KK Communion

Good morning bro & sis,

First of all want to thank you bro and sis for giving me an opportunity to share communion this morning. Today I would to share about Jesus sacrifice, his body and his blood means to me, let's turn to 1 Corinthians 11:23-25

"For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me." In the same way, after supper
he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me." - 1 Corinthians 11:23-25

The communion meal recalls the table fellowship Jesus shared with his disciples, and in particular the Last Supper on the night before his death as well as his appearances to the disciples during meals following his resurrection.

In this memorial meal, we partake first of the bread. The bread is symbolic of Christ's body broken for us. When I behold the bread, I can see 2 things that speak to me, both of Christ's suffering and His sufficiency. Jesus is both the Savior who suffered for me and who Himself is sufficient to meet my every need.

When I behold the bread, I also see Christ's suffering. This, of course, is a central message of
this memorial meal. Christ's death was a painful death. It was a death full of the suffering, which
paid for our sins. What does that suffering reveal? For one thing, it reveals the gravity of sin in my life. Just how serious does God consider sin, if Jesus had to die for God to forgive sin? The fact that Jesus had to die for my sins to be forgiven indicates that God hates sin. I still remember the day I study bible 3 years ago, I was very amazed and touched by God's grace and forgiveness. It was the first time in my life that I heard about a God that would even
considering going through suffering and to forgive me for all the sins that I committed in the past by sacrificing another person for the sins I done! Even no one knows about this sins I committed, God still want to give me another chance to change and repent of my sins in my life like deceitfulness, laziness, lying and stealing and of course lust. All this sins in my life leads me to not where and I even start wondering what my purpose here on earth. It was because of this
forgiveness that God given to me, I'm given also a new life and I found out what life that God want me to live and changing to become a more Christ -like person. I learn to change in my
characters as time goes by when I learn to be more open to bro and sister in my life which God put around me.

Our God is a holy God. He is too pure to condone sin. Indeed, He hates sin because sin destroys His work. But more than that, sin is a moral plight which nothing less than the suffering of Christ could cure. The sacrifice of Christ speaks loudly of the gravity of our sin. But the suffering of Christ also reveals the love of God. We are all familiar with the passage in John 3:16 which reads, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life." It was because of the love of God that Jesus suffered and died on the Cross. This is why He came. This is why He died. When Jesus died on that Cross, it was the greatest expression of God's love that could ever be given. Finally, His suffering reveals the provision of God. It reveals that Christ's death is sufficient for our every need.

Romans 8:32 says, He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?

When Jesus allowed His body to be broken (to be tortured, scourge) He was doing so for our sake. Because Christ's body was broken for us, we can now experience the provision of God. Our needs can be met through the Lord Jesus. So, today as you partake of this broken bread, understand that it symbolizes both the suffering and the sufficiency of Christ.

I think about my life and I ask myself do I need His sufficiency? I believe that Jesus is what I need. He called Himself "the Bread of Life." He is the Living Bread which meets the deepest needs of our spiritual hunger. I learn to feed upon His words, practicing and living the life that Christ preached 2000 years ago. I remember I used to use my own wisdom in dealing with
life problem, choosing to do things my own way always ended with either disappointment or unhappiness but when I learn to follow God's way, it never fail to end with a good result, walking away with heart full of joy and contentment. His bread is always fulfilling and feast upon His sufficiency.

The second part of the communion of which we partake is the cup. The cup is filled with the fruit of the vine, which symbolizes the blood of Christ. The blood itself is symbolic of life. So when we speak of Christ's blood poured out, we are speaking of His life being poured out. And when His life was poured out, it was poured out as a payment for our sins. His blood was shed for us. Christ's blood poured out speaks of the forgiveness for sins. Because of His shed blood,
we can now be fully and freely forgiven by God. We are kept through Christ's blood poured out. So, when we partake of the cup today, understand that Christ's blood poured out has purchased our salvation. His blood requires us to be serious about the salvation we received; be willing to trust Him alone for salvation. But if you are, then receive the cup with gladness! When you receive the cup, by faith drink deeply of His Spirit as well. By an act of surrender, commit
yourself fully to Christ. Confess your sins to Him. Receive His grace.

Let's us take this time to reflect on our life and remember Christ's sacrifice means to us and do we really take into our heart His love and forgiveness the day He died on the cross.

tq 4 d tapes

Thanks for the tapes as encouragment gift.. those tapes are really inspiring, and guess wat.. it give me the motivation to want to change my communication skills, i going to try immitate John's way of speakin.. loud and xciting and yet full of convictions.. manage to listen both the tapes and I love both the lessons, I also learn a lot from there and build a stronger conviction about having a good foundations, I'm sure that u also have very strong conviction in this are about having a strong xtian foundation.. I am glad tat I got to hear tis and reflect more on my life and start making some changes so can have the right foundations in my life.. no matter how awesome things u do and build on, without the correct and strong foundation, it will surely collapse in matter of time.. more to come, have to start learnin to lead the group more effectiively and passing my convictions to them.. still struggling in this area but with help of the bible, can really make a lot of difference :) ok.. stop here first.. today the new database server got problem after lunch, down oledi so kenot do much work, now onli up can get back to my migration works.. blog more laters..

Stay the Course

Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.Joshua 1:7

To be intentional means working with purpose making every action count. Successful leaders are intentional. They know what they're doing and why they're doing it. To become more intentional, do the following:

1. Have a purpose worth living for: Willis R. Whitney, the first director of General Electric's research laboratory, observed, "Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can."

2. Know your strengths and weaknesses: Playing to your strengths rekindles your passions and renews your energy.

3. Prioritize your responsibilities: Once you know the "why" of your life, it becomes much easier to figure out the "what" and "when."

4. Learn to say no: You can't accomplish much without focus. If you try to do every good thing that comes your way, you won't excel at what you were made to do.

5. Commit yourself to long-term achievement: Most victories in life are achieved through small incremental wins sustained over time.

what do i want to achieve this year?

to able to take control of my life and knowing my direction
to make disciple, baptising 1 person
to study bible wif my family member
to grow the s14 group
to move on in dating relationship
to inspire the ppl around me to love God
to able master VB.Net and ASP.Net
to start my own small biz
to get a new house

dating convictions

last week is time to reflect a lot about dating convictions that i learn so far from our relationship and also sharing lots to ppl around me about what I believe dating is all about and is not about.. one thing I learn and have strong conviction about is that no matter what u do in a dating relationship, the foundation have to be right, that is to have friendship between 2 person, and of coz not to mention God is alwiz in the middle of this r/s. No matter what u do, wat u give, however strong ur feeling maybe for one another, it will come to a point when this all will die down and will come to 2nd stage where is more about building the relationship and with only deep friendship.. God have an important purpose for us here and that is to love one another, and to show this love that we have.. 2 person need to make the effort to give 'love' to one another.. its not easy and take lots of sacrifice and patience.. this is where God comes into the picture, where in the relationship, the things that we do is to glorify Him and not to fulfil our own needs and want.. it's only when I start to understand this that I see why a lot relationship broke up and didn't work out.. a lot ppl thinking that dating is about its only about 2 person world, and sometimes God doesn't come into picture and also other ppl around also got ignore.. this is somethin that I see also God is teaching us to learn to everyone as ourself.. it's not just about loving ur partner but also the bro n sis coz we are a family..

valentine gifts

jus wan share bout the CD for the valentine gift.. actuali I plan to make a compilation of songs for u, not sure what specific songs for u until one day u told me that u like jazz song and Michael Buble comes into my mind.. so I started searching high and low of all his songs over the past week.. as u can see from the CD that I burn, its actually combination of few albums from him.. from starting till the most recent one.. his song is light jazz and when listen to it can help relax and let can feel lively.. one of the album that I like is the live concert one.. "Caught In The Act" which feature some of his latest song and also got interaction and he got share here and there.. feel like in the live concert listenin him perform too.. u can listen to that album and tell me wat u think..

After finding all the albums, make the nice cover for the CD..then I wanted to burn into CD, so tried to burn at home using the old pc I had but it failed so I try to come back office to burn it, but somehow it still failed to come out correctly.. play then the last few songs kenot play.. so I went back to old ofis to burn for u the Cd again last nit.. lucky tis time it can play correclly the last few songs.. u can try listen to the songs and see if there are ok..

also I manage to get the love story in Harvard soundtrack.. i just burn the main song, if u wan the rest of the song which is mostly just instrumental, got few nice one wif violin and korean song.. if u want that too u can let me know I can burn for u a copy.. the last CD the Pian0 Love songs is compilation of love song and each of this songs have nice lyrics, listen to them and u will know wat I mean..listen to "Without You" to know how I feel livin without u... and hope to have "Endless Love" with you till the end of time.. "You are My Inspiration" is one of my favourite, that is how I feel about u in my life.. Hope u enjoy all the songs in there.. I added one more song to the original complition which is by coldplay.. i like that song a lot..the music is very unique and each time I listen to it I feel like in another world like tat :P

ps. one more Valentine gift I give to on this Saturday date :)

The Longest Way is a Short Cut

Then [Saul] waited seven days, according to the time set by Samuel. But Samuel did not come . . . So Saul . . . offered the burnt offering. Now it happened, as soon as he had finished presenting the burnt offering, that Samuel came . . . And Samuel said, "What have you done?" 1 Samuel 13:8-11

One of the most common obstacles to success is the desire to cut corners. But short cuts never pay off in the long run. If you find that you continually give in to your moods or impulses, then you need to change your approach to doing things. Cutting corners is really a sign of impatience and poor self-discipline. But if you are willing to follow through, you can achieve a breakthrough. The best method is to set up standards for yourself that require accountability. Any time you suffer a consequence for not following through, it helps you stay on track. Once you have your standards in place, work according to them, not your moods. That will get you going in the right direction. Self-discipline is a quality that is won through practice.

MC says..
Self discipline is something that I feel I'm lacking sometime when it come to practicing and following God's command..be it having a consistent quiet time or prayer, loving others, I guess its human nature to go against God, also sometime when we struggle and want to take the easy way out, that's when our self discipine can be bad.. and to keep on having the motivation and discipline, there is a need to have a clear picture of the thing that u want to achieve all the time.. its when this picture fades or bad images from the past failures, our motivation will be lowered and causes our discipline to deteriorate too.. so in order to have a good discipline, something that helps is to alwiz have a clear picture of what u want to achieve and constantly reflecting and checking where are we heading towards our goals just like what the article above mention.

Something that I took notice is about working according to the standards that is set and not according to mood! A lot of time when I don't have the mood or feel emotional, it will take me a long time do even start doing anything.. will take time to ponder on problem and bogged down by my own feelings and emotion.. now its a lot better than last time, last time would struggle a lot when don't have mood, would not able to do anything that is planned, instead just sit there or go to sleep coz dunno how to handle the emotion, as time goes by, learn to see the bad consequences if I don't control this emotion problem cause it can cause things to delay and affected my spirituality and walk with God.. now start to be focus on the things that I suppose to do or things that I already set to do instead of just sitting down and do nothing.. wat a stupid thing to when I reflect back..wasted lots of precious time when if I had better control of my emotions, to even pray for God to help pull thru the struggles and fight harder and not let sin creep into my life..

I think that is what God is trying to tell me so I can experience and be aware of myself better and change from there! If I didn't take time to reflect and continue on doing the same thing, will be living a very ineffective life and continue making the same mistakes and suffer from the bad consequences, just grateful that I got to know God becoz He gave me direction in my life and alwiz guiding me along the way and living a meaningful and impactful life. I'm alwiz reminded by the bible to be the light of the world, to set the example and help ppl to God thru my life :)

some question to get know each other more..

What do you do for fun?
What would be your ideal vacation?
What is the most memorable activity you did with your family as a child?
What quality do you appreciate most in a friend?
What is one characteristic you received from you parents that you want to keep, and one you wish you could change?
What is a good thing happening in your life right now? What makes it good?
If you knew you couldn't' fail and money was no object, what would you like to do in the next five years?
What would you like said at your funeral?
When, if ever, did God become more than a word to you, and how did it happen?

Happy Valentine

I am sending you an early "Valentine" to see if it will make it around the world by Feb. 14th.

For God so loV ed the world,
......That He gA ve
.............His onL y
............BegottE n
...................SoN
.......................T hat whosoever
......Believeth I n Him
..........Should N ot perish,
......But have E verlasting life."

................ John 3:16 ..................

There is no better Valentine than Jesus.
..Happy Valentine to you :)

thikin yest..

thinkin why issit tat u never wan to share to me wat I ask u in tis blog.. and u say tat u got nothin to tok about.. would like to hear wat ur thots are so tat I can oso know where u stand in things and wats ur conviction is about.. wat is it that make u feel difficult to tok to me, is it bcoz of my tone not excitin enuff, or u are not interested to know about anything or want to share about anything to me? can u help me understand what's the matter? I dun think the reason is so simple as u r tired and dun wan to talk.. is it in ur heart u felt that u dun feel good and still not ready to talk? what the things that is stopin u from talking to me? am I still not discussing matter with u? not able to reach deep into ur soul? lots of this things in my mind after I went home.. kenot reali sleep well coz thikin why things is still that bad.. is it somethin i done wrong ? if yes then do let me know... don't let me wonderin wat's wrong bcoz u don't want to share ur thought with me.. It's hard to continue talking if there is no response from u..

another thing tat I hope if u can at least let me know if u are taking time to think of some answer for the question that I ask u, for example when I ask u if u r goin down to sban o not.. I need to ask so many time and yet never got any reply from u, if u still kenot decide, plz let me know u r considering, if u are busy, u can also let me know tat u r busy.. don't let me here waitin and guessing wat ur answers is even after I ask the same questions few time no replies at all.. tis is same for most of the time when i ask u about somethin, u dun seem to wan to give an answer.. i thikin is it bcoz my question not clear enuf for u or u dun feel like answering, I dunno but I hope u can tell me wat is the problem here.. hope to sort tis matter out..

Moving Your Team in the Right Direction

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke, saying "The Lord said to you, 'You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be rulerof Israel.'" Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenent with them at Hebron before the Lord.And they anointed David king over Israel. 2 Samuel 5:1-3

Do you remember what it was like when you first got your driver's license? Just going for a drive was probably a thrill. It didn't really matter where you went. But as you got older, having a destination became more important. The same is true with a team. Getting the team together and moving it are accomplishments. But where you're going matters.

You've got to begin doing the difficult things that help the team to improve and develop high morale. Among other things, you must:
1. Make changes that make the team better.
2. Receive the buy-in of team members.
3. Communicate commitment.
4. Develop and equip members for success.

The two toughest stages in the life of a team are when you are trying to create movement in a team that's going nowhere, and when you must become a change agent. Those are the times when leadership is most needed.

its not easy being a change agent. need lots effort and so far I see myself still not able to be a very effective change agent.. do u alwiz see urself as a change agent to others? what are the things that u think u can help change in others?