Healer Story Hello Oakers!
I've come across some really really nice inspirational videos and i would like to share, i hope this makes an impact in your walk with God! Praise the Lord!




Amen!

Hello Oakers! how is your week, today's saturday(its 1am) therefore its the weekends now! Hope you guys can relax and chillax out and have fun haha! Ok, my post is to reply to kenneth's post.

Following points:
1) Great post
2) Great to see you excited about God
3) Great to see you have a difference in your mindset from when you're younger till now
4) Great to see you posting in the oak blog

I Agree with most of the points but however i would like to quote this sentence you said in your post which is "when you receive the holy spirit it will never leave you right?(Correct) And when you receive the holy spirit eternal life begins so you will go to heaven right? " (i think this is subjective)

The blasphemy part is correct to my way of interpreting the way of Christianity.

And i also disagree the part which says " And when you receive the holy spirit eternal life begins so you will go to heaven right? "

Because as far as i know, it is easy for one to receive the holy spirit, but, it is difficult for one to continue walking in faith with God and have the holy spirit working in you, me and everyone. IF we are not in close contact with God and we do not have a close relationship with God, to me, the holy spirit is like a dead cell within us and does not work. Father, Spirit and Son the Trinity of God. Through the holy spirit, we will be filled with love by our Father in heaven and his son Jesus. When we are filled with love, we will be able to understand the close relationship we have with God.

21"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' 23Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'

Even though we have the holy spirit in us, it is true that the holy spirit will never leave us but it is not true that we cannot leave the holy spirit. The verse says that not everybody who calls upon the Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven. Which simply states that even though we might have accepted Christ and we might have had the holy spirit in us, we too might not enter the kingdom of heaven. Simply because, in our lives we have done nothing right but sin. Don't you agree? Therefore, even if we might have the holy spirit in us it does not grant us the passport to enter the Kingdom of Heaven for every little sin that you do, you are leaving the holy spirit. No one needs declaration that you're going to leave the holy spirit for your own actions, selfish desires proves to God that you are leaving the holy spirit and therefore we are infact the ones leaving and not the holy spirit leaving. Thus, your statement which says "Holy spirit will never leave" is absolutely true to me.

However, " We will go to heaven" i will disagree with it. Actually, the verse already describes most of it. Many of us proclaim that we are Christians for the fact we go to church weekly and because we prayed for God to enter our lives but the truth is praying for God to enter our lives is only the first minor step we take. What we truly need is a repentant heart to always repent our mistakes and our sins daily and thats what that will bring us to Eternal Life and not because you prayed for the HolySpirit to come into you. Salvation is by Faith and Faith alone in Jesus Christ and Faith alone in God is followed by repentance. I am not sure whether its a mistake in me or in you however i just feel this is what it means to me.=) No Hard Feelings

Next:God loves you but he doesnt allow you to have eternal life even though you may repent?

That is False to me also. Why? Because of earlier what i said. Praying to receive Christ is only the first minor step and in any case does not Grant you to go to Heaven. What grants you is a repentant heart to always lift your mistakes unto God and repent over your sins you do daily. With a repentant heart, you have already managed to get what most people out there are looking for. Therefore, if you repent you will be able to have eternal life. To enter the Kingdom of Heaven we have to understand that:

1) There is no multiple choice in Christianity there isn't because there is only 1 God
2) We have to understand that Jesus is the way the truth and the life and nobody enters the Kingdom of God except through Him!
3) We have to love what God Loves and Hate what God Hates.
4) Summing up a Repentant Heart

With this 4 points i dare not guarantee we can enter the Kingdom of God but it will help us in our Christian walk=)
Lastly, i would like to quote this to you guys
" God cannot hate me cause God is love, but i tell you, God must hate me cause God is Love "

Thats all i have to say.
JunTing

*PS: For those that watched paul washer's sermon i quoted some from there so if you already know it then sorry for wasting your time hahahah!

Kenneth Teo LiGuangYew:

Hi, Examz are overrr, and I had a slight fever just after today's (the last) physics paper.
I'll not be going to Church on sunday coz my father put me in some "Internet Marketing" course- it was at a good price. I feel like going to Church one more time before facing CJC...sch lesson cirriculum starts on Tue.

Sometimes, actually quite many times, when I go to church when I think about God, I get a passion for God and imagine and/or wish I'll someday be preaching God's word, with conviction, or be in the worship team and worship extravagantly. This is some ideology I have about Christianity. (plssssssssssssss tell me if I have a misconception).

What exactly is the Truth? I came across it often in the Bible during the holidays when there was more time for quiet time. The significance of it to me got rekindled since then. It seems to me that it can be applied to many many things, like "Love".
Truth is not just the story right, that we are to live for Jesus or something? Truth means "fact". I think it represents the ultimate reality. Everyone has different views about everything because we have different experiences in life. Some perceptions we have in our mind about certain issues are not true, like knowing a person inside out. Newton's Laws of motion are not absolutely true. While satisfying one's "urge of fairness/justice", one may think that when "bad" people seem to escape judgement/punishment, their guilt will ALWAYS get back at them (mind experts may be able to "nullify" that). People have faith/hope in these things. I was in despair as I felt I had false hope. "Losing hope once had is worse than not having it at first"- a saying. Thats why I, unlike typical youths who have little experience in life, doubt and do not trust easily, also in God. Mao Tze Tong had a tactic of influencing/decieving young people to garner support, because they get influenced/decieved easily. When we see a cup infront of us. We "have faith" that there is a cup there, because of experiences. It is always there when we see that it is there. Except for people who hallucinate or live in their own world- Schizophrenia (I suspected I had that before), because of experiences. Dreams aren't real are they? Are feelings (guilt?) real? They can be deceptive. They can be "fake"- somewhat. In the Bible, many were deceived by hypocrisy of the Pharisees. What then can we base reality on? We can't choose what we we want to consider as reality to us as some religions say so. That is a "Truth" right? These thoughts are mainly what I recalled from Sec 3, being a pessimist lost in searching for the meaning of life, which is Love- the sermon last week by Joel Chan. I tend to doubt it when people in JYM say they "experienced God". They seem to say it so easily. What if it is their own thoughts? What if they have a misconception about Christianity?- people told me before that I had misconception.
When I was young; ~7-12 years old, I used to think being a Christian is like a Gamble. It may be true, it may not be. And we won't know. Even if we see a 'miracle', it would be in our memory and it may sway. We will grow to have faith/hope in it.

I think I became a proper Christian- accepting Jesus as my Lord because through experiencing God's love I saw the light, experienced God's peace, which transcends all human understanding, "excels all thought". I think that is the way to know Truths. God tells it to you. I wrote "influenced/decieved" and "faith/hope" somewhere above. Some in the Light or in the Truth will not be decieved easily, though he may be influenced easily- to a certain extent (word is ambiguious). Hope may be an ordinary worldly word that represents what we cling on to, which we do not "ultimately know" it will become reality. In Christianity "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see" - Hebrews 11:1 +I don't think Faith should be based on memory

While writing I thought, whats the diff of being in the Truth and being in the Light? What do they mean anyway. Maybe I used them wrongly...

Wow I wrote quite a lot. And it may seem depressing somewhat but that doesnt really reflect my current "frame of mind". I feel happy on the inside I think. I think its gonna change in months to come. Well I'm putting on my shield of faith.
I fear being judged and condemned. My suffering in relationships is linked to that.

One more thing, when you receive the holy spirit it will never leave you right? And when you receive the holy spirit eternal life begins so you will go to heaven right? But exceptions are when you blaspheme against the holy spirit (sin will not be forgiven) and taking words away from some scroll of prophecy- Revelations 22:19 (God will take away from you your share in the tree of life and in the Holy City). and maybe more.
These seem wierd to me. Why are these sins so strong? Do statements like "nothing can taint the Love God has for you" apply here? God loves you but he doesnt allow you to have eternal life even though you may repent?

Ryan: Hey haha this is what Alex smsed me when I asked him what size T-shirt he was:
Em...4 MI A LIL BIT BIG CAN LE. JYJYJY WIN COMP! *Ps...gt psle comin le so abt aug onwardz cant go events -_- :( gtg...bb

Hahaha.. like, totally cute.

Alex if you're reading this, I think you are cute!

Woah the oak shirt is super nice la! Thanks joel!

He really went hunting for the shirt man. He emailed his design to this shop, which asked for 45 bucks per shirt. My goodness. Is this shop Zara or something?! Actually, might not be too bad to have Zara as cell t-shirt. Haha. Then rushed to queensway, which charged 22 bucks. And then had to cross our fingers hoping they can print in time, cos i heard from davin it took him 4 days last time, and it was a Thursday. And now we're getting it this sunday! Alright man.

THIS SUN BRING $22. I hope everyone's ok with the price? We'll all wear it for summer showdown.

This Sunday remember to meet at 130pm in the chapel.
We're are dismissed from Botanics at 530pm. No transport back to church.
Memorize memory verses!

Joycelyn you had chinese oral? Didn't know.. Joan did you have too? Thought o level chinese is over. How was it? Anyway don't stress over the group cheer joycelyn. We can always stick to my cheer. I think it'll rock JYM. Haha.kidding la. Ya don't worry about the cheer if got lots of work.

How are all of your school ministries doing? Did you manage to meet up again after hols? I've started doing the devotional book Purpose Driven Life every night in bunk with Yu Heng. It's amazing how God has changed him. Used to be very money minded, a lot of selfish ambitions. And now he has released all that to God. He told me this week about reading chapter 3 of Purpose Driven Life, and agreeing with the book that getting money will only want you to crave for more and more and you'll never be satisfied, but only God is completely satisfying.

And when i'm in trouble (happens quite a lot in army), he's quoting verses to remind me. And he asks me to do quiet time with him every single night without fail. It's amazing what God is doing in his life. Completely different from before, when he was really skeptical about God. Honestly didn't think he'll become a christian.

I realise how much God wants people to know Him. Thinking about it, so many people are lost, not knowing what on earth are they on earth for. Such a pity for them to just follow the systems that Man put in place, thinking that that's all to life - Go school, get married, get a job, try to get promoted, retire, then die. So many people are just thinking that's that. When Jesus said Christians are the light of the world, he also meant that the world is lost in darkness, not knowing what the truth about life is. We are the light of the world. And we really musn't hide ourselves "under a bowl" (Matt 15:15)

John 17:3 " This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent."

John 10:10 "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."


Ryan

Joel Pang says: Hahaha Ryan your picture super funny the detective one haha good dipiction man hahaha. Anyway, a big thank you to Joel Chua who went through all the effort to get the shirt done. You guys must really appreciate the shirt ok!!

HELLO OAK-ERS

3 more days to Summer Showdown... And we gonna be the Champion.

Okay. Well, i guess you guys are wondering what we gonna wear on sunday.

S$22 per shirt

WOOOHOOO! I managed to get it printed by Saturday after the lady agreed to work just 2 days.

oh well. I am too lazy to update the rest... sorry =(

I am here to keep this blog alive. hehe!

Cheers!

Joel Chua

hey everyone, i know i said i'll put the cheer up today but i needa upload some stuff and there's loads of problems. ah. too difficult to explain, it'll be up by tmr. sorry! i still have loads of work left plus chinese oral tmr :/

god bless,
joycelyn

hey everyone! we're halfway through the first week of school, just 2 more days left:) The post about that boy in Joanne's post is really inspiring, makes me reconsider about my involvement in my school ministry, which is well, really minimal. So yes, i have to try harder.

Ok, i don't know what else to say.oh. You all should play Word Twist! its really fun. we can play it as a group:) haha. oh! There's this board on the wall in my library whereby we can write on small pieces of paper and stick it onto the board. And I read something really dumb, it said "I'm so hip that i can't even see my own pelvis" ha. ok. not funny. Never mind. oh! and someone spelt "liar" as "lyer" haha. ok. not funny too. I'll end here.

OH. I HAVEN'T POSTED UP THE GROUP CHEER. I'M VERY SORRY. you'll see it by tomorrow!!

HA. I'VE BEEN POSTING WITHOUT FAIL JOEL PANG:

-JOYCELYN

Hey guys I managed to book out of camp today cos I'm applying Singapore citizenship tmr. Ya, I'm from Tajik. Haha. No la, I was a PR from Malaysia. Malaysia truly asia. AND when I reached home one of the first things I did was to come to this blog and MY GOSH SO MANY NEW POSTS I'M SO HAPPY!

Woah God is amazing to work through the 10 year old Tajik boy like that. Can't imagine that in a Muslim country. I think God has His great ways to touch the coldest hearts. Remember when this Swedish guy from Heart of God, I think his name was Christian. When he came to JYM and shared from

1 Cor 1:26-28 "Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were influential, not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things - the things that are not - to nullify the things that are."

Then he said that God uses unexpected people, and that those people can be you and me. And I remember someone who said this, "No one can imagine what God can do through a person who is fully surrendered to Him." Makes me want to live a life fully surrendered to God, but there are many distractions. I think that's what a cell group is for, Elza :), to encourage each other to live totally for God. Cos if we are alone there's no one to remind us when we are distracted, or encourage us when things are tough. I feel that this cell is growing towards that. Becoming more open about our lives and our problems. This cell is not a place where we judge each other, but a place where we love each other enough to want to see each other grow. And a place where we're comfortable to share our lives with each other because we know that each of us have our own problems, and there's no perfect person, no 'better' Christian. Perfect people are people who hide their problems and struggles perfectly.

Wanna encourage those of us with school ministry. We're not just gonna sit and say that the Tajik boy did a great job. We're gonna say that God did a great job through a boy who was obedient, and He does the same through anyone who is obedient. Amen?

"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him."1 Cor 2:9

Thanks Junting, that you'll be posting online sermons. I like the Laminin one. Let's all make time to watch them k

Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds from the mouth of God." Matthew 4:4.

Our walk with God becomes dry when we neglect God's Word. Then we may end up even discussing the online sermon during prayer/cell time. Haha. I know God will speak to all of us in the cell if we are all tuned in to Him.

Lastly I wanna say I've been really blessed by you guys. You guys have been such a great cell group and

Haha check this out.


Investigators find a floating body. David Quah finds evidence. 19/06/08, 1445Hrs.


Ryan

Hey people! How's school? And school ministry? Hope everything's fine ya.
Yeah, i really do think that our blog is getting much more alive. And with inspiring posts by Junting, etc.
Oh, i just wanna share a little testimony(?) that really inspired me when i went to HOGC that day. That Pastor shared about a little boy who's in Tajik, a muslim country. Yeah, then the new generation people went there to spread about the gospel. So, this 10 years old boy was really inspired and he wanted to accept Jesus in his life. He then thought of the Word of God with colourful illustrations and stuff, and he didnt expect it to be wordy. Then, one day, he received a very very big parcel filled 400 big bibles, and went he opened the bible, it was in Tajik language, but unfortunately, the bible do not even have a single illustration and the words are super small.
He wanted to give out the bible to his friends in his muslim school. And that boy was really awesome la. He drew illustrations with crayons on a piece of drawing paper and he actually drew 400 pieces of drawings okay! all by himself! Praise the Lord. Then he went to distribute the bibles together with his drawings to the 400 ppl in his school. Then many accepted Christ, and the malay teachers then got curious about the bibles that those pupils held on their hands almost everyday. And they came to a decision whereby, they thought of christianity, and christianity then became one of their subjects in school, and their study material is the bible! Awesome right!
Praise the Lord! (:
okay, shall stop here. i think that 10 years old boy is really, really a hero that God had sent to this world!

JOANNE

HEY, no one posted since the last time i posted! ahh, seems as if I'm taking up space thanks to Joel Pang who insisted i post everyday. Oh wells, i guess everyone's busy so its alright, as long as you don't mind reading my long-winded, boring, unentertaining posts everyday. ha. ok. Have a great week!

HA. I POSTED JOEL PANG. ok. I'm getting tired of saying all that. I'll end here

-JOYCELYN

Hey! how's the first day of school for everyone who goes to school huh? hope it went well, yeah, my first day of school was quite terrible actually, loads of work just came piling onto the rest of my undone work. oh wells, time to get down to work.
Yes, after reading the part about Joel Chan's sermon on love etc. in jun ting's post, it kinda struck to me that i haven't been very loving. i think its mostly my pride which gets in the way when i have to show ''love'' towards those erm, slightly weirder/special people. It's just really hard to associate yourselves with these people, and i have to confess that i neglect these people so that i can have fun with my own group of friends or even so as to save me the trouble of having to mix with them.
Well, but God's love is far greater than anything else in the world and i must learn to love these people right? Hope that you all will do the same too:)

HA. I POSTED JOEL PANG. IT IS THE 23RD OF JUNE, TIME IS 10.57PM. OH WELLS. LOOKS LIKE I WON AGAIN. DON'T BE TOO SAD K. HA.

-JOYCELYN

Hello all!
The oak blog has certainly got livelier haha. Well its great to see so many of you posting your problems and stuff and its such a joy reading them. Thank you all of you who are so open minded and care to share your problems with the Group. We as O.A.K will definitely help you in your problems. Right OAK?=)

Anyway, to keep my walk close with God i watch an online sermon weekly. I chance upon this and i thought it was quite good so i hope you guys if you have any spiritual problems or your walk is tough do go to http://godtube.com for some online sermons that may be a blessing to you in disguise. So, i will post an online sermon weekly for you guys. The sermon which i choose and post may be of help to only just me but IF it affects you as well, i welcome you to blog your thoughts about the online sermon and how it has affected your week. Do put into practice of Joel Chan's sermon on Sunday about love and how it is more important then (school, work, army, studies, gaming, happiness) ETC.. Therefore, share your love around with the people around you because when one of us shares our love for the other, it automatically liberates other peoples fear to share their love. So, lets go out to the world out that and show some LOVE(:

The online sermon this week is about a protein molecule in our body known as Laminin.

Sermon by Louie Giglio - Laminin
http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=152b5103d741aca61093

JunTing

Hi! haha I wanted to go find out the meaning of a cell group but couldn't find so anyway, thanks for all the encouragements from everyone on the blog...to me a cell group really means a group that can share everything with each other, not only the blessings but also the bad times that one of us may be going through. I think our cell group is progressing well so yeah, keep it up? XD

Thanks to kenneth for sharing...don't worry we're all behind you so keep fighting the good fight for Him who is always watching over you!

And to Ryan...sorry for laughing but its really funny...Should have taken a video and posted it too...XD

Have a great first day in school all!XD

Whoops...Elza here...XD

HAHAHAHHAHA. LOOK AT RYAN IN THOSE PHOTOS!

HEY JOEL PANG. This is Joycelyn reporting at 11.27pm, 22nd of June, and yes, it is within the 24hrs since you last posted.
Anyway, I'm really tired from drawing my brain so I'll make this post short. For all those going to school, i hope you've completed all your holiday homework and have a great day at school! And don't forget to do your devotions everyday even though you're busy with school!
Yeah ok, I'm really lazy now so I'll post the cheer tomorrow k. About the actions, I'll think about how to show it to you all, no way am i going to take pictures of myself.
All the best to Kenneth for his exams too!
Ok. you can carry on looking at Ryan now.
hahahahahhahahahahahha

-JOYCELYN

Ryan:

Hey guys, I've got lots to blog about but gotta book in to camp already. So just quickly..

To Ken: Really appreciate the time off you took to tell us more about your problems. I think what you need now is a listening ear more than anything else. I'm willing to listen so feel free to share more with me. Glad you shared openly with us though.

To Joycelyn: Yeah you better report to General Pang by 2207 tomorrow, 23 June 2008, before he wrings your neck! Haha. Post your oak cheer please, with actions!

To Junting: Yes haha, I appreciate the song better now.

To Joel Chua: Thanks for the photos. I appreciate most of them. Hahaha.

To Aikang: Hope you're still having fun in Switzerland! Buy some swiss chocs back man. Haha.

To the Rest: HAVE FUN IN SCHOOL TMR! PRAY FOR KENNETH'S EXAMS! He posted his schedule below.

Joel Pang says: Herro all! Do get the pictures before it expires okay? Can laugh at the funny picture till daybreak haha. Oh and don't forget the MEMORY VERSES!! And Joycelyn, report 24 hours from now, time is 2207. You better keep your word..

Kenneth's Mid-year Exam Shedule + about himself (myself) Hi OAK. I think I'm not very close with this Cell group so I shall write about myself and my thoughts.
This june holiday was a refreshing one. I needed it. On the 1st day of the school break, on Sat, I went to help out doing the OAK notice board. It was the 1st time I ate at Sushi-Teh. That day was unexpectedly really nice. It wasn't very entertaining because it was filled with fun activities or games. It was just very relaxing and I had good thoughts. I didn't really like this cell group earlier this year, so I didn't expect this.
My CJC life in April-Mid May was a struggle. I was in Band, a CCA that was for long hours. Monday- Saturday, school ended at 4pm-7.30pm. Sometimes I had lessons for 5 hours non-stop. (Blue colour just for less significant description) For more than a month, I never spent a morning outside of school or church. I skipped a lot of homework, although once I slept at 5am and woke up at 6.15am because of homework. I lacked sleep and exercise, and began to feel out of character. Sometimes I laughed for nothing. Sometimes I was blur and awareness of surroundings was low. Sometimes I felt cold and sleepy and once I put my hand on my chest to check my heart beat rate. It was low. I got reminded of 2 years ago when I checked my heart beat once in a while with the clock and it was way below minimum level. And that was an evidence of a theory about myself I had, an extra-sensitive nervous system.
I felt a lot torment (mental distress) in relationships. I didn't go for the full JYM for quite long. I longed for a close friend to share my feelings with. I struggled with my walk with God. Sometimes the devil attacked me really hard with negative thoughts. I looked forward to the June holidays for rejuventation. That Sat, 24 May, was somehow a great time of rest. After helping in notice board I went to Hillsong concert but I didnt really find it good. On 25 May it was my Baptism. I wasn't mentally prepared for it but I prayed. I said to God that I'd become a better Christian. I thought my Christian life had many ups and downs, and ups were getting lower and the downs were also getting lower. So I feared this. I fear the future (I'll just summarise now since I wrote quite a lot on just 2 days) And I fear it now too. I sense danger. I really hoped I would experience God's Love again in the June Church camp. I did hours of quiet time everyday during the camp. I was expecting something supernatural, to affirm myself that the memory I have of my amazing experience with God in Dec 2006 that taught me the meaning of life, was real. But nothing special happened, even when Pastor Henry said he thought a sermon would speak to me. It was just like last year's December camp. I wanted assurance in my Faith. In Romans 5: 3-5, it says that "suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the holy spirit." I seem to feel despair because of my suffering. The hope I have is damaged. Sometimes I think perhaps I have unconfessed sin in my life, but I have been searching for a long time I have not found anything. ya... So please pray for me.

Here is my Exam Shedule
Monday 23 June: Economics 8-10.45am
Tuesday 24 June: Chemistry 1-4pm
Wednesday 25 June: Math 8-11pm
Thursday 26 June: CLB (1-3pm) + CLB Listening Compre (3.15-4pm)
Friday 27 June: Physics 8-11pm + Chemistry SPA (I forgot the time =P, every class diff time)

I'm very unprepared for my econs paper tomorrow. I spent 1+ hour writing in this OAK blog, knowing that in doing so I will flung my paper. My relationship and walk with God and psychological well-being is far more important to me now than anything else.

I'll not be online on mon and tue so I wont see this blog. My father will be borrowing it to use overseas.
I posted this at about 10.30pm, not 9pm as it is written below.

Hi OAK

I'm sure that you enjoyed the outings at sentosa.

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Have Fun looking at that cheers!

Joel Chua

School is starting and i'm sure you guys are quite nervous right. So i have decided to spur you guys on but dedicating a song to you guys so that you know that God is always there for you and he is a H.E.A.L.E.R.

HERE IT IS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsnC6gPG3YU

And the lyrics:
you called my every moment
calm my raging sea
walk with me through fire
heal all my disease

I trust in you
I trust in you

I believe you're my Healer
I believe you're all i need

I believe you're my portion
I believe you're more than enough for me
Jesus you're all i need
You're my healer

Nothing is impossible for you
Nothing is impossible
Nothing is impossible for you
You hold my world in your hands

oh man the words are just so so good. Without him we are nothing.. So so powerful

To Ryan, this is a great song and its time you appreciate it haha..

JunTing

Haha couldn't stop laughing watching this! Go watch!

Ya we should go watch Narnia. Better catch it before it ends though. How bout next Sat, if it's still showing.. What do you guys think? This time, we'll really watch it. Haha.

Wah i'm really curious to see some photos from switzerland. Euro 2008 is happening right there now. I saw on TV all the fans from the different european countries out on the streets. The atmosphere must be crazy. Wonder if aikang could catch some of it.

AND WHAT IS SO FUNNY WITH SMILING AND TRYING TO FLOAT IN THE SEA?! I was just enjoying myself. And trying to float like Elza, just as EVERYONE ELSE DID! Haha. Joycelyn, you know who will have the last laugh man. Joan says she has more...! Haha. Joan's on my side. Right joan? Pity joan, gabby, deborah and aikang couldn't join us at sentosa. Joan and deborah had tuition, gabby had softball camp. Softball camp sounds fun. Dunno never seen one. Just sounds cool. I like the softball jerseys, and the cap. Haha gabby will look cool in those.

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Glad that Junting took away so much from Facing the Giants. I have the CD, i've watched it twice. And actually the first time i watched it was when they showed it in army. Ya seriously. There was a movie night, and they showed this show. I dunno if they knew it was a Christian show or not. But when were watching it, my buddhist and muslim friends were quite angry. Haha. Thinking back it was quite funny. But i was amazed by God, cos i was facing some problems back then and it was amazing how God used the movie to speak to me. Like, out of no where a Christian movie shown in army! That's surely against the law isn't it.

So when I went back to bunk after that I wrote everything down in my spiritual journal. I still have what I wrote down, and I've lots I wanna say but you'll understand better after you've watched it. So we can watch it at someone's house one day. I read that it was done by a church in the US and the actors were volunteers from the church. Explains why the acting isn't so good. It was produced on a US$100,000 budget. Super tiny by a typical american movie's standards. but made over US$10 million. Like woah, they can really build a huge church after that. Maybe st james should do a movie too huh. Haha. Ok la, we should really watch it together some time.

Ryan

Joel Pang:

Ow! The muscle strain at the back of my knees is terrible. Must be that bending game we played. Haha. We'll watch Narnia someday alright? Like a Saturday or something.

HAHAHAHA. LOOK AT RYAN IN THE PICTURES EVERYONE!
haha. sorry Ryan, i couldn't help it. hmmmm. this is my first time seeing the blog. good job Joel Chua:) yes. Ryan said must post,i think. ok, today was a great day! (although i didn't get to watch Narnia) but i must admit, i did have fun and it was great spending time together as a cell group. Maybe not being able to watch a movie was a blessing in disguise huh. we got to spend more time as a cell instead! And yes, I'm being honest. ok. you can carry on looking at Ryan in the photos now. Hahahhaahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

-JOYCELYN

Facing The Giants Hi Oakers,
I am well introduced to watch this show called Facing The Giants. Through this show lessons can be picked up because this show provides many different lessons for us to learn as Christians. It is a Christian movie in context of American Football/Rugby. It is really inspirational and it will be a good show to watch before school reopens. This movie emphasizes on the power of the Lord and this show is a living testimony to God's power. I highly Recommend everybody to watch this show because this show touched me and i am very sure it will touch every one of you that watches this.

Well, if anybody of you watches it, do post on this oak blog about your feelings regarding it.

Facing The Giants:
When your back is against the wall, no one to depend on, there is only one person who you can depend on, who you can trust who you can submit your worries anxieties on. God is your solution he is your provider. Things may not go the way you want but i am sure God has a bigger plan. In this show, the coach had nothing left because he was in a losing streak. Nobody to depend on nobody to count on he counted on God. Indeed God provided him with all that he needed. (watch to find out about what he needed)

God works in mysterious ways, God works in miraculous ways. Sometimes you get it sometimes you don't. You don't have to understand what he is doing, you don't have to question what was his motive because every miracle, every small little detail it is all for us. God wouldn't want to harm us because we are his children and he loves us as much as he loves his own son Jesus. We have to rely on God because when you are lost you will realize that he is the person that will bring you back, to put you somewhere safe so you can walk closely beside him again.

What is life without God? Without him there isn't life because every each of you is a Living Testimony of the Living God, without the Holy Spirit that fills you, without God, there isn't life because you don't know what is life without God. He shows you the way the light the path for you to walk on.

Matthew 7:13-14
13"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

This verse was used to describe and teach one of the player how to shoot a field goal. It is one of my favorite verse because it really just tells us the current situation in the world. Quoting " For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it" This describes us Christians and Non-Christians very well. We sin and disobey God, he is unhappy. Every little sin that we do accumulates and adds upon the previous, then what happens? Every sin that we do daily brings us onto the road that leads to destruction.

To me " Wide is the gate and Broad is the road" this symbolizes to me that the gate is big and the road is broad so that all the sinners are able to fit inside. Little are righteous and lead a Holy life, thats why the gate which is small and road which is narrow little pass through it. Why? Because only a small handful of people are able to qualify for the small and narrow road.

Although the movie did mention this verse they did not explain it, however, i chanced upon this verse during Paul Washer's sermon and when i watched the movie again, i went into context of what the verse meant to me. Although the movie did not describe the meanings of every verse that they used, it is good to learn how to apply them and to study the meaning behind it.

Then you ask: How do we ensure that we are on the right track and we are not walking towards the road of destruction but the road which is narrow and small?

Following up on Pastor Chris Kam's Sermon during the camp he gave a sermon on the Flesh and the Spirit.

To ensure that we are on the right track we have to:

1. Have a Intimate relationship with God
2. Read the Bible
3. Set aside time to talk to God and tell him your worries and anxieties
4. To Do EVERYTHING in his Honor and Name for your actions glorify him

To me this 4 points are the most important and this to me can ensure that i am on the right track and that i have a chance to be in the righteous road.

To end it all, this is the website to [ Facing The Giants ]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=C_bLncUvm6k

The movie is cut into 13 parts, type this so you can watch part 2.......13

(Facing the giants movie ep.1)

Change the back number to 2,3,4.....13

Have Fun,
JunTing

Hey guys check this out. Another work of art by Joel Chua. Going to be sold at a Christian store. Rocks right. I'm thinking it's actually suitable to be an Oak t-shirt. right? that tree looks oakish. i think. See if we can get it cheap.

Herro all! Cell outing on Monday is cancelled so don't turn up in Sentosa ok? See ya in church camp!

Hey sorry guys! Cell Outing will have to be AFTER CHURCH CAMP (means after 13th june) cos i can't make it on the 9th cos i've to be in camp. so sorry man. we'll arrange another date.

Anyway let me tell you a funny story.

My face has been having quite a lot of bad pimples la, for like the last one year. So anyone who hasn't seen me for the last one year will naturally ask me what happen to my face. So on monday, when i reached home after booking out from camp, i met my aunty who had come from malaysia. i haven't seen her for more than a year so i kinda expected she'll ask about my face.

She doens't normally reserve her comments but surprisingly she did. maybe she thought it was a sensitive topic or something la i dunno. haha. so after finished saying hi to each other at the door, i went in to wash up and went to sleep.

when i woke up for dinner, i was still expecting her to ask about my face. so i sat down at the table ready to eat.. and ready to answer some questions haha. so when i sat down there was a bit of awkward silence at first....

then first thing she said was....

To my mom "hey bring out some of the papaya from the fridge for ryan, it's quite nice"
then my mom said ok, and brought it out.
then she said "ya, ryan, it's good for your s...."

she was going to say skin la right. hahaha. but she stopped at the 's'.

then she looked away, paused for a while... then she said "SYSTEM"

HAHAHAHA. that was super good. papaya is really good for your system what! she can really think on the spot man, no wonder she's an english teacher.

i was trying hard not to laugh in front of her hahahahaha...


So remember guys, eat more papaya, it's good for your system.

Ryan

Hello guys! The cell group outing to Sentosa is scheduled to be on
9th June
Please let me know earlier if you can't make it okay?

Also, next week's sermon topic is:

A Caring and Protective Love – Lessons from David and Jonathan
The Bible tells us that Jonathan “loved David as himself”, and this shows in his determination to protect David from Saul’s plot to kill him. His deep concern for David is felt in their conversations, as well as his response towards Saul’s treatment of David. This teaching aims to highlight that the desire to care for and protect is a natural impulse when one loves. A parallel will be drawn with God’s caring and protective love towards his children.

The place where it can be found in the bible is from 1st Samuel chapter 18 onwards. I know it sounds a bit gay haha but no okay.