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!"