We’re not what we’ve seen.

For those doubts that swirl all around us,
For those lives that tear at the seams,
We know,
We’re not what we’ve seen.

- Marchin On, OneRepublic

We’re not what we’ve seen, we’re not who we were.

We’re a new creation in Him.

The Pre-Camp post

It’s Sunday. Marked Camp 09 is tomorrow and I feel that everything comes down to this. It feels as if I’ve been waiting my entire life for this camp. Thisis how excited and expectant I am for camp.

I keep hearing how amazing the previous church camps were and how lives were transformed, people delivered, healing manifested and breakthroughs received. I am hoping for all of the above miracles. Life has been really blessed but it hasn’t been smooth flowing – thats not the problem. The problem comes when I let these storms creep into my heart and truth be told, the heart’s been pretty troubled. Every time a storm subsides, another comes. Even as I write this, the heart feels like its torn into two; half of it filled with excitement and hope while the other anxiety and worries. Once again, I’m looking at Marked Camp 09 to be the defining factor. I need miracles.

Could camp really bring forth miracles?

No, it can’t. Simply because camps, workshops and seminars only bring about temporary change… but Jesus saves.

What I need now isn’t a set of principles or a coach, it’s too late for that. I need a Saviour and He’s going to be more real than ever in Marked Camp 09. While camp itself doesn’t bring miracles, the fellowship, the worship, the sermons with Jesus as the focus, at the center, will.

So when I say everything comes down to camp, camp is the defining factor, or I’ve been waiting my whole life for camp, really what my heart cries out is this “Everything comes down to Jesus“, “Jesus us the defining factor” and “I’ve been waiting my whole life to see Jesus bigger and exalted”.

This, is my pre-camp post.

I go to camp wanting to see miracles but I want to come back from camp seeing Jesus.

靠

靠山，山会倒。

靠人，人会跑。

靠耶稣最好！

Dying in Dreams

Firstly, I’m not suicidal. Don’t worry, it’s just a random thought that I’ve been wondering – Do we die in dreams? No, its not those 3rd person scenes where you see yourself dead in a coffin but  one where you are in your own shoes, experiencing movement, emotions and then death.

Random, I know. But this question was sparked based on my own dreams and my friend’s latest nightmare on being hunted by gangsters. I’ve had similar types of dreams and the one thing in common in all those dreams is that I never die. Whether its being hunted by a killer or an axe wielding monster trying to slice me into luncheon meat, I’d wake up just as the axe is about to land on me.

Remember those dreams where your feet accidentally falls into a hole or something, you actually feel that in real life. If these dreams can feel so real and have seemingly a connection with our physical body. I wonder what happens when we die in our dreams. What could the repercussions be to our physical self? Why do we always wake up just about when that moment is about to strike?

I’m beginning to think that our lives may not be so different from such dreams after all. Seeing how we’re not of the dream world yet while dreaming are made to believe otherwise, would it be similar for our current existence as the Bible says that we are not of this world either. Could it be that when a believer faces death, he/she just simply wakes up in heaven?

Well these are merely my thoughts on the subject, but it would be pretty cool to be able to see life as a dream. In a dream I have always wished I could bring in extra ammunition or support to fight off that axe wielding monster the next time I face him, and the good news is that in this life we do have that extra ammunition and support to fight off our giants – Jesus.

If life is like a dream, I want it to be a sweet one. And until the day I wake up from it, I know i’ll always be kept from harm because in this dream I have a saviour.

Going International

God’s spreading the Gospel of Grace to the four corners of the world by expanding Pastor Prince’s ministry. To facilitate the changes, 3rd and 4th service will be replaced with a recording from earlier services.

My opinion?

I couldn’t be anymore excited! My heart almost literally jumped with joy listening to what God is planning for pastor’s ministry. Being a 3rd service attendee, knowing that the service will be a recording honestly doesn’t bother me one bit. My life has been changed listening to pastor’s old sermons, far far away on top of a snowy mountain; what more a sermon preached at the exact location hours ago? As pastor said, it’s the Holy Spirit.

The Gospel of Grace is so precious that truly EVERYONE needs to hear it. I consider myself most BLESSED to be attending New Creation Church and being among the first to hear Grace (Jesus) preached weekly! It has also been in my heart to see Grace being preached internationally, particularly in Hong Kong and Japan. I’ve even dreamt of New Creation Church having a Cantonese ministry. At times I think that if it’s necessary for me to give my seat in New Creation Church for my friends or family to hear the true gospel, I’d gladly give it up. But that’s silly thinking, my God can over satisfy my needs and theirs with leftovers!

While God is spreading the Gospel of Grace to the world, I believe that He has something AWESOME in stored for us at New Creation Church.

Get excited!

Sunday!

I love Sundays and I love them now more than I ever did!

I love church and everything about it!

I love the anticipation of a life changing, Jesus filled sermon while traveling to church. I love standing in line, waiting to get into the rock auditorium while looking around at hundreds of unfamiliar faces eager to have an encounter with the awesome living God. I love raising my hands and voice to worship Him as if the world doesn’t exist. I love taking Holy Communion, believing that the manifestation to my healing is near here! I love listening to the anointed sermons by Pastor Prince, Pastor Mark, Pastor Joshua and any other pastor for that matter! I love the always witty, never dreadful announcements. I love hanging around for that last song after the service. I love gathering outside the Rock with the blessed CG people, discussing where to head next. I love the fellowship that follows next, that unpretentious simple chill out session with beloved people, listening to both the mundane and exciting happenings during the week. I love having dinner and seeing how some of us put faith into action by having 2, even 3 rounds of food without condemnation. I love the train ride home, bidding the blessed people farewell as they reach their stops.

I love how Sundays spent in church, with blessed people, with Jesus are always so fulfilling, so refreshing, so blessed.

I’m looking for many more Sundays to come, Sundays in church that is.

I’m having the time of my life, around some of the most awesome people, attending the most anointed church around.

Daddy God, I pray that my Sundays will be spent with You always and that others too will find a similar joy every Sunday.

The Biggest Lie on the Planet

I Boast

What are my kindness, my compassion, my good deeds, my love compared to Your sacrifice?

Never let me boast of my kindness, my compassion, my good deeds or even my love for You, for people.

Let me boast instead of Your sacrifice, Your kindness, Your compassion, Your mercy, Your grace, Your love for me and Your people.

I boast only about Jesus and His finished work.

Underestimating God

I am tremendously blessed to be at the right place (Singapore) at the right time (25/07/09) for theZone 09 youth conference.

The combination of Hillsong United, Pastor Judah Smith and New Creation Church are all headline worthy by their own rights but the message was clear throughout – Jesus was the headline.

Joel Houston shared about serving, being the hands and feet of God… tearing down the walls, reaching out to the needy. Pastor Judah shared about our righteousness in Christ, that by His blood we are righteous, leaving nothing to stop us from achieving our dreams… allowing us the effectively be the hands and feet of God.

Christ was indeed exalted and magnified throughout the conference leaving me to realize how often I underestimate God. Just because I put God in a box by limiting His presence in certain areas of my life or perceiving God based on my limited comprehension of Him does not make Him any smaller. God is still God, a loving Father who is out to bless me left, right, center… to supersede my heartfelt dreams and desires while still being able to use of my inadequacies to bless others.

It would be limiting to say that the conference impacted me in any particular areas of my life, because I know God is working in bigger, better ways than I could even imagine. I… We, the church will never be the same again!

Here

I realized problems follow you into new seasons.

Problems wont let go of you, you let go of them… and believe

I’ve been in Singapore for over a week and its been awesome. I attended GenRev service for the very first time and attended what I believe to be one of the BEST services of the year preached by Ps. Mark. I met JianZhong in person and was attached to a very interesting care group . Spent quality time with my aunt and uncle plus meeting up with Stephen.

I’m finally where I want to be – among friends, among brothers and sisters in Him.

But truth be told, its not Happily Ever After. If anything, old nightmares seem to be recurring along with new worries. The storms are rising, the giants reappearing. Yet, in the midst of storms and giants there’s Jesus more apparent everytime He’s preached in service, everytime He’s exalted in worship, everytime I’m reminded of His faithfulness in fellowship.

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I’ll not falter before the storms and the giants cause I know I’m not alone. You’re here with me, with them. I’m in good company and I’m where I want to be.