Love. Never fails

legodiem:

Letgo! (by ILoveDoodle)

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Byles

yvonnechar:

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The more management classes i take in sch, the greater my appreciation for Pastors n the way my church is run. This church has leadership and management equal or even greater than top companies like Apple, IBM and deserves to be discussed in the leagues of them.

The church does more to benefit the society than any company or corporation can in CSR (corporate social responsibility). DO NOT persecute the church and the religious leaders. Yes, the church comes with a mission to make change and change for the better BUT don’t companies come with a mission as well to bring change, and in a sense to improve life for people? Churches are changing lives literally… and contributing to the social well-being of this generation and the generations to come. 

In this place, Youths at risk are leaving their past and getting back to their academics

Average youths are empowered to succeed have confidence… to not b self-serving and selfish but have compassion and empathy.  

Young adults are inspired to live with idealism and not just go in and get jaded in this rat race. 

The government always wonder why Singaporeans are laid back, risk-adverse, passive and full of petty complaints. The main problem is that the top leaders are too cautious, protective and restrictive to keep us in a box they can manage. But if they want to see Singaporeans or the next generation step up n get out of the box, they then need to first open the seal of laws and restrictions they laid above the box… otherwise it’s equivalent to a man watching his birds in a cage, n innocently asking why they aren’t moving around n flying higher. Unknown or known to them, the ones inside the cage feel helpless, trapped, no vision to fly higher because they simply can’t.. n they wonder if the owner truly means what he say.

It’s sadistic. 

It all boils down to having a good balance between risk management / national security. It is important to maintain control but not get overpowering to the extent it kills every spark of initiative n desire to make this nation a better place. 

helloxuejun:

Jeremiah 1:5 - 7

   ⁵ “ Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;
      Before you were born I sanctified you;
      I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”

⁶ Then said I:
      “ Ah, Lord GOD!
      Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.”

⁷ But the LORD said to me:
      “ Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’
      For you shall go to all to whom I send you,
      And whatever I command you, you shall speak.
       ⁸ Do not be afraid of their faces,
      For I am with you to deliver you,” says the LORD.

Jeremiah 1:9

⁹ Then the LORD put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me:
      “ Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

God corrected Jeremiah’s speech and he became one of the greatest prophets, along with Jeremiah and Ezekiel.

God wants to touch your mouth because your mouth will speak your world into your existence.

Your life is the total sum of the words you have spoken.
Change your confession, let God touch your mouth.
If you think evil, zip it. It may have gotten to your thoughts but you don’t have to let it get to your mouth.

Your mouth rules your life.
Speak to the circumstances in your life.

God’s words have the power to create!

God rules through us.
What we submit to, is the way we will rule. When we submit to God, we will implement the things of God.

Jeremiah 1:10

¹⁰ See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms,
      To root out and to pull down,
      To destroy and to throw down,
      To build and to plant.”

There may be stuff in our lives that we got to uproot and tear down.

It’s not about feeding and responding to them because it awakens them and they end up ruling your life. You got to UPROOT - bitterness, pride etc..

With the words of your mouth, you can build a whole new life.
Change your confession.
You have changed your heart towards God, now change the way you talk, change the way you speak.

Romans 8:28

Philippians 4:19

Jeremiah 1:11

¹¹ Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?”
And I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”

Almond tree = the awakening tree. (It’s the first to bud after winter, the other treas follow after it)

Jeremiah 1:12

¹² Then the LORD said to me, “You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My word.”

Now God is ready to perform His word!

WHAT a MIND_BLOWING week!

The Fri and Sun with Rev Dr AR bernard was simply amazing! He not just taught but imparted so many crucial principles of how to live life and Christ in culture. What really humbled and inspired me was the man himself, Rev Bernard… a man so logical, successful in the world, man of great stature and political influence YET, what he teaches in the service is always accompanied by the mighty power and presence of the Holy Spirit which speaks to us individually as he preaches. WOW. I never felt the Holy Spirit speak to me so much during a service…! What a privilege to be in hogc to have great preachers who love our church and would speak in our church! 

But i’m even more thankful for the REAL MAN himself, Pastor How…on Sat, released a prophetic word over the church that THIS IS OUR FINEST HOUR to resolve, reach out to the unsaved, and rise up to lead. We are the army of God… we’re serious about the things of God, the kingdom of God, the spiritual climate in the nation, revival in schools and army camps, and we’re serious on making THINGS happen!

Tonight’s leaders meeting with Pastors, Charleston and Dominic just set forth so much spiritual food, wisdom and practical knowledge before us. And i’m just so proud of the leaders in the CG!!! All of them very amazing, very very diligent, faithful, and people who love God and love people. For the longest time, the cry of my heart for the CG is leaders, and not just any leaders.. but Exodus 18:21 leaders. 

Seeing the leaders growing and rising up to fill in the infrastructure of the CG, of the zone, and the rest of the regulars falling in place in this church, I feel so encouraged and excited for the CG to breakthrough like never before! A whole new STRENGTH and LIFT! God is growing me and I’m excited to grow and be discipled. We want more dear God, but first of all, more of You in our lives.

This is a connect group of leaders. STRONG 50 by end of this year! 

The bugle of plagiarism has been blown. What’s the big deal?

For good, it credits the originators of the idea, safeguarding intellectual property.

For bad, it is a smear campaign to discredit the entire reputation of an individual when only small sections are of concern.

A shepherd of the flock…

Leadership secrets of Billy Graham by Harold Myra and Marshall Shelley

Through my earphones, C3’s Greatest Love, from Send down ur love album this night… left me in tears once again, touched and reminded of God’s love, like the first time I heard this song @asia conference on Fri night.

And seriously! wow.. What a busy n exhaustive week! @ asia conference, @ outings, @ today’s service w Steve munsey at “home”, hogc :) 

But… if the sermons, the worship at the services, had NOT impacted u to

1, Love God more in your life… to simply worship Him for who He is

2. To want to know Him more and edge closer into a deeper relationship w Him, or

3. To change something in your life to be more like Jesus,

then …. you have probably missed the point of it all.

Being in church for 5+ years… and probably hearing (estimate about 1 wkend svc+ CG per week or a different sermons tt week, => 2 x 56 weeks/year x 5 years = 500+ sermons! HMMM! Thats… actually quite alot and it’s excluding ministry trainings and other special weekends as well as other sermon cds that I heard! wow. 

haha.. actually I like to question and ask myself 2 things after each sermon… 

Is there a new desire in me to find out more about GOD! to read my bible and understand God’s ways and about being a Christian, not at or during service, but in my own time when I’m alone.. at home, in church etc…

Is there.. a new thirst to worship and pray, not at or during service… but in my own time, alone… to encounter and come boldly to the throne of God, to lift my hands to God, to close my eyes and just engage my Saviour

The most powerful time w God, is not just the altar call or ministry section of a service… but our individual Quiet Time. 

Towards the end of the day… though being physically drained.. I was more spiritually drained. Had to return to God for help, for fresh mana, for strength, for love and reassurance. I just wanted to talk and spend time w my God, no one else. 

Prayed… talked to God. Just humbled myself and ask God to come, to heal… in my mind many troubles, my spirit was overwhelmed.. After praying, i felt i needed more. Still, wanting to seek more. 

Somehow i decided to read the book of Psalm, somehow I decided to read Psalm 78, then chose to read Psalm 77 instead. 

¹ I cried out to God with my voice—

         To God with my voice; 
         And He gave ear to me.
 ² In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord;
         My hand was stretched out in the night without ceasing; 
         My soul refused to be comforted.
 ³ I remembered God, and was troubled;
         I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed.  Selah  
         
 ⁴ You hold my eyelids open;
         I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
 ⁵ I have considered the days of old,
         The years of ancient times.
 ⁶ I call to remembrance my song in the night;
         I meditate within my heart, 
         And my spirit makes diligent search. 
                 
 ¹⁰ And I said, “This is my anguish;
         But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.”
 ¹¹ I will remember the works of the LORD;
         Surely I will remember Your wonders of old.
 ¹² I will also meditate on all Your work,
         And talk of Your deeds.

I read and read, wow.. i am in awe..

v10-11 , “but i will rmb the years of the right hand of the Most High, i will remember the works of the Lord…” and yes i will remember God’s works in my life. wow. 

A stream of images reminding me of my encounters w God, words from God, times when I leaned on God, learning to put down my pride, times when God came to my rescue… times when I fought to be in church, to choose to put God first in my life, Holy Spirit leading me to minister to others…

And at the same time, the quote “When you don’t see the hand of God, learn to trust His heart” just came to me… Times when i don’t see God’s hand - blessings, successes… gotta remember to trust what God has done for me.. trust God’s heart.. a heart of perfect love for He’s a perfect God. 

Romans 8:28, And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Felt my spirit lifted.. new faith.. Not a spectacular revelation but still very spectacular because it’s time w God.. Tonight is another of my personal encounters, added to the folder - Remembering God.

If any of u who happen to read this are facing certain troubles, you know you can’t solve it in your own means… don’t wait till your only solution is God.. Instead of looking to alternatives all the time, choose God as your solution.. Turn to him in faith. It’s the best solution ever.

Well, haha! I’m feeling I can take over the world! Speaking success into the CG.. Growth, strong leaders, individual breakthroughs! Speaking into my future, my future business and career, marketplace leadership… Devil, STOP n STARE!! 

Cause Your love is greater than i know

Because of the cross, salvation flows

And into Your arms i run again

Glory to You, glory to You.. 

yongmongrong:

gamefreaksnz:

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chasingdaffodils:

summerprints:

laughingsquid:

Raptor Hoodie

WAY. TOO. COOL.

I WANT!

my kid MUST have this shirt (if I ever have one….)

GAMERS! you gotta watch this. You have the potential to make a difference to this world! haha.. 

Moving from the outdated Blogspot.com to Tumblr.. (kinda slow in the technology catchup! haha!), but upon this first post… I re-visted my blogspot page after a long while and begun to look back at the snippets of the past 6 years of my life where i wrote down things that happened, my thoughts etc… 

Similar to rummaging through a dictionary to locate a word, I was looking for the first time i “blogged” about heart of God church. I found it in the archives of June 2005, where I had a response and encounter with God and Pastor How confirming that hogc is where God has destined me to be. In these past 5 years, i had been living and walking into that destiny and still walking into it! :)

If you are really interested to read that post, here it is: http://pshuyi.blogspot.com/2005_06_01_archive.html 

but if you do not entirely catch what i’ve written, it’s okay because at that point in time, i was too overwhelmed and full of anticipation and expectation and surprised and amazed and everything else because it’s God! and hence my thoughts and writing are well, all over the place. 

With that, marking almost 5 years in Heart of God Church, learning and growing in character, substance, leadership, in loving God and knowing God, to be radical and learning to put Him first above all the things in my life has been amazing. Not to mention the irreplaceable friendships and relationships with one another and the BEST Pastors in the world, Pastor How and Pastor Lia, and great leaders like Dominic and Fifi… It’s such an honour and privilege to be trained, discipled, guided and cared for by them. 

Thank you from the depths of my heart… Pastors, Dominic and Fifi for making me successful and leading me into my destiny… Just as how you did, I want to do the same, to make others successful, and for them to find their position and calling in God, and a place in this church in serving God and glorifying God. :)

And I thank God for finding me! yet being a Uni year 3 student.. very frankly, I do worry about what life has to bring in the years to come and it would usually plague my mind for a good while.

Some things i think about are the problems i am potentially going to face?Would there be any more spiritual attacks and trials to overcome? Will my parents get upset again? What about in terms of what i am going to do in future in my career? I want to continue serving God in a larger capacity than what I am doing now but how am i going to do that? At the same time, how about financial survival? And also my dreams to conquer and build a state-of-the-art entertainment center and theme park, or be a top-notch investment banker YET also leading people to know God to be a Zone Manager, supporting my leaders and carrying the burden of the church. and as of now, my top concern would be how to settle my internship..

Wow. bagful of concerns.

Yet after writing down many concerns, i realize it’s all about me, my, I. Even if it’s godly and spiritual concerns, I was almost fooled into handling it in my own strength. 

But that’s not entirely it.. instead it’s really the empowerment of God’ grace which is God’s power! - the message Pastor John Bevere shared so timely in the Sat service. I am so so impacted. It’s not the mighty or the powerful whom God chose to do something extraordinary, because they would lead and conquer and make things happen in their own strength. But God is not mocked nor limited. He uses people who knows how to depend on Him and His power, and He works EXTRAORDINARY things through them! 

Felt new faith! - new conquering strength! - filling me all over from the inside out! Someone leading an extraordinary life and that’s exactly what I wanna be! Daniel from the bible is at least 10X more intelligent that the TOP intellect scholar of Babylon, the most advanced city of those times. I’m inspired and totally encouraged to strive to be the Best! Excellence.

Hard work is vital but it’s not all. My visions are laid before me and I’m praying for them to come to pass through God’s power! 

I want to know You more and more… and I’m geared up for more :)

3.19am, 12-Apr-2010