HAHAHAH.
for iris.

SORRY I TRIED MY BEST TO SAVE THE PCITURE.

FOR YOU GIRLS.

the other one was blurred. so yepp.

FOR YM AND IRIS.

YM AND IRIS

FOR AARON.

FOR SMARTIES.

FOR SMARTIES.

NIGHT KIDS.

OKAY. I DONTKNOWWHY BUT WE LOOK FUNNY IN HERE!

HAHA.

LOTS OF LOVEEEE.

clarissa(:

YM IS HERE TO KEEP BFC BLOG ALIVE! PTL MAN! :D

for the jc people, mye should be over except for people like SOPHIA that ended like before the holiday. holidays must have been much more relaxing for her. enjoy and celebrate for this weekend and its back to working towards the promos! all the best! :D
and for those taking O'levels. really must go all the way alright! :D

I really thank God for blessing me throughout this tough time. although its just mye, but its the first time I put so much effort in my studies. I didnt even work so hard last year for my O'levels. papers were difficult and I know how badly I'll do for my subjects but I still thank God for bringing me through this week. I wanted to give up studying for my H1 physics, cause it was the last paper and most of the people had already finish their papers and celebrating but I still have one paper to go. that really demoralised me. but yea, God assured me. :D

tomorrow there should be a cell dinner, if Joshua had inform you guys. he has very good memory so I believe and trust in him to inform you all. but I am afraid I cant go for cell dinner, again. yes I know I had been missing all the cell dinner, but it always turn out that I've something clashing with it. I cant go for YA tomorrow either, I've a match tomorrow. :(
if time allows, after my match ends, I'll rush to join you guys in my sweaty and smelly attire! hahaha! :D

raise 2 hands and feets with me to agree that GOD IS GREAT! :D

Reflections from Church Camp '08

This is going to be a long, wordy post. You've been warned xD

The theme for this year's church camp was Transformed! By His grace and power. It was anchored on one of the verses in our scripture memory list

1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. 2Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:1-2

Testimonies were shared throughout the camp, and it just leaves me smiling and awed by what our God can do.

There was one testimony on the first night about a lady's lost luggage which was left at the side of the road in Singapore for a few hours, and who should pick it up but her friend. Coincidence? The auntie (oops) contemplated on whether to put a luggage tag the night before since she thought the luggage will be put together with all the rest from her coach. She put the luggage tag on anyway. Coincidence? Someone could have called the police to report a "suspicious article" seen by the side of the busy road but no, the lone bag was ignored. Coincidence? I don't think so.

Transformed - by the renewing of our mind(set). Pastor Derek said something which really struck me and I believe many others too. He said sickness and disease was never meant for us. We were created clean and "without blemish", and any form of illness (allergies included) were not from God because He did not create us to be sick. In the Lord's prayer, part of it says in Matthew 6:10, "your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." Note that there's no form of illness or unhappiness in heaven. It's a similar case for our planet. Healing belongs to the church, the body of Christ.
Exodus 15:26 "the Lord who heals you."
Psalm 103:3 "heals all your diseases."

Thus healing of the sick and physical abnormalities took place for all 3-4 days. It felt more like a healing camp. I was just thankful that I was and am physically well. Health is a blessing, and we deserve it!

Pastor Mike Connell was with the Chinese congregation throughout the camp except on the 'free and easy' time on the 2nd day where we youths had the privilege of having him speak to us, and then Pastor Mike again that night with the rest of the English congregation. He did the same thing with us for both sessions. He taught us how to hear from God for a word or vision FOR someone, one whom we aren't familiar with...and then pray for that person using whatever we've heard or saw. We practiced this with different people.

It was quite an experience for me because I really had to put aside every self-consciousness and doubt, and not question myself, whether it's part of my imagination or something from God Himself. I wrote this in my notes, "Receive God's revelations in your mind and, not argue with it. Learn how to receive info from God, act on it. Renew your mind." I found it difficult... and I still find it a little challenging, because in my opinion, one has to have an extremely close walk with God in order to hear Him that well and be 100% sure it's from Him. I'm glad that afternoon's 'free and easy' was taken up by that session. That was when I REALLY felt God's presence as compared to the other sessions. I wanted to continue to worship Him, but the closing closed too soon. Haha.

How to renew your mind/activate the renewed mind
- memorise scriptures
- meditate on the word of God
(- use your imagination to visualise a story in the Bible, like you're a part of the story
--> visualise aspects not recorded in the Bible)
- pray in tongues
--> spirit is praying
- pray and tune in
--> expressing our longing to hear from Him; desire to communicate with Him
--> God DOES speak to us. Job 33:14-18


As for Holy Spirit Night, this year's was slightly different. The many testimonies shared again left me at a loss for words, it's wonderful to hear how prayer and faith can get rid of salompas (you konw, that plaster for body aches), can make one (who's initially unable to even squat) RUN, improve one's eyesight by leaps and bounds, etc. There's so much, I can't recall everything.
This year, all the elders and elders' wifes (not 'wives' right?) made a sort of tunnel where every single one of us were supposed to walk through it, stopping at each couple for them to pray a short prayer for us. All we had to do was to receive. At the end of the tunnel, we'd get ushered to either SP or Pastor Derek to be anointed with oil... that's when many got slain, especially at Pastor Derek's side. He was "firing" all through the night. I didn't get slain, I simply took a few steps back when his oily hand touched my forehead. I don't know how it's like to be slained.. and I'm not questioning God either, but I'm curious to know what happens. That, I know, varies from person to person.

Another main thing I learned was that Jesus was born as a human, fully man, not a supernatural being.

5Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
6Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
7but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
Philippians 2:5-8 (NIV)

Jesus has to become fully man so that He can take the sins for us, so we can identify with His sacrifices.

19Jesus gave them this answer: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.
John 5:19 (NIV)

Jesus did not perform miracles as God, He was "Son of Man", remember?

38how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.
Acts 10:38 (NIV)

So much for the Da Vinci Code arguing that Jesus was a man... well, he WAS!! The other arguement in the book/movie is just lame, not for the weak in faith.

I have this motion sickness which acts up every now and then when I'm in the car or public bus and I'd feel like puking. I don't la, I end up burping at the end of the ride. But it still feels horrible. I can't even talk on the phone or reply SMSes in the car. Amazingly, I did not feel that way during the journey to and from KL in the coach!! I could even STUDY in the bus and sing songs and talk, without feeling any discomfort. I sat right at the back of the coach on the first day, mind you, supposedly the most motion sickness-prone seats but no, nothing happened! Praise God! :D

Christians put on display the reality of God. We are ambassadors of Christ (something which came to my mind right before Pastor Mike mentioned it). So we should show it, prove it, through our actions. Realise how the media creates such a huge fuss over Christians who commit crimes... it's just this discrimination which I cannot understand.

You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord blessed be Your name

Email from Loo Yee

Sand & Stone

TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING
THROUGH THE DESERT
DURING SOME POINT OF THE
JOURNEY, THEY HAD AN
ARGUMENT; AND ONE FRIEND
SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE
IN THE FACE

THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED
WAS HURT, BUT WITHOUT
SAYING ANYTHING,
WROTE IN THE SAND

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE

THEY KEPT ON WALKING,
UNTIL THEY FOUND AN OASIS,
WHERE THEY DECIDED
TO TAKE A BATH

THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN
SLAPPED GOT STUCK IN THE
MIRE! AND STARTED DROWNING,
BUT THE FRIEND SAVED HIM.

AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM
THE NEAR DROWNING,
HE WROTE ON A STONE:

'TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
SAVED MY LIFE'

THE FRIEND WHO HAD SLAPPED
AND SAVED HIS BEST FRIEND
ASKED HIM, 'AFTER I HURT YOU,
YOU WROTE IN THE SAND AND NOW,
YOU WRITE ON A STONE, WHY?'

THE FRIEND REPLIED
'WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US
WE SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN
IN SAND, WHERE WINDS OF
FORGIVENESS CAN ERASE IT AWAY.
BUT, WHEN SOMEONE DOES
SOMETHING GOOD FOR US,
WE MUST ENGRAVE IT IN STONE
WHERE NO WIND
CAN EVER ERASE IT'

LEARN TO WRITE
YOUR HURTS IN
THE SAND AND TO
CARVE YOUR
BENEFITS IN STONE.

THEY SAY IT TAKES A
MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL
PERSON, AN HOUR TO
APPRECIATE
THEM, A DAY
TO LOVE THEM, BUT THEN
AN ENTIRE LIFE
TO FORGET THEM.

SEND THIS TO
THE PEOPLE YOU'LL NEVER
FORGET.
I JUST DID.

IF YOU DON'T
SEND IT TO ANYONE,
IT MEANS YOU'RE IN A
HURRY AND THAT YOU'VE
FORGOTTEN YOUR FRIENDS.

TAKE THE TIME TO LIVE!

DO NOT VALUE THE THINGS
YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE, BUT VALUE
WHO YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE!

AND IF I HAPPEN TO GET IT BACK,
THEN I KNOW MY PLACE IN YOUR LIFE

'Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.'

Small excerpt from my blog post. (:

I just came back from youth encounter yesterday and I think it was really great. I felt that the sessions gave very relevant points just that at some parts I felt quite sleepy and some things didn't go in. Haha. I experienced for myself how our past hurts actually still bothers us and can affect the way we live now. During clinic session, I was sharing with Wanhui about something that happened in primary school and I cried as I shared. I never thought that the pain was still so real.. Thank you Wanhui for praying with me as I release those past hurts and forgive people and myself. (:

So BFC, don't miss the next youth encounter alright! (: Of course, I'm not saying our relationship with God depends on encounters and altar calls only. But it really helps us to live the way we are privileged to. (:

Get well soon Clari! (:

Jace

MY FIRST POST =)

Hi everyone!
Daryl here.
This is my first post! (everyone say yeah!)
Sorry I haven't posted till now even though I was supposed to do so at the start of this week or sth. Anyway, I'm quite new to this thing so please be patient =)

Hi... I don't really know what to post but since Josh says it doesn't need to be devotional then I'll just write on some stuff.

Just last Wednesday, I did CIP with my class. It was a class CIP. What we were supposed to do is sell badges on the streets around town to help raise funds for youths.care or sth like that which was helping the Student Advisory Centre. The SAC kind of helps delinquents and youths from disadvantaged families. Actually, it was one of my friend's idea. So I wasn't really sure of this thing and what we were supposed to do. Anyway, we had to do a four-hour shift which I later found out was a really really really really long time! It was not easy like approaching people to ask them if they wanted to buy badges to support youths.care. The badges were going for a dollar a badge but most people would just like shrug you off before you could finish saying anything. It's much more difficult than collecting money in a tin which is rather self-explanatory. So, in the end I only sold like 14! After 4 hours! But actually not 4 hours, coz I kind of didn't do the last hour! I gave up! It was quite tiring and it was getting dark. I really wonder how you sell stuff in the dark.

Anyway, what I learned from this is that it's really difficult to press on especially when you're not really doing something for a meaningful purpose. Not that what I was doing was for a worthless cause. But it was not something that I was interested in. It was an agreement by the class. I mean if everyone wants to do his or her own thing, it wouldn't be a class CIP alr rite? But anyway, it was a really good experience coz I now know how those people who try to sell stuff or play music to raise money, you know all those elderly people and all, feel. It's kinda like somebody asks you if you could spare a minute and then you just refuse politely and walk away without even hearing what the person has to say. Anyway, next time, do take the time to stop and listen and think because you never know the opportunities you might have missed just because you didn't stop.

I guess that's it for now! Don't really know what I'm supposed to do...
OH! And HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY JACELYN! =)

And this holidays have been quite tiring. Have to keep going back to school for lessons and CCA and project work and all... You guys & gals might feel the same but I'd liked to remind everyone:

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 11:28
NIV

HAPPY HOLS! =)

helloo(:

hello beautifulfeets(:
please do pray for me for my fever and cough.
thanks.

ohya and read Micah 7:8
"Do not rejoice over me, my enemy;
When i fall, i will arise;
When i sit in darkness.
The Lord will be a light to me."

got this from the hillsong united cd that has a dvd on the pastor's msg.
and it really speaks to me.
he said that we should claim this verse so that the Lord's light will always shine thru and in us.
and that whatever the devil may do to us, the Lord's light will be a light to us that we may follow his light out of darkness and that the enemy will not be able to rejoice over us as the Lord's Light itself is powerful.

he also said that we as a young generation should use our little light to shine into those people's lives that are filled with darkness.
we should reach our and add a little light to their lives.

he also said that we should nt just come to church to shine our light when in church itself there's light.
but to shine it outside and reach out to others who have not had God's light in them.

i hope that everyone of us would shine your little light into people's life and touch them with God's Love.

as the song goes...
this little light of mine,
im gonna let it shine.
(:


clarissa.

sorry HEES.
joyce you're so smart *smugs*

Sports Finale!

Sports Finale on June 21st

Let us all have fun together!

invite your friends...

encourage our cell members to ALL come tog for a time of fun and getting together!

~ shepherd's PIE

WE WILL BE GOING FOR
MAIN SERVICE AT 11:15am
ON 08 JUNE 2008!