Dream Job Suddenly, i really have really big unrealistic dreams that enter my mind. Flooding my room with Classical and jazz music.

I really wanna know what are your aspirations, so to kick the ball rolling, i shall be the first to post.

At a young age, i wanted to be a policeman than after watching the 9pm show that just ended i decided not to. Ok kidding HAHA. Anyway, the dream of mine becoming a police officer ended fast.

Then, i wanted to be a Pilot. I wanna bring people all about and enjoy the heaven's clouds. Ok, what really attracted me was the pretty air stewardess. Ok kidding again... HAHA. I heard pilots can stay in a country they fly the plane to and expenses will be paid by company so i got really attracted. But upon hearing that pilots will have little time for family, my dream tarnished again.


THEN,

NOW, i wanna be a pro musician haha. So, to kick off this Dream of mine, i shall bring you to my world of music. To be a pianist of 2 main Genre's.



Classic Classical piece. Wait la, don't press the stop button listen finish and enjoy it haha!



Short example of Jazz, Way my style and brings my mood up.


So, this is what my aspiration is, what about yours?

JunTing

Hey all! Okay now I remember an instance of faith. Yeah I owe you guys my sharing so here it is.

Last year I was taking my driving test so yeah I failed the first one la cause of my reckless driving hahaha. So yeah on my second test date I was kinda still doubting, and whoa the Daily Bread for 19 Sept 2007, the day before my second test, had this verse.

Mark 11:22-24
22"Have faith in God," Jesus answered. 23"I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. 24Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

God placed it there for me! Totally for me! So yeah that night was whoa really reassuring, and I thank God for that. And I placed my faith that everything will be fine. And well I passed haha.

Anyway talking about faith, there is a difference in placing your faith in faith, and placing your faith in God. Let's say somesone goes to a mountain and tells it to move, and it doesn't. A person who has placed his faith in faith would be disappointed, because what was written about faith did not come to pass. However he kinda missed the point. Having faith in God means that even if the mountain doesn't move, God is still God and He is still in control.

Kenneth

Kenneth

Hey need to ask you all!
Who's up for a meal cooked by Amos? Haha.

He's having an Event Catering thing held at Rosette Restaurant at Sha Villa near Somerset MRT station.
On Nov 6, 7, 8. (thus - sat)
Tickets would be selling at $28-30 (prices not yet confirmed) and it is a 4 course set menu.
Please let me know by this Friday which date you prefer because he's gotta make a reservation for us by then. We'll try to go together. Hope you'll give him your support. Haha. Cool stuff huh.

Sms me or tag your response k.

Ryan

Very belated birthday to Joan! Haha sorry, i know it was on thursday. And I guess it's the last thing on your mind now that O's are here. I guess your birthday wish would be to do well in O's. All the best for it k. Hope your chem paper was ok today. I know it's not an easy time, you can lean on God :) All the best to Joycelyn too. English paper tmr right.

Let's keep them in prayer k. Many times, stressful periods bring us closer to our loving God.

This verse always helps me in exam period:
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus." Phil 4:6-7

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Kenneth

Hahaha. Hope you've been having a really happy birthday! 13 years old man. That's a teenager.

I've been encouraged by how you've been listening so attentively during cell discussions, would love you to share your opinions too, but how you listen really gives me huge encouragement, if you didn't know. I see it in your eyes. Haha. The attentiveness. I'm very glad to have you in the group. I pray that you will realise more and more how much God loves you. Not many people today realise that deep in their hearts, including regular church goers. Cos they think they are sufficient in themselves. I pray that you'll be different. That you'll realise that you're in serious need. :)

I really hope to see you in the future, someone mature and so full of God. Someone who loves God so much you wouldn't keep anything from him. Amen.

So to end off as usual:
Happy birthday to you
You live in a zoo
You look like a monkey
And smell like one too

Haha.

I'd like to agree with Junting that God is the same God for the christian in singapore, china, russia, africa, hong kong, zimbabwe, tunisia, papua new guinea and so on. And in choa chu kang, hougang, sengkang, longkang.. Haha. But the amazing thing is He calls each of us into a personal relationship with Him. A personal journey, which He has lovingly called you and I to, but you know it's up to us how we respond.

Last friday my friend left to study his 2nd year in Cambridge Uni. He's a high flier la, obviously, to be able to go to cambridge. He even got 2nd in his cohort in his first year. So you can imagine he's a crazy smart guy. He's studying economics, which is about the economy and stuff la basically. He knows how to make money, reads up a lot about it and had a temporary job at a bank in UK which paid him US$1000 a week. YA! Can you imagine?! In life, he just wants to make money.

But I heard that he had started attending church in UK, but hasn't accepted Christ, so I wrote him a letter which i told him to read on the plane.

"Hey.................................

................................bla bla

Anyway I heard that you've been attending a bit of church? Think you know I'm a Christian la, so thought I'd share a bit. Basically Christianity has been very real for me la. Since I accepted in sec2, what the bible says has been very real in my life. I don't think i'm brainwashed, once I even flatly rejected it. But I've come to realise that it's cos this God is real. And I've come to realise that life is more than getting the grades, earning the money, having a family, then dying, haha. God has given eternal life to those who believe in Jesus, and so I see my life here as a preparation for eternity. I mean, if eternity is eternity, what is these 70-80 years here compared to eternity?

The Bible says "What good is it if a man gains the whole world and yet loses his soul?"

I think i'll just explain the gist of Christianity, thought i'm not sure how much of it you've heard before.

..............................then I explained the gospel.




I wrote the letter in a hurry, on the train ride to the airport, but I pray that the letter will go a long way.. Life is too short to deprive your friends of the good news. It's life or death after all. Sometimes it's cheesy talking about God's love and stuff, but at the end of the day, it's the only thing in life they ever need to know. I was too tired to go the airport, and I could've emailed him, but I felt stongly I had to write to him, so he has a whole plane ride to think about it.


Ryan

JunTing Hello! Exam fever is on! I'm so sorry i wasn't in church last Sunday. I was studying, yes yes not a good excuse but, i was studying. Haha.

Anyway, i want to share about something that i realized over the couple of weeks.

You know sometimes how much we talk about God, and praise his name?
You know about times when we ask ourselves who our God is?
You know the times when we ask people whether they really believe in this God?

I realized that i think it is time we stop asking these questions. We have to find out who our God really is.

I can tell you who my God is, but i can't tell you who YOUR God is.

And i think this is really true. The God i believe in, will not have the same image as the God you believe in. The same God, but different perspective. We worship and praise the same God but you and I, we have different walks with God. Different chosen paths and chosen lives place in us from the very start. Different outcomes of our lives, different pains and sufferings.

If i were to tell you that my God is the Almighty God capable of doing everything that he wants for you. And yet, you do not believe so because you've never experienced it. Then, you will never believe what i describe my God as.

I just wanna leave you throughout the week to think about where your God is in your life. Especially in this examination period, where things are tough, time management goes haywire. This is the time where God really matters most, whether we trust in him, whether we cast all anxieties to him.

My Cell group members, including leaders and mentors. I strongly urge you to think about where God is now. Is he beside you? Carrying you along the way? Or do you simply cannot feel his presence?

We as a cell group we have to help each other, to learn to carry each other burdens, to always be there to spur each other on. Therefore, any worries or pains they you are going through, share it with us, so that as a cell group we can help each other out. If you know you're straying from God, you're unable to reach out to him, then let us help you.

Rise up OAK!

Have a Blessed Week

*PS is the paper we did on DG pasted on the bed Ryan=)