Do Not Let your Past hold you Back.

not brain-washing, not denying, not forgetting BUT rather, go forward with life without letting ur past to hold you back. Paul was such a person. his past was something not glorifying neither was it something a christian would tolerate, but after facing God personally, he was the successful church planter. i personally believe that sometimes he would struggled upon his past but because of God's love for him, he wouldn't allow his past to haunt him down. something important i learnt during ss, success isn't getting the top notch results, getting the highest paid job... ...but, living a life that God wants you to lead. when i was a church-hopping christian, i just couldn't tied myself to a church. reason: i don't think i deserve to be use by God. lead a life that just wana know more friends and make my parents happy, that's all. simple life. till i came to Hope, i realise n felt God's grace n love for me. a love n grace that i don't think i deserve it AT ALL. not a single bit. but still,when i make the fearful and suspecious choice of serving God in Hope, i saw miracles.
even though a few months back, i make a choice that would lead me to live a life of denial, still i saw how much courage God has given me. a courage to continue leading a life that God wana me to live. well, today i make a pact with the loving man up there, i shan't allow my past to hold me back anymore.

Festival Of Praise.



5-7 August 2005. Friday to Sunday.
7.30-10.30pm @ Indoor Stadium.

O, they are back again! greaT hopefully i won't miss it again! 3yrs already... anyway don't miss it everyone! bring your cg along! :)

Goodbye my dear brothers.

Caleb
NYP's ex-UA. did a very good job in collecting money. gentle but firm yeah. haha! this brother is one person who took 1 year to think before accepting Christ. i am rite hor? a very caring, sincere and word-centered brother. such a blessing to know him.

Joshua
NYP2's ex-CL. reali loves his boys alot. give all his best with total faith. someone who's dressing reali change so much. hahaha! should see his ez-link card photo man.. ..*burst out laughing* oh man...sorry dude! this brother may be quiet by appearance but when you reali get to know him, he is quite lame. also, a person who loves rabbits?

Darren
NYP3's ex cg member. a guy who is reali good with computer stuffs. very capable guy but well, this dude, don't wana believe.. ..haha! this guy reali has a kind heart, reali enjoy being with this dude. talk alot of crap but nevertheless he got his own strength, he honours his leader ALOT. he will go far with God. as long as he believes :)


hey dudes, pray that you all will continue to walk with God despite what you guys are struggling with. be men of God! add strength n joy to the group you are going. n yeah, NYP will nv forget you guys.

ripped this off from my mail - Mother Teresa. Family 1st.

Whatever our religion, we know that if we really want to love, we must learn to forgive before anything else.

If we admit that we are sinners and we need forgiveness, then it will be very easy for us to forgive others. But if I don’t admit this, it will be very hard for me to say, “I forgive you” no matter who comes to me.

When Jesus came into the world, He loved it so much that He gave His life for it. He wanted to satisfy our hunger for God. And what did He do? He made Himself the Bread of Life. He became small, fragile, and defenceless for us. Bits of bread can be so small that even a baby can chew it, even a dying person can eat it. He became the Bread of Life to satisfy our hunger for God, our hunger for love.

As if that were not enough, He Himself took on our human condition. He became hungry. He became naked. He became the poor one dying in our streets, so that we could satisfy our hunger for human love by loving Him. This is not something which is imaginary. It is not something out of the ordinary. God comes to us in human love so that we can love Him with our hearts. He wants us to love Him in those who are hungry, in those who are naked, in those who are homeless. This is what you and I are called to do. We must learn to pray steadfastly for this call.

The work that each one of you carries out in your families for those you love is an expression of your love for God. Love starts at home. For your love to be real, it cannot waver at home.

In your homes you have a starving Christ, a naked Christ, a homeless Christ. Are you capable of recognising Him in your own homes? Do you realise that He is right there in your midst?

How many times does a child run away from home because there is no one there to love him! How often it is that the elderly in the family are not at home. Instead, they are in nursing homes because no one has time for them. The poor are right in your own homes. Are you aware of that?

We should gather to give thanks to God for what He has done in us, with us, and through us. We thank Him for having used you and us to be His love and mercy. God is still love, and He still loves the world. We believe that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. And God so loves the world today that He gives you and me to love the world, so that we may be His love and His mercy. What a beautiful thought and conviction for us, that we can be that love and mercy right in our homes, above all. Then we can be that love and mercy for our next door neighbours and for our neighbours down the street.

Holiness is not a luxury, meant for only a few. It is a simple duty for each one of us. Holiness is to take whatever Jesus gives us and to give Jesus whatever He asks of us with a big smile. That is God’s will.

In your life, in mine, in the life of each of us, God has made us for bigger things.

You need to learn how to give, not to give because you have to give, but because you want to give. I always tell people that I don’t want leftovers. Our poor don’t need your pity. They don’t need your sympathy. They need your love and compassion.

These professors came to see me and we were talking about love and kindness.
One of them asked me, "Mother, tell us something that we can remember."
I told them, "Smile at each other. Take some time for each other in your families. Smile."
Then one of them asked me, "Are you married?" I said, "Yes, and sometimes I find it very difficult to smile at Jesus because He can be so demanding."

It’s true. But that is where you can see love best. When it is most demanding and you give cheerfully in spite of that, that is love at its best.

It is very important to understand that love has to hurt to be true. It hurt Jesus to love us. It truly hurt Him. And to insure that we would be reminded of His great love, He made Himself the Bread of Life to satisfy our hunger for His love. We hunger for God because we have been created to love. We have been created in His image and likeness. We have been created to love and to be loved. For that reason, He became man to make it possible for us to love as He has loved us.

Jesus became the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the sick, the imprisoned, the forsaken, and the unwanted in our midst. And He says,"and you did it unto Me." They are hungry for our love. That is the hunger of our poor. That is the hunger that you and I must meet, because it may even exist in our own homes.

See, here is where love finds its place. Poverty comes into our homes to give us the chance to love. Perhaps in our own families, there is someone who feels lonely, who is sick, or who is overwhelmed with worry. Are we there, open and willing to offer support and affection?

There is so much suffering, so much hate, so much sorrow! We can be real pillars in our homes through our prayers and sacrifices. Love begins at home. It isn’t how much we do, but how much love we put into what we do that really counts. That is because our actions are focused on God. It doesn’t matter how much we do, but how much love we put into our actions, for His love is infinite.

The husband and wife started up an endless argument. Both of them let out all their frustrations and hurts, saying everything they had to say. Then I interrupted. "Now that’s enough. You have said everything that you needed to say. Let’s go to Jesus so that you can tell Him all these things."
We went to the chapel and the two knelt down before the altar. After a few moments, the husband turned to his wife and said, "You are my only love in this world, the only one I love and have." Other things of that sort followed. It was all very beautiful.

There are little things that inevitably happens in our lives and in our homes. Misunderstandings and suffering come to everyone, even in our own congregation. Someone said to me one day, "You never talk to us about problems." I said that I didn’t need to talk about such things precisely because everyone knows that there are always problems. What I do have to say again and again is that sometimes it seems we aren’t aware of them when we should be. We don’t recognise that a problem exists. This is something that often happens. Let’s focus more on the things we ought to do in serving our husband, our wife, our children, our brothers---rather than on other people’s shortcomings.

Mother Teresa answered this question at a press conference.
Q:Mother Teresa, how is it possible for you to discover Christ under the appearance of alcoholics and drug addicts, as you say you do?

A:None of us has the right to condemn anyone. Even though we see some people doing something bad, we don’t know why they are doing it. Jesus invites us to not pass judgement. Maybe we are the ones who have helped make them what they are. We need to realise that they are our brothers and sisters. That leper, that drunkard, and that sick person is our brother because he too has been created for a greater love. This is something that we should never forget. Jesus Christ identified Himself with them and says, "Whatever you did to the least of My brethren, you did it to Me." That leper, that alcoholic, and that beggar is my brother. Perhaps it is because we haven’t given them our understanding and love that they find themselves on the streets without love and care.
I believe that we should realise that poverty doesn’t only consist in being hungry for bread, but rather it is a tremendous hunger for human dignity. We need to love and to be somebody for someone else. This is where we make our mistake and shove people aside. Not only have we denied the poor a piece of bread, but by thinking that they have no worth and leaving them abandoned in the streets, we have denied them the human dignity that is rightfully theirs as children of God. They are my brothers and sisters as long as they are there. And why am I not in their place? This should be a very important question. We could have been in their place without having received the love and affection that has been given to us. I will never forget an alcoholic who told me his story. He was a man who gave in to drinking so he could forget that he wasn’t loved. I think we should examine our own conscience before judging the poor, be they poor in spirit or poor in material goods.

Ralph Rolls interviewed Mother Teresa on January 15, 1973 for a program entitled Belief and Life for the BBC.

Q: What should we do when suffering comes to us?
A: Accept it with a smile.
Q: Accept it with a smile?
A: Yes, with a smile, because it is the greatest gift that God gives us.
Q: What? To smile?
A: To smile at God. To have the courage to accept everything that He sends us, and to give to Him what He asks of us with a big smile.

We should not serve the poor like they were Jesus. We should serve the poor because they are Jesus.

In our stressful modern life, many families are plagued by hurt, harmful words, resentment, rage, disappointments, despair, discord, hatred, etc. The challenge for all of us is to rise above these negative feelings. Perhaps, we need to change our mindset and heart set, and one way maybe:
1.Never be too proud to say,"I am sorry."
2.Never stop asking, "Can you please forgive me?"
3.Always pray, "Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me and forgive me, a sinner."
4.Do not doubt Jesus when He says, "Your sins are forgiven." As a forgiven person, forgives.
5.So, be ready to forgive, even when we don’t feel like forgiving. Keep saying, "In the name of Jesus, you are forgiven."

Can we do it? Not easy but always possible with the help of Jesus. The challenge calls for us to face up to the problems, never running away from the problems. To start to love more, we have to ask Jesus to help us to forgive more and to turn the other cheek more in our homes.

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All For Love - Hillsong United.

All for love a Father gave
For only love could make a way
All for love heavens cried
For love was crucfied

Oh how many times have I broken Your heart
But still You forgive
If only I ask
And how many times have You heard me pray
Drawn near to me

Everything I need is You
My beginning, my forever
Everything I need is You

Let me sing all for love
I will join the angel song
Ever holy is the Lord
King of Glory
King of all

All for a love a Saviour prayed
Abba Father have Your way
Though they know not what they do
Let the Cross draw man to You

decision made. tough but convicted.

David lived a life that was pleasing to God's eyes. in times of difficulties or discouragements, instead of asking 'why this have to happen to me?', 'why God! can you be more fair to me!', he told God this. 'What am i going to do now? God pls help me and guide me.', 'How am i going to continue from here? give me some advice.' David never doubt God nor did he blame God instead he continued to be joyful in God and continued to obey and follow God!

is God preparing you for a specific task? He will be with you: obey and follow.

is God delivering you from a temptation? trust Him and do what He says.

Have you heard God's clear moral directions? read, study and obey his Word.

is God calling you to true worship? discover His presence in your life, in your home and in the body of assembled believers.

"for all honour and blessing and power,
belongs to you, belongs to you.
Lord Jesus christ, Son of the living God."

having attachment in kkh for this 2 weeks. where? in the paediatric ward. yesh, that's the kids ward. haha! anyway tml morning shift. man, dislike to wake up so early in the morning. hai...

anyway ss on sat was superb! everything. reali learnt alot of important things thru the sermon. still thumbs up for pastor ben. love the way he teach! the sermon reali leave a deep impression in my heart. the burden, taking the ownership, the courage like Paul, the excitement, etc. whoa~

anyway exams coming up. reali hope i will do well. study time! yeah! (excited outside but inside..hmm...hahahahha!) many many things to do this year man. woo hoo!

recent liking to his song. "live like you were dying".

he said i was in my early 40's
with alot of life before me
then a moment came that stopped me on a dime
i spent most of the next days
looking at the x-rays
talkin bout the options
and talkin bout sweet time
i asked him when it sank in
that this might really be the real end
how's it hit ya when you get that kind of news
man..whatcha do...and he said

i went sky divini went rocky mountain climbin
i went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Foomanchoo
and i loved deeper and i spoke sweeter
and i gave forgiveness i've been denin'
and he said someday i hope you get the chance
to live like you were dyin

he said i was finally the husband that most the time i wasn't
and i became a friend a friend would like to have
and all the sudden going fishin
wasn't such an imposition
and i went 3 times that year i lost my dad
well i...i finally read the good book
and i took a good long hard look
at what i'd do if i could do it all again
and then

like tomorrow was a gift
and you got eternity
to think about what you'd do with it
and what did you do with it
what did i do with it
what would i do with it

i went sky divin
i went rocky mountain climbin
i went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Foomanchoo
and then i loved deeper and i spoke sweeter
and i watched the eagle as it was flyin
and he said someday i hope you get the chance
to live like you were dyin

Jo-N, your Super IQ score is 100

Your overall intelligence quotient is the result of a scientifically-tested formula based on how many questions you answered correctly. But it's only part of what we learned about you from your answers on the test. We also determined the way you process information.The way you think about things makes you a Linguistic Architect.
This means you are brilliant when it comes to language and words. You are also very good at understanding things on an abstract level. You are at your best when you put those two skills together to communicate new ideas and see how they fit into different contexts. You understand math and science on a gut level, even if the equations and science don't come as easily. You can use these skills to be a great communicator or to create a masterpiece.
How did we determine that your thinking style is that of a Linguistic Architect? When we examined your test results further, we analyzed how you scored on 8 dimensions of intelligence: spatial, organizational, abstract reasoning, logical, mechanical, verbal, visual and numerical. The 3 dimensions you scored highest on combine to make you a Linguistic Architect. Only 6 out of 1,000 people have this rare combination of abilities.

wow......the IQ score may not be high but still wow! hahahhaha!

Kena Cheated.

my mom handed me a letter and say, "Hey how come you got a letter from the government?" i was doing my pyschology studies when i received the letter. of coz i was darn curious why on earth will i get a letter from the government. is it time for NS? hmm.... anyway, i turn the letter to the back and saw 'Traffic Police.' yesh! my result for my basic theory test! *heart pumping fast* i was about to open it when my mom offered to help me instead. trusting my mom, i was waiting for the answer and less than 1 min the answer came.

"sorry can try harder next time joanne. didn't pass.. ..", muttered my mom.

my heart literally drop to the ground. WAT?!? the paper was easy lor!!!!! n i couldn't pass!!!! wat duh!!!! quickly i took the letter from my mom and wanted to check myself. then the word, 'result: passed' appeared. just that moment my mom burst out laughing.

"you reali believe arh!!! wahahhahahha!!! you should look at your own expression man!! hahahahha! must tell daddy!!! hahahhaha!!!" --> this is said by my mom.

can you believe it?!?!??!?! my own mom. my OWN MOM actuali tricked me!!!!! urgh!!!!! but nv mind. I PASSED MY TEST!!!!!! wee! the next is the final driving theory test. car car car!! drive drive!

lesson learnt: open your own letter next time no matter how kind your mother offer to help.

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PUNK ROCK BANDS.


Limp Bizkit. still the old fav. not punk rock band but still rocks man!


Blink 182. since sec sch fav!!! funi group.


Sum 41. feel that this group is kinda like Blink 182 students. hahaha!


Simple Plan. they are cool!


Pug Jelly. students of simple plan. alicia rite! hahaa!


Busted. very sch boy types! nice vocals in this group.


Bowling for soup. their song "almost" appear the word 'almost' 23 times!


LFO. boyband but their songs are nice. ask veron!

Boybands, Punk rock bands! still think punk rock band rulz!!! hahaha!! Candy and Alicia, these two are recently my dudes in this areas!!! hahhaaha!! ' i still wana live!~~~~' wahahahaha!

Burdened.

feeling kinda burden lately for everything tt is around me but the most it is for my two beloved NBs. was kinda discourage but after today, my whole attitude change.

i gotta talk to one of my NB just now and reali could felt his anger, disappoinment and saddness in him (lately his buddy pass away). how i reali wish i could be with him at that moment to share with him face to face tt God will take away the pain he is feeling. can't reali remember the last time talking to NBs with such passion. *repented* i told him that he gotta live his life to the fullest without regretting. not reali very good with words, i told him all that i could. n now, it reali depend on God for help.

A prayer request.
God, thank you for the everything you created on this face of the earth just for us human beings to enjoy life. whether is it we come from a 3rd world country or is it from a 1st world country, may we nv forget your grace that you have show upon us.
Father, today i hold up these 2 NBs tt they will come to realise your sacrificial love soon and decide to love you back. may you bless them abundently n strengthen their soul especially the guy. let them come to a point that now, only you can show them the real meaning of life. these 2 people are not just numbers added but rather precious souls that have join to run the race. protect them from the evil ones and help them to overcome the problems they see in life.
Pray for those who are working on them. Joey,Eilton,Job, Ken, LiMin and myself that both CGs will be strengthen and refresh. as now some of us are going thru exams, let us shine forward in our class. as Joey n i continue to work on the gal, help us to manage time well and see a revival in the gals group. bless us with fruitfulness!! as for Eilton n i, also help us to see that the guy will be strong and be firm in you! bless NYP3a n NYP3b with great fruitfulness n revival! both groups will grow to be men n women of God.
Father, thank you for being such a great Lord n a kind one too. who always forgive n forget. suddenly i feel like saying this to you... ... ...you are like a superman to me!

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Stayed at Pearline's House.


introducing the 2 chefs.. ..! Pearline and Jo-n.

Pearline's work.

scrambled eggs.


luncheon meat.


chee chogn fun with peanut butter.


the good stuff in the morning - milo.

wat abt mine? hehe... i even got help from Pearline. wahahahahha!

french toast. some of them are even abit black... ...dun need to say guess you guys knw who is the one who cook. :)


relaxation time.

guess wat? we ate these in the morning.