Monday, April 28, 2008
8:01 AM
What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Oh! Precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount' I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
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It has been an amazing weekend. So utterly filled with Abba's love. So much so that even simple things like breakfast taste even better than usual.
Service on Sunday was wow... worship was amazing. Darlene Zschech from Hillsong Church led worship... and the anointing of God was just so strong in that auditorium.
Miracle Seed Sunday raised over SGD$18 million for the building.
Totally amazing..
We know God is paying for the building. The seeds He gives us are for sowing.
How can anyone lambast the church with the excuse that the church is just out to take our money when it is GOD'S money we are giving back to Him?
The only reason we are blessed and will continue to be blessed is because we have chosen to say thank you with our tithes.
Last week on Miracle Seed Sunday, the first thing that popped into my mind when I woke up was the phrase Pastor commonly uses; "God is not unrighteous to forget your faithfulness", which is from Hebrews 6:10. [For God is not unrighteous to forget or overlook your labor and the love which you have shown for His name's sake in ministering to the needs of the saints (His own consecrated people), as you still do.] (Amplified)
And the Miracle Seed service was one of the most impactful moments of my life. As the service drew to a close and people began streaming up front to drop their seeds into the box, I was just so totally overwhelmed by Abba's love for me. I was holding the envelope in my hand, thick with more money than I had ever dared to hold on to in my life, and Daddy was just whispering into my ear; 'Thank you, thank you for being faithful.'
And all I could do was weep from just that touch of His presence.
It was a very serene, very surreal moment for me.
But the seed has been sown; and it means that when the harvest comes in, there'll be even more to sow back into the Kingdom.
It is pride and vanity to think that the church is just trying to hype things up so people will give to the One-North project. Not wanting to give that money is akin to a small child who refuses to let his parents touch or handle the favourite toy that his parents got him with their money.
God wants the seeds because He wants to give you the harvest.
He doesn't need the seeds.
YOU need the harvest.
You don't go to church because God needs to take attendance and see how faithful you are.
YOU need to be reminded of how faithful God is to you.
And when you're in line with the Word of God - good success cannot help but hunt you down and overtake you, overwhelm you and overflow from you.
I love how Pastor uses the imagery of Luke 6: 38;
Give, and [gifts] will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will they pour [a]into [the pouch formed by] the bosom [of your robe and used as a bag]. For with the measure you deal out [with the measure you use when you confer benefits on others], it will be measured back to you. (Amplified)
Its like how you always shake a container to try and squeeze as much cereal/biscuits/etc into it. THATS how MUCH God wants to give you. Not just enough. But saturated with blessings. :)
Expect from Him this season - for He gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater (Isaiah 55:10), and seedtime is always followed by the harvest. As Pastor said, if you tell a farmer to sow without expecting anything in return, he'll think you crazy. Likewise, as you have sown, expect even more to come. For as God says in 2 Corinthians 9:10;
Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.
Just so excited to see God's goodness play out in my life. :)
Awesome.
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Saturday, April 26, 2008
9:45 AM
HONG QUAN (Mr. Lock) is officially the Man of the Year!*applauds*
The things he does for the school which isn't even his.
RESPECT YO. :D
Anyway he had a really dead awful fall yesterday during Sports Day and now looks like he slammed into a truck but he's still the Honky we all know and love thankfully!
Anyway, miracle seed Sunday last week was just.. amazing.
It was just such a personal moment between me and God.
I feel so loved. :)
In other news, I got my acceptance letter from NTU yesterday for Communication Studies.
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Friday, April 18, 2008
1:21 PM
Today is another self-proclaimed Cheeseball* day**!* cheesy love songs that make your hair stand involuntarily and that Lizzy secretly (or not so sercretly) loves listening to.
** days where Maryam and I unabashedly wax lyrical about cheeseball songs. Also refers to Aulia's music preference every day.
Alright, so the following's part of my list (so far). I'm sure there are many that have turned me to mush in time past but aren't represented here.
Feel free to contribute to it - I'm ever ready to expand my collection. HAHA.
Lizzy's top 25 cheeseball songs (as far as she can remember, that is.)
25. Billy Joel - Just the Way You Are
24. Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
23. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
22. Nat King Cole - When I Fall in Love
21. Bad English - When I See You Smile
20. Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight
19. The Calling - Wherever You Will Go
18. Josh Groban - In Her Eyes
17. Edwin McCain - I'll Be
16. Colin Raye - Love, Me
15. Edwin McCain - I Could Not Ask For More
14. Rascal Flatts - God Blessed the Broken Road
13. Newsong w/ Natalie Grant - When God Made You
12. Five for Fighting - I Just Love You
11. Josh Groban - When You Say You Love Me
10. Josh Groban - To Where You Are
9. Lifehouse - You and Me
8. Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply
7. Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
6. Lifehouse - Breathing
5. Jon Mclaughlin - So Close (Enchanted soundtrack)
4. Elvis Presley - I Can't Help Falling In Love With You
3. Steven Curtis Chapman - I Will Be Here
2. Secret Garden - You Raise Me Up
1. Russell Watson/Secret Garden - Always There
The Top 3 really take the cake. :D
Because they really, really just offer me just a glimmer of how much Daddy God loves me.
Anyway, will post more lists next time...
Have been happily re-initiating myself to music since iBlessed (Lizzy's 16GB iPod Touch) came into the picture.
So anyone else wanna share their favourite cheeseball songs?
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More Cheeseballs
"I've got you under my skin" -
Frank Sinatra
"Something Stupid" -
Frank & Nancy Sinatra
"I've Got A Crush On You" -
Michael Buble (???)
Wow, I learnt a new word here, Cheeseball.
Well, I think it Michael Buble is da Prince of Cheeseball.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
9:20 AM
A sorry excuse. (Disclaimer at end. Kindly do not misinterpret.)This sorry excuse for you
lies upon my back while you are gone -
Soft, fleeting touches on my skin
that accentuate your
absence,
faint wisps of musk that pervade my senses
with every embrace that
isn't
yours.
I lie,
completely cocooned,
sheathed,
in a body that cannot give me
the safety
that I find in your arms.
Each fluid movement of
skin
on skin
is a stark reminder -
that it isn't you
on me.
My own body betrays me.
For although I love you,
I cannot but draw this poor substitute closer
to myself -
a comfort I am forced to take while you are
not
here;
your
shirt.
DISCLAIMER: The above moment of spontaneous brilliance in no way reflects my lifestyle nor personality, but is merely a cheeky drabble inspired by Jason's shirt coming out of the wash.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
7:25 PM
Hello. Its been a while.Time is slipping like sand from between my fingers at a pace that I can hopelessly glance at but cannot do anything about.
So went for the NTU SIC (Mass Comm) interview on Saturday.
Should I get in, I'll then have to decide if I want to pursue my interest in media/advertising and go for it, or continue doing what I'm good at - writing lit/pol sci academic papers in NUS FASS.
Can't say I detest either.
But such is the dilemma when God has blessed you with the ability to do both.
Its Tuesday already.
So many things I would've wanted to blog about that the Temporary Cache in my head conveniently empties at will.
Perhaps one of the most poigant things to have struck me in recent weeks is what Pastor Prince said at the end of service a couple of weeks ago.
He said something along the lines of;
"If the greatest Man who ever lived, Jesus, could humble Himself to die on the cross for you. What reasons do you still have to be proud?"
Who are we to be proud?
All our human effort comes to nought. It is only by HIS grace only that we stand here today righteous.
Why do we persist in trying, as though anything we do can ever save ourselves when He has already completed the job for us?
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008
12:10 PM
I am sometimes too easy to convince.I must never be allowed within a one mile radius of an insurance dealer.
Mingjie is trying to guilt trip me into playing for Alumni - the same way he manouvered it so that I would 1) play for Mardi Gras albeit with some relunctance in JC1, 2) join band in JC after vehemently having sworn off it after TKGSSB.
Not that it was a bad experience. It was one heaven of a ride, thats for sure.
I think its the inertia thats stopping me.
On one hand I would dearly love to pick up the sax again.
But when you've not been playing for an entire year, the concept of playing all these atypically challenging TJC Alumni Band pieces is daunting, especially for one such as me.
Anyway, have I mentioned that it was only by chance that I finally watched Saving Private Ryan the other night? Unbelievable, after all these years.
It is a good movie. One of those I always try to avoid watching because it wrenches my heart and wallops it around mercilessly.
I realize I'm not very much in the know about movies - because as far as possible I try to avoid serious movies, even though I know they're brilliant.
Lizzy likes shows like "Horton hears a Who!". Which was thoroughly enjoyable, yet subtly political and subversive in its own little, Dr. Seuss way.
Lizzy isn't shallow. She thinks.
But Saving Private Ryan was good.
Yes.
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Horton to flower:
Knock Knock...
this is the part where you say who's there, coz there's Who's there, geddit? *Sobs & laughs*
haha, yea. Both Horton and Private Ryan are good movies! But watching how humans die like ants... really
"wrenches my heart and wallops it around mercilessly."
That opening beach scene is just terror
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Saturday, April 05, 2008
9:39 AM
Things I Saw/Heard at Marche That I Could Not Ignore:And so another work week has ended.
Its amazing how fast time flies.
You wake up before the sun rises.
You work.
You're tired.
You go home.
You sleep.
Repeat for 5 days.
And wonder where all the time has gone.
Every week brings me closer to the end of my stint as a relief teacher.
5 more weeks left. :(
I shall be sad to leave.
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Thursday, April 03, 2008
5:00 PM
No time for Jesus.But daughter, I have all the time in the world for you.
I've got work to do Dad.
Don't you want to spend time with me? I've missed you.
There's always work.
In the mornings.
The plethora of emails flood my awakening senses.
EL Dept, Mardi Gras design, Daily Devotion, EL Dept, printing company...
10 mins to class.
I need to prepare Lord.
Daily Devotions. A speed read.
Thanks Lord.
I've got a lot to do.
Design.
Never ends.
Classes to go to.
Am I prepared?
Classes to cover for.
Do I have everything I need?
So God, why I am feeling so empty?
---
Time. Its a choice.
Try living a week, more than a week, without spending time with Daddy.
This.
Is what it feels like.
Dry.
Empty to the bone.
Dusty.
Alone.
Cold.
Get that unnecessary pressure off your back.
Stop shortchanging yourself.
Come back to Daddy's arms. They're reaching out for you.
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Oh! I just finished playing it.
It makes me so want to get a PS3 for the upcoming re-make of FF7.
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2:26 PM
TELL ME.WHY.
Have I allowed myself to be conned into giving tuition in Jurong East??????
This is ridiculous.
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9:35 AM
Blogger has mysteriously lost the last entry I wrote.Oh well.
I feel numbed.
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