Great prayer meeting; My first SC2 tournament!

yesterdae had a great wonderful prayer meeting. I know tt as we continue to ask God for our new building, a 10000 seater auditorium in e central area, we will have it. we dunno when, we dunno how, we dunno e cost, but by faith, tt dream of a new bldg, a stadium sized audi, has been birthed in our spirit. and wad belongs 2 God, no one can take away. and by faith, we have received it.

heard frm evan yesterdae tt my cel grp is gonna MULTIPLY!!!! yea, next month. basically multiplication happens when e cel grp is growing too big and there's a need to bring forth a new cg frm e midst of e old one. so excited, oso dunno whos goin where...but...still.....so exciting...haha :D

today was my first soulcalibur2 team tourney, every grp has at least 2 champions in their team, but my team comprised of 3 newbies, so e odds are like, extreme! yea, our team lost e FIRST match of e FIRST ROUND...2nd round FIRST match we lost again....but later we had a special handicap match. it was quite interesting...we had a sort of a jumble match, where e joystick controls were randomly jumbled up and e joystick was held in reverse so up was down n so on...den we had a ringout match...there's infinite life limit, e only way to win is to ringout e opponent. n e map was so small, tt it contained just nice, exactly 2 players. last of all, we had sort of a blind match, where we played with our backs facing e big screen and we stared at e crowd.

it was kinda fun, in e end our team won FIRST PIRZE yea!, haha =) well, we each had a $5 zone-x voucher and a cool looking dog-tag. :D although i was recommended by a fren to join e tourney, but it was really a great experience, got to know lots of new ppl...:) and a whole new mission...;)

service tom is gonna b great, with robb thompson. yea! :) cant wait...hee

A.n.t.i.n.o.m.i.a.n.i.s.m

hmm...yesterdae's bible seminar was interesting, brought my mum along, hee :D here's a quick summary of wad we learnt:

*God talked abt walking e narrow road. Walking e narrow road /= (not equals to in case u din noe) being narrow-minded. "Wide and easy is e road tt leads to destruction".

*lawnessness(danger!)-----"narrow road"-----legalism(danger!)

*Legalism:

1) Divorcing the letter of e Word with e Spirit of e Word (doing wad is required, but having e wrong heart/mentality)

2) Adding legislation 2 e law of God n treating e addition as if it were divine law. (mostly traditions and worldly thinking e.g. attire, salvation by works, makeup, music, type of worship, etc.)

3) Relying on performance to merit favor frm God. (salvation is not by works, but by grace cos we can nv reach God by our own efforts cos His standard is way beyond wad we can even imagine). tts y He's called "God Almighty" in e first place...haha :D

God possesses 3 characteristics: omnipresence(everywhere at e same time), omniscience(all knowing), omnipotent(all-powerful). Tts y He can be both father, son, and spirit at e same time n yet they share e same personality, character, etc.

NOTE: conservative /= legalistic unless you become critical/bias/want others to feel e same way u do.

*Lawlessness: 3 types of Antinomianism ("anti"=against "logos"(gk.)=law)

1) GNOSTIC SPIRITUALISM - revolving faith round other ppl's personality and not e Word.
e.g. e doctrine of Marcion 85AD-160AD. (basically he split God into e OT God(obsessed with law) & e NT God(love n grace), talked abt no such thing as God's judgement and no 2nd coming. His purpose was to free ppl of condemnation, not of sinful nature).

2) LIBERTINISM (not liberty, but libertine/libertin, cant rem, haha). basically freedom with no restrictions. Bonhoeffer in 1945 rose against Hitler and against e doctrine of "cheap grace". Cheap grace is basically reffered to as LICENTIOUSNESS, which is grace giving u e license to sin even more, thinking tt "anyway i'll b forgiven".

3) SITUATIONALISM or (SITUATION ethics).
-Doing wad love requires even when u noe it's wrong. e.g to pay medical fees for grandma's op, u go n steal. But God said, "If you LOVE me, u will keep my commandments", not break them. :) another e.g is abortion. doing it out of love, for baby like "so tt he/she wont have to born to suffer", despite knowing its wrong.

*3 types of law mentioned in e Bible:

1) MORAL law / 10 commandments - reveals conditon of heart.
2) CIVIL law - reveals civility of nation
3) CEREMONIAL law - e word "ceremonial" tells it all =) e.g. e diff feasts for e Isrealites.

*Purpose of law:

1) The law acts as a MIRROR - reveals/reflects ur character according e God's standard of righteousness (who u are in God's eyes) e.g. shows u ur current standard of ur own character, reveals God's character, reveals God himself.

2) The law acts as a RESTRAINT - law does not prevent evil, law only restraints evil. e.g speed limits do not prevent accidents, they only increases awareness and seriousness (e.g. thru fines/prison/etc) and puts a restraint on ppl.

3)The law acts as a REVEALER-reveals standards and seriousness of sin. character, judgement, grace, etc.

In e time of e OT: covenant=a promise/agreement ; everlasting covenant= promise/agreement with an OATH.

*Abrahamaic covenant (gospel first shown to Abraham)
*430 yrs later e Mosaic Covenant/law of Moses-NOTE: this cov is only TEMP. - it is to tame e Isrealites in e desert. to show them wad is right, BUT it doesnt overwrite any other covenants. (leads them to e coming of e Messiah/New covenant).
*New Covenant (price paid by Jesus, and now is given freely to all who receive by faith).

Martin Luther: "If it hasnt been for e law, I would never have known my need for e gospel. I never would have seen the sweetness of e gospel, were i not exposed to the dreadful punishments of the law."

True faith always leads to true obedience =)

Great service, and for a long time, great fellowship!

service was great, packed not jus with ppl but with e presence of God. e word was great too, it was indeed a word in season. Ps.Kong todae preached abt e 7 steps of faith in receiving our miracle frm God. we must have:
1.DESIRE
2.DECISION (to step out in faith)
3.ASKING (thru prayer)
4.RECEIVE (by faith, cos in Eternity, there's no such thing as time)
5.SPEAKING ("confessing" ur vision n dream)
6.SEEING (If u can see it, u can have it)
7.ACTING (faith is not jus a fact, faith is an act; God moves when WE move)

Testimony:

yesterdae i left late to meet my cel grp at suntec to buy willard's bdae present. man, i decided to take a cab by faith. and i only had $20. man frm boon lay to city hall...$20 is not enough man. but i believed God, although there were times id doubted tt ill b able to pay e cab fare, e Holy Spirit would again and again reassured me,"dun worry, itll b enough". each time e fare increased by $1 i would start to worry. tt was when e Holy SPirit told me, "Dun worry, andrew. believe in me." so i told myself okay, dun worry...but e moment i fare hit $10 above and i was only at jurong east to clementi, man i got tense n nervous. again i told myself dun worry. truly enough when i reached city hall, PRAISE E LORD e fare was only $14.50. i had $5 for my lunch. after e ride, e Holy spirit told me, "see? i told u to believe me..." i tell u its a miracle! when i thought of this encounter with God while typing this, no words can express my thanks and love for God. He was there when i needed Him, jus thinking of Him and wad hes done, my eyes are getting wet...but...okay. i have to type on...

indeed God can do ABOVE what we can even THINK! our human mind cannot contain e awesomeness of God. even e Heavens cannot contain God. im really happy that God, so big, pure and holy. is a friend of someone small and imperfect like me. =)

Testimony 2:

Finally after like a long time, our cel grp can finally fellowship together, yup this time with evangelyn. had a good time at orchard. indeed fellowship never w/o God. cos when 2 or 3 are gathered in His name, He is there with us. there was this incident along orchard. there was this old lady tt approached us and begged for $2. sth prompted me to give e $10 i had in my pocket, but it all happened so fast, i did NOT gve e 10 bucks but instead i gave coins worth of 1 buck and baoie gave e other buck. then i though back...tt voice couldve been God, couldve been e devil. but im glad i did not give e 10 bucks cos later, it made sense. God opened my eyes thru willard. no old lady in ORCHARD, carrying a BRANDED handbag, could be poor. man i THANK GOD he saved me TEN DOLLARS! phew, i almost got cheated. but im glad its no longer "I" who live in me, but "CHRIST" who lives in me! yea! :D

no cg and bs for 2 weeks, sob...but at least im glad theres this seminar on "How we should live" for this 2 weeks and service! yea...i cant imagine life w/o God...

cel grp at wayne's hse

jus reached home...hee. came back with my bro, ah bao, shin, pamela and sylvia. wow, willard has braces...yea :) cool...

i mus sae today's cg was awesome. but i feel e praise n worship is quite short...one thing i hate is to rush God...sigh. but nevertheless his presence was there. but somehow i feel its not strong enough...:D hee food was great too...hee, esp e chicken...mmmm, yumyum. haha, after cg we were playin with e keyboard with yongren, tim, quincy and ah bao...played some weird techno stuff, its called creative noise...haha also had some sort of "funeral" ambience...lol freaky...haha :P

tom goin out with my cg frens at suntec, den alter watch movie...hee so exciting. cant wait for tom. for this whole week ive been staying in contact with jasmine. when she told abt how she got bullied in sch, abused by her parents, my heart jus went out to her. now she got PO. i believe each time someone receives salvation, man, e devil is not happy, esp when he noes tt tt person is gonna do sth great for God. jasmine jia you, do not fear, overcome, for e reward e great. e bigger e trial, e greater e reward for those who nv give up. =) am really hopin to see u and stella again in cg and service...:D

Patience...

sigh, have to wait till sch reopens before i can install all e softwares required..went to MeL yesterdae to have my softwares installed. upon reaching, i went to e counter and sought for assistance. this nice sweet lady told me "sorry, we only fix hardware. if u want u can go to e service centre at ur sch..."

so i went to blk 27...or isit 31? arrgh, nvm on of these blocks where e support centre was. i went to e door and holey moley it wrote: Sorry, closed during term break. AHH!, i felt crushed, went all e way there..and ya noe..? *SiGh....wad to do? i went home.

den, Sing Nee sms me told me tt BS was cancelled cos its a rest day after last weekend's bigday...i was soooo sad, last lesson mus cancel, but i was oso happy cos ive not done my HW heehee...=P OoPs...:D

but thank God this fri till got cel grp. hee =) its time i get to know e new frens more...;) yea

great day

went for service again. although i woke up late, but thank God i made in time. but when i reached e stadium, my cg was oredy inside and i was stuck outside in e queue. but eventually for e first time...WE GOT E FLOOR AREA! whoohoo! haha XD.

at first i tot tt ps ulf was gonna speak e same Word, but he didnt. he spoke abt e Jesus Ministry and made quite a no. of prophecies...yup. so excited. our church has gone through e wilderness together, now is e time of rest, a time of e "explosion"! :) i jus noe...tt one day, we'll get our new building bigger than e indoor stadium. cos together as a church we have done what we needed to do, we have crossed over and passed e test together. now its time to ask, and we'll receive....so exciting! :D hee

indeed e presence was stronger durin service today, could really feel e love of God just touched me n tears began to flow. even durin praise it was so easy e feel e touch of God. todae i saw my BS speaker brother Darren he graduated frm e pastors' course, really feel so happy for him. =) next week's my last lesson in Christian Lifestyle. after tt im certainly lookin forward to Laying Foundation. cant wait to start a new lesson. :) i heard frm my fren, whos an usher, told me tt while we were prayin for Kong n Sun, even b4 ulf ekman laid his hands on them, they already fell under e power of God! i was so amazed, if only tt could happen to me...hee. i always have this wild imagination on jus falling under God's power by passing some ppl...although it never happened i hope it will..hee :D

went for carnival today, again...we had to finish like 10 coupons...$100 over...at e end of e day, we were hungry, tired, but happy. we tried our best to finish e coupons. and my cheeks have been red since this afternoon. now's its still pinkish...so embarrassing...=P feels like im blushing, haha!

well, rain or shine, God is always there...

today it rained but nevertheless, its more than just e carnival itself, its abt e Word and e presence of God. i went to meet baoie's fren Kian Chew, i think i got tt rite...XD yup, i escorted him to SIS. well, kian's a nice guy, very friendly. he mixed around with my cel grp well too. even though he's a free thinker, theres sth i admire abt him. well, he did give a faith offering durin e service, i mus say im impressed. durin praise he did jump a little and he lifted his hands too. i could sense e hunger n fire in him. well, he didnt respond to e altar call. but its ok, God has his timing and Kian chew's close to tt goal of salvation.

learnt abt our calling frm Ulf Ekman. a good, happy, prosperous comes when we are in-line with God's calling for us. its so strange how ppl can say where is God in this world and yet they search for material possessions like money, clubs, girls, bad relationships. many a times its not bcos God is not there, its jus tt no one goes to Him. Even though God created e whole universe, he did create something more powerful and tts our own FREEWILL. God doesnt force. God's plans for our lives are more immense and beyond our human ability to think! but ultimately its we who have to make e decision.

well, im glad sebastian received salvation tonite...so happy for him. yup, i just reached home. came back by cab wif shin, stella, jasmine and her bro. haha in e cab jas keeeps on calling me uncle...sigh oso dunno y....i look tt old meh? hahaaaa XD really had a great time wif my cg todae. n we celebrated evangelyn's, our cgl, bdae! yea =) happy bdae, again, haha, although 1 day late...haha LOL. tom goin for round 2 yea, hopefully can meet even more new faces tom. :)

settle down...

okok, my laptop's in a "below average" state now...got antivirus, jus need crack, still no office macromedia n network. mus go sch config.

got new game, hee, maplestory. my nick's xWeRDNAx. haha. so cute hitting e pig...LOL tom's e carnival. really lookin forward to it. new frens, by faith, haha, fellowship great Word, fun, food, muahaha...

got back my results...:

COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND ARCHITECTURE-B
FUNDAMENTALS OF STATISTICS-C+
INDIVIDUAL AND THE COMMUNITY -B+
INTERNET AND MULTIMEDIA FUNDAMENTALS-B
PROBLEM SOLVING AND PROGRAMMING I-B+
UNDERSTANDING WRITING FOR ACADEMIC APPL-B

indeed God is and always will b faithful. Without God i wouldnt b able to get such results ive not seen in years =) even now im still playin MU n Maple...haha XD Life may not be a bed of roses, but life with Jesus is certainly an adventure, full of surprises...:D tts wad life is supposed to be, victorious, overcomer, supernatural, faith, hope, larger than life! =)

FORMAT! FORMAT? FORMAT!?!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, thanks to Candy i had to format my laptop. boohoohoo T_T went to her blog and strangely enough Windows SP2 for e first time AUTOMATICALLY downloaded an ActiveX file, to view her page.

after my com restart, each time i were to connect to e net, 3 pop-ups would appear DESPITE SP2's popup-blocker. someomore i put 2 HIGH FILTER. each time i closed these 3 popups e same 3 would appear again and again, total of 3 times. after 3 days, which was yesterdae, i couldnt even enter windows!!! sobz...T_T

so i decided to use e recovery disc Toshiba sent me, and i formatted my laptop. ran winXP setup...blablabla. later i realised it was WORSE!....now no MEL folder, no ICT network, no Macromedia files like flash, dreamweaver, no this no that no windows OFFICE!!!!!!! no ANTIVIRUS! no network drives, no UPDATES, no SP2. my entire hard disk now revolves round 1 drive "C" drive..sob T_T guess ill have to go MeL, n if they want they can ReFormat my messy winXP...yup

ALL my FILES GONE! wow, at least i have backup for my projects and notes....phew thank God he gave me a brain...oh man...oh well....sob...T_T grr!

Celebration by e Bay

last wk durin cg my cgl announcd to us tt e carnival this sat/sun is cancelled due to bad weather e past few days. when i heard it i was like, "ha? why cancel? have faith la...if u cant believe sth so small how r u gonna believe e impossible???" but praise e lord yesterdae durin service, Ps Kong told us tt e carnival is gonna proceed as usual. yea!...XD

im so happy, more n more new faces in e cel grp. indeed God is a good god. His love n presence draws ppl. we are all created unique. we all have a longing for sth, tt is God himself. we all have tt "gap" in us whether we know it or not. we know every creation but we dunno e creator. i find it very sad. but God is faithful, although we r not perfect, God still loves everyone with an everlasting love, not bcos of what we do in our lives but bcos of who we are. each one of us is precious in His sight. =)

really blessed by e Word yesterdae. on how worship brings u into a whole new realm of e supernatural. indeed those frens who came were touched by God. e whole atmosphere was so thick yesterdae tt ppl were cryin. its not out of fear or ritual, but its really e immense love tt we feel when we are touched by God. when His presence comes nothing else matters to us, we are not bothered by guilt, shame, bad things tt happened, etc. there's a sense of satisfaction, a sense of security. we feel complete when e presence of God comes. tts wad we felt yesterdae. n tts wad i wanna feel everyday. XD

hmm, jus wanna encourage all by brudders and sistas out there who are saved. =) e dun have to wait till we die till we get to heaven, heaven is in us becos Jesus lives in us. in Him we are more than conquerors..."all authority has been given to us", "we can say to e 'mountain' be removed and be cast into e sea, and it shall de done as we say if we do not doubt in our hearts." nth in this world can overwhelm us becos we have e peace of God. and nth is impossible to e one who believes, bcos "he who is in us is greater than he who is in e world." =)

Magnificent

Who compares to you

Who set the stars in their place

You who calmed the raging seas

That came crashing over me

Who compares to you

You who bring the morning light

The hope of all the earth

Is rest assured in you great love

You are magnificent,

Eternally, Wonderful, Glorious

Jesus, No one ever will compare

To you, Jesus

When the evening fades

You call forth song of joy

As the morning wakes

We your children give you praise

CG was great. Really blessed. Really having a great sense of expectancy for tomorrow's service. Every week is always better than the previous week. Next week's e big day at the indoor stadium. Hope my frens can come along n exp e greatest gift and blessing. =)

Its oredy november....sigh

so fast nov oredy, very soon sch will start again. which is good in some ways, hee :D

yesterdae i fasted. but i fasted in a different way. e whole afternoon frm 12-6pm i fasted frm my computer games. yup, i learnt earlier on tt fasting is not jus refrainin frm eatin, its giving up something of u for a period of time, to spend time with God and to seek His face. and boy, ive regretted it. =)

e presence of God was soo strong and tangible as i sought God in my own room. there it was like no one so disturb me, quiet, just me and God. and we had a great time. i worshipped him in songs, prayer readin of His Word, seeking Him...and as i was singing in e Spirit, e Lord challenged me to, for e first time, to go prostrate before him. loving God, i obeyed. and e moment i lay on e floor on all 4s, e Holy Spirit came like fire and i started weeping and trembling in e presence of God, sth ive nv felt before. as i lay on e feet of Jesus, e Holy Spirit lay on me with such love and power. it was e greatest feeling ive ever felt.

I met and encountered someone I truly love after a few days, and i cant help but to weep, as i really really missed God. how i wished i could hold his hand everyday and feel him wherever i go. :D im glad later i can get to meet him once more for BS. and of course im hopin to have a great dinner and fellowship with my cel grp frens after e lesson, Hee =)