What's your purpose?

You know, something struck me during service today. It was one sentence that Pastor Shirley mentioned on stage that really made me think...

"What's your life purpose on planet earth? In your lifetime, do you just want to eat, sleep, and eventually die of old age? If that's the case, aren't we no different from animals? Human beings are not created for 'that' cause! We are wonderfully made and created for something else greater! - And that's living for someone else bigger. Well, if you're thinking on the same line with me, that's right, it's Jesus!"

In one of Isaac Newton's Physics Laws, it is stated that for every action, there will be an equal opposite reaction. In other words, for every cause, there will be a purpose. So, it is absurd to live a life without purpose! We Human Beings should be living for a purpose, and for someone greater! 

We were created because God loves us. He stretched the boundaries of heaven to just try to reach us... And He did! Those outstretched arms of Jesus is the answer! Jesus is the answer, and the solution!

F1!!!

We are going to the F1 race! We are going to the F1 race! We are going to the F1 race! (chanting continues...)

Finally, my dad received the 4 tickets that he bought for the F1 race in September. I can't wait! 

Actually, the reason why I'm so excited are:

1) This is Singapore's first ever F1 race!

2) It's a night race.

3) I love F1.

4) I'm going!

Seriously, I can't wait to be there on race day to watch Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa!    

Who is the Solution?

You know, I've just developed a habit to jump while walking back home from the bus stop. Every time I drop off the bus, I will play the song, 'Solution - Hillsong United'. I've finally found the heartbeat of God in this song. 

The phrase in the song that God longs to convey to everyone in the world is, "Woah-oh-oh! God be the solution..."

God IS the solution! Nothing else, nothing more.  

A divine moment once again!

St. Andrew's night life.

During meeting, Gideon quoted this from the bible, "...forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it..." How I interpreted it was this: Only forceful men can advance the Kingdom of God. After meeting, I applied it straight away...

After departing with my guys, I wanted to go home. But on hearing that Cheehwee was at St. Andrew's doing a prayer walk, I rushed down straight away to meet him. While Cheehwee was waiting for me to arrive, he told me he was praying really hard for the school. He really wanted to do more! He felt that more could be done. After a long time of sharing, i concluded that he was discontented with his level of faith and expectation.

[The incidents that are going to follow this is divine!]

Together, we prayed in the canteen. We prayed really really hard for the Holy Spirit to fall in the canteen, so that when ever people step in to it, they can feel the presence of God. And I told God to show us a sign when the Holy Spirit falls in this place. We kept praying in hope of a sign from God... 

And finally, He gave us a sign! God dropped us a vision! And guess what, we had the same vision! And we saw the same things in both visions. If you want to know more, you can always ask me. Because if I were to write here, it would be very long. 

Aaron's and Gabriel's Water Baptism

Gabriel is now Daniel, and Aaron is now James. Congratulations to both of them! Really happy to see them being water baptized! 

Character

I loved what PS Jeff said earlier on stage, "Character cannot be taught in a classroom, it can only be taught in the furnace of serving God..."

You see, I really believe in having character, because character moulds a person's life. It changes the person. In fact, this can be linked to prayer! When we ask God to change a situation, God doesn't actually change the situation. Instead, He will first change the person, and once the person is changed, this changed person will then change the situation. 

Serving God isn't easy. It's going to be tough. The road is narrow and thin. But walking through figs, thorns and branches in the narrow path will develop perseverance, endurance, strength, CHARACTER. 

I anticipate testings from God very soon. As much as I hate to admit it, but I still have to face it! Simply because of what I said earlier - "Character cannot be taught in a classroom, it can only be taught in the furnace of serving God..."

God, bring it on! I'm ready! 

Oh boy, what a day it was!

School ended at 12pm today. Straight after I was dismissed, I rushed down to meet Daryl because we were going to Montfort to meet the caregroup. Our main objective was to meet up with their contacts and to invite them for tomorrow's MCG! Kenny brought a few of his classmates to meet us at the Mcdonald's nearby. So we talked to them and invited them for tomorrow, and I pray that they would be able to come! They must come!

After meeting the guys, I rushed back to Ngee Ann for a St. Andrew's - St. Margaret's Ngee Ann Poly's Alumni gathering. The idea of this gathering was amazing! This gathering was initiated by a Saint and a St. Marg's girl who were studying in Ngee Ann. Together, they set up this alumni. And today was our debut! The purpose of this alumni is to gather all those who were in St. Andrew's and St. Margaret's before, and to come together to organize events, etc. 

Since, today was the debut, they catered food for dinner. During dinner, I sat with my 'old classmates' to catch up together. We sat down, joked, laughed, and we reminisced the good old days in the Saint's Village. 

All in all, I'm just so glad to be able to meet them again... And I hope that we would be able to meet up more often. Like how the phrase goes, "Once a Saint, always a Saint!"

Blog hopping

Here's what I took from Zachary's and Nicole's blog:

You can say I’m permanently stuck in the adolescent stages of spiritual maturity, but I still strongly, and firmly believe that my (spiritual) father is the greatest thing that ever happened in human life. And I get so agitated and enraged when He is not credited with the glory and the honor He so rightfully deserves! And all these stems from the fact that He chooses to use us; the undeserving sinful Christians to proclaim His grandiose name. So many times I have seen God being humiliated and minimized, not because He is weak, but because His ambassadors are not faithfully honoring His name!

Perhaps let’s contextualize it for students in examination periods. When a Christian don’t study hard, Christ’s name suffers! When one Christian cheats, Christ’s name is humiliated! When church leaders don’t do well in results, Christ’s ministry is compromised!

When you finally realize that cross you hang around your neck represents so much more honor then you can ever behold, and we the people who are entrusted with its name sake are dragging in through mud, how much more care will we take in the manner which we live our lives!

Change

                                                                  waiting for change?

There's this song by John Mayer, 'Waiting on the World to Change'. At first, I loved the song. I loved the beat, and the lyrics. But the more I listened to the lyrics of the song, the more discontented I was. Here's why:

"Me and all my friends

We're all misunderstood 

They say we stand for nothing 

There's no way we ever could 

Now we see everything is going wrong 

With the world and those who lead it 

We just feel like we don't have the means 

To rise above and beat it 

So we keep waiting (waiting) 

Waiting on the world to change 

We keep on waiting (waiting) 

Waiting on the world to change 

Its hard to be persistant 

When we're standing at a distance 

So we keep waiting (waiting) 

Waiting on the world to change "

We should not wait. Instead, we should be the ONEs who will change the world! 

Change the world? First, change Singapore.

Change Singapore? First, change the youths.

Change the youths? First, change the schools.

Change the schools? First, they need God.

Agree?

 

Perseverance

Without perseverance, how can we finish the race? How can we finish the marathon? How can we reach the finishing line? How can we stay qualified for the race? How can we make sure we don't get disqualified?

This morning, I met the St. Andrew's workers before school started. And I took some time to pray for them and to encourage them with the verse, 1 Corinthians 9:26-27. (It's about beating our body and making it our slave...) You know, I really want CG08 to be completed in St. Andrew's and in Montfort. And I don't just want to see caregroups in these 2 schools. Instead, I want MORE! I want to build this school upon the rock! In the future, I want these 2 schools to be able to dispatch Godly and Word-centered Saints and Montfortians into the world! 

That's why I need to Persevere.   

Help me, God.