Retreat at the break of dawn

Yesterday, I wanted to attempt something different apart from my usual morning routines - I've decided to cycle at the East Coast Park! Miraculously, I managed to wake up at 6.30 a.m. and immediately, I packed my bible, handphone and my wallet into a small bag pack to head off cycling.

During the 'trip', I was reminded of God's glory when I took a glimpse at the horizon (although it was blocked by ships), and I was amazed of God's power when I stared at the sea. In simple, I am drawn closer to God when I marvel at his creation. After being in awe of God's beauty, I took a break at a nearby pavilion and started my day by, prayer...

"... In Jesus' name, Amen."

By then, I was refreshed and ready to get home to start my day!

But instead of going home, I went to buy 4 packets of 'Meepok' for my household and myself. (Gosh! I was so proud of myself!)

After that, then I went home.

Italian Soccer Training

Hilarious!

Pioneering/Outreach at Montfort

From today onwards, there will not just be these 2 people pioneering Montfort.
SA dudes on a mission to offer assistance to Montfort! 
:D

From yesterday onwards, the whole SA coreteam has dedicated their lives/time to pioneer Montfort! And this is the kind of unity I want to bring to this whole group. They must understand that the Montfort group and the St. Andrew's group are not segregated, but they are as one.

Even if we don't see converts from Montfort (TOUCHWOOD! I'm not trying to be faithless here...), I will still be glad because the group has been united in a common goal. - Pioneering Montfort!

One of The Leader's Big Three: Courage.

"One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never! 

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others." - Winston Churchill

I'm not going to give up on the lives that God has bestowed upon our group, especially the people from the Montfort group. Together with my careleaders, we are going to pluck up the courage to love them, care for them, and not to give up on them. During the ESS, we worked so hard to pry those new believers out from the devil's clutches.. Are we willing to allow them to fall back to the kingdom of darkness? Or are we at least going to put up a fight for the devil?!

It's always been my fear to face rejection from people. That's why I'm going to start being courageous to lead myself to do it - to dare to love all those 'not-so-lovable' people. And in the future, I hope I can be someone like David, who dared to take risks on a much BIGGER scale. (I'm sure David isn't Singaporean). 

And when that day happens, I will say this to God, "Come on! Bring on the Goliath!"

 

Pray together with me

There's a few people that I would like to pray for - mainly the new believers and my team.

New Believers:                                          Coreteam:

Eugene                                                     Cheehwee

James                                                       Gabriel

Kiawei                                                       Aaron

Zechariah                                                  Enting

Kevin                                                        Chester

Andy                                                         Shipeng

Kevin                                                         Daryl

Fadli                                                          Richard

Darryl

Jasper

Randal

I strongly believe that everyone on this list is important to God, whether they are new believers or shepherds. And I strongly want to cultivate the habit of praying more for my group. This blog post, will help me remind myself to pray for them. 

PS: If you're from NEB, promise me you'll pray together with me for them. 

Singapore ends 48-year Olympic medal drought

Well, the picture says it all.

A generation that...

fears nothing but God, and hate nothing but sin - that is what I want to see!

I wasn't my usual self today. After the pioneers 'retreat', I went separate ways from Gideon, Sunny, Ruiyong and Chantel. While walking to the bus stop,  this was the point when I was totally different. Instead of walking hastily, I walked very slowly, dragging my feet along with me... And this was when my true emotions was shown. 

Today, I seemed happy to many people, but I wasn't. Deep down in the recesses of my heart, I was sad and burdened for the Montfort group. While walking to the bus stop, I kept praying for them, I kept interceding for them, I kept asking God for help... You see, the Montfort group is very young, and recently, a few things just happened that blew Daryl's feet off the ground. When I heard about it, I was thrown off the edge too. - And this is the reason why I'm so burdened for them. 

But thankfully, Sunny seemed to know how I was feeling although I didn't mention it to him. And he sent me a SMS to encourage me. Well, I'm really thankful for that. 

This is the time when I really want to stay strong in God! I'm going to believe in God for CHANGE!

Change

Okay, I've got to admit - I'm obsessed with Obama. But the truth is, I'm more amazed by his speeches. I'm really impressed by the phrases that he uses. And not forgetting his conviction for 'CHANGE'...

For my 2 cents worth of thoughts, "What if I can influence the world as much as him?"

"hmm..."

CHECK THIS OUT!

I loved what he said in the last part. Just listen and hear. :D

"We've been warned against offering the people of America false hope, but in the unlikely story that is in America, there has never been anything false about hope!"

FOP

On friday, I went to the Festival of Praise together with Daniel and others. The moment I got there, I set 3 objectives:

1. Thank God for the converts!

2. Pray for growth in terms of wineskins.

3. Learn from Daniel!

And guess what? I fulfilled all the 3 objectives, especially the 3rd objective. 

Something that I learnt from Daniel:

"Every praise and worship leader should have their own leading technique and style because God made each and everyone of us different and unique. And if we have our own different leading style and technique, we can bring out a different face of God during worship..."

Actually, I really want to improve on my leading skills; not just in worship, but in leading my group too! I want to grow! I'm ready for change, so God, you've got to mould me. 

Apart from that, I want to grow in my reading life. 

"Not all readers become leaders. But all leaders must be readers." - Harry Truman