1st anniversary surprise

Happy anniversary 

The last VL gathering 27 Nov 15

Done my official duties for today !

Was helping out at the KWSH event today ! 

Bumped into familiar faces

Our spontaneous run for good 29 Nov 15

Was volunteering at sports singapore and chanced upon this event

Randomly decide to go for it...

Steady la!

My first GE run.

Pleasant run

Coney island with lovely vl family

An evening run at upper pierce

Emerging women workshop

Attended this workshop and met new friends .

Great view too

One of the best restaurant we visited for lunch

Yummy lunch with great company, great service and great ambience 

Interesting finds

After our dinner date, we walked around in Orchard. I realised I haven't been shopping at Orchard for a long while..

Didn't even know such pillows exist !

My adorable hubby...He always make me laugh

Little gestures to make me feel loved

How sweet ....

Surprise ! When I stepped into the bathroom this morning

My husband always make me smile 

Weekend of worship 25 Oct 2015

We believe in God, the Father

Let there be peace.

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all time and a brother is born for adversity. 

My integrity is still in tact even though i put myself up to criticism to stand with and to attend the church. I am not blinded, in fact my choice reflects maturity in christianity. I do not turn away from adversity and who am i to judge others. I am no saint myself. i am in no position to do so. For if you have not sinned before, cast your first stone on them. i know religion whether its Buddhism, Christianity or Islam, it teaches us good, but do bad mistake that make religion less of their identity ? No, in fact we learn and develop to be better through the mistakes we made during our lifetime. Our fundamental and core values remain constant no matter what happen. Church is not built based on one person or dependent on 1 person. It is based on God's word. So this is the time for Purification of the church



CHC is the place that God has planted for us 

John 16:33, John 14;6 

Salvation is the only way, truth and life through Jesus 

The Way - journey of our life (thinking, feeling and decisions) 

The Truth - The word of God 

The Life - Our core values, core purpose, strength and drive (lifestyle)

Preacher A R Bernard. One of my favourite speaker 

Dancing queens - Club 5

Emily, Linda, Grace and Kim - the gorgeous people i met at the dancing club.

Oh yes, also a stunning performance by Carmen the birthday babe who doesnt look a day older than 30! Geez I didnt take photos of the pretty birthday girl 

 

Team GUYL annual volunteer trip 2015

Our annual affair to volunteer at cambodia.

This is our 4th year and we just had our gathering with the awesome group for 2015!

Looking forward to the volunteering trip in 3 weeks time 

Thursday 15 oct 2015

Had an insanity workout for 45mins. 

Was having a headache since morning. Last night went to dancing club for the first time with emily and her friends.

Not my cup of tea but met kind and gorgeous looking tai tai withporcelain skin. Some of them taught me some samba and disco rock moves. I went home slapped facial mask on over night.

Was really tired.

Booked trip to Finland and Iceland next year. Looking forward

Thankful to God for everyday. Amen  

Family CCK farm run

Been a while since my last update.

All's been great.

Enjoy the casual walk at brickland road last Saturday. So much bonding time with my sister and nephew, and not forgetting my awesome buddy cum hubby

A long weekend with family

Love. Being with . loved ones

Spirituality biblical perspective

Language is important

Its a way of communication.

Language is critical. Among the generations, languages gets complication. Different languages creates communication barriers.

In church, it's a gathering of people. Matthew 16. Jesus says I will build my church. What is a church ? Church is the body of Jesus Christ.

Matthew16.18-19.ESV And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.  I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Luke 21.10-19.ESV Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.  There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.  But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name’s sake.  This will be your opportunity to bear witness.  Settle it therefore in your minds not to meditate beforehand how to answer,  for I will give you a mouth (language) and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.  You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death.  You will be hated by all for my name’s sake.  But not a hair of your head will perish.  By your endurance you will gain your lives.

Language being created in Bible by God. Bible gives us the language how we should communicate.

Increased Capacity -

Enlarge emotional capacity. Having emotional strength to deal difficult periods and challenges
Relationship capacity.
Financial capacity
Spiritual capacity

If I'm not religious but I'm spiritual. Not to be bound by any religions or their practices , but I believe in the relationship with God.
But it's like walking in the moon cos it will be purely based on your own judgments and your own definition. Religion sets your value and give you a definite definitions.
Provide an environment to grow. Bible and scriptures will lead us to know and experience God. Inside us we know in our hearts that there is a greater being our there.
Knowing is wisdom. Bible provides the word - principles.

How we experience God:-
Prayer
Meditation
Worship
Fasting -connection of the pain in the human flesh
Community - we cannot grow in isolation but in community.
Family of faith - in church

We can experience God in our daily life. God is present in our life

Relevance - practical reasons
God gives us reasons to trust him. Faith is trust. Socially applicable based on our political and social environment. Knowing how God places you and I in our position is all for a purpose. Luke 7:11 - 16

Relevance is not being cool. Cool has its shelf life.
Fashion is not a relevance

Loyalty is a gift of God. Loyal is from love.
To do you good

Weekend of worship - April 2015

Ephesian - what are the resources (chapter 1-3)
How to use the resources (chapter 4-6)
Ephesians 1:3 ESV written by Paul
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every siritual blessing in the heavenly places,
When we bless God, it always involves speaking good of God. Faith comes by hearing.

God bless us. God chose us. God accepts us as his children. God forgives us. God gives us wisdom and knowledge. God gives us inheritance. Don't be like Hetty green. An image of God, pass the inheritances down.

Bible define the church not the society define the church. The word of God defines the church.

Spiritual capacity

Ephesians 3:14-19 Prayer for spiritual strength

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

We got to grow in your spiritual capacity.

1 Corinthians 2:12-16 ESV

Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.  The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

A natural who is not truly enlightened and renewed by the Word and Spirit of God, and therefore has no other way of obtaining knowledge but by his senses and natural understanding; receiveth not — Does not understand or apprehend; the things of the Spirit of God — Whether relating to his nature or kingdom. For they are foolishness to him — He is so far from understanding, that he utterly despises them. Neither can he know them — As he has not the will, so neither has he the power; because they are spiritually discerned — They can only be discerned by the aid of that Spirit, and by those spiritual senses which he has not. 

The spiritual man judges all spiritual truth, but he himself is judged by none who are not spiritual.

1 John 4:1-6 ESV

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

To expand your capacity, you got to Stretch out and get out of your comfort zone. We must think big. We do not just think of good ideas but God's ideas.

God wants us to prosper. Luke 5:4-6 Faith comes by hearing of the word of God. We will reap the rewards. We are able when we think we are able. When we give, we shall receive in bigger capacity.

We think like God.

L.I.F.E weekend of worship - Mar

L for Love
I for Invest

Invest your time for God.

Invest in your life for eternal. To invest is to put in.

Invest in human capital. You got to increase in your human capital.
Invest in skills, knowledge, social, personality attributes that's give us ability to produce value.
Jesus took care of his body and each of us are given a body to do his will. God wants us to maximise our life.
Satan will attack when we are tired, burn out and we are physically exhausted. So we must have a strong body to resist temptation. Luke 4. When we are tired and weak, we are unable to hear God. We must rest and take care of our health. Its important as without our body, we are unable to fulfill our eternal will. When I'm tired , I cannot concentrate and can't think properly. Invest in your health and eat healthily and have ample of rest. Being confident will also improve your health. Growing in spirit, not just spiritual but also mental spirit will make you strong. Building spirit by hanging out the right group people.
As a child, Jesus quietly read the bible, dwell in the God's word and Hebrews 10, it mentioned Jesus read about scriptures. He's a man of faith
Jesus was born a human and he lives like a human. Jesus didn't know everything. Only Father knows. He didn't perform any miracles until he was 30 years when he's filled with faith.  Luke 2: 40

a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[d] and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”[e] 31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Knowledge is power. Jesus increased in wisdom. Reading enhances your concentration. Reading gains knowledge. Wisdom is application of your knowledge. Do the right time at the right time for the good of the people.  Proverbs 9
God is the starting point for your decisions. Place God first and you will have the wisdom for eternal life. Read, memorize the word of God. Confess the word.

Even as a child, people can see the grace (friendly, kind, pleasant) in Jesus. Jesus developed relationships. Eq is more important than IQ. Be kind to people and Build relationships with people not for politics or personal gains. Build relationship will induce happiness and promotion.

Invest in your body - be healthy
Invest in your spirit mind
Invest in your wisdom
Invest in people skills and in relationship

Let us be more like Jesus. Amen

L.I.F.E weekend of worship - Feb

Love Invest Faith Enjoy

Love forgives. Love keeps no record of wrongdoing
Love assures
Love honors

Love for Enemies
Luke 6:27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.

32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. 35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.Emotions are a tool given by God and there are healthy and important ways to express them, but don’t be ruled by them. If you don’t learn to master your anger and your emotions, then your anger and emotions will master you.
“Fools are quick to express their anger, but wise people are patient and control themselves.” Proverbs 29:11

Circumstance to deal with Difficult People

No one likes being around difficult people. I think there are a lot of people in the world like that today, largely because of the stressful lives most of them have. People are trying to do too much in too little time and have more responsibility than they can realistically handle.

When someone is rude to me, I can feel my emotions rise up and then move out, wanting me to follow them. That's when I know I need to take action. I have to remember that the person being rude probably has a lot of problems. She may not even realize how she sounds.

Working with the Holy Spirit
I certainly remember lots of times in my life when people asked me why I was being so harsh. I didn't realize that I was. I just had a lot going on and felt pressured, so the pressure came through in harsh voice tones. That didn't excuse my bad behavior, but it was the root of the problem.

I am very thankful I know the Word of God and have Him in my life to help and comfort me. But a lot of difficult people don't have that. I have had to work very hard with the Holy Spirit for the ability to act on God's Word when people are rude…instead of merely reacting with a behavior that matches or tops theirs.

Jesus teaches us how to respond to those who treat us well and those who do not (see Luke 6:32–35).

If you are in a situation that requires you to be with one of these hard-to-get-along-with people every day, I urge you to pray for them instead of reacting emotionally to them. Our prayers open a door for God to work through.

Ask Yourself
How do I react to people who are rude?
Do I respond in love as the Word says we should, or do I join them in their ungodly behavior?
Will I act on the Word of God and love them for His sake? Or will I react emotionally, perhaps acting worse than they act?
Have I ever let a rude person ruin my day?
Live Beyond Your Feelings

Feelings will come and go. We can't escape them, but we can choose to live by God's Word and not our feelings. Even when it doesn't feel right, we can live with an incredible peace and joy. I encourage you to go through the questions again and search God's Word in every circumstance you face. He will help you live beyond your feelings!

Relationship

In human relationship, distance is measured not by miles but by affection

Two people can be standing close to one another but not close

Two good friends can be miles apart but yet still feeling close to one another

In the bible, everything follows a pattern and a principle

We need to identify it

Promotion requires change.

Don't ask God to promote you if you are not ready to change. Change means to be different . if you claimed you are changing but still not changed. Its not good enough.

If you want to continue to be an average employee after promotion, then don't ask to be promoted.

Look for God to elevate you and allow you to be stronger and be wiser, so that your mind is changed. So your mind will be clear

You must keep it going

God's mercy

God bless

SS mum miraculously recovered rapidly and got discharged in early Jan

We are really happy but however her mental became unstable and her mood was erratic.   

I can see how frustrated and sad it upsets the family

I pray and ask God to watch over and provide strength to his family

I pray for love for the family. Jesus accepts us who we are. The family has to love one another. I want to bring SS mum to church. I pray and ask that God leads me to the right way to do this. I will do my best and God yo show me the way to do this

Love is a commitment. I love SS and his family and I'm committed to help them. God loves us unconditionally and we shall show the same love to us. God loves us not because of who we are but it's because of who God is.

We accept people but not approving their acts. We shall not condemn or publicly shamed anyone.

Go and sin no more. Using mercy and grace to accept others.

Love is kind. Love protects. Loves heals. We shall do the same

Romans 14 Accept other believers who are weak in faith, and don't argue with them about what they think is right or wrong.

See those who irritate you most as God sent people. Treat them with even more mercy.

Jesus values us. What's value ? Net worth?

Our self worth is much more valuable than net worth. We are masterpieces of God.

Jesus believes in us. God says we can do all things through him, as long as we believe and we have faith

He saw the goodness in us. Mark 11:23
NKJV)

23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.

John 14:12
Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father

Roman 8,28
(NIV)

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[a] have been called according to his purpose.