Ending Of A .... Year

Can't blog much, despite having TONNES of things to spill out from my head.

Life is awesome, life is good, life is full of ups and downs, life is life. What a year is has been indeed. 2-0-0-8 ....

Rainbow of Assurance

Nov 6 - 1.00am till 6.00am

Had an awesome fellowship with Benjamin Yeap at Bidara. A person of greatness in the making.

Nov 6 - 6.30am till 7.30am

Morning Prayer Meeting. Shared and prayed for my future and also for the building fund.

Nov 6 - Approximately around 8.00am

I saw a rainbow while on the way to Taylor's College.

*Takes a long deep breath*

Reminded of the promise God made with Noah. Related it to myself.

*Smiles*

History is made

Obama won.
Enough said.
*RAWRS*

Worship

-Chris Tomlin-

“Worship, in itself, is not a religious word. Everybody worships things, whether they realize it or not. It doesn’t mean they’re worshipping God; most people aren’t. It’s a natural thing to give value, to give worth to something or someone,” Tomlin says. “That’s what we’re trying to do through this music, to help people give worth and to say there’s something in life that matters most. There’s one thing that’s more beautiful, more famous, more amazing than anything else. We’re trying to help people realize that He is Jesus Christ.

“I know that it’s easy to get anyone into the mechanics of worship and the lip service of worship. But it’s all about your heart, and your heart can be so far from God and you just go through the motions. When it just becomes about the reflex or routine, it’s dead,” he continues. “You have to engage your heart and be moved to the core of who you normally are. That’s when the worship becomes real.”

And that’s exactly when you rediscover your brand-new relationship with love.
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-Tim Hughes-

“These are the days to be daring, exuberant, and passionate in worship,” Hughes asserts. “These are not times for half-hearted, apathetic worship. The need is great, and the church has to rise up and take on board all who God is. I sometimes get so frustrated of being in churches where we just go through the motions. God is worthy of everything we can ever give him.

“It should be common in our churches to see people weeping in worship, overwhelmed at the sheer mercy of God. It should be common to hear people singing at the tops of their voices, passionately expressing the love that God has lavished upon us. It should be common to see people dancing like lunatics, freely and with abandon, responding to God’s salvation. It should be common to see people rapt in silence, lost in wonder, completely transfixed at the transcendence of our God. We have an amazing God, and our worship should be real, honest, authentic, engaged, expressive, and wholehearted; we should be holding nothing back.”
“I was involved in a mission to London called Soul in the City and there saw 10,000 young people come together to spend 10 days reaching out to the community. We picked up litter, painted old houses, organized sports for underprivileged kids, played late-night cafes and gigs for unbelievers. And when we gathered together to worship through song, there was an amazing depth to our worship. It felt like God was pleased with us because we weren’t just singing the songs—we were actually living a life of worship that was making a difference to those around us.”

And that goes a long way toward explaining why Hughes’ primary passion isn’t for the music he creates; it’s first of all for those who hear it: God and the church.
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-Matt Redman-

Sing first with an eye towards God – let every melody and word be an inspired heartfelt response to Him. But sing also with the church in mind – crafting that inspiration in a way that might help others give voice to their worship of Jesus.”

40 days...

As for yesterday (as I blogged this exactly at 1:47am after having the Wolf Session)...

I will be fasting for 40 days again :) . So it will be from the 1st of November till 10th of December!

*RAWRS*

Last year on the same date itself I challenged myself to fast for 40 days. I guess this will be the second time in a row for myself....hohoho..

Wish me all the best guys!
I'm believing for miracles and breakthroughs to come! /yosh!

P.S:Please please please pleaseeee don't tempt me with food especially during lunch hours....*sniffs*..

Mooncake Festival Celebration

Went to Charis' place at Bangsar to celebrate Mooncake Festival with E4 and E30.Brought along Francis (we promised to hang-out with each other even since last year and till now was the only time we managed to do so..lol).

Definitely had good fun.Kind of shocked to know out of 30-32 people,only 2 are cat lovers...(what has happened to this world that we live in!? 2/30 only like cats!? tsk tsk tsk...)We played a game called "Do You Love Your Neighbour?"(my vegetable name from this day onwards will be Capsicum! /yosh).

Even played "Amazing Race" in Bangsar!Teamed up with Andrew(team leader),Hazel Saw,Anne(or is it spelled Ann..?),Joy and Francis himself.Named our team - AWESOME,simply because we are AWESOME. /heh

Don't have pictures to show all of it though...oh well.Better invest in a camera phone...soon...

Anyways,gotta thank my cell leader for buying me an awesome mooncake that she bought from KL Hilton.

"Snow Skin Chocolate Sunflower Seed with Bailey's soft centre"

*again..no photos...anyways,it's inside my stomach already..hehe..*

One word to simply describe it - AWESOME (hey,it's my favourite word - what can I say?) Definitely one of the best mooncakes that I've ever tried in my whole life.Seriously.Gotta try it again next year!I mean come on - Bailey's in a mooncake!? Uniquely unique indeed.

Also chatted for about 1 hour plus inside Nickey's car.It's pretty amazing how we can just talk about all the things that had happened during Emerge even though everything has passed for nearly two weeks.I must say it was a fruitful talk whereby we evaluated nearly everything for our cluster (LOCAL U! *RAWRS*) and planned ahead for what we can do next year to change and better improve ourselves(and God-willing be the champions this time around!!!).

A new beginning...

My first blog (not really,since I do blog - but rarely - in Multiply.com) and I'm pretty much happy with it.
Now just need to figure out how to make the whole thing look nicer, like how to change the background, change the fonts, add this and that application, blah blah blah..

Currently I'm not working, since I quit my job in Monash last August,2 weeks prior to EMERGE.So right now I'm pretty much free,but at least I keep myself occupied by teaching guitar lessons for free to some "lucky" people ;P (i mean like - hey - where could you find someone teaching guitar for 2 hours and so for free in this world!?)

Fasting for 22 days for this whole month! It's already the 11th - so another 11 days to go! *clenches fist in the air*

So yeah - it's definitely a whole new chapter in my life right now. Gonna believe for some miracles to come as well! Can't wait for the Leader's Retreat in Genting Highlands next month during the Raya holidays.Plus Pastor Mike and her wife will be there! Woo Hoo! g