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Have faith in God

David, the psalmist, prayed: "Create in me a clean
heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me."1

You sit with your head in your hands thinking you're a
total failure. "I've blown it again," you mutter to
yourself in despair.

Hold it right there! Did you know that Walt Disney
went broke seven times and had a nervous breakdown
before he became successful?

And that Enrico Caruso failed so many times with his
singing that his teacher advised him to quit. He
didn't. His mother saw to that. And he became one of
the world's greatest tenors.

And Thomas Edison was called a dunce at school. Later,
he failed more than six thousand times before
perfecting the first electric light bulb.

Think, too, of King David in the Bible. He blew it big
time. He not only committed adultery with Bathsheba
and got her pregnant, but had her husband killed and
took her as another wife. When he admitted his
failure, God forgave him and gave him another chance.
In fact, Bathsheba became the mother of King Solomon
through whose line Jesus Christ came.

And remember Paul the apostle, he was so opposed to
Christianity he was running around having Christians
killed when God got a hold of him and turned his life
around and used him in an incredible way.

God wants to turn our lives around too when we fail.
So, if you feel like giving up, don't. Remember
failure is an event not a person. Now's the time to
give God a chance. It starts with being honest with
yourself, with a trusted friend, and with
God¡Xadmitting how and where you've failed and asking
God to forgive you and to help you.

For real encouragement, read all of Psalm 51. And
listen to these words also written by David: "There
was a time when I wouldn't admit what a sinner I was.
But my dishonesty made me miserable and filled my days
with frustration. All day and all night your hand was
heavy on me. My strength evaporated like water on a
sunny day until I finally admitted all my sins to you
and stopped trying to hide them. I said to myself, 'I
will confess them to the Lord.' and you forgave me!
All my guilt is gone." 2

What a gracious, loving, forgiving God we have.

Suggested prayer: "Dear God, please be merciful to me
a sinner. I confess all my sins (name the ones you've
never confessed before) to you. Have mercy on me and
forgive me. Thank you for hearing and answering my
prayer. Gratefully, in Jesus' name, amen."

SOME NICE PRINCIPLE OF LIFE

BE NICE TO OTHERS IN THE SAME WAY, AS YOU WANT OTHERS TO BE NICE TO YOU.

LIFE IS SO SHORT. SO, THINK WHAT IS GOOD, SPEAK WHAT IS KIND, AND TRY TO LIVE YOUR BEST, THEN THIS WORLD WILL BE BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL TO YOU.

WHEN MONEY IS LOST NOTHING IS LOST. WHEN HEALTH IS LOST SOMETHING IS LOST. WHEN CHARACTER IS LOST EVERYTHING IS LOST

LIVE LIKE A CANDLE, WHICH BURNS ITSELF, BUT GIVES LIGHT TO OTHERS.

IMPOSE YOUR OWN TERMS UPON LIFE. IF YOU DON'T YOU WILL HAVE TO ACCEPT THE TERMS OF OTHERS.

LOOK BACKWARDS WITH GRATITUDE, UPWARDS WITH CONFIDENCE AND FORWARD WITH HOPE.

WHEN YOU TRULY CARE FOR SOMEONE, YOU DON'T LOOK FOR FAULTS, YOU DON'T LOOK FOR ANSWERS, YOU DON'T LOOK FOR MISTAKES, INSTEAD YOU FIGHT THE MISTAKES, YOU ACCEPT THE FAULTS, AND YOU OVERLOOK THE EXCUSES.


Charting the Course
Thus the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses; so they camped by their standards and so they broke camp, each one by his family, according to their fathers' houses. Numbers 2:34

As a good leader, Moses methodically arranged the tribal camps in the wilderness. We would do well to plan and organize as Moses did:
Give time for planning and organizing.
Determine your primary purpose.
Understand where you are before trying to develop a strategy.
Prioritize the needs and goals of the team by asking the right questions.
Write goals that are realistic, measurable, and convicting.
Clarify goals and communicate with your team.
Identify possible obstacles. Have an open system approach to your planning.
Budget your cost and time by scheduling everything you can and setting deadlines.
Study the results. Evaluation prevents stagnation and exaggeration.
Remember, anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course.

Triple baptism

Wow!! I am very amazed to hear to 2 good news today.. not only James will be baptised but Veronica and Harris's brother Herman is also getting baptised!! so 2nit after our prayer nit at Kelana putri we will be witnessing 3 soul being added to God's Kingdom..want to take this time to thank God for hearing all our prayers and definitely my faith been lifted higher by these baptism :D I'm sure all the bro & sis had shown their love and sacrifice for the lost, I believe that's the reward that God want us to have after all the heart and effort we put in this few months.. I'm sure there will be even more to come cause we will continue to seek and save the lost :) I'm sure God and all the angel are also rejoicing in heaven! pray that even for myself to continue to reach out to those around me especially my family, collegue and friends.. I'm excited to share this good news to them that pray that one day they will be open to receive God's word and the truth!

Hebrews 12:1
Since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
Like the great heroes of the Bible, both big and small, we can do God's work with confidence. But to boldly go where he wants us to go, we must first be willing to let go of the sin that entangles our lives, distorts our vision, and robs us of spiritual vitality and stamina.

I read this interesting article about how does a person meditate on God's word.. check it out.. I want to try it and see what I can experience myself.. I'm sure it's gonna be an awesome one..share wif u guys more.. mean time if u interested to get closer to God.. read on..

Psalm 119:15 - I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.
Meditation is a combination of reviewing, repeating, reflecting, thinking, analyzing, feeling, and even enjoying. It is a physical, intellectual and emotional activity—it involves our whole being.
In some ways, meditation doesn't easily fit into Western culture. We value action and busyness more than stopping and considering. The author of this psalm was from another time and culture, one with a tradition that valued meditation. As a result, meditation came more naturally for him and others with his Middle Eastern background. We have to overcome some cultural obstacles to learn to meditate.
There are many ways to meditate on God's Word. Some possibilities include: (1) Take time to read a verse or passage over and over. (2) Begin to memorize all or part of it. (3) Listen—quiet your heart to allow the Holy Spirit to speak to you though God's Word. (4) Consider how it fits with the rest of the Bible and life in general. (5) Become emotionally involved—allow yourself to feel what God feels, his desires expressed through his words. (6) Move from meditation to application—connect your thoughts to action. Consider how the truth and power of the Word of God should affect your behavior.


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James Baptism this Friday

Today got ixus 65 camera from cindy for Loke.. look really nice tis camera.. very tempted to get one for myself, upgrade my old camera ixus 430 :P but now financially not doing so well.. dun hav extra, have to start saving for special con.. got reminded bout it while doin bible study with James.. and plus now hav to start looking for new job since the company hav some lawsuit going on and the service being suspended by the authority.. not sure till when the company can survive till but better be prepared for the worst.. its also about time I updated my job resume..
thankfully tis time got quite lots stuff can update since I manage to learn quite lots of things, knowledge bout the mobile industry and also programming skills.. finally got to dabble with mobile gateway and learn vb.Net this few month.. would love to touch on ASP.Net too, but I guess I got to do that on my own looking at the current situation of the company.. maybe can try get some freelance at the momment at this time.. thiking should I do somethin that would be my interest.. my dream is to one day juz able to draw and maybe teach others.. its my interest but never came true coz hav to work to survive.. work to make money to survive but am glad my life is not just about work but also involve God and ppl in my life..

This week I felt just to be very blessed by God coz even tho got bad news and many time I think bad things might happen, when I pray to God.. he juz gave me the peace and strength to carry on, to do the right thing especially being tempted by many things in life.. I'm really looking foward for James baptism tommorrow.. I believe its God miracle and it's also His plan that James got to hear the word and I am there to be part of his life, to bring him to God's kingdom..everythin is juz plan so well and James had made the right decision to find out the truth and eventually decided to follow Jesus. While studying bible with him, I can see how much eagerness in Him to seek for God and he very humble to alwiz ask question for the things that he does not understand and he don't take things for granted..he really go in deep and investigate and find out the truth from the bible, that is one great quality that I can see in him and I believe that he will hav a strong conviction of the lessons that we gone thru with him.. and definitely time prove this bcoz he shared how he stand for the bible and he speaks out his conviction to other. This really shows that he understand what he talk about and he stand by his conviction. I see God hav great plans for him, maybe in future he wil be a great leader in the Kingdom.. teaching others bout the bible with the knowledge and wisdom that he gain from the bible and also from the experience that he will hav once he become a disciple.. I just want to pray that this time he will continue stay faithful to God and continue to grow in his love for God.. grow deeper in his relationship with God and be the light to the people around him.. and surely this baptism means a lot to me cause I know God also had given me a lot of encouragement when I not doing so well spiritually and picking up myself, He put James in my life I can also be inspired by the zeal and love for God, I believe God love me and want me to juz go back to him and be so close with him and this can only happen if I decide that I want to change and have the desire and longing for this relationship.. what God want from me is not doing things for him but to have the heart for Him.. to do His will and not my own.. When I look back tis few week, I am so much happier and life is so much meaningful as I do His will and understand better what I going thru in my life, actually God gives me the freedom to choose in whatever thing I do, I hav the choice to follow Him or myself.. If I had choosen to just indulge myself in my own desire, I would be very selfish and don't even want to be involved in other people life.. God is amazing that he how he set up all this things in my life and I really grateful that I choosen to follow Him!

Dear Father in Heaven, I want praise your name.. you are the most high one and you are the God that understand each and everyone of us, you bless us with many things in our life, you bless us with a job, place to stay, family to love, friends and relative..thank you God for blessing me with a family of God, bro and sister that I can rely on, that I can walk togehter and go thru this life.. I want thank you God for giving us the bible , your words of wisdom, your command, your purpose, your love and forginess.. I want to remember the sacrifce that Jesus hav done for us so that we can have this relationship with you, to love you and to be loved by you.. I just wan to pray for myself that I can continue to fight in this spiritual war, to be faithfully and love and trust God as I go thru the storms in my life..I love you God and pray that Veronica and Harris brother will also decide to follow u and be baptised tommorrow.. also I want pray that God you give me the strength and wisdom as I go back on date again with Mei Peng, God I hope I can continue to change in my weakness and continue to learn to love her and may I be so humble and have the humility to admit the mistake that I will do, to be so urgent about sins and to continue to build a dating relationship that will bring glory to your name.. pray that we both will be spiritual and continue to love you God and each other in the future.. I pray that God you will bless this relationship to grow and be fruitful and that we can move on in our life.. God I also pray that I continue to hav a pure heart and be righteous and may all things we do bring delight in your eyes..God I love you and thank you listening to my desire in heart.. all these I pray in your son most precious name,. Jesus Christ. Amen.

good morning!

hi!! my msg for u since didnt get to tok to u in
church ..

didnt see ur last msg on yahoo coz my ofis cannot
online after 5pm.. got some problem coz the ofis they
doin some shiftin n movin of servers.. i can online
again oledi

anyway.. i duno if u heard of the full story bout the
afican bro tat vincent was sharin yest, actauli the
bro plan to hav a bible tok in a hall but somehow the
place was locked.. the bro reali wanted to hav 2 bible
coz he wanted so much to preach the word, finally he
suggested why dun they hav thier bibletok under the
tree.. even tho the whether is realli hot out there in
Africa, they jus all meet up in the hot sun under the
tree nd they had a blast.. it amazing coz as thry
havin bibletok ppl around got curious and start to
join them, and as time goes by from 1 tree bibletok
they grow in number.. more and more ppl got to hear
the good news and more ppl were baptised bcoz of tis..

Meng Chun Chen: i am reali amazed sometime how God
make things happen when he us reali give our heart..
its juz so inspirin and encouragin to see the bro n
sis is so fired up for God and boldly preach the
words! am fully conviced that if we wan to do somethin
to glorify God there is nothin that can stop us!

it also give me the challenge how much more i can take
every opputunity to share d gospel to ppl i meet..
2molo wil hav lunch wif my mom again.. tis time i go
more prepared and i hav to think of somethin tat can
turn my mom around so she can see the need to really
know the true God.. its a big challenge ahead but I
believe wif God by my side, i can fight tis battle not
alone, but wif hs strength n wisdom.. plz pray 4 my
mom to wan to seek God.. hows ur mom and dad doin?
long time no meet ur parent.. do send my regards to
them. ya.. if got chance would like to fellowship wif
ur parent more..hopefuly they wil one day study the
bible again and get to be a true disple of God..

okiela.. b4 i go, juz wan ask pray for James study
2nit.. we wil hav prayers 2gether wif him and do Sin
and church study.. steven gonna go all out and wan to
baptise him by end of tis month.. plz keep him in ur
prayers..

i think tis sin study might be a the hump tat u tokin
about.. but never the least, will hav a positive
mindset, juz pray tat he wil b open to share bout his
own life n reali wan to ask for God forginess.. gtg
zz.. 2molo i wan do study on book of James.. Vincent
leson is reali great, i wan take time to go deeper n
find out myself wat God wan to say to me bout my life
and wan o continue to grow in my character n my
relationshipn wif God..

u know i manage to get back in touch wif Nelson!
hopefuli he wil come tis Friday bibletok.. he lost his
phone n i cannot contact him.. its great tat he msg me
on yahoo aftetr i sent out the news on tsunami. all
tis God plan.. i wan him to study back the bible.. i
believe he need that!

so many good news happenin.. god jus bless when v do
his good works lets continue to work his fields and
grow in our spirtual life, i am sure u can do the
same, hope v can share more good news to inspire one
another to grow ya!

love,
meng chun

There should be a balance in life

Along time ago, there was an Emperor who told his
horseman that if he could ride on his horse and cover
as much land area as he likes, then the Emperor would
give him the area of land he has covered.


Sure enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his
horse and rode as fast as possible to cover as much
land area as he could. He kept on riding and
riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible.
When he was hungry or tired, he did not stop because
he wanted to cover as much area as possible

Came to a point when he had covered a substantial area
and he was exhausted and was dying. Then he asked
himself, "Why did I push myself so hard to cover so
much land area? Now I am dying and I only need a
very small area to bury myself."


The above story is similar with the journey of our
Life. We push very hard everyday to make more money,
to gain power and recognition. We neglect
our health , time with our family and to appreciate
the surrounding beauty and the hobbies we love.


One day when we look back, we will realize that we
don't really need that much , but then we cannot turn
back time for what we have missed.

Life is not about making money, acquiring power or
recognition . Life is definitely not about work! Work
is only necessary to keep us living so as
to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life. Life is a
balance of Work and Play, Family and Personal time.
You have to decide how you want to balance
your Life. Define your priorities, realize what you
are able to compromise but always let some of your
decisions be based on your instincts.
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of Life, the
whole aim of human existence.


So, take it easy, do what you want to do and
appreciate nature. Life is fragile, Life is short. Do
not take Life for granted. Live a balanced
lifestyle and enjoy life!



Watch your thoughts ; they become words.


Watch your words ; they become actions.


Watch your actions ; they become habits.


Watch your habits; they become character .


Watch your character; it becomes your destiny .

da Vinci Code Resources

some useful links regarding The Da Vinci COde

http://www.christianitytoday.com/biblestudies/areas/biblestudies/articles/060426b.html

http://store.yahoo.com/biblestudies/fitrmamafr.html

http://www.campuscrusade.com/DaVinciquest/Pdfs/DaVinciStudyGuide.pdf

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May Group Plans

Here's my plans for this month, let me know of ur feedback about the plan. This month will be focusing on the relationship with one another and the thingthat we want to focus in is to be devoted to one another and speaking the truth with love.
I picking this 2 focus based on the how the group is currently, to see that in the group most of us are independant and don't really rely on one another spiritually. What I hope tosee at the end of the month is that we all pick up this conviction to love one another deeperand how can u love another person deeper is by being devoted to one another like what the biblesays in Romans 12:10
Romans 12:10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.
What does it means to be devoted? From the Oxford dictionary the definition- to give most of your time, energy, attention,In another meaning that I found devoted also means deeling or displaying strong affection or attachment; ardent: a devoted friend. dedicatedJesus also show how devoted he is to the people around him by spending endless hours withthem which include the the rich and poor,sick,those in need, he never fails to fellowshipand continuosly speaking the truth to them. Guess how many time did Jesus say this wordsto the public? I TELL YOU THE TRUTH.. anyone can guess? 78 times! If we can just learn to imitate to speak the truth like Jesus we will certainly grow tremendously! In Ephesians Ephesians 4:15, I read..Speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. Here the bible tell us what the results when we learn to speak the truth to anotherwe will in all things grow up into him, meaning we will be more like Chirst each day..bro and sister how can we learn to speak the truth to one another, I not just talkingabout speaking the truth when we see someone sins but also speaking the truth to helpone another to grow in Christ, to speak the words of encouragement and speaking it bcozwe are motivated by love for one another. To make things clearer how we going to go about this for this month is, I want everyonein this group to start to be actively involved in one another life! In what ways u can be involvedu may ask? We can start by having prayers together, followup togheter, doing devo and quiet timeand even evangalise togehter. Ask yourself this, when was the last time u pray with someone inthis group togehter? when was the last time that u spend time and talk about what u learn from the bible and what had God changed u lately? Are we more into own own problem? get distractedby our daily life and don't really think about who can u impact today? Who is it that God reallywant you to love today? Come on bro and sister, I know u all have the heart, let's put it intopractice what we learn.. spend time with one another, talk your hearts out and be there forone another, come out of your comfort zone! Make that 1 small change today coz your one smallchange will be a big impact to others.

Seremban Mission Update

Hi Desmond,

Thanks for your reply, it's great to hear from you!
sorry for the late reply, been quite busy with my job
lately. Dating life going thru some struggle but am
seeking advice from Vincent, praying hard to God that
things will work out.

Yeah, I do have some news from KL side, the Sban
committe met up last wed and we brain storm and came
up with some idea how to improve the coming months
Sban mission. Some of the things that we manage to
discuss is about having KL side to be the host and
organise the service since we are more familiar here
and we plan to have more regular visit and activities
such as bible talks and hangout before the next
service to keep the momentum going on. We will also
will make the 3rd weekend of the month to evangalise
and have service if there are frens coming.

We are planning to evangalise in Nilai colllege to
reach out to the college student and we will have our
service information online thru our KL campus website.
This will be helpful especially for college student
that are internet savy. You can also check it out the
website is www.campuslink.com.my We will update latest
happening and event to the site to inform frens of
upcoming events. This will certainly help build the
confidence in our church and they will feel more
secure to come join us knowing that we have our main
church in KL.

We also want to have continous communication with
Singapore side so we can update each other of what's
the progress and things happening in sban and help
co-ordinate thing before the coming of the next main
service. Maybe u give us the committe contact over
that side so we can talk to and pass information to
the next batch of bro n sis that will be coming.

These are some of the thing discuss and we really hope
and pray that God will help to move our seremban
mission team, currently we have on going studies for
sister side, brothers side we need to crank harder !
Plz continue to keep us in your prayers and thank you
for all your support from Singapore side, with your
support, I believe that God will surely bless our
heart!

In Christ,
Meng Chun

--- desmondkok@seachurches.org wrote:

> Dear Meng Chun,
>
> Thank for dropping by (email). How are you? How your dating life? Thanks
> for your support and assistance during of stay at ZSeremban 13-15
> March2006. It's has been a learning, refreshing spiritually for all of us.
>
> Share with us if there is any good news from your side. Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Desmond Kok

Trade Your Fears for Faith in God

When the Lord saw that he turned aside to look,God called to him from the midst of the bush. Exodus 3:4

Brokenness involves removing inappropriate pride and self-reliance and building healthy God-reliance. God tamed Moses’ self-reliance and pride in the desert, but to create trust He had to break the man’s fears. Moses dealt with different kinds of fear in his encounter with God:
1. Fears concerning himself. God responded by assuring Moses of his purpose.
2. Fears concerning God. God responded by overwhelming Moses with His presence.
3. Fears concerning others. God responded by demonstrating His power and commitment.
4. Fears concerning his ability. God responded by providing him with a partner, his brother, Aaron.

With his willfulness broken, his fears overcome, and his purpose affirmed, Moses finally placed himself in the hands of God.

Life is filled with trade-offs. Moses sacrificed his status and material possessions to prepare for his life purpose. And then to fulfill it, he had to sacrifice again, relinquishing the security and safety of obscurity in the desert. If you desire to lead, then you must be ready to make sacrifices.