you feel it :) It's the most awesome feeling anyone can ever feel. Hopefully God's love has rubbed off on you in different and many ways this year. :D As I step into the new year, there's definitely this sense of fear and unknown in my heart, as I'm sure it's in everyone's. But my motto is: one step at a time with Jesus. There's no need to worry for tomorrow, there's no need to get so uptight and fear the future, but just take it easy. With God by our side, we will overcome, amen! :D I know for a fact that it's going to be hard at times for me to always remember that we should really let tomorrow worry for itself, but I'm going to do my best. Alright! I know this would mean a lot to all of you, so I did it just for you guys :) I hope you like it. In alphabetical order. Amberlie: Thank you for being such a sunshine to the cell. When I first met you, it was at megalife came 2007, where you prayed that super powerful prayer. I know God has great plans for you, don't ever forget that! Put all the awesome gifts he's given to you to great use, and I know that you'll be such a mighty warrior of God. Amelia: My MHS groupie! I've really seen you grown from last year to this year and I know that God is starting a very amazing work in your life. Your passion for Christ is really evident! Don't be afraid or try to hide this fire, but continue to fan the flame for God, and I'm sure your fire will be contagious. (: If God calls you to something, just do it! Have faith in yourself, because God has great and mighty plans for you. Benton: Thanks for being an awesome joy giver to the cell and to megalife! I know that beyond all the jokes and humour, you really do have a huge passion for God and his people, and yes, that's something I really admire. Don't doubt God, don't doubt yourself. (: The same God that put the stars in the sky and knows them by name has called you to be his mouthpiece! Charis: We officially celebrate 14 years of friendship! :) I've known you for so so long, and the memories we shared as children, I'll hold dear to my heart. It's been an awesome blessing having you in Central 2, and we really look up to you as a big sister. Even as you leave the cell now, always remember that once a centralite, always a centralite! What God has done in you through central two, he will bring it to completion. God is always with you, and we're always here for you. Remember, in every season, God is still God. We have a reason to smile. :) Crystal: Hey! Although you haven't been able to make it for service and cell much, I can see your passion for the cell and that's really great! Hopefully as the new year comes you'll be able to make it for more services and cells. :) Also, don't doubt what God can teach you through your daily quiet time. Be steadfast in your faith! I know that he'll raise you up to be his mighty warrior! Cheeyann: Boss! Thank you for contributing so much to this cell despite the fact that you're not obliged to.....sounds weird but you know what I mean! Sorry for the times I teased you (alot) and thank you for being so faithful to this cell! God has really given you a gift in leading worship and I'm sure our cell agrees! You've been a caring leader to us too, and we won't forget your contributions :) Daphne: You you you! It has really been my honor to see you come into cell and have this tremendous.....I dunno what you call it, but my best description is spiritual growth spurt! God is really working in your life, and I'm sure you feel it too! What God has given you, you must give again. His love is more than anything we can ever imagine, so share it with your friends yeah! And continue to smile, no matter what circumstances you're going through. That tremendous faith of yours will get you somewhere :) Jiayou! Huiting: Hey! Thanks for being so loyal to this cell although you haven't been able to make it for cell and service much! I really believe that God can use you in a great and mighty way. Always remember that he has invested much in creating you, you're not just Huiting, but you're God's huiting! Huiying: Hello! Although you've also been a little MIA for quite a while, I just wanna say that C2 misses you, come back soon k! When you experience God's love it doesn't just pass you by, but it will really change you from the inside out! Be expectant to feel God sweeping you off your feet! Isaac: Laoban. I'm sure we all have plenty to thank you for, the great and the small things that you've done for this cell, we'll never forget. You know, sometimes things that you do, you may think that it's something very small, but to us it really does mean a lot. :) Thank you for all the sacrifices you've made, I know that being a leader really isn't easy. The fact that God has placed you in C2 is no way an accident, and the legacy you've left in our cell won't easily be forgotten. :) Thanks again for being an empowering and inspiring leader! Jason Dong Dong: JWDD! Dong donggggg, you know your life is really something that keeps me going to keep on evangilising to my friends. How God has really changed you since you came to know him and entered the cell, it's really a great testimony. Although you're not with us now, I just want you to know that wherever you go, God is with you, and we're missing you! :) Don't forget us! I know that God will use you wherever you go, so have faith and know you're not alone :) Be strong! Jiaru: Sexy! Haha! You've really been a true joy to the cell in your quirky actions and cute language you use. Haha, but beyond that I know that God has placed in you something that's burning for him! Don't ever let this fire burn out, but continue to run with perseverance and faith that no matter how long this race can be, you'll cling on to God (: Joanne: I can still remember when we first entered the cell, everything felt so weird and foreign, but now we're all settled in, and it sure feels like home. I just want you to know that although sometimes we may have our own things to do and we may not always be together, our friendship has been a blessing from God, a gift from heaven! :) And I thank God for you. You really have the ability to bring joy and hope to us and your friends, continue spreading the love to all around you! And remember, God's love isn't about the words you use, his love is the language. :) Joan Chew: Haha you know when I first came into the cell you were sec 3 and I thought you were so super old! -.- Now it's my turn! Every piece of advice you've given me, both as a friend and as a mentor have really helped me, so don't think what you're saying is just kong hua k! (: God has raised you up to be an awesome leader for Central two, and there's no denying it. i really admire how you have this...unwavering faith in God :) Now that you're leaving chung cheng and going into JC I know things are going to get more hectic, there's no better place to rest than in God's arms. :) Jiayou Joan, I know God has great plans for you, really. :D Joan Ng: Thanks for our friendship these 2 years, I really do treasure it alot! Just want you to know, you really are very precious to God and to our cell; every tear you cry is precious in his eyes :) There is no greater love than God's, so after every tiring day or whenever you're feeling dry and weary, run to Jesus, for that's where you'll find rest. You don't always have to be strong, but when you're weak, God'll heal you, and that's where the most beautiful healing ever can take place :) Let God's peace that surpasses all understanding come and fill your life! :) Kele: Hey fellow TRIUMPH WARRIOR! I've gotten to known you so much better in the last few months, and I've heard so much from you. I really think that God has given you a gift in speech, so don't be afraid to use it! All the things you've told me, they've really inspired me :) Don't ever look down on your testimonies, because God can use them to touch people's lives-even times when you don't even know it! Don't be afraid as you step into the new year, but be strong and courageous as God has commanded you to. If God brings you to something, he'll bring you through it. Remember, one step at a time with Jesus. (: Kendrick: Mr Brain! You've been a very loyal and steadfast member to Central 2, and God will honor you for that! At cell you've given awesome answers to questions, and I believe that you can continue to take this that God has given you and put it to good use. Always remember, God has given us something to shout about, so never be ashamed of your faith, but step up to whatever God has called you to! Michelle: YOU! Haha it feels so long since I last saw you but I know I'll see you soon! You haven't been able to come church much, but I hope that'll change in the coming year! :) You've one more year in NY, and this one year is the last chance that you have to leave a legacy in NY, so use it wisely! :) Always remember, NY for Christ! Don't let anything make you doubt this :) Nicholas: Hey! You've sort of just joined the cell, but from today I can see that you're really fitting in well! Hopefully as you continue to come for church and cell, we'll continue to bond more yeah :) I know that God can use you, and although sometimes that's quite hard to believe, those are just lies from the devil. God will raise you up with all that he's given you, so just go with the spirit's flow and step into the great plans God has for you :) Pamela: My bus buddy! Thanks for all the rides back and all the joy you've given to me, I truly believe that although you always ACT shy, there's something in your heart that's bursting and you've really gotta let it out, that's God! :) Don't let anyone look down on you, but take up your cross and follow after Jesus, and fulfil his destiny for you :) Jesus loves you much! Persis: You're really a mighty prayer warrior to this cell, and don't ever doubt it! It's time to stop looking at others and admiring them, but it's time to start stepping up to all God has called you to, and I believe he has great plans for you. It's time to write your own testimonies! Use all this that God has given you to bless those around you, and always remember there's nothing too impossible for God. :D Have maniwala! Rachel: My other MHS groupie! I know that you are really faithful to God, just know that he'll honor this! Always believe in him and not things of this world. Be a God chaser, not a man chaser! Turn your eyes upon Jesus and all will be well. There's nothing too great or too small for God to handle, so just surrender to him and all will be well :) Renia: It's been a great blessing to too, see how God's love has flourished in your life. Through camp, services :) I know that he has great stuff in store for you in the coming year. :) You're a really strong girl and I admire that. May God continue to honor this unwavering and growing faith you have in him. Always remember that when things seem to be all going wrong and you feel like there's nowhere to run, there's always Jesus and Central 2! Shaun: My other bus buddy! It's been awesome getting to know you even better this year. :) I know that sometimes things may not happen as we pray for, but always know God has his timing. God is the boss, God is in charge, there's no way that our plans can beat his, so just smile and know that at the end of the day, God's got your back. :) May his peace always follow you wherever you go. :D Shuling: I've really been impacted by the way God has worked in your life. (: Just know that sometimes when we're hurt we just have to let it go. There's no use holding on to things that weigh you down. Give it all to Jesus, for his yoke is light. When you're tired or lonely there's always God and there's no doubting that. Let God's love always be your joy and strength. Central 2 loves you! Alright C2, that's all of you. :) As we step into 2009, I hope that this year God will bring our cell to a whole new level, and I know he will. It's been a joy and honor to be in Central 2! And I shall end off with an old song! God will make a way, when there seems to be no way. He works in ways we cannot see, he will make a way for me. He will be my guide, hold me closely to his side. With love and strength for each new day, he will make a way. Always remember, one step at a time with Jesus :) I'm always here if any of you should need me. Be strong and courageous, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Thanks for this awesome year, I love you guys alot :) Jayna. Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 8:51 AM
Hey C2 [:Joanc posting. Before I go off, quick post. When in times of despair or loss or trouble, enthrone God. Many of us, when we're upset, we just emo and sit there and do nothing cos we can't bring ourselves to do anything. But at times like these, with all you've left, enthrone God and put Him above your circumstance. Yeah. We shouldn't see that as something hard to do. Because, when you enthrone God, it's also like a reminder that God is God of everything - He is in control of everything. Your every situation. But you have to surrender and let Him take charge. Many a times, we forget that God is greater than our circumstance. Keep reminding ourselves alright! :D Here's something I got through email, and I wna share it with all of you. Do read it, cos it's meaningful and makes a lot of sense.  Dancing With God When I meditated on the word Guidance, I kept seeing 'dance' at the end of the word. I remember reading that doing God's will is a lot like dancing. When two people try to lead, nothing feels right. The movement doesn't flow with the music, and everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky. When one person realizes that, and lets the other lead, both bodies begin to flow with the music. One gives gentle cues, perhaps with a nudge to the back or by pressing Lightly in one direction or another. It's as if two become one body, moving beautifully. The dance takes surrender, willingness, and attentiveness from one person and gentle guidance and skill from the other. My eyes drew back to the word Guidance. When I saw 'G: I thought of God, followed by 'u' and 'i'. 'God, 'u' and 'i' dance.' God, you, and I dance. As I lowered my head, I became willing to trust that I would get guidance about my life. Once again, I became willing to let God lead. My prayer for you today is that God's blessings and mercies be upon you on this day and everyday. May you abide in God as God abides in you. Dance together with God, trusting God to lead and to guide you through each season of your life. This prayer is powerful and there is nothing attached. If God has done anything for you in your life, please share this message with someone else, for prayer is one of the best gifts we can receive. There is no cost but a lot of rewards; so let's continue to pray for one another. And I Hope You Dance God bless you C2 (: Have fun at CFD tmr!! Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 6:45 PM
ALTHOUGH IT'S LATE,MERRY MERRY MERRY CHRISTMASSSSSSSSSSSSS :D Love you guys loads! See you guys tomorrow. :D Just something that suddenly came to mind, THANK YOU C2! A big big big big thank you. For being such wonderful people, really!! For always being so supportive and always there. For the laughs and for the fun (: For the hugs when we all broke down and cried, for always silently being there for one another. REALLY, thank you so so much! (: No words can say how thankful I am, really. Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 9:53 AM
Joanc posting.Hey Central 2. I just wna share something with all of you. About 2 hours ago I was doing a lot of thinking. Throughout the whole of today, in fact, I've been thinking. I've been feeling like this: Like there's a lot of drama going on beneath the surface, like there are raging storms. Really raging. But that's all under the surface. Tmr, Christmas Eve, I'm going out w my clique. After so much thinking the past few days, I realise that it takes a lot of courage to meet up with people who have hurt you so much. I was really scared for a few days. It was agony thinking about the outing tmr, because I really don't know how to look them in the eye and spend hours with them on Christmas Eve. Each time I got a msg from any of them about tmr, no matter how happy I might be feeling, my mood would plunge, all the way, and hit rock bottom. It was so painful to even think about any of them at all. I was really afraid that tomorrow, I'd get hurt again and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to take it. I felt like I was breaking. And I was just feeling really weak just now. And frustrated. I didn't feel like a warrior. I felt so torn apart, like, I knew I needed time alone w God, I really needed God, but yet I was struggling agn just now, so much, with doing my QT. I wanted to read the Bible so badly and have God speak to me. I wanted to be embraced and comforted by God so badly, because no one else can calm all the storms in me that are going so out of control. But there was just something pulling me back, telling me not to do QT. It felt like I was going crazy. Things are easier said than done. Committments are easier said than carried out. As much as I want to trust God, I still struggle. As much as I want to be firmly rooted in God's promises, I still struggle. And as much as I want to keep my eyes on God, I just find it so hard. Turn your eyes upon Jesus Look full in His wonderful face And the things on Earth will grow stangely dim In the light of His glory and grace I read Matthew online. I didn't feel like reading the Bible initially (a part of me didn't feel like it but another part of me kinda wanted to), but as I read chapter by chapter there was something leading me to read more, more. Eventually God spoke to me through chapters 5-7. Almost every single verse was.... For me. I'm still feeling really weak and crushed at the moment, but I know that I don't want to be crushed and I don't want to be defeated. I'm a warrior for God, an Aeron. Is that how you spell it? It's really tiring and really painful; I really wish God would quickly take me out of this dry and draining season. I haven't felt this weak in ages, or maybe never before. But however tiring, I still want to cling on to God. And even if I find it hard to do stuff God wants me to do, I'm just gna try. I don't know if I can chiong for God, because I'm just so tired. But I really will try my best. I guess, for those of you who might feel somewhat like me, or you wna get out of this lousy season you're in, just keep reminding yourself of God's love and promises. PJ said on Sunday, that only you can control you. Only I can control my thoughts and emotions. No one else can. So it's up to me whether I want to turn my eyes upon Jesus and trust Him. So, I'm gna try my best. @ 6:33 AM
Hey there my beloved cell :)For those of you who went for the Centrals Outing today, I trust you all enjoyed yourselves :) But for those of you that didn't, don't worry! I doubt it'd be long till Central 2 or the Centrals have another outing again :D Anyway! I really want to thank you all for being so responsive towards that little project I created for you guys :) It was really encouraging for us, and I'm sure for all of us, to see what each other had learnt from camp. One thing I have to say is that, I really think our cell has grown a whole lot, looking from the things that you guys learnt :) Proud of you all, keep this up! <3 This year is drawing to a close yet again :) I'm sure there are many things that we've gotta say about 2008. A common thing I think everyone feels is that this year has zoomed by way too fast. I personally feel that this year was a sprint all the way, I felt there was barely time for me to stop, rest and catch my breath. Most of the time, it was just going from day to day, a routinely yet fast-paced life I guess. In the coming year, there are going to be things that I don't really wanna face, but I know they're going to come crashing against me. There's nothing's that gonna stop them from coming, but I was reminded of something simple. Knowing and believing in God isn't about him taking away the problems and the pain, he just helps you to deal with it. Towards the end of this year things weren't going very well for me, at home, in school and at CCA. I just felt quite...out of it. Maybe the word was neglect. I wasn't fully into what I was doing, and on the other end, I wasn't recieving anything. Dunno whether you guys get what I mean. But yeah that's how I felt. Megalife camp came along, and no, it didn't solve all the problems like I hoped it would, but it sure made my problems alot easier to deal with. And camp showed me the very heartbeat of God: love. And that's how I intend to embrace the new year, with love. I wanna love people in special ways, I wanna go all out to love people-both those that I know and those that I don't. There are things that are unseen to us, I wanna be able to see what's going on there and try to help. For those that I know, I'm gonna keep loving them. Knowing my past, I think this is going to be kind of hard. But by God's grace, all things are possible. yeah? (: Centraltwo! Tomorrow is christmas eve already. Let me remind you once again, to let the reason for the season be all you think about this festive period. May God come into your heart once again, just like 2000 years ago, when heaven came so close to earth. Oh and many people have been asking me this, so I'll post it here. Isaac will be back on the 30th. Await his return! Hopefully we can have a mini gathering before the year ends. :) Sorry guys but for some reasons I'm not gonna state who I am, but I guess you already know. If you wanna confirm come MSN me, but don't tag it or put it anywhere in this blog k? If you're really curious or rather KAYPO to know why, come ask me on MSN. Alright? :) Thanks guys. See you on saturday <3 FELIZ NAVIDAD! Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 8:57 AM
Ok let's make it a point to put your name on top of every post :DJoanc here! I was abit emo. Then I went to Youtube Feliz Navidad to make me happier, then I came across this cute video hahahaha. Watch it!!! :D Hehehe. Luv :D Tuesday, December 16, 2008 @ 12:52 AM
Joan chew here!!!I'm watching This Is Our God DVD, now it's the song He Is Lord. He is coming back again, He is coming back again, He is coming back again. :D Jesus is coming back. I'm excited. Sorry it took so long to come here and do that little project Jayna assigned. But I find it abit hard to put it into pointers, so I'l just type by chunks :D Actually I already shared a bit on Saturday, but well here's to those who weren't there (: Camp has been so awesome for me. I didn't get the BOOMBANGWOOSHPIANG breakthrough I expected. I didn't get that sudden sensation of God's love. In fact, I didn't feel much. But I grew much (: Some background info: A lot of my christian life, I've been basing the quality and attitude of my worship on my emotions. Feel good, worship better. Feel lousy, give God less. Although I've been a christian all my life, I never really lived it out til the last 4 years. It's only 4 years. I just realised. O.O And I've been struggling with forgiving a friend right before camp. So the 2 sermons before camp week applied to me so much. But I struggled hard to forgive her. Throughout our 4 years of friendship I always struggled with forgiving her for the many times she hurt me. It wasn't on purpose, she's just insensitive, but still, yeah. So we quarrelled like 4 times in 2 weeks before camp, and many other times in that 2 weeks, we were only a hairline close to getting into another quarrel. And I was really getting tired. I didn't wna talk to her. I really wished I never got to know her. I've wished for that quite a few times in these 4 years already. Last time, each time I felt hurt, I would pray and in the end just forgive. But I never really forgot. This time though, it was especially hard to forgive. To even think about her made me miserable. And much as I wanted to forget her, before and during camp my mind was so preoccupied with what was going on between us. So yes. And most of this year, as days and months passed I got more and more tired, more and more hopeless and helpless. O's was draining me. Because I couldn't trust God; that He would help and guide me. I wanted so badly to get my 6 points that I was obsessed, there was not a moment that studying was not on my mind, especially the few months just before O's. I tried so hard to drop all that I was worrying about and spend time with God,look to Him. I've forgotten how it's like to forget everything around you and everything you have to do, and just focus on God. Like when I worshipped or did my QT, I struggled so much with that. I couldn't, just couldn't, keep my eyes on God and only on God. So slowly, I just gave up and told God that I'd 'ignore' Him for the time being and when O's were over and I had nothing more to worry about, I'd make time for Him. Only then, I thought, could I focus on Him. But as time passed I began to feel more aimless. I thought, that by dropping God and pushing Him aside, I could study better cos of more time. But I was so wrong, because when I really dropped God, I couldn't focus on studying at all. When I studied, nothing went into my head. I panicked. But driven the fear of not doing as well as I wanted to, I would just sit at my table for hours and drill in whatever I had to know. It was a real struggle between God and studies. I never struggled like this before, I think this time it was because O's was quite an important exam and there was so little time left. So, I was confused. Kept jumping from studies, to God, to studies, but nothing really worked out. I studied so hard and yet my efforts didn't seem to pay off. Guess my studying method was wrong. I kept teling myself like, Come on Joan, just fork out some time for God. With Him in the centre everything will fall into place. You know that don't you? Jesus died on the cross for you, the least you could do is spend some time with Him. Is it that hard? Yeah, it was that hard. and somehow I just struggled this struggle till O's were finally over and I just felt so lost. Even though I kept saying wow I felt like a freed bird and stuff like that, I guess it was more to comfort myself. There wasn't any freedom that O's were over. I just felt like I was still trapped in that place. Like in a forest when it's pitch-black all around and I'm trying to find where God is but I don't know which way to go. And afraid I'd go off in the wrong direction, I just didn't dare move. If you talk about feel, yeah, I didn't feel God at all. And sometimes now I still don't actually. But the difference now is that I've learnt to ignore my emotions. Sure they're important, but if I listen to them now they'll only mislead me. In other words, just because I don't FEEL God, it doesn't mean He isn't there. God is ALWAYS there. God is God, He isn't like us, Man. One thing I want to drill into my head is: Die to self, daily. I want to do QT everyday before I go about doing anything. Like in camp; Wash up, have breakfast, do QT, then go about my day. I want to surrender myself to God every single day, I want to stay in His presence every single day. I don't want to live another day like before camp - where I only came into God's presence when I felt like it, or when I entered into a time of worship. I want to be in God's presence every second of every day, and I want to worship Him with every second of my life. I guess that's what leads to worshipping Him with everything you say and do. Glorifying Him, enthroning Him. Die to self, die to self, die to self. Meaning forget my emotions, forget my desires, forget my dreams, everything, and just look to what God wants. I think I'll put it up on my wall or something. I want to die to self daily, and only live for God. Not myself. I'll never forget how God spoke to me at camp. Rather, I'll never want to forget. It was the first time in my life that I really heard and knew it was God. During worship, each time my mind drifted back to that friend and debated what to do, there was just this voice that said: Forgive, forgive, forgive. Many times. But I sort of ignored that voice, not on purpose, but it was like a gentle, quick, sort of whisper that was overpowered by the other voices of myself, debating in my head. I only got a breakthrough to finally let it go and forgive on Day 5 of camp. I guess because that was when I decided that I want to die to self. And God wants me to forgive, so I'll forgive. And I felt so much better (: It's like God has slit a rope, unforgiveness, that had been tying my down so tightly, and I was released. But I still felt like there were more ropes to be cut. I still feel it now. I think there are many issues I have to deal with. Step by step, I know God's gna cut up all those ropes. (: Another time I heard God's voice was also during worship, I was just doubting His love for me. Then suddenly God just said, "If I didn't love you, why would I die on the cross for you?" I didn't start crying like crazy, but it just struck me - That's right, if God didn't love me, why would He die for me? And I just understood. And that's when I was convicted, yes, I should believe in God's promises no matter what I feel or what happens, because He has said He loved me and He showed it by dying on the cross for me. God also spoke to me through a lady who prayed for me. And also through Jeanette, who also prayed for me. For the lady, everything that I was thinking, the moment the thought came to me, she just spoke the words God gave. And every single thing she said was just... So for me. It wasn't a prayer she went round praying for everyone, but it was for me. Everything was so... timely. And many people who prayed for me just prayed for me to be disciplined in reading my Bible. Which is something I've been struggling with and thinking A LOT about. On one morning, there was just this call for the broken to respond. And every single thing PJ said was just. Like God was talking to me. I guess God had used so many people to speak to me. Before and throughout camp. And I believe, all the while He has been sending people and situations to speak to me. So after the alter call, I did have a little breakthrough out of that broken state thing but, I wasn't there yet. It was not a complete breakthrough. Like I said earlier, there were just so many ropes that I felt were tying me down. And I could not figure which rope represented what. That I guess, after time, as one by one more ropes tied me down, I just felt so defeated, so tired, and just so so weak. I said earlier, I shut off my emotions during camp, because after being too confused with different emotions for too long, I knew if I looked at my emotions I wouldn't be able to worship God. it had happened too many times that I knew by now.There was just this picture of myself curled up, slinked (is that the word?) against the wall, so helpless and so weak. Not having any strength left to stretch my hand out toward God who was standing right before me, who had HIS hands stretched out, trying to pick me up. But I knew if I ignored my weakness and just stretched out my hand, He would pick me up. And that's what happened. I have to ignore how weak I'm feeling and just focus on wanting to get back up. I've been doing QT daily, and not just once a day, but once in the morning and once at night. I want to stay home more now, and I want to turn on christian music, pray more, just dwell in God's presence. I'm gna try everything there is to just focus on God. And I want to remind myself daily that this life actually isn't for me, but it's to glorify God. My life is not just FOR God, it's to GLORIFY Him, so that He may be PLEASED (: I want to please God man, I really want to. And that's why I want to die to self. I don't want to bother about how I feel, I just want to use my life to worship this God that I love so much. And to you Passerbys, here's something I would like to say: Put aside your emotions (: God has never left your side and will never leave you. He is forever there. God loves you, you 2 Passerbys. Know that. (: He died on the cross, just for you. No one would just go up there and die for you. But Jesus did. And, in every season, in the good and bad times, God is still God. Situations may change but God wil never change; in the good and the bad, God is still with you. In the good and the bad, God still loves you. In the good and the bad, God sticks by His promises; He never breaks promises. Don't give up seeking God, because it is said that when you seek WITH ALL YOUR HEART, you WILL find (: God looks at the heart. God sees your deepest, most earnest desires, and He will come. God bless (: A guy from hillsong said in the DVD: By your stripes, we are healed. And that impacted me. I just want to share something more about myself. See me? I'm all good and healthy now. But you know, actually I'm supposed to be a deformed person? Yup. (: When I was in my mother's womb the doc gave my mum wrong medicine, or something like that, and the doc said I would come out as a deformed child. I don't know deformed in what way, but just deformed. My parents didn't take it, they went to another docs. Yet again, the same answer: I would be deformed. They went to yet another, and another, and many many docs. And all said the same thing. Then finally they went to a Christian doc, and the doc prayed with them. My mum just went through with the giving birth thing. I don't know what my parents were thinking as they gave birth to me, but here I am, as normal as any other human. I've no allegies, no diseases, no illness, no nothing. It's only by God's grace that I can be here in CCH, in Central 2. I only found out this year. haha, when my mum was saying it my dad teared, and I just saw how God's grace had delivered me and my parents. Alright, so I'm done (: Long post man, but I hope it has blessed you. I included more personal stuff than I wanted to, but I hope that through these details you've been blessed by how God has worked in me. Sunday, December 14, 2008 @ 6:40 AM
shu shu ling ling here!!!i m glad to have gone to the camp! erm.. i would like to thank God for talking to me & giving me the gift of tongues. hehe:) , those who prayed for me , always beside me & Isaac for planning such great camp! 3 most memorable things that happened at camp: - heaven dinner (it rocks, super nice, so touch by the leader when they serve us..) - shot of the days!! - when God talk to me, gave me the gift of tongues & told me to *forgive & forget* 3 things that i learn from camp??? - how to really do quiet time with God - God gave us freedom of choice/will - God's plan & purposes are the best for me, Don't doubt or question it. 3 commitments i want to keep to after camp: - daily devotion - always pray or talk to the Lord when you are in trouble or anything - to safe as many friends or stranger as possible with the help of God i really like the camp.. i m excited for the next camp.. and MHS tmr!!!!!!! the camp really motivate me man, i really felt the presence of God, that's cool man, really, this camp have help me alot. thank god for all these.... @ 3:05 AM
3 most memorable things that happened at camp:1) When everyone was at the altar call and C2 was just praying so hard for Pamela, Charis, Daphne and me to receive the gift of tongues. 2) Receiving the gift! 3) Hahahahah Pamela eating cup noodles with her toothbrush! : D 3 things I learnt from the camp: 1) Success or defeat in my life does not define who I am in God, anyway no one is perfect. 2) I should move out from my own perspective and surrender everything to God instead of trying to deal my problems on my own. 3) Communicating with God requires both speaking and listening, so I cannot keep speaking. There are times when I need to stop and listen to God's Words too. 3 commitments I want to keep to after the camp: 1) Spend my quiet time wholeheartedly and keep away all distractions 2) Trust in God and let him take control of everything! 3) Silent and overcome the lies of all the enemies, say no to them because God loves me! C2 is gonna explode! : D Yay I'm very excited for tomorrow's Mhs! RENIA~ Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 7:23 PM
Hey people Persis here!:)I think this is like the first time I'm posting on this new cell blog. Haha. Well First I wanna say Thank you to Isaac for being such a great cell leader, camp chairman and a great man of God! Thanks so much! Now I shall start on Jayna's little project... 3 most memorable things that happened at camp: 1. When Bryan ran up and hugged Isaac and kissed him! That was seriously funny. 2. Heaven dinner. I was super touched to see the extent the camp comm went to clean prepare everything for us. And the food was great too! 3. The tomato and flour game. Really funny and cool. In fact I'm using it for my cca camp game as I'm a station master^^ 3 Things I learnt from the camp: 1. God is always with me, and I don't have to try so hard to get into the presence of God. I can just relax and be at total peace in Hid presence. 2. Although it is a camp, its like the first one I've been to with so little fast songs. At first I was a bit sian, but I realised that you don't need fast songs for camp. Thus I realised the true meaning and power of worship. 3. I am important and significant in God's eyes, and He is pleased with me. Thats all the reason I'm living for-to hear Him say those words that He loves me and is pleased with me. 3 commitments I want to keep after camp: 1. Pray every single day. Pray like never before. 2. Do my quiet time regardless of how I feel, no matter how tired I am or no matter how many distractions there are around me. 3. Go when God tells me to. I won't hesitate anymore. I've been to 2 megalife camp before this, and they have all been life-changing ones. I thank God for this awesome group of people who are so dedicated to following Christ, and I know He is pleased with them as well. Thank you Isaac for praying for me and speaking those words to me. It has really changed my view on God, and let me realise that He really does love me, more than I can ever imagine. Friday, December 12, 2008 @ 8:45 AM
DAPHNE HERE!I have no idea how to post using blogger. So thanks to those who’ve helped me get this up here. (: 3 most memorable things that happened at camp: 1. Really being able to get everything out of my mind and just worship God wholeheartedly. 2. Received the gift of tongues. 3. Sleeping on the upper deck of the wobbly bed cause Shu Ling was tossing and turning through the whole night and I thought the bed would either fall apart or I would fall off. 3 things I learnt from the camp: 1. I shouldn’t let the devil’s lies get to me, but keep my eyes focused on God and trust in Him no matter what. 2. I’m not insignificant. God is interested in me. He is my best friend and He is always, always there. 3. God speaks to me frequently. I should start learning to be more sensitive to it. 3 commitments I want to keep to after the camp: 1. Daily devotion. 2. Placing Him as my top priority, never compromising on what He deserves. 3. Never stop trying to reach out to my friends. Anyway, kudos to Isaac! I think the camp was awesome. (: And, love you all C2. Like a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot haha yeah you get my point. See you guys tomorrow man, and continue working hard for MHS! Daphne. |