eam. The purpose of our
All in all, we want to resonate out loud for God, allowing Him to work in our lives so that we can impact others.
Sunday, February 28, 2010/ -11:36 PM
Pencils! xD
POSTPOST!
HAI!!! Sarah here!!! I found this story! I hope you guys will find this inspiring andandand you'll listen to the Pencil Maker and be good pencils! ^^
THE PENCIL STORY
The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box.
“There are 5 things you need to know,” he told the pencil, “Before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be.”
“One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in someone’s hand.”
“Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but you’ll need it to become a better pencil.”
“Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make.”
“Four: The most important part of you will always be what’s inside.”
“And Five: On every surface you are used on, you must leave your mark. No matter what the condition, you must continue to write.”
The pencil understood and promised to remember, and went into the box with purpose in its heart.
YOU are the pencil!
I'm gg to finish my homework now! See you guys on saturday! (x
<3
Monday, February 22, 2010/ -12:32 AM
still
ting:
this verse really caught my attention and i thought i'd share it.
Mark 4:40
"Do you still have no faith?"
This verse was taken from the passage where Jesus calmed the storm. and the word still really caught my attention. it spoke to me about even after so many miracles that Jesus had done, that the disciples still did not have the faith to believe that Jesus would calm the storm. and i think it really applies to us. though God has done so much in our lives, so many times we still keep doubting God and still dont have that faith to believe. the passage before this, mark 4:30, is about how God's kingdom is described as a mustard seed. and what i was reminded of is how we only need faith the size of a mustard seed to move mountains.
Monday, February 15, 2010/ -6:50 PM
strength like never before.
hey, ting is here to post!!!(:
i just wanna share something that i have learnt about strength.
the past month has been a hectic one for me, and i broke down many times and cried myself to sleep a couple of nights. its nothing serious really, its mainly many little things that become one big chunk of a burden. haha if you know what i mean. there were lots of obligations that had to fulfill and duties to carry out that i couldnt carry it upon my shoulders. i thought that strength was being able to carry every single thing by yourself, holding up the whole burden by yourself without anyone's help. i thought that strength was not letting people see your weaknesses, and being 'okay' when you really arent 'okay'. so for the first few weeks, i held everything myself. i told myself its okay. i can do it. i dont need anyone;s help but my own. and the load got heavier and heavier and heavier.. i was tired and exhausted. cried, but made sure no one knew, made sure i did not let any weakness slip out anywhere.
it got to a point that there were just too many things on my mind. i remember that saturday, altar call didnt really super apply to me, but i went up anyway. i had to. i needed to. i just knelt there. someone prayed for me, someone who didnt know me personally or even by name. she said that God was telling her i wanted to give up, to throw in the towel and if someone put a pail of water in front of me, i wouldnt see myself because i have lost myself, become unsure of who i am anymore. but God knows me as His daughter and He will bring me back to a point of knowing myself and seeing myself clearly in that water. at that point, i just broke down completely. i couldnt stop. everything, frustration, anger, worthlessness, just flowed out in tears. it was as if everything i felt and the confusion within just began to flow out in words, through someone else' mouth into my ears. i began to understand that i had to let go and stop carrying everything by myself.
i thought strength was holding up everything myself. i was wrong. i thought strength was not letting people see your weaknesses. i was wrong. i have learnt that strength is not about holding the load of burdens on my own, but strength is taking that courage to let someone else carry your burdens along with you. i dont mean you go round telling the whole world your problems, but just maybe someone you trust, to have someone to account to and someone to turn to when you need help. thats the first step of strength. the second though, is the actual facing ur problems once again. its finding that attitude that will help you to overcome your situations because you know that you have a strong Father up there helping you along. strength is not from ourselves, but strength is from Him above. whenever you feel tired or weary, always say a word of prayer and ask God for strength. its amazing, cos He really will provide you with it. i really felt rejuvenated and refreshed, and kept telling myself 'ting can be strong and will be strong.' and you know, if ur strength is from God and not urself, it will withstand all ur circumstances(:
i hope what i've said made sense. im not very good with words, but i hope you catch my message!(:
find your strength in Him today.
"but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."
- isaiah 40:31
Thursday, February 11, 2010/ -10:49 PM
Climbing A Monkey Puzzle Tree
clarice:
hi!!! i'm going to share about my testimonies since OBS started. i was really stuck in my walk with God for more than a year, and at the last ignyte camp that i went for (radical), i didn experience any change at all. so i'm really thankful for my personal encounters with God.
at radical camp, bro fuwei prayed for me and said he saw that i was climbing up a mountain, and when i reached the other side where God was, i would experience great joy. i really hope that i've reached, or maybe there's more to come!
anyway, here's my testimony for u guys.
during my OBS on tues, the clouds were so dark that even the instructor asked us to move under shelter. i prayed that it would not rain because if it did, our tents would become wet and possibly flooded. God really answered my prayer. it didnt rain!
on wed, we went kayaking, and i put my spectacles in my bag between two towels. i prayed that my spectacles would not be broken. God provided me with my friend's glasses case abt 5 minutes later. i also prayed that i would not capsize, and i didnt even though e waves were quite strong at one point.
on thurs, we trekked for a total of abt 9 hrs, including e time taken to stop for lunch and some other breaks. i asked to be kept safe and uninjured, and to have e strength to continue walking. i walked for 13km without collapsing.
throughout e wk, i prayed that it wud not rain during e camp at all. i heard God telling me that if He did that, when i reached singapore, it would rain. sure enough, i walked home in e rain on fri.
i did not do tawg on fri bcos i was very tired and upset. on sat, i was reading andrew's post abt not sleeping until we did our tawg. i believe that was God's reminder to me to be consistent with tawg.
on monday, i had shooting for my cca. just to let u guys know, i cant shoot for peanuts. e rifle will go haywire in my hands. for e 1st round, i had a grouping of abt 247cm (the lower the better, people were getting abt 20cm) and only 1 shot hit the computerized target. that's usually what happens every cca shooting practice. in e nxt round, after i prayed, God improved my grouping to abt 30cm, and i managed to hit 5 out of 7 targets, both of which i have never achieved before.
yup, i just want to encourage every1 with this post b4 i go to malaysia in abt... 5 hrs because my mom wants to beat the traffic. cya arnd!
Quote 2 remember: If God brings you to it, He'll bring you through it.
~thx 4 reading!~
Saturday, February 6, 2010/ -8:49 PM
A SERIES OF FORTUNATE EVENTS.
Andrew Here ;D
Just wanna share something with you guys.
this happened after service, on Saturday.
I was going to be some loner (as said by Ting Yan, how nice) at Adam Hokker.
Then Melvin, rescued me from loneliness by running all the way to the bus stop,
and having dinner with me.
So, here comes the awesome part.
I was pretty much short on cash, i started of with 12 and ended up with 4.
so There's nothing besides Macs and adam hokker that has something filling worth 4 dollars.
So me and Melvin went around the entire adam area looking for cheap good food.
And everywhere we went, we saw, 12,13,9,7 dollar food.
SO WE PRAYED AND PRAYED.
dum dum dummmm...
and by God's grace, Melvin's sister passed by, and gave Melvin 16 dollarss...
OHHH SWEEETT MONNEYYYY.
And I had the best after church dinner ever. In my life. Period.
PENANG HOKKIEN MEE.
So, heres a short verse from God after today's experience.
Psalms 27: 14
"Rely on the LORD ! Be strong and confident! Rely on the LORD!''
and also, that we should all have cell dinner at that hokkien mee place ;D
R ead God's Word and be
