what will you do about your faith?
will you stand up for Him who stood up for you?

"Be bold and courageous, for I am with you."
- Deuteronomy

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exams are rapidly approaching in less than 2week's time!
knowing that most of us will be busy studying and stressing over the massive information overload..

here's smth to help bring some laughs! (:


Laughter may be a good medicine, but the medicine is still from Him! (:

[Philippians 4:4]
Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!

Through the good and the bad, rejoice always! (:
all the best with all the studying!

PS: We'll still be continuing with our regular weekly meetings despite exams because we believe that inspite of our personal daily challenges, we should still never neglect meeting up together to encourage one another! (: Hope to see you joining us! (:

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Philipians 2: 14 - 15

Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe.

I guess this is something that has been burdening my heart for quite some time! As most of you know, I am from Singapore (YEAH!) and Singaporean's national past time is complaining! We complain about EVERYTHING! From the weather to the auntie that was talking too loudly when we were having our prata, to even the PAP govt! If we can't find anything to complain about, we would complain that life is boring and there is nothing to talk about! Yes, I come very much from a complain culture.

In Australia, I guess there are elements of that as well. Within the work place, definitely about the Govt, people just cannot be happy doing their own thing. There has to be an element of 'comparison' in their lives.

I guess the passage aboved has summed up all that I wanted to bring across both in our working/schooling life and even our spiritual life. The Bible is always about absolutes, there is often no middle ground in the exposition of the Word. When it says that without complaining, we shall be blameless and pure, children of God in this wicked generation, you have to wonder, what happens if and when we complain?

It is really my conviction that if we do things whilst complaining, we would lose out on whatever spiritual blessings that is in store for us in heaven and on earth. As it follows on in verse 16, in the end, we all want to boast on the day of Christ, the race we ran with passion, joy and love for Him and Him alone. Let us not let the art of complaining take away that right we have to bask in the Glory of our Saviour!

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Hey guys!

Hope school is treating you well... :) To all those that are trying hard to make cow sense of the first few weeks of lecture.... well... ask the mother cow... or water buffalo! (Erm... RAndom!)

Anyways, something that was shared on sunday afternoon whilst I was in leaders meeting and you guys were either eating MORE food in Boxhill or having those wonderful afternoon naps (Gee.... I miss those) was this

For those who have joined a church, you would sometimes feel the need to be part of a ministry in order to grow, or you feel the overarching need to DO SOMETHING for God so that you feel useful or maybe even repaying God the debt of Him saving you.

Firstly, what was shared in sunday morning should be something we all remember. God saved us, to set us FREE!! Yes! The story of the slave girl was really impactful, and I feel its something we all have to come to realise. However, it was the reaction of the slave girl that touched my heart. And that is, because you have set me free, I will WANT to work for Him the rest of my life. When we serve God, let us not look to the left or to the right, but focus solely on Him and our gratitude to Him.

Secondly, in afternoon meeting, Ps TT Quah shared of how ministry should not be my life, in a sense where we get busy doing things for God, running CCM counter or serving in Life group.
Rather, my life is my ministry to the people around me! In this, it is more than just skill development of yourselves, to worship better, or to play guitar better. Even more so, it is the development of Christlikeness in our actions thoughts and deeds, the development of our character.
If we have Jesus in our hearts, all of our resultant action will be a NATURAL reaction of wanting to imitate the likeness of Christ. We will not think twice of giving of our time, effort or energy, or even money. It becomes our 2nd nature to seek first the Kingdom of God!

So guys, let me encourage you to put Jesus first in all things that you do. You are FREE to do anything, but IF you were to let God shape your character and transform your life, I can confirm plus chop that it will be a lifelong journey of exciting encounters that only God can bring you on!

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